Disarmament & nonproliferation latest news
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UK to attend Vienna conference on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons
The government has announced that the United Kingdom will be represented in a landmark conference on nuclear weapons.
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Government stonewalling on attendance at humanitarian impacts conference
The British government has stonewalled on giving a commitment to attend a forthcoming international conference on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, saying merely that it is “considering” whether to attend.
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Nuclear power and the proliferation of nuclear weapons: two sides of the same coin
The link between nuclear power and nuclear weapons is unbreakable and dangerous.
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Doublethink and doublespeak at the Foreign Office
What should the peace movement do when faced with the bare-faced nonsense of nuclear weapons?
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‘Point of no return’ reached in international campaign to ban nuclear weapons
An international conference aimed at exploring the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons has been hailed as a “point of no return” in the campaign to commence negotiation of a legally binding international treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
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UK government outlines position on Fissile Materials Cut-Off Treaty
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has written to the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to provide its views on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) in response to a resolution from the United Nations General Assembly aimed at breaking a deadlock in negotiations on such a Treaty.
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“Diminishing enthusiasm” for global nuclear disarmament
Progress on the abolition of nuclear weapons, and on strengthening barriers to their proliferation, remains “achingly slow” according to an authoritative scorecard report on the state of play in meeting commitments and recommendations agreed at the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. Despite high hopes at the end of 2009 following President Obama's ground-breaking speech […]
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UK disarmament approach ‘may be difficult to sustain’ beyond 2015
The UK’s current twin-track strategy of retaining and modernising its nuclear weapons while at the same time taking 'multilateral' steps towards nuclear disarmament may prove “difficult to sustain”, according to an international expert on nuclear non-proliferation.
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Governments meet to pave the way to 2015 NPT Review Conference
The world's governments met in Geneva at the end of April to discuss progress in meeting nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation goals set at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in 2010.
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NIS video blog: The 2013 Non-Proliferation Treaty PrepCom
Our latest video blog discusses the NPT and the UK.
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NIS presentation on UK – France nuclear weapons co-operation at 2013 NPT PrepCom
Download the presentation about nuclear weapons co-operation between Britain and France given by NIS Director Peter Burt at a fringe meeting during the Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting for 2013.