Of all the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project, only one walked away from the plan to build a nuclear bomb. But you won't hear the name Joseph Rotblat — or the story of how he brought the fight for nuclear disarmament to a small Nova Scotia village — in Christopher Nolan's hit film Oppenheimer. #novascotia #oppenheimer #nuclearweapons #disarmament
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/oppenheimer-rotblat-pugwash-conferences-1.6927180

Report: Peace in Ukraine "a long way off"

https://www.dw.com/en/report-peace-in-ukraine-a-long-way-off/a-65906093?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#warinUkraine #peacetalks #peacereport #weaponsdelivery #nuclearweapons #disarmament #VladimirPutin #Tigray #Russia'swarinUkraine

'Time for arms' at German Protestant Church Assembly

https://www.dw.com/en/time-for-arms-at-german-protestant-church-assembly/a-65872426?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#ProtestantChurch #Lutheran #pacifism #disarmament #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin #Frank-WalterSteinmeier

Warm congratulations to Ambassador @rytispaulauska Perm Rep of @LithuaniaUNNY on his election today!
RT @LithuaniaUNNY: 🇱🇹PR @rytispaulauska was just elected to Chair #UNGA78 First Committee!
#Lithuania🇱🇹 is committed to effectively contribute to the international security through chairing the processes of arms control & non-proliferation & #disarmament
🙏Thanks @UN🇺🇳 Member States for the trust! https://t.co/BeTjGlNBrO

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUatUN/status/1664351348253499393

💢 🇺🇦 Колишній політик Юрій Костенко (екс-Рух) написав книжку для Заходу – про те, як цей Захід забрав в України ядерну зброю.

#nuclear #ukraine #disarmament

The Appalling Failure of the #G7 to Act on #Nuclear #Disarmament https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/31/the-appalling-failure-of-the-g7-to-act-on-nuclear-disarmament/

> Apart from helping to undo the mystique around politicians who owe their jobs to the voting public, Abiko said the campaign also has a mutually educational benefit.
> "If we come to them to ask questions, the politicians have to prepare for that, and it means that they, too, have to study the most recent developments in #NuclearWeapons and #disarmament. I think that is so important because ... people talk about #NuclearTopics without really knowing the issues,"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230515/p2g/00m/0na/021000c

> Apart from helping to undo the mystique around politicians who owe their jobs to the voting public, Abiko said the campaign also has a mutually educational benefit.
> "If we come to them to ask questions, the politicians have to prepare for that, and it means that they, too, have to study the most recent developments in #NuclearWeapons and #disarmament. I think that is so important because ... people talk about #NuclearTopics without really knowing the issues,"
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230515/p2g/00m/0na/021000c

Peaceful protestors often pay unjustly for following their conscience. Mike Lynch-White a prisoner of conscience was recently sentenced to 27 months in prison for peacefully disrupting production of military components made in the UK and supplied to Israel. Two others were previously sentenced to 2.7 and 3 years each. This fundraiser is to help support Mike's spouse to allow her to visit him while he is in prison. #activist #peace #disarmament
https://gofund.me/7cbb2db4

3) “Rather than challenge existing structures and patriarchies – in this case the gendered nuclear order and narrative of top-down control – liberal feminist practices can also help to inoculate them.”

#feminism #disarmament #nuclearweapons #publicrelations #purplewashing #legitimacyseeking

Leaders of the G7 nations, none of whom have participated in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, three of whom head nuclear weapon states, to gather in #Hiroshima and pretend to care about #nuclear #disarmament

#G7 #TPNW #NWS

Its important to support #disarmament . Global Zero has been working for decades to eliminate #nuclearweapons These weapons should be abolished for so many reasons. Meanwhile the use of these weapons is being touted as an option to diplomacy by, Russia, the United States and other members of the "atomic bomb gangs".
https://www.globalzero.org/

Do you own investments? Does your pension own investments? Begin to know more about how you can "Divest from the War Machine" #divest #peace #disarmament #ESG https://www.divestfromwarmachine.org/

At the Conference on #Disarmament we underlined the need to avoid a new arms race that would offset the significant reductions of nuclear arsenals achieved since the end of the Cold War. We encourage initiatives that can contribute to dialogue, confidence-building & transparency.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_UNGeneva/status/1639223842571796482

I participated in the last in-person version of this @SIPRIorg and @EU_NonProlif course and liked it very much - extremely interesting talks & an opportunity to talk to brilliant people from the field

Def recommend to apply, esp if you're in engineering or related field! 👇

https://sipri.org/news/2023/sipri-co-host-wmd-non-proliferation-and-disarmament-pathways-online-course-focus-nuclear-and

#nuclear #disarmament #nonproliferation #SIPRI #EU_nonprolif

RT @AVaaras: Today marks the first day of Finland’s presidency in the Conference on Disarmament. Taking part of global arms control and disarmament efforts is central part of Finnish security policy.

#disarmament #ConferenceOnDisarmament

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_UNGeneva/status/1638093509474361344

[…] the dominant stories about feminism obscure the anti-racist, anti-colonial solidarity politics of WWNFIP, and thereby distort understanding of feminist anti-nuclear activism more generally”

#ZeFKo #PeaceAndConflict #InternationalRelations #Disarmament #NuclearOrder #Pacific #Indigenous #Epistemology

RT @UNODC_TPB: The risk of non-state actors acquiring and using #WMD is real. Today marks the Int'l Day for #Disarmament and #NonProliferation Awareness.

@UNODC assists MS to adhere to & effectively implement int'l treaties against #CBRN terrorism thanks to funding from 🇨🇦 & 🇪🇺.
#5March

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/euunvie/status/1632378595883507712

On the 1st International Day for #Disarmament & Non-Proliferation & Awareness we highlight the need to include young people in disarmament discussions. Together let's continue to support effective multilateralism in order to ensure a safer, stable & sustainable world! 🌏
#IDDNPA

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_UNGeneva/status/1632332375320403968

Today is the first-ever International Day for #Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness #IDDNPA ☮️.

Benoît Pelopidas @sciencespo provides valuable insights into the decision-making surrounding #nuclear weapons choices 👉http://bit.ly/NuclearWChoice

@UN_Disarmament @NKnowledges

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ERC_Research/status/1632304979397713922