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Nobel Peace Ride
CAMPAIGN NEWS:In September 2018, ICAN journeyed from Melbourne to Canberra by bicycle, touring our Nobel Peace Prize medal and raising awareness of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Beginning on September 2 in Melbourne, the birthplace of ICAN, we...
Making Waves Speaking Tour
CAMPAIGN NEWS: The Japanese and Australian Governments have not yet signed the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, claiming instead to be protected by the nuclear weapons of the United States. In both nations, powerful civil society movements are...
Australian nuclear test survivor speaks at UN
CAMPAIGN NEWS: Kokatha nuclear test survivor, Sue Coleman-Haseldine, addressed more than 120 Governments gathered at the United Nations to negotiate a treaty to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons from 27-31 March 2017. The Australian Government did not participate...
Australian faith groups urge action on nuclear weapons ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:More than 50 faith-based organisations have called for the Australian Government to support and participate in next week’s UN talks on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. On Monday 27th March, a majority of nations will gather at the UN in New York for the...
Australia’s opposition to a nuclear weapon ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS: This report, based on freedom of information research, describes Australia’s obstructive role at the recently concluded UN working group on nuclear disarmament in Geneva, which recommended negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons in 2017....