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Remarks at the NGO session of the 2nd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Public Meeting, November 29, 2023 It is an honour to share some thoughts and reflections with you today, as we continue the hard work of strengthening a treaty we fought so hard to achieve: … Read more
Nov. 28 Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of Gensuikyo. First of all, we strongly protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s attack on Gaza. These acts are in violation of international law. It is beyond the scope of self-defense. In order to prevent further civilian sacrifices, I … Read more
International Round Table: Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change, 28 November 2023. For the global union movement, peace is not just a checkbox on our agenda; peace is built at the very core of our mission. Examine union constitutions and you will find in the early sentences a resolute commitment to peace — not just an … Read more
Nov. 28 meeting As many of you mentioned, the crises threatening the survival of humanity such as war and threats to use nuclear weapons have continued. How to solve them is our common task. We think that solutions for the current crises have already existed. They are： the UN Charter that calls for peaceful settlement … Read more
Hello to all peace activists, I’m Alain ROUY, National Secretary of the French Mouvement de la Paix and Vice-President of the International Peace Bureau. The Mouvement de la Paix has sent a delegation of 6 activists to New York to attend this 2nd Conference of States Parties to the TPNW because we come from a … Read more
On November 28, during the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, CPDCS, the International Peace Bureau, and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, held a round table session on the world’s tectonic geopolitical changes and their implications for nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament. We were 25 leading analysts and leaders of … Read more
Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change Conference Nov. 28, 2023 In Canada, there are four leading organizations devoted to nuclear disarmament issues — Canadian Pugwash Group, Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention and Project Ploughshares — all reaching into different segments of the population. They consider the present nuclear … Read more
by Dr. Danning Wang, Founder and Board Chair, Belt and Road of Culture Exchange Foundation for Women. Hong Kong, China. November 27, 2023 Thanks Dr. Joseph Gerson’s invitation for giving me this precious opportunity to present the Chinese perspectives on the world’s geopolitical changes and their implications for nuclear weapon policies. During the past eight … Read more
Remarks by Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation at the Roundtable discussion on November 28, 2023, at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, New York City. Looking around today’s world we see a growing crowd of nationalist authoritarian governments and leaders – including in nuclear-armed Russia, Israel, India, China, North Korea and increasingly, the United … Read more
Online round table discussion on current security changes in the international environment: “Nuclear Weapons and Tectonic Geopolitical Change” November 28 2023 Remarks by Ambassador Sergio Duarte As we know, chronological and historical times seldom coincide. The 21st century actually began with a bang, 55 years in advance, in August 1945, when the first nuclear weapons … Read more