There are only two ways the era of nuclear weapons will end - either we abolish our nuclear weapons, or our weapons will abolish humanity. The United States must join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and join over half of the countries around the world in mutual

Thailand admits using indiscriminate cluster munitions against Cambodia, using two lies: 1. They target only "military objectives," when in fact they disperse. 2. "No long-term impact on civilians" when in fact unexploded submunitions persist as landmines. straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/t…

Let’s be clear: Statehood for the Palestinians is a right, not a reward. The only realistic, just, and sustainable solution is two States – Israel & Palestine – living side-by-side in peace. I urge the international community to take urgent & concrete steps to make it real.

What don't we know about nuclear spending? And why is that a ✨huge✨ problem? For our Story Center, ICAN's Alicia Sanders-Zakre (Alicia Sanders-Zakre) dives into ICAN's June report: "Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024." ⬇️ ploughshares.org/article/ican-n…

You know what international agency manages the global Tsunami warning system? UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 — from which the US withdrew last week.

"Genocide does not happen without mass participation: a population that supports it, enables it or looks away. That is part of its tragedy. Almost no nation that has committed genocide understood, in real time, what it was doing. The story is always the same: self-defense,

Situationen i Gaza är helt förfärlig och Israel lever inte upp till sina mest basala skyldigheter och gjorda överenskommelser om nödhjälp. Sverige kräver därför att EU så snart som möjligt fryser handelsdelen i associeringsavtalet. Det ekonomiska trycket mot Israel måste öka.

At exactly 8:15 a.m. JST, around the time you’re reading this, 80 years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Today, we remember the lives lost, the survivors who continue to speak out, and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament. Read more here: icanw.org/remembering_th…

Jørgen Watne Frydnes, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, about Masako Wada, ass. Secretary General, #NihonHidankyo. Watch Masako Wada's keynote speech now: nobelpeacecenter.org/en/livestream #NobelPeaceConference: A Message to Humanity.

Daniel Högsta, Deputy Director, ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize 2017 at the #NobelPeaceConference A Message to Humanity. Daniel will also join the panel conversation in "Session 2: Renewing the conversation and strengthening the pursuit of a world without nuclear weapons. Join the

This is HUGE. Merz announces Germany not will approve arms exports to #Israel that could be used in #Gaza until further notice. This is in response to Netanyahu’s plan to fully occupy Gaza. Many people will (rightly) say this is too little too late, but it is unprecedented.

Last week, Marseille joined ICAN Cities Appeal. The city supports the #TPNW and calls on France to join it. The French government is one of the most stubborn opponents of the TPNW, yet the 3 largest cities Paris, Marseille and Lyon (and 95 others) supports it. Allez ICAN France!

Anchorage has also joined ICAN Cities Appeal and supports the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Watch as an Atlantic Council fellow is speechless in response to a simple question about the organization’s funding from weapons manufacturers:

"It is a famine we could have prevented.. food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel. It is a famine within a few hundred metres of food.. a preventable famine sustained by complicity" Tom Fletcher from the UN on famine being declared in Gaza City