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  • Musicians for Peace and Disarmament concert to celebrate the TPNW

    January 13, 2021
    Musicians for Peace and Disarmament concert to celebrate the TPNW

    Our friends at Musicians for Peace and Disarmament have organised a sequence of short musical performances to mark and to celebrate the coming into international law of UN’s Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. They will be joined by guest speaker Dr. Tilman Ruff.


  • Stop Funding the End of the World – Don’t Bank on the Bomb

    January 21, 2019
    Stop Funding the End of the World – Don’t Bank on the Bomb

    Don’t Bank on the Bomb Scotland introduces their new toolkit, giving some tips for actions we can take to urge our elected representatives, institutions and banks to divest from nuclear weapons.


  • Taking the finger off the red button: De-escalating the risk of nuclear war

    May 10, 2018
    Taking the finger off the red button: De-escalating the risk of nuclear war

    Dr. Elizabeth Waterston explains the impacts of nuclear war and exposes the myths surrounding the use of nuclear weapons as a ‘deterrent’, before answering the crucial question: how can we end the nuclear threat?


  • A Safer World – Treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons

    July 25, 2017
    A Safer World – Treating Britain’s harmful dependence on nuclear weapons

    The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess nuclear weapons. Our new report takes this opportunity to re-examine the arguments for and against the UK’s continued adherence to its own nuclear arsenal.


  • New report on UK’s continued possession of nuclear weapons in light of the international ban treaty

    July 18, 2017
    New report on UK’s continued possession of nuclear weapons in light of the international ban treaty

    The world now has an international treaty making it illegal for ratifying states to possess any nuclear weapons. Yet the UK continues to keep and modernise its nuclear weapons at huge cost and risk to life, and is increasingly seen as out of step with the rest of the world.


  • Release of the draft Ban Treaty

    June 2, 2017
    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 […]


  • Urging Parliamentary Candidates to re-think nuclear weapons policy

    May 3, 2017
    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 […]


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