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On 75th anniversary, UN’s chief diplomat issues urgent call to action
September 28, 2020
Today’s blog looks at the UN Secretary-General’s clarion call for global solidarity at the UN 75th Anniversary High Level meeting of the General Assembly. We also mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
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President Trump violates Iran nuclear deal
May 8, 2018
May 8, 2018. Former Disarmament Ambassadors condemn Trump’s unilateral breach of international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program Two former Canadian Disarmament Ambassadors, Douglas Roche and Peggy Mason, today condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision by Donald Trump not to renew U.S. sanctions waivers in violation of the 2015 landmark nuclear deal between the […]
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Pugwash 60th Anniversary Conference
July 31, 2017
From 23-26 July in Halifax and Pugwash, Nova Scotia, in celebration of Canada’s 150th and the 60th anniversary of the Pugwash Conference, the Canadian Pugwash Group hosted the “Canada’s Contribution to Global Security Conference“. Key focus areas included nuclear disarmament, multilateral peace operations, Outer Space and Cyber Security, ASATs and Space Weapons, the consequences of climate change for global security, and the Government of […]
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New UN treaty outlaws nuclear weapons
July 10, 2017
Friday, 7 July at the UN Headquarters in New York more than 120 countries adopted a landmark treaty to ban nuclear weapons. All nine nuclear-armed states, and all NATO members except the Netherlands, had refused to participate in the negotiations. “These states recognize that the ban treaty would represent a potent stigmatization of the nuclear weapons they […]
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