Peace and Disarmament

NATO recently expanded to Sweden and Finland, has been de facto incorporated in Ukraine, and may extend to Georgia. Now, NATO’s entry into the Amazon is in the works under the aegis of newly elected President Gustavo Petro of Colombia.…

A disarmament agenda to save humanity and our future Disarmament Week seeks to promote awareness and better understanding of disarmament issues and their wide-ranging importance. Beginning on 24 October, the anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, the week-long…

With this and other slogans such as Violence can be learned, nonviolence too! the campaign: Let’s organise peace and active nonviolence Now! closed on Sunday 23 October in the Ihuanco Park of Study and Reflection. From the moment we arrived…

The “new order” according to Chrystia Freeland – Canadian Minister of Finance  On Tuesday October 11, Canadian Minister Chrystia Freeland was addressing a talk to a modest-sized crowd in Washington, but really her audience was the top-level international economic leaders…

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. This war has been horrendous, though it does not compare with the terrible destruction wrought by the U.S. bombardment of Iraq (“shock and awe”) in 2003. In the Gomel region of Belarus that…

The Russia-Ukraine war has reminded the world of enduring tensions between ex-soviet countries – even 30 years after the Soviet Union’s dissolution. The death of Gorbachev, final president of the Soviet Union, in August 2022, has continued the discourse. Known…

Why were the last federal politicians to take the Russian nuclear threat seriously were Liberal Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Progressive Conservative Douglas Roche? Why COP27, after years of blockage, will finally consider military environmental damage? Why did Elizabeth May’s pathetic…

Ben Cohen, Roger Waters join organizations from Europe to South America in calling for President Biden and the U.S. Congress to cancel the manufacturing and training of the F-35 fighter jet. In a time of economic uncertainty, climate crisis, and…

At a time when the risk of nuclear war seems to be rising in relation with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it is worth highlighting two recent major events related to nuclear weapons. International conferences were held in June 2022 in…

Distinguished delegates, As this Committee meets here in New York, the world faces what is widely agreed to be the highest risk of use of nuclear weapons in decades. Russia has invaded Ukraine and threatened to use nuclear weapons against…