
This section provides various resources related to nuclear disarmament issues.
TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
By Voices of the South on Globalization
IPS-Inter Press Service Europe, 2009
Toward a nuclear-free world: a German view
By Helmut Schmidt, Richard von Weizsäcker, Egon Bahr and Hans-Dietrich Genscher
International Herald Tribune / The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, January 9, 2009
Response to appeal issued by Messrs. Kissinger, Schultz, Perry and Nunn in The Wall Street Journal on January 15, 2008.
For a nuclear weapon free world
By Massimo D'Alema, Gianfranco Fini, Giorgio La Malfa, Arturo Parisi and Francesco Calogero
Corriere della Sera / 2020 Vision Campaign, July 24, 2008
Closely following the call from four prominent British politicians carried in The Times (UK) on June 30, Italy's major daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera , published a groundbreaking Op-ed signed by five leading figures in Italian politics.
Establishing A Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Arctic
By Adele Buckley
Global Security Institute, July 11, 2008
Start worrying and learn to ditch the bomb
By Douglas Hurd, Malcolm Rifkind, David Owen and George Robertson
The Times, June 30, 2008
Fulfill and Strengthen the Bargain
By Jayantha Dhanapala
Arms Control Today, June 2008
Toward A Nuclear-Free World
By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn.
The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2008
The Nuclear Threat
By Mikhail Gorbachev
The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2007
A response to “A World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” published in the January 4, 2007, issue of The Wall Street Journal
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
By George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn
The Wall Street Journal, January 4, 2007
The 50-Year Shadow
By Joseph Rotblat
The New York Times, May 17, 2005
Government positions on a
nuclear weapons convention
August, 2010
This document provides a comprehensive guide to government positions on a nuclear weapons convention — a global treaty to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons within a specified timeframe.
Canadian Pugwash Call for an Arctic Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone
August 24, 2007
The call issued by the Canadian Pugwash Group for the establishment of an Arctic Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ)
The Promises of the 2000 NPT Review Conference
April 24 – May 19, 2000
At the 2000 Review Conference of the NPT, the practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to achieve complete disarmament were agreed to by all governments signed to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion: Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons
July 8, 1996
On Monday, July 8, 1996, The World Health Organization, an agency of the U.N., and the United Nations General Assembly requested advisory opinions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legality of nuclear weapons under international law.
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: An Interview With Nuclear Threat Initiative Co-Chairman Sam Nunn
Arms Control Today, March 2008
The United Nations and security in a nuclear-weapon-free world
By UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon
Address to The East-West Institute offering a five-point disarmament agenda
October 2008
A Global Effort to Achieve a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
By Jonas Gahr STØRE (Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Address to the Oslo Conference on Nuclear Disarmament Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
February 2008
Lecture at Princeton University
By UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Lecture delivered at Princeton University calling for progress on both nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
November 2006
Is the NPT up to the challenge of proliferation?
By Rebecca Johnson
Report given by cofounder of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
October 2004