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USA on verge of abandoning another key arms control agreement
February 4, 2019
On Friday, US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, formally gave notice of America’s intention to withdraw from one of the last major nuclear arms control treaties, citing Russian cheating as the reason. Under the terms of the Treaty, it will take effect in 6 months. Coming a day after important new developments in EU efforts to counter […]
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We call on Canada to work with Europe to save the INF Treaty
November 5, 2018
Under the malign influence of U.S. national security advisor John Bolton, who views international law as a tool of the weak, President Trump has recently announced his intention to “terminate” the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. This landmark nuclear arms control agreement helped end the Cold War arms race by banning an entire class of destabilizing U.S. and […]
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Penny Sanger: Lifelong Peace Educator 1931-2017
September 1, 2017
Another strong and articulate voice for peace and peace education has gone silent. See: Penny Sanger (Globe and Mail, 22 July 2017). Penny dedicated her life to peace education and activism. We presented her with the Anne Goodman Award for Peace Education in 2015. – Voice of Women for Peace She wrote for many publications […]
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Canada foot-dragging on nuclear disarmament
June 5, 2017
In a 31 May article in the Hill Times, former Canadian Ambassador for Disarmament Douglas Roche castigates the Canadian government for continuing to drag its feet on nuclear disarmament, even as over 130 UN member states are in the midst of negotiating a legally binding treaty to ban nuclear weapons. For a subscriber link to […]
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