Save your spot! 🌍 All ICAN friends are invited to this one-day meeting to prep for the #TPNW3MSP. Reconnect with friends, exchange advocacy tactics with partners from around the world, and get ready together. Grab your ticket now: …ners-meeting-3msp-nyc.raiselysite.com #NuclearBan

1/ We’d much rather see nuclear-armed countries exchanging ideas about disarming their arsenals than exchanging nuclear threats - and these opening diplomatic salvos should get a measured and proportionate response: ➡️reuters.com/world/putin-wa… ➡️mainichi.jp/english/articl… #NuclearBan

It was truly humbling to meet today with one of the survivors of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known as hibakusha. I will never forget my conversation with Ms. Teruko Yahata, who recounted the horrors of the first use of nuclear weapons in war and how she and her family

📉 A powerful shift in the financial world! The number of financial institutions supporting nuclear weapons has dropped by nearly a quarter since the #NuclearBan Treaty came into force. Learn more in the latest Don't Bank on the Bomb report: icanw.org/at_great_cost_…

Despite the claims of nuclear-armed states, it was the taboo the survivors of nuclear weapons helped to establish and sustain, not the flawed theory of nuclear deterrence, that has prevented the further use of these weapons. Read more 🔗➡️project-syndicate.org/commentary/eli… #NuclearBan

🚨The 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the #TPNW has concluded with a strong message: nuclear weapons & deterrence threaten us all. States agreed that the #NuclerBan is the alternative to reckless nuclear deterrence and proliferation. Read more here: icanw.org/tpnw_third_mee…

🧵The 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (#TPNW) concluded last week with a strong political declaration rejecting nuclear weapons and challenging nuclear deterrence. Here’s what you need to know: icanw.org/tpnw_third_mee…

🧵1/ A huge THANK YOU to 🇰🇿 Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to United Nations for its leadership in hosting the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the #TPNW! Kazakhstan knows firsthand the devastating consequences of nuclear testing and their leadership in nuclear disarmament is a testament to resilience. #NuclearBan

Kyrgyzstan (which has previously abstained on resolutions relating to the TPNW) has today announced they will join the treaty. 👏🏼🇰🇬#nuclearban

1/ ICAN is gravely concerned by escalating hostilities between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, including last night’s missile strikes and nuclear threats. A nuclear exchange would be catastrophic for the world. Read our full statement here: icanw.org/ican_response_… #NuclearBan

Moments ago, the third #NPTPrepCom failed to adopt any outcome, reflecting a horrifying lack of urgency in response to current risks. Yet we've been encouraged by constructive leadership from #TPNW states, and their efforts to reinforce non-proliferation and disarmament norms.

Advancing #nuclearban progress, despite increasing global risks and challenges, but also, of course, because of increasing global risks and challenges:

Athens, the capital of Greece and birthplace of democracy has joined the ICAN Cities Appeal today, by endorsing the #TPNW and calling on the Greek government to join the treaty. 👏👏👏

🏛️Athens says NO to nuclear weapons! The capital of Greece has unanimously adopted the Cities Appeal, making it the 12th capital city in the world to join us in the fight against these weapons of mass destruction after Paris, Rome and Washington DC ! #NuclearBan

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

Yesterday, Ghana boldly demonstrated to the world that we shall be a Nuclear-Weapon-Free State by depositing our instrument of ratification on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the UN. I commend the Ghanaian Cabinet and Parliament for the unanimous

📅 Teach-In Alert! RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts. Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for

TONIGHT: Join us for a teach-in on how activists and experts are working toward a better nuclear status quo, featuring Jessica Sleight (she/her) Seth Shelden Norman Solomon. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

3/ ICAN’s Seth Shelden gave a presentation about the growing membership of the treaty, including that the treaty has just reached a “global majority” of states as parties or signatories; a clear sign of momentum and an invitation for all States to step up and join the #NuclearBan

Trump is misinformed and out of touch. The U.S. has no technical, military, or political reason to resume nuclear explosive testing for the first time since 1992. It would take least 36 months to resume contained nuclear tests underground at the former test site in Nevada. 1/