AUSTRALIA MUST SIGN THE NUCLEAR WEAPON BAN TREATY.
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Nine heads of state have the ability to launch more than 12,500 nuclear weapons between them, threatening all life on this planet.
To address this existential peril, a global majority of nations have negotiated a treaty to finally outlaw nuclear weapons. 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.
STATUS OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPON BAN TREATY:
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 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”.
LATEST NEWS
Media Release: The Black Mist and The Ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:MEDIA RELEASE: First Nations atomic survivors and civil society organisations call on the Australian government to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty, seventy years after the first Emu Field atomic test. Today is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear...
Civil Society Statement: The Black Mist and the Ban
CAMPAIGN NEWS:Seventy years after the Emu Field atomic tests: First Nations survivors and civil society organisations call on the Australian government to sign the nuclear weapon ban treaty. October 15th is the 70th anniversary of the first nuclear weapon that was...
Wati Ngintakanya Wankani (Waking the Perentie Man) webinar
The 70th anniversary of the first mainland nuclear weapon test at Emu Field in South Australia is coming up on 15 October. To commemorate this date and raise up the call for the nuclear weapon ban, we are delighted to co-host a webinar with Karina Lester, ICAN...
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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
INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS
