Release of the draft Ban Treaty
The draft of the text of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty was released in Geneva on May 22nd by the president of the negotiating conference, Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa Rica. The text is available here: http://www.icanw.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BanDraft.pdf....Urging Parliamentary Candidates to re-think nuclear weapons policy
Medact encourages members to use the upcoming General Election as an opportunity to raise awareness about the risk and devastating health impact of the use of nuclear weapons. Tailored letters have been sent by Medact to leaders of all major political parties based on...Senior health professionals call for the UN to eliminate all nuclear weapons
Seventy years after two devastating nuclear bombs were dropped on Japan, causing an estimated 250,000 casualties, the world still harbours 16,500 nuclear weapons which are many times more powerful than those that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many are on...Beatrice Fihn
Beatrice Fihn is the Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and leads the global campaign’s push for a treaty banning nuclear weapons. Beatrice has extensive experience in disarmament and gender issues, and previously worked as...Dr Rebecca Johnson
Dr Rebecca Johnson FRSA founded the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy in 1996 after working as an activist and then analyst on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) negotiations. Rebecca’s work for the Acronym Institute prioritises nuclear...Health Through Peace 2017
In September 2017, Medact and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) are bringing together a gathering of people from the health and peace communities to discuss the state of global war and conflict, and promote more effective peace...International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
Dr Alex Rosen
Dr. Alex Rosen is a pediatrician in Berlin, Germany and Vice-President of the German affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. An outspoken critic of nuclear energy, he has published reports on the health effects of the Chernobyl and...Health Through Peace 2017
Join Medact, the University of York, Hull-York Medical School and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War in 2017 for the Health Through Peace Congress — three days of discussion, learning and action aimed at confronting the rising tide of intolerance, militarisation and nationalism.
UN votes to start negotiating a ban on nuclear proliferation
First committee of the UN General Assembly votes for a resolution mandating negotiations on a ban on Nuclear Proliferation On Wednesday October 26th, during its 71st session, members of the first committee of the UN general assembly voted for a resolution...Nobel Laureates call for negotiations to begin on banning nuclear weapons
Read moreThe dangers posed by nuclear weapons are utterly unacceptable, and the only sure way to prevent an unthinkable catastrophe is to eliminate them completely.