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… essential services from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas : ICRC … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine … Russian military commanders must disobey a nuclear launch order against Ukraine …

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Bangladesh: 16th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2025 National Rounds — Call for Registration

… with the West and clandestinely obtained nuclear weapons in 1978. It did so on the basis that … Manustan possesses approximately 250 nuclear warheads. For its part, Setistan sided …

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Prosecutor v Smith - IHL Moot Problem National Rounds 2025 - cover photo

Kenya: Facts & Figures 2024

… Trade Treaty and Treaty on the Prohibition on Nuclear Weapons. LOGISTICS SUPPORT TO HUMANITARIAN …

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We must not only remember the past but learn from it and take urgent action to prevent the unspeakable from happening again

… of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 1 May 2025 Chair, … for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons since 1945, when we witnessed …

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Hiroshima after nuclear attack (1945). Copyright ICRC

A Week in Ukraine

… chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear contamination (CBRN).  When we think about contamination caused by weapons in armed conflict, we also know there …

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An ICRC worker standing in front of a marked truck

From law to (regional) action: Regional reports on the implementation of international humanitarian law

… adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The report also discusses the …

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ICRC CICG Photo: Samuel Rubio

The humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons are beyond the capacity of any humanitarian organization to address effectively

… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, New York, 5 March 2025.     Your … Since 1945, the destructive power of nuclear weapons has increased many thousands …

Statement
Flags fly at the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva, marking the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (3MSP TPNW) General exchange of views

… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), alongside representatives of … centre of all debates and decision-making on nuclear disarmament. Let me highlight why the …

Statement
Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

… of the Red Cross New York, 3–7 March 2025 Nuclear disarmament as a long-standing … of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and four years after the entry …

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Flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Ukraine: Field visit for representatives of foreign ministries under Warsaw Regional Delegation

… respond in cases of chemical, biological or nuclear accidents. The trip concluded with a …

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Ukraine field visit under ICRC Warsaw Regional Delegation

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