Uncategorized
-
After the TPNW 3MSP, what’s the next move?
Read more: After the TPNW 3MSP, what’s the next move?Janet Fenton, Secure Scotland, is reflecting on what the UN third meeting of the State Parties to the TPNW will mean for its progress, and what to expect when States meet for its first Review Meeting in 2026. This May will see the final preparative meeting for the Nuclear Non – Proliferation Treaty (NPT) before…
-
What is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?
Read more: What is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?https://www.thenational.scot/news/24969359.treaty-prohibition-nuclear-weapons
-
SNP wasted millions backing spaceships over social investment
Read more: SNP wasted millions backing spaceships over social investment“It is in precisely all these areas that the millions committed to commercially volatile military infrastructure should be spent if the Government is serious about addressing depopulation in Scotland’s rural areas. It seems that the ambitions of the military industries, yet again, are winning out over the urgent infrastructural needs of Scots across the country.”…
-
Nihon Hindankyo accept Nobel Peace Prize, demand urgent action on nuclear threats
Read more: Nihon Hindankyo accept Nobel Peace Prize, demand urgent action on nuclear threatsIn a stirring lecture delivered in Oslo today, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Nihon Hidankyo called on all governments to take their stories as a call to action- and to immediately eliminate any activities that give nuclear weapons legitimacy. “Let us work together for a human society, in a world free of nuclear weapons and of…
-
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons condemns NATO nuclear exercise in Europe
Read more: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons condemns NATO nuclear exercise in Europe
-
How its nuclear weapons tarnish the UK’s Human Rights Record
Read more: How its nuclear weapons tarnish the UK’s Human Rights RecordOn Monday 27th Janet Fenton of Secure Scotland spoke to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) with a particular focus on Scotland’s predicament arising from the UK’s nuclear weapons. The text of her evidence is below: “Statement by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear…
-
Disarmament Negotiations in New York
Read more: Disarmament Negotiations in New YorkRight now, at the United Nation in New York, a Review Conference for the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is taking place. These conferences are due to be held every 5 years but this one was delayed due to the Covid pandemic. The Conference has two main tasks – 1) to check on progress (if any)…
-
Huge Boost for the TPNW from 56 former National and NATO Leaders
Read more: Huge Boost for the TPNW from 56 former National and NATO LeadersAs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) edges ever closer to becoming international law, it has just received a huge and significant endorsement. Fifty-six former presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence ministers from 20 NATO member states, as well as from Japan and South Korea, have just issued an open letter…
-
UN International Peace Day
Read more: UN International Peace DayWorking for Peace is a conversation for the peace movement, to mark the UN International Day for Peace. In the past,WILPF and Scottish CND have organised panel events at the Scottish Parliament to mark this day – not possible this year!Instead, we are hosting the event online. Our panel of speakers includes:* Becky Alexis-Martin (Winner…
-
Call on First Minister to Thank Ireland for Ratifying the TPNW
Read more: Call on First Minister to Thank Ireland for Ratifying the TPNWOn 6th August, as the world commemorated the destruction of Hiroshima by a nuclear bomb, Ireland ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. As a member of the EU it now stands in good counterbalance to the French attachment to weapons of mass destruction, as well as the occasional mutterings about the EU…
Latest news
Categories
- Blog Posts (24)
- Campaigning materials (3)
- caseban (1)
- ICAN Round Table (1)
- Media (35)
- News (145)
- Uncategorized (19)
- What’s Occurring (20)
- What’s To Do? (1)