Peace and Disarmament

The United Nations General Assembly adopts countless resolutions on nuclear weapons, every year. But this year something was different. At the UN headquarters in New York, a significant battle over nuclear weapons took place. Taking the form of competing resolutions,…

Remembrance Day (sometimes known as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in the British Commonwealth member states (the UK’s former colonies and a few others) since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their…

Bogota, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Colombian indigenous people, Afro-descendants,countryside workers, students, workers and religious people are boosting today the creation of a social space for for peace to favor discussions to support the Government-insurgency talks and build a scene for…

Nuclear weapons: yes or no? This article courtesy of our friends at Wildfire>_. Everyone wants nuclear disarmament, right? All countries support the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons – at least, that’s what they keep telling us at…

At the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), nuclear disarmament resolutions passed this week by large majorities in the First Committee show continued and growing support for disarmament measures “in a new key.” These measures have arisen under the banner of…

As Egyptian autocrat General Sisi arrives in London, Campaign Against Arms Trade has called for the UK government to end arms sales to his regime and stop the political support that bolsters it. Andrew Smith of Campaign Against Arms Trade…

Jeremy Corbyn opposes nuclear weapons but he could not have the Labour Party conference debate the issue. Now his position has been given a new impetus by the Scottish Labour Party as they stated their opposition to the renewal of…

As the UN General Assembly debates continue, Reaching Critical Will produces a weekly publication, First Committee Monitor, which deals with the issues raised in the First Committee, responsible for disarmament issues.  Pressenza is publishing this week’s editorial article by Ray…

Rene Wadlow, President, Association of World Citizens In an exceptional presentation on 31 October 2015, at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer presented…

CALL TO ACTION FROM THE ROME PEACE CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 26th, 2015 We, the participants attending the International Conference Against War and For a Neutral Italy and an Independent Europe held in Rome on October 26, 2015, on the initiative of…