On January 22nd, 2021 the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. Today there are fifty-nine countries that have ratified. In those countries, all aspects of nuclear weapon design, production and testing is not any longer only immoral. Nuclear weapons are illegal. Events of celebration are being planned in many parts…
Details
The city of New York has made an important leap towards de-funding the production of nuclear weapons. The city council passed binding resolutions that include a legal obligation to divest itself of all investments that include any aspect of nuclear weapons’ design or production. That may represent a divestment of almost a half billion dollars.…
Details
The Boston city council has called on the United States to ratify the United Nations’ “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” The resolution calls on federal leaders to make nuclear disarmament “the centerpiece of our national security policy”. It notes that the U.S. “maintains several hundred nuclear missiles in underground silos on hair-trigger alert,…
Details
2021 Peacebuilder Award Massachusetts Peace Action 2021 Peacebuilder was presented to NuclearBan.US, recognizing our political, policy, and educational efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons and to shift the resources wasted on these weapons of mass extinction toward green technologies and other pressing human needs. Asha Asokan from NuclearBan.US accepted the award for the organization during the…
DetailsUnited Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on Sept 26. September 26th marks the United Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This day commemorates the goal to strive for peace and security around the world without one of the world’s biggest threats. Despite the intention of this…
Details
Hearing on Anti-Nuclear Weapon Bill in Massachusetts State Legislature Wed July 21 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm EDT If you are not able to testify virtually, Please submit written testimony to Dave McNeill ([email protected]) and Cara Libman ([email protected]). The state legislature’s Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security will hear testimony on two bills…
DetailsREGISTER Program Highlights – Session on How the Nuclear Ban Treaty creates new risks for nuclear weapons companies and new leverage for nuclear abolition? How the Nuclear Ban Treaty creates new risks for nuclear weapons companies and new leverage for nuclear abolition? What are the simple divestment tools for individual consumers and investors and…
DetailsListen to Representative Rashida Tlaib talk about why it is crucial to support the ban treaty and ICAN pledge to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Details
April 30, 2021: Representative Ilhan Omar today submitted her signed ICAN Pledge to ICAN, becoming the eleventh member of the US Congress to sign the Pledge. Rep. Omar represents Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. Rep Omar also co-sponsor the H.R.2850 Nuclear Abolition and Economic Conversion Act of 2021 that Representative…
DetailsBuilding Political Support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty in Congress and at state and local levels Zoom event: Saturday, April 24, 2021 10:30am-12:45 EDT Click here for Registration Click here for list of Co-sponsors Click here for list of break-out rooms Program 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM: Global Support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty Beatrice Fihn,…
Details