Relevant News

In this Section: News from IPPNW's global community of peacemakers making a world of difference.

• April 30, 2008:Congratulations to the "Give Peace A Chance" 2008 raffle winner, Dr. Christina Englisch-Fritz of Bremen, Germany.
• April 2, 2008:IPPNW has urged all three candidates for President of the United States to pledge to convene negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Read the letter here.
• November 23, 2007:newly elected Australian Labour Party supportive of Nuclear Weapons Convention
  • Read article by Ron McCoy "Australians Voted in What May Be A Defining Election"
• October 5, 2007:Physicians Warn of "Nuclear Famine" From Regional Nuclear War at the The Final Pandemic conference in London.
  • Read summary of Ira Helfand's paper, "An Assessment of the Extent of Projected Global Famine Resulting From Limited, Regional Nuclear War"
  • Download Ira Helfand's paper [438KB]
• September 28 - 30, 2007:a group of medical students, physicians and concerned citizens biked from Dover to London, arriving at the conference in London in an event called "Overriding Trident"
• August 6 & 9, 2007:affiliates worldwide commemorate the 62nd anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings
  • Read "An Anniversary Appeal for Nuclear Abolition"
  • Read the 2007 Peace Declaration from Mayor Taue of Nagasaki.
  • Read the 2007 Peace Declaration from Mayor Akiba of Hiroshima.
• July 30, 2007: Mayors for Peace grows to 1,698 member cities from 122 countries and regions. Find out if your city is on the list and contact your local mayor and urge them to join.
• July 5-7, 2007: Nobel Prize recipient Pugwash holds 50th Anniversary workshop
  
• June 21-22, 2007: IPPNW's North Asia Regional Meeting in the Nuclear Weapons Free Zone of Mongolia include former ambassador to the UN and two Mongolian presidents.
  • Read the Final Statement (Ulaanbaatar Declaration)
  • Read the statement on Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones by Dr. Kataoka of JPPNW
  • Read the opening address by IPPNW Co-President, Dr. Gunnar Westberg
• June 11-16, 2007: IPPNW Co-President, Dr. Ime John, visits Tehran
  • Read more
• April 30, 2007: IPPNW representatives join other NGOs in Vienna, Austria at the 2007 NPT Preparatory Committee from April 30 to May 11.
  • Read about IPPNW's launch of ICAN at the 2007 PrepCom
  • Read agenda, statements and working papers on the Reaching Critical Will site.
• April 23, 2007: IPPNW launches ICAN website and international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons (ICAN)
• April 18, 2007: A Mayor for Peace, Iccho Itoh of Nagasaki, Japan assassinated
• January 29, 2007: Doctors Protest Trident Submarine Base
  
  • Press release on the arrests
  • UK press - article on Dr. Liz Waterston in the New Castle Journal
  • UK press - article on Dr. Lesley Morrison in Borders Today
  • UK press - article on Dr. Trevor Trueman in the Malvern Gazette
• January 26, 2007: Doctors and medical students from IPPNW's Swedish affiliate, SLMK, meet with doctors in Iran
• January 16, 2007: Doomsday Clock Advanced
• September 7, 2006: IPPNW's Goals for 2007 Set Out in Five-Point Plan
  Related Documents:
  • Outline of the federation's 2007 program
• October 25, 2005: U.S. Drops Nuclear 'Bunker Buster' Plans