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Defence Secretary thinks the Treaty should not apply to the UK
Read more: Defence Secretary thinks the Treaty should not apply to the UK‘We do not support this treaty, we do not think it should apply to the UK, and if it is voted on we will not accept it’ So said Michael Fallon, Secretary of State for Defence, on the Global Ban treaty in Parliament yesterday.
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Not quite the last word, but . . .
Read more: Not quite the last word, but . . .Not quite the last word but a splendid summary of of the significance of the UN nuclear weapon treaty. Author Ray Acheson was a strong collaborator friend of the late John Ainslie. The new reality Ray Acheson 8 July 2017 Yesterday, we banned nuclear weapons. It’s still hard to believe this is the case. It…
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We Banned the Bomb
Read more: We Banned the BombTreaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Adopted at UN After a decade-long effort by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and 72 years after their invention, today states at the United Nations formally adopted a treaty which categorically prohibits nuclear weapons. Scottish CND has been a partner in ICAN since 2007. Until now, nuclear weapons…
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Watch them Ban the Bomb, Live!
Read more: Watch them Ban the Bomb, Live!Live feed for watching the announcement of the Banning of the Bomb. Click on this post to reveal hyperlink.
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A Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Almost There
Read more: A Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Almost ThereIt’s historic. The formal schedule of the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Conference for this Friday coming (7th July) is the adoption of the treaty itself. Over 130 UN states are participating. It’s the very best news in nuclear disarmament in decades. The Conference, which has the support of the overwhelming majority of the UN member states,…
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Janet Fenton’s Update on 3rd July
Read more: Janet Fenton’s Update on 3rd JulyThe end of the week our activities were focused on continuing to lobby diplomats to strengthen key points and prohibitions, and do what we can to get the message to our home countries through conventional and social media , articulating the process and stressing the significance of what is happening here. In addition to our…
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A Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Almost There
Read more: A Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Almost ThereA Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Almost There Update as final week begins It’s historic. The formal schedule of the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Conference for this Friday coming (7th July) is the adoption of the treaty itself. Over 130 UN states are participating. It’s the very best news in nuclear disarmament in decades. The…
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Why should military preparations be in the treaty?
Read more: Why should military preparations be in the treaty?Threat: Ban military preparations to use nuclear weapons The discussions are now focussed on the second draft of the proposed treaty to ban nuclear weapons ongoing in New York, and it is going well. There are still some additional improvements that we hope can be made, and one is to address ‘threat of use.’ Many…
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Report 28 June & Photoshoot
Read more: Report 28 June & PhotoshootContinuing into this week of the negotiations, everyone is very aware of the deadline ahead, and it seems that the diplomats share civil society’s ardent desire to create an effective and unambiguous treaty by the end of the negotiating period. The closed sessions continued today, allowing for questioning and plain speaking. Side events and work…
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EDM on Global Ban at Westminster
Read more: EDM on Global Ban at WestminsterAn Early Day Motion was lodged at Westminster by Patricia Gibson MP yesterday about the Nuclear Ban. It expresses concern that the UK is not part of the Global Ban Treaty discussion; dismay that the mainstream media do not cover it; alarm at the imminent danger of nuclear war and its likely catastrophic impact, and…
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