Nuclear Weapons

I’m at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting at the UN in New York City listening to the mayor of Hiroshima, Tad Akiba. Below is a post from a colleague at [...]

Many NGOs are at the UN in New York this week and next for the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The NPT is a [...]

Following President Obama’s historic April 5th speech from Prague in which he outlined how taking steps toward a nuclear weapons free world would make America safer and committed the US to [...]

Since taking office in January, President Obama has taken some important steps in reorienting US foreign policy, from agreeing to participate in group talks with Iran to giving a major speech [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKSn1SXjj2s&feature=player_embedded] This video is an excerpt of President Obama’s speech in Prague. On Sunday, President Obama gave a [...]

 In response to the speech President Obama gave in Hradcany Square in Prague, Czech Republic this morning, our executive director, Kevin Martin said: “President Obama’s Prague speech [...]

Today, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev pledged that their countries will work toward a nuclear weapons free world and are committed to negotiating a replacement agreement for the [...]

There’s been plenty of news on nuclear weapons issues lately. The New York Times’ editorial, “Watershed Moment on Nuclear Arms,” highlights important steps President Obama [...]

(Left to Right) Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World Campaign Coordinating Committee member and Executive Director of the Arms Control Association Daryl Kimball, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation [...]

Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met, with discussions about nuclear weapons reductions and arms control at the top of their agenda. There were [...]