Step to a nuclear free world: Study and Action at the NPT PrepCom, Geneva
2nd Preparatory Committee for the 2010
Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation-Treaty (NPT Prep Com) at the United Nations in Geneva
25th April to 4th May 2008
Invitation:
BANg is a European youth network. It was founded after the failure of the NPT Conference in 2005 Youth delegations have been participating in the last three confer-ences in New York 2004 and 2005, as well as in Vienna 2007. Our aim is to raise awareness of the nuclear issue because nukes endanger our future. We want to invite all youth to come to the NPT Prep Com and take part in our study and action trip to Geneva.
Register now online!
Toward a Nuclear-Free World, By GEORGE P. SHULTZ, WILLIAM J. PERRY, HENRY A. KISSINGER and SAM NUNN
By GEORGE P. SHULTZ, WILLIAM J. PERRY, HENRY A.
KISSINGER and SAM NUNN
January 15, 2008
The accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material has brought us to a nuclear tipping point. We face a very real possibility that the deadliest weapons ever invented could fall into dangerous hands.
The steps we are taking now to address these threats are not adequate to the danger. With nuclear weapons more widely available, deterrence is decreasingly effective and increasingly hazardous.
(From: The Wall Street Journal) (More)
Over half of Belgian Mayors demand elimination of nuclear weapons before 2020
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Dear Minister :
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(More)Germany and Norway call for NATO disarmament initiative
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(From: Auswaertiges Amt)
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