Sponsored by the Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the Canadian Pugwash Group, Physicians for Global Survival, Project Ploughshares and World Federalist Movement Canada, the report outlines recommendations made during “Practical Steps to Zero Nuclear Weapons,” a conference held in Ottawa in January 2010. In light of the shift in global thinking for a nuclear weapons-free world, a position championed …
Statement of Hope in a Year of Opportunity: Seeking a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
World Council of Churches, Central Committee 26 August – 2 September 2009 Geneva, Switzerland “The production and deployment as well as the use of nuclear weapons are a crime against humanity and must be condemned on ethical and theological grounds.” -William Thompson, Presbyterian Church USA, Vancouver Assembly, 1983 The international community is in a season of hope. Eminent world and …
Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament Priorities
Author Eugene J. Carroll, Jr. Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., is Deputy Director, Center for Defense Information Each of the panelists at the Consultation on NATO Nuclear Policy, National Missile Defence & Alternative Security Arrangement, held in Ottawa on September 28-31, 2001, was asked to submit a short paper relating to the topic of their presentation. The other Consultation …