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UK NGOs: Government is on wrong side of history boycotting ban negotiations
Today, ICAN UK sent a letter on behalf of 34 NGOs to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, emphasising our disappointment with the UK government’s current position on the ban treaty negotiations starting at the UN in New York next...
YouGov Poll: 75% of the public in favour of British government attending UN Nuclear Ban Treaty negotiations
via Pressenza 75% of UK adults think the British Government should be represented at nuclear disarmament talks due to begin at the United Nations next week. Only 9% said the Government should not attend and 16% were undecided. The opinion poll was conducted in the...
Playing with Fire: Nuclear Weapons Accidents and Incidents in the United Kingdom
by Peter Burt, Nuclear Information Service: http://nuclearinfo.org [embeddoc url="https://new.acronym.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Playing-With-Fire-Report-Web.pdf" download="all"]
Trident missile test misfire – Opposition demand explanation
via the BBC Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has refused to divulge "operational details" of what happened during a Trident test last June. It is reported that a missile went off course, but the government has not confirmed or denied this. Theresa May was told...
UN votes to commence nuclear ban treaty negotiations in 2017 – ICAN
by ICAN The United Nations today adopted a landmark resolution to launch negotiations in 2017 on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. This historic decision heralds an end to two decades of paralysis in multilateral nuclear disarmament efforts. At a meeting of the...
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged to participate in multilateral disarmament progress at the UN
by Jon Stone via The Independent Boris Johnson has been urged to back a United Nations initiative to restart efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. Groups including Greenpeace UK, CND, and Quakers in Britain wrote to the Foreign Secretary to ask him to...
Briefing for MPs: Trident – Worse than irrelevant
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UN talks on multilateral disarmament: you can run but you can’t hide.
As debate in the UK is pre-occupied with renewal of Trident there is an apparent lack of awareness that the world of non-proliferation and disarmament is changing around us. by Steven Hucklesby via OpenDemocracy The UK has consistently opposed discussion at the...
Trident should be consigned to history
Trident is a redundant technology that should not be replaced via The Guardian Parliament will vote on Monday on whether or not to replace Britain’s Trident nuclear weapons system. To vote in favour will see Britain as a nuclear armed state into the 2060s and...
Improving Transparency and Seeking Control over the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons
This is the fifth blog post in a series on official transparency reporting, where it struggles, and the important role civil society often plays in monitoring and improving global understanding of the trade and use of conventional weapons. by Natalie Goldring via...