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…
Scottish disarmament campaigners are getting ready for the week of high-level and civil-society events to tackle the urgent threat of nuclear weapons at Nuclear Ban Week New York, 2025. Some will be reporting the events here and on their own websites and in the press, some will be submitting working papers and some will be attending…
Scottish campaigners are shocked but not surprised that the BAS has advanced the hand of the clock this year . https://www.thenational.scot/news/24895238.anti-nuclear-campaigners-call-action-doomsday-clock-moves
In setting the Clock one second closer to midnight, the Science and Security Board sends a stark signal: Because the world is already perilously close to the precipice, a move of even a single second should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning that every second of delay in reversing…
We banned the bomb on the 7 July 2017, the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted at the United Nations. The next step was to get enough UN Member States to sign and ratify it in their own countries,, and when the first fifty states states did that, on…
Russia’s continued invasion into Ukraine has brought the conversation regarding nuclear disarmament into the public consciousness once again. As Putin’s unhindered invasion has proven that nuclear weapons do not serve as a deterrent for war, and instead serve as a deterrent for counter-actions, people are more willing to reconsider their perspectives on the value that…
The First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations International Centre in Vienna is the first opportunity for countries which have already prohibited any nuclear weapons activity to get together and firm up the blueprint for a nuclear weapons-free world, under the jurisdiction of…
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 reflect recent developments affecting nuclear…
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 and the disregard for Ukraine’s…
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 ICAN, below: “After a series…