The US must explain its postponement of a crucial NPT conference
Source: Open Democracy Original author(s): Amb Dr Mahmoud Karem Original post date: 5 January 2013Precious time has been lost in working for a stable regime in the Middle East that rids the region...
View ArticleProliferation in Parliament: A Review of recent developments in the UK...
Date: 15 January 2013The Winter 2012-2013 edition of Proliferation in Parliament offers a review of news, debates and developments in the UK Parliament and Government on issues relating to nuclear...
View ArticleUnacceptable Risks: UK-relevant reports on the humanitarian consequences of...
Date: 25 February 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonToday, with the non-proliferation regime in perennial crisis and nuclear weapons still posing unacceptable risks, nations are reconsidering what would happen...
View ArticleEgypt spearheads initiative for nuclear weapons free region
Source: Daily News Egypt Original post date: 23 February 2013The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday that Egypt is heading an initiative to hold a conference to rid the Middle East of...
View ArticleNuclear weapons must be eradicated for all our sakes
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original author(s): Desmond Tutu Original post date: 4 March 2013We cannot intimidate others into behaving well when we ourselves are misbehaving. Yet that is precisely...
View ArticleAlistair Burt claims Oslo conference on humanitarian consequences of nuclear...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Weapons 4 March 2013 Column 803W Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation his Department...
View ArticleICAN final statement to Oslo conference on humanitarian impact of nuclear...
Date: 5 March 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonThank you madam Chair – and let me start by thanking the Government of Norway for your vision and commitment in hosting this ground-breaking Conference on the...
View ArticleThe fetishists of nuclear power projection have had their day
Date: 8 March 2013Dr Rebecca Johnson Those who build, target, deploy and fire nuclear weapons are not supposed to think about the humanitarian consequences. They are not supposed to behave "like...
View ArticleIn response to questioning, Alistair Burt reiterates UK committment to...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions 22 January 2013 Column 170W Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab): What contact are the Government having with the Government of Iran, and...
View ArticleArab League Threatens Nonproliferation Event Boycott
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original author(s): Elaine M. Grossman Original post date: 21 February 2013Arab League nations have threatened an unprecedented boycott of upcoming global...
View ArticleThe NPT’s “unacceptable and continuous failure”: Egypt walks out
Date: 1 May 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonIn a dramatic act that signalled its frustration with the “unilateral postponement” of an agreed 2012 Conference on the Middle East, Ambassador Hisham Badr announced...
View ArticleNPT: Still talking, but more action needed
Date: 3 May 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonThe NPT ‘preparatory meeting’ (PrepCom) ended with a bit of a whimper on 3 May 2013, after a last minute revolt from some of the Non-Aligned states parties and Arab...
View ArticleEU Reiterates Call For Making Middle East WMD Free Zone
Source: RTT News Original post date: 1 July 2013The European Union on Monday reiterated calls for making the entire Middle East region free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass...
View ArticleTo eliminate WMD we need to disarm patriarchy
Date: 30 August 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonCivil society must stop the use of chemical weapons being used as a pretext for US-led bombing in Syria. A gendered understanding demonstrates that the only...
View ArticleCommons Debate on Syria & the use of chemical weapons rules UK out of...
Hansard Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons 29 August 2013 Column 1425 Overview: Prime minister David Cameron and his government suffered a narrow defeat in the House of Commons on 29 August 2013, a...
View ArticleLords Debate on Syria & the use of chemical weapons, August 2013
Hansard Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons 29 August 2013 Column 1719 Overview of 'Motion to take note'read more
View ArticleArab League discusses WMDs at Egypt’s request
Source: Daily News Egypt Original post date: 10 November 2013Arab league delegates met on Sunday morning to discuss ridding the Middle East of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The session...
View ArticleNelson Mandela and the Bomb
Source: Huffington Post (US) Original post date: 10 December 2013With the passing of Nelson Mandela, public figures have been tripping over themselves to make clear that the United States...
View ArticleIsrael, Arab States Talking -- But Still Deadlocked on Mideast WMD Ban
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original post date: 5 December 2013Israeli and Arab envoys met for the second time at a Swiss resort late last month to confer on the agenda for regional talks...
View ArticleThe UK government's stand against humanitarian disarmament
Date: 13 February 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonOver 140 governments are gathering in Nayarit, Mexico, for the Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, hosted by the...
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