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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opened for signature on 20 September 2017, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. This was a historic moment, when heads of states and foreign ministers gathered in New York to officially sign this groundbreaking treaty. More than 50 countries signed in the first 8 hours. As the UK…

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opened for signature yesterday morning! And less than 8 hours later, 50 states have signed. What an excellent result. Here are the first 50 signatories to the ban treaty, but many more are expected to sign in the next few days.   Algeria Austria Bangladesh Brazil Burundi…

The below letter was published in the Guardian on 31st of Aug. See the article here. Fourteen medical doctors and scientists call on the British government to join the international treaty demanding the ban of nuclear weapons As medical doctors and scientists, we write concerning the escalating crisis between North Korea and the US (World running out of…

In the month since the agreement on the Nuclear Ban treaty in New York coverage of this momentous event has been a little thin in the Scottish main stream media, but more thorough in the social media. You can read the full summary  here so you can see if you missed any.

The Scottish CND Global Ban Treaty Working Group are organising a public meeting on on Wed,  23rd of Aug at 7 pm in the Rainbow Room of the Quaker Meeting House (38 Elmbank Crescent Glasgow G2 4PS). The United Nations Treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons was adopted in July in New York. A Scottish Civil…

The already dangerous crisis in Korea has escalated further with the reckless rhetoric emanating from both the United States and the Democratic Republic of Korea. The wild threats issued by both sides only inflame an already explosive situation. If acted on they could lead directly to the death of tens of millions of people in…

There has been a written question to the Defence Secretary as a follow up to  Patrica Gibson’s  question in the house last week. Apparently there are different kinds of multilateral disarmament and we’ve picked the wrong one! Nuclear Weapons: Written question Asked by Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) To ask the Secretary of State for Defence,…

As part of the action to highlight the Global Ban Treaty and Scotland’s position as a reluctant host of nuclear weapons there is currently a disarmament camp at Coulport. A number of people have been arrested, and two long term campaigners are in prison till 3rd August. Read about how that happened, and how you…