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Notable speakers from IPPNW participated at the nuclear disarmament conference in Stockholm, "Reaching Nuclear Disarmament - the Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT". Transcripts and presentation notes are online.

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From the Peace and Health blog: No room for deterrence in the logic of zero
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Australian federal parliament report clearly and unequivocally calls for the support of a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
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World Physicians issue Medical Appeal to Obama, Medvedev for elimination of nuclear weapons
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IPPNW is the only international medical organization dedicated to preventing nuclear war and abolishing nuclear weapons. We recognize that the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war are at the extreme end of a continuum of armed violence that undermines health and security. IPPNW is committed to ending war and advancing understanding of the causes of armed conflict from a public health perspective.

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