Reaching Critical Will advocates for the abolition of nuclear weapons. Working at the United Nations, RCW provides documents and analysis to activists, diplomats, and others, seeking to affect policies and perceptions on nuclear weapons.
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- 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation...
United Nations Building
Monday, May 3 at 10:00am
Reaching Critical Will Vote for WILPF!
Source: youtopia.uservoice.com
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Reaching Critical Will The UNGA First Committee just adopted its resolution on an Arms Trade Treaty: 152-1-19 (only Zimbabwe voted against)
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According to one NATO diplomat: “The [nuclear] weapons are the foundation of [NATO] solidarity. Take them away and what have we left?” Hans Kristensen argues, the continuing existence of these weapons has perpetuated Cold War
thinking, which in turn has postponed a long overdue discussion, not
only about the reason for the nuclear weapons, but the role of the
trans-Atlantic alliance.
Source: www.nytimes.com
There are several hurdles for Guido Westerwelle, the new German foreign minister, in his push for a country free of nuclear weapons.
Reaching Critical Will The United States abstained on the UNGA First Committee resolution on preventing an arms race in outer space - under Bush, the US voted no on this resolution, so this is a step in the right direction.
Reaching Critical Will The UNGA First Committee just adopted the resolution on the Convention on Cluster Munitions without a vote! See www.reachingcriticalwill.org for voting results on all resolutions at First Committee.
Source: www.reachingcriticalwill.org
UNGA First Committee 2009 Follow the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, 5 October–3 November 2009, with RCW's resources: • First Committee Monitor ...
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The high alert levels for U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear forces are more political statements carried over from the Cold War than military necessities for the 21st century, according to a multinational study released last week.
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Germany's new ruling coalition will call for US nuclear weapons to be
removed from the country's territory, according to a document seen by
AFP.
Source: www.thelocal.de
Germany's new ruling coalition will call for US nuclear weapons to be removed from the country's territory, according to a document seen by AFP.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Western fears that Iran wants to build an atomic bomb downplayed as 'gossip'
Reaching Critical Will On 23 October, Reaching Critical Will Director Ray Acheson delivered an NGO statement on nuclear weapons to the First Committee.
Source: reachingcriticalwill.org
Source: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org
India should be given a "major" role in efforts to update the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday (see GSN, Oct. 16).
Reaching Critical Will Talks over Iran's nuclear program will resume after faltering in Vienna
Source: edition.cnn.com
The chief of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency sounded less optimistic after Tuesday's meeting on Iran's nuclear program than he had after Monday's meetings.
Source: www.globalsecuritynewswire.org
Legislation proposing a ban in Belgium of the manufacturing, fixing, sale, shipping and possession of nuclear arms was submitted yesterday to the Belgian Senate, Kyodo News reported (see GSN, Aug. 5).
Source: original.antiwar.com
The U.S. and Russia, which together possess 95 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons, announced this summer an agreement to someday reduce their nuclear arsenals by up to one-third.
Reaching Critical Will At First Committee, Austria announces support for the idea of a global nuclear weapons convention!
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