“Vienna will be a moment where the world responds and creates the global nuclear disarmament plan. Nuclear weapons impact everyone and that’s why this meeting will be a place for all voices to be heard.” (ICAN’s Executive Director Beatrice Fihn) The First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on Read more…
Inside the campaign against nuclear weapons the chance to say “I told you so” amidst the ultimate rubble is anticipated with no relish at all. Nor is there much satisfaction these days in saying, in regard to the Ukraine crisis, “We did tell you that the nuclear nightmare had not Read more…
A seminal report written by Dr Rebecca Johnson and published by the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy and the Center for Nuclear Disarmament has been published. This report analyses the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and theimplications for UK and global security. It has been updated to Read more…
The Statement from Scottish CND is as follows: “Scottish CND unequivocally condemns Russia’s military actions in Ukraine and the threat to use nuclear weapons. The international community must stand united in ensuring that we protect and support civilians, and Scotland must strongly reject the violations of international law by Russia Read more…
In light of the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisers of the First Meeting of the States Parties to the TPNW have made the decision to postpone the Meeting until such a point arises that full participation can be facilitated. Read the statement from Bea Finn, Executive Director of Read more…
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Entry Into Force for the TPNW, the following events are being hosted/organised by Scottish CND from January 20th – 24th 2022. Thursday 20th January Following PMQs at 11.00amDebate in Scottish Parliament on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsMotion submitted by: Bill Kidd, Glasgow Read more…
The big five nuclear-armed states that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – the so-called P5 (China, the US, Russia, France and the UK) have issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear war and a nuclear arms race. This was presumably prepared as a positioning statement for the Read more…
It is absolutely right that the eyes of the world have been on Glasgow and on the failure of COP26. Climate catastrophe is certain unless we take the radical repair measures immediately. However, this essential focus does mean that little attention is being paid to another looming crisis with equally Read more…
Campaigners will remember that when we celebrated the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entering into force in January 2021, 90 days after the fiftieth country had signed and ratified, we looked forward to the first meeting to progress the TPNW, within a year. The Pandemic had already Read more…
Following the Westminster government’s announcement that it is increasing the cap on the number of nuclear warheads, CND is reporting the UK to the United Nations for breaking international law.. as confirmed by a specially commissioned legal opinion. We Scots must get behind this move by signing CND’s petition. The Read more…