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“India Should Convince N-Weapons States to Join Nuclear Ban Treaty”: Indian Doctors for Peace and Development

“India Should Convince N-Weapons States to Join Nuclear Ban Treaty”: Indian Doctors for Peace and Development

Nuclear Disarmament December 27, 2017 at 7:19 am 0 comments

Statement by the Indian Doctors for Peace and Development(IDPD), in a press conference of its delegation returning from Oslo where ICAN was awarded Nobel Peace Prize.

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“We are living in a false sense of security”: Israeli nuclear disarmament activist Sharon Dolev’s interview after ICAN’s Nobel Victory

Nuclear Disarmament December 26, 2017 at 2:47 am 0 comments

The Israeli media all but ignored the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, which took place in Oslo in early Decebmer. This was especially strange considering the fact that one of the recipients is an Israeli, and the newspapers here never miss an opportunity to gush whenever a Jewish person wins the award. The silence may be a result of the fact that one of winners, Sharon Dolev, was part of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the Nobel for efforts in highlighting the dangers of nuclear weapons as well as working on a treaty to ban them.

Nobel Peace Laureate Speech: ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn Speaks at the Concert in Oslo

Nobel Peace Laureate Speech: ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn Speaks at the Concert in Oslo

Videos December 24, 2017 at 3:19 am 0 comments

Nobel Peace Laureate Speech: ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn Speaks at the Concert in Oslo

Must-Read: Nobel Peace Prize speech by Hiroshima Survivor Setsuko Thurlow

Must-Read: Nobel Peace Prize speech by Hiroshima Survivor Setsuko Thurlow

Featured, Import, Latest, Nuclear Disarmament December 12, 2017 at 4:37 am 0 comments

The following is a speech delivered by Setsuko Thurlow, a survivor of the August 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, as released by the Nobel Foundation.