Austria's pledge to strive for the elimination of nuclear WMD kindled fresh energy and hope at this month's Vienna Conference on Nuclear Weapons, writes Rebecca Johnson. Now we must maintain the momentum towards global nuclear disarmament at the May 2015 meeting of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Austria's campaign to 'stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate' nuclear weapons Rebecca Johnson | 27th December 2014 Activism Nuclear WMD Austria USA UK India Pakistan Japan War tsar-bomba-cut.jpg …
Last week the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and Security Committee voted for negotiations to begin next year on a new international treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons, writes Rebecca Johnson, bypassing the stalled Non Proliferation Treaty. One immediate consequence is to make the UK's plans to replace its Trident nuclear missile system 'completely untenable'.
Historic UN vote to negotiate a global nuclear weapons ban Rebecca Johnson | 31st October 2016 News Nuclear War WMD Un UK USA Russia rainbow-cut.jpg Last week the UN General Assembly's Disarmament …