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Why A World Free From Nuclear Weapons is Worth Fighting For

… and land. It had come from the testing of a nuclear weapon. This scene was not a singular … event for the region. For over 12 years nuclear testing was carried out in the … Cross Society. This is the reality of nuclear weapons, and nuclear testing. Today is the …

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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Statement, September 2021

… Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, 28 September 2021. Mr President of … Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. This day is a reminder of the …

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3rd Pacific Islands IHL Roundtable: 2- 4 November 2021

… 14:00 Session 2: Giving effect to the ban on nuclear weapons Taking stock of the adoption and … of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 10:15 11:15 12:15 13:15 14:15 …

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Statement at 76th United Nations General Assembly, First Committee General debate on all disarmament and international security agenda items

… justify using inhumane or indiscriminate weapons. This recognition – based on the … the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons , nuclear disarmament continues to be an urgent …

Statement

Young Humanitarian Journalists Competition 2021 gets rolling

… issues of concern, from the rise in global nuclear tensions to the events unfolding in … "International humanitarian law (IHL): The nuclear ban treaty". For the first theme, … on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a topic of major interest to …

News release

Views and recommendations of the ICRC for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

… of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) , to be held from 13 to 17 … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons (advisory opinion), … conventional weapons (all weapons other than nuclear, biological and chemical weapons). …

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ICRC emphasizes the prohibition of chemical weapons at 26th Conference of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention

… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention 29 November–3 December … the complete elimination of declared chemical weapons . Over 98% of declared stockpiles have … to chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agents. This includes efforts to …

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Working Paper submitted by the International Committee of the Red Cross to the 10th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

… for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons since 1945, when they witnessed … 2. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is recognized as the …

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Malaysia: Journalism contest sparks youth interest in nuclear ban treaty

… global race towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons dominated the focus of writers … touched on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and the need to progress on …

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Information kit: Development of national legislation to implement the Convention on the prohibition of anti-personnel mines

… for ending the suffering caused by these weapons. At its core are obligations intended … of economic and individual activities with weapons • Law of 9 March 1995 on … country of firearms, chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, ammunition or explosive …

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