Peace and Disarmament

Speeches of Dr. Yurii Sheliazhenko at the International Summit for Peace in Ukraine A speech on the plenary “Civil Society Movement and Peace Voices against the War from Russia and Ukraine” Dear friends, greetings from Kyiv. And what a honor…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived this Tuesday (13) morning in Beijing on an official visit. During his four-day stay, Abbas will meet with President Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. The context of the visit is the invitation extended…

European peace movements gathered in Vienna to join forces at this very delicate historical moment and to analyze the situation as well as to propose a line to counter the belligerent drift. The timing chosen is not coincidental: in July,…

Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Australia must not be forgotten This speech by @Josh4Freo this afternoon in Australian Parliament was a powerful tribute following days of conversation with the incredible nuclear survivors, parliamentarians & @ican_australia Legacy of Nuclear Tests in…

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) releases the results of its new research on military expenditures related to nuclear arsenals: in 2022, the nuclear-weapon states spent five thousand dollars (4 500 euros) more per minute on their nuclear…

In 2022, 82.9 billion dollars were spent on nuclear arsenals. There are 12,512 nuclear warheads and 9,576 in operational status, 86 more than in 2022. The war in Ukraine is driving military spending in Europe to levels not seen since…

Total grows for the third year in a row as the nine nuclear weapons states continue to modernise and expand their arsenals. By Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament According to a new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…

Seishi Hinada is a National Executive Committee member of ZENKO (National Assembly for Peace and Democracy). ZENKO emerged in 1970 out of the student movement in the 1960s. He joined ZENKO in 1981 as a university student activist in Hiroshima’s…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Colombian government and the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the agreement reached on Friday in Cuba on a six-month bilateral ceasefire, said Stéphane Dujarric, Guterres’ spokesman. The UN chief also praised…

During the  weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. By Medea Benjamin…