by Lorel Thomas | 29 Nov 2016 | Blog, Nuclear weapons
On Monday November 21 I attended the ICAN roundtable focusing on the banning of nuclear weapons by Pacific Islands nations. In addition to those of us physically present a number of people joined the meeting via Skype, enabling representation from the Marshall...
by Lorel Thomas | 28 Aug 2016 | Nuclear weapons
United Nations disarmament talks ended in Geneva on August 19, with 107 nations backing a report recommending that a conference be held next year to negotiate “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”. An...
by Lorel Thomas | 20 Apr 2016 | Blog, Nuclear weapons
March this year saw two significant events in the history of nuclear energy and disarmament. One, the 2016 Nuclear Industry Summit (NIS 2016), was an industry conference on nuclear security, which took place in Washington, D.C. between Wednesday, March 30 and...
by Mette Eliseussen | 17 Apr 2016 | Blog, Nuclear weapons
The Black Mist, White Rain speaking tour Melbourne session was held on Tuesday the 5th of April. The event was coordinated by ICAN, and opened by Dr. Phoebe Wynn-Pope of the Australian Red Cross, with the Welcome to Country conducted by Vivian Malo. “I want to keep...
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