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 Helen Stanger | 27 Aug 2016 | Landmines
In edition 113 of the SafeGround Memorandum we reported on the Shortlisting of the children’s picture book One Step at a Time in the prestigious Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards. Now three months on, One Step at a Time was named...
by Mette Eliseussen | 15 Aug 2016 | Blog, Cluster Munitions
This month we celebrate the six-year anniversary of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which entered into force on August 1, 2010. SafeGround was actively involved in the movement to bring about the treaty, under our former name, the International Campaign to...
by Helen Stanger | 6 Aug 2016 | Blog, Landmines
UPDATE: Mine Kafon have reached their extended funding goal of €130,000! They’re now trying to raise another €60,000 to improve their detection methods to cover a wider range of mine types. To support the project and see the Mine Kafon Drone in action via the...
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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