Activists at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, the COP 28 in Dubai, and the 2nd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the 2MSP in New York met via zoom on November 30 to share experiences from the two big overlapping international meetings. The conversation included activists from the Warheads…
Thursday, November 30th 2023 12:30-2pm ET (9:30-11pm UAE) Click below to join the conversation! As activists gather in New York for the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and in Dubai for the 28th UN Climate Change Conference, we will be connecting the movements against these two…
“We are faced by a gathering storm of existential level consequences and time is running out. We need bold, ethical leadership and frankly, we are not seeing it.” Mary Robinson, Chair of The Elders and former President of the Republic of Ireland Mary Robinson made these comments at the unveiling, on January 24th, of the…
On January 9, 2023, the small island country of Djibouti became the 92nd country to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Djibouti voted in favor of the treaty at the treaty negotiations in 2017 and is the latest country to finally sign it. Another 30 countries voted for the treaty and…
September 22, 2022: Five more countries signed the TPNW and two more ratifications were deposited at a special high-level side event during the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York. This is traditionally a time each year when presidents, prime ministers and other high-level dignitaries come to the UN In NY to deliver…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Vienna, Austria- The first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (1MSP) was held this week. At the meeting, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, Ghana, Indonesia, Mozambique, Nepal, and Niger all declared their commitment to completing the ratification process for the…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons | Guatemala- On June 13th, Guatemala became the 62nd country to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. With Guatemala’s ratification, Central America became the first contiguous region to have entirely joined the TPNW. When the TPNW opened for signature on September 20, 2017, Guatemala’s minister of foreign affairs signed…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Ottawa, Canada; Turin, Italy: The capital city of Canada unanimously approved a motion to join the Cities Appeal by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). This Appeal calls on the Canadian government to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The City Council recognized that…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons Australians went to the polls on May 20th, and elected a new center-left government after nine years of rule by a conservative coalition. The new Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has promised sweeping changes in a wide range of policy areas, including stronger commitment to tackling the climate crisis and addressing indigenous rights.…
PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons March 24, 2022: The West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire today became the 60th nation to deposit its instrument of ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with the United Nations. Cote d’Ivoire voted for adoption of the TPNW with 121 other countries in July 2017. The then…