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Musicians for Peace and Disarmament concert to celebrate the TPNW

by Medact | Jan 22, 2021 | Events, External, Online, Peace & Security

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

by Michael Orgel | Jan 21, 2019 | Blogs, Headlines, Peace & Security

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

by Nuclear Weapons Group | May 10, 2018 | Blogs

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

by Medact | Jul 25, 2017 | Actions, Headlines, News, Reports, Peace & Security

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

by Feryal Awan | Jul 18, 2017 | Actions, Headlines, News, Peace & Security

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

by Frank Boulton | Jun 2, 2017 | Campaign Updates, News, Peace & Security

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

by Feryal Awan | May 3, 2017 | Actions, Headlines, Peace & Security

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...

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