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Historic UN vote to negotiate a Nuclear Ban Treaty in 2017

Historic UN vote to negotiate a Nuclear Ban Treaty in 2017
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On 27 October, the UN General Assembly’s Disarmament and Security Committee voted for negotiations in 2017 on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, with momentous consequences for Trident renewal. by Rebecca Johnson via OpenDemocracy   Over 71 years after atomic … Read More

UN votes to commence nuclear ban treaty negotiations in 2017 – ICAN

UN votes to commence nuclear ban treaty negotiations in 2017 – ICAN
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by ICAN The United Nations today adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. At a meeting of the … Read More

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged to participate in multilateral disarmament progress at the UN

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged to participate in multilateral disarmament progress at the UN
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by Jon Stone via The Independent   Boris Johnson has been urged to back a United Nations initiative to restart efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Groups including Greenpeace UK, CND, and Quakers in Britain wrote to the … Read More

UN talks on multilateral disarmament: you can run but you can’t hide.

UN talks on multilateral disarmament: you can run but you can’t hide.
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As debate in the UK is pre-occupied with renewal of Trident there is an apparent lack of awareness that the world of non-proliferation and disarmament is changing around us. by Steven Hucklesby via OpenDemocracy The UK has consistently opposed discussion at the … Read More

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