Today the House of Lords will debate the Nuclear Ban Treaty. Our churches call on the UK government to engage constructively with UN-led disarmament summits. Leaders of UK churches have made the following statement: - …
Nuclear Ban Treaty
The Nuclear Ban Treaty gains 50 signatures on its first day
Good news! The Nuclear Ban Treaty opened for signatures yesterday, and already 50 countries have signed up including Ireland and Austria and at least two states that formerly had nuclear weapons programmes, Libya and South Africa. The UK government has lobbied against this groundbreaking …
The historic Nuclear Ban Treaty has arrived !
... the majority of the world’s nations agree that any use of a nuclear weapon is illegal under international law We have done it! The text of the most significant multi-lateral nuclear weapons treaty of the past 20 years was agreed in New York today. Over 130 states and many civil society …
The beginning of the end for nuclear weapons
Today, representatives of the majority of the world’s nations will gather in New York to negotiate the text of a new “Convention on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” (commonly known as the Nuclear Ban Treaty). The Nuclear Ban Treaty has been demanded by millions of citizens across the world. …
Towards a UN-sponsored Nuclear Ban Treaty
Five UK Churches have issued a statement to support and encourage those meeting in New York to negotiate a treaty banning nuclear weapons. They have also expressed their shared disappointment that the UK Government has refused to take part in these talks, despite it’s longstanding international …