ICAN in Scotland Press Release 31st May 2019 – for immediate use At a Council meeting this week West Dunbartonshire approved a resolution supporting the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), noting the catastrophic global effects of any use of nuclear weapons and deploring the transporting of Continue Reading
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Wey Forrit for Scotland – learning from Europe
In the week beginning 11th March 2019 a series of meetings were held in Glasgow and Edinburgh featuring European visitors and discussing peace-building opportunities and challenges in the context of Brexit, the future of NATO and the militarisation of the European Union. A detailed compilation of their presentations over the Continue Reading
Three Consulates and a Branch Office
Yesterday the Peaton Peace Pirates, a Trident Ploughshares affinity group attempted to call on the US, French and Chinese Consulates in Edinburgh and the Scotland Office as the representative office of the British State, in order ask them to engage urgently in diplomatic moves to defuse the current critically dangerous Continue Reading
Emergency Protest on Monday at Edinburgh Consulates of P5 Nuclear-armed States
On Monday 18th February campaigners from the Trident Ploughshares Peaton Peace Pirates affinity group will visit the consulates or other representatives of four of the “P5” nuclear-armed states to ask them to engage urgently in diplomatic moves to defuse what the protesters see as the current critically dangerous situation. Visits Continue Reading
Scottish CND Welcomes European Visitors for Peace-Building Symposia
From Tuesday to Thursday next week (12th to 14th February) Scottish CND is hosting a series of meetings1 with an impressive panel of European visitors to discuss peace-building opportunities and challenges in the context of Brexit, the future of NATO and the militarisation of the European Union. Nobel Laureate Ann Continue Reading
Protest Against Collapse of INF at Edinburgh Consulates on Monday
On Monday 4th February there will be a peaceful protest at both the Russian and US Consulates in Edinburgh to register alarm at the breakdown of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The INF is a bi-lateral treaty between the US and Russia and bans the deployment of nuclear weapons with a Continue Reading
Scottish ICAN Round Table – January 2019
The first Scottish Round Table discussion of 2019 was hosted by one of the partners, Scottish CND. The round table is not a coalition like Scrap Trident or the Scottish Peace Network. It is an opportunity for ICAN Partner Organisations here to communicate what they are doing with each other, Continue Reading
122 States Confirm Support for UN Nuke Ban Treaty
Last July 122 states voted at the UN to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). On 1st November they re-affirmed their support for the Treaty by voting in favour a new resolution in the First Committee of the UN General Assembly welcoming the adoption of the Continue Reading
Alarm as UK Backs US Move to Ditch Key Nuclear Weapon Treaty
Scottish anti-nuclear campaigners have reacted with anger and alarm at UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson’s unequivocal backing for the US intention to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). The INF is a bi-lateral treaty between the US and Russia and bans the deployment of nuclear weapons with a Continue Reading
The Money That Makes The Bomb – From Wellington to Edinburgh
Today, International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, campaigners in Edinburgh joined people all over the world to draw attention to a large international bank that invests hugely in the production of nuclear weapons. BNP Paribas is a French international banking group. It is the world’s 8th largest Continue Reading