US Congress members: Nuclear Posture Review should affirm a policy of no-first-use
Members of the US Congress Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group sent a joint letter to President Biden on July 22 calling on the President to ensure that the Nuclear Posture Review which is currently being undertaken by the Department of Defence (DoD), establish a reduced role for nuclear weapons in US security and […]
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping reaffirm Russia/China mutual no-first-use pledge
In a video meeting held on Monday June 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the China/Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, and reaffirmed a mutual commitment in the Treaty not to use nuclear weapons first against each other, nor to target each other’s strategic nuclear missiles.
US-Russia Summit advances key points in international Open Letter
At their Summit Meeting in Geneva on June 16, President’s Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin adopted a U.S.-Russia Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability in which they reaffirmed ‘the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’ and announced that they will embark together on an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability […]
Presidents Biden and Putin urged to consider nuclear no-first-use policy at upcoming Geneva Summit
In an Open Letter released today, US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are urged to use the opportunity of their June 16 Summit in Switzerland to reduce tensions between the two countries and lower the risks of a nuclear exchange by making a ‘joint commitment that their nations will not use nuclear […]
Momentum grows for No-First-Use policies in the USA and globally
No-First-Use (NFU) legislation is introduced in the US Congress. A number of civil society appeals are launched and events organised to promote NFU policies.