STATUS OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPON BAN TREATY:
SIGNATORIES
STATES PARTIES
Nine heads of state have the ability to launch more than 12,500 nuclear weapons between them, threatening all life on this planet. The 2017 United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the circuit breaker to the nuclear status quo. It is our best chance against our worst weapon.
ICAN was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of our work “to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons” and our “ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons”.
JOIN THE CAMPAIGN FOR AUSTRALIA TO SIGN THE NUCLEAR WEAPON BAN TREATY.
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WHO BACKS THE BAN?
AUSTRALIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S NATIONAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY HAS COMMITTED TO SIGN AND RATIFY THE TREATY IN GOVERNMENT
HUNDREDS OF AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS
THE GLOBAL RED CROSS RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT
THE AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THE AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS AND 20+ UNIONS
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE, OFFICE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
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