Nuclear risks extreme says UN Secretary-General to NPT Review Conference
NoFirstUse Global Open Letter to be presented to the NPT Review Conference today The 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) opened on Monday August 1 with a stark warning from UN Secretary-General António Guterres. “From the Middle East and the Korean Peninsula. To Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The clouds that parted following the […]
International petition against any use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict – shoots past 100,000 signatories
On March 2nd, Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace from 1999 to 2011, launched a petition on the Change.org website addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and entitled “Do NOT use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict – Message from Japan.” The central concern was that nuclear weapons should not be used […]
Putin, don’t even PRETEND to think about starting a nuclear war!
On April 20, Russia test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile, accompanied by President Putin boasting that the ICBM had no equivalents anywhere in the world and would make adversaries “think twice” before making threats against Russia.* This is just the latest of a number of nuclear threats which have been made by President Putin during […]
NoFirstUse Global interviews Mayor Akiba on his appeal: Do NOT use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict
Note: The Appeal to Putin and other leaders: Do NOT use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict, has over 96,000 endorsements. Click here to add your endorsement. Introduction: Tadatoshi Akiba became Mayor of Hiroshima in 1999. As such, he also served as President of Mayors for Peace. In 2003, he addressed the second Preparatory Committee Meeting […]
UK and Netherlands challenged in the Human Rights Council to adopt no-first-use policies
The UK and the Netherlands have been challenged in the UN Human Rights Council to adopt no-first-use policies as one of the measures required to adhere to international human rights law applicable to nuclear weapons. The challenges are in submissions made to the Human Rights Council this week by a number of civil society organisations* […]
De-escalate Russia’s nuclear threats with no-first-use declarations
Statement by NoFirstUse Global* Russia’s threats to potentially use nuclear weapons in the Ukraine conflict should be de-escalated, and nuclear war prevented, through no-first-use declarations by the USA and NATO, plus pressure on Russia to also adopt such a policy and step back from the brink of nuclear war. On February 24th, President Putin issued a […]
Russia, Ukraine and nuclear weapons
Russia, Ukraine and Nuclear Weapons: How to address rising nuclear threats – including through no-first-use annoucements, by Ambassador (ret.) Thomas Graham (USA) and General (ret.) Bernard Norlain (France). On March 7, The Hill, a top US political news-site read by the White House and more US lawmakers than any other site, published an article Russia, […]
US Congress members condemn Russian nuclear threats and call for no-first-use
President Putin’s nuclear threats, including his placing the Russian nuclear forces on high alert, were condemned yesterday (March 2, 2022) by United States Senators Edward Markey and Jeff Merkley along with House Representatives Don Beyer and John Garamendi, who are co-chairs of the Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group. “We condemn President Putin’s threats […]
Open Letter – Fulfil the NPT – sent to nuclear weapon States
In Open Letter, Prominent Leaders Urge Nations to Adopt Policies to Reduce Nuclear Dangers and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Prague, Czech Republic – January 24, 2022 An Open Letter, urging nuclear weapons states to adopt no-first-use and other policies to ensure a nuclear war is never fought, was delivered today to leaders of the “nuclear five” […]
Turn Back the Doomsday Clock: Achieve No-First-Use
by Uta Zapf * On January 20, 2022, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists will re-set the Doomsday Clock indicating the level of threat to civilisation from nuclear weapons, climate change and other existential risks. The Doomsday Clock currently stands at 100 Seconds to Midnight. In this article Uta Zapf explores how we could turn back […]