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Learn About
Nuclear Weapons
An
informative site prepared by IPPNW-Sweden in collaboration with
the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society.
International "Nuclear
Power Fact File" Poster Campaign
Here you can find 8
good arguments against nuclear energy, with translations in various
languages.
Acronym.org
Acronym promotes
effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms
control. Engaging with governments and civil society, the Institute
provides reporting, analysis and strategic thinking on a range of
issues relevant to peace and security, with special emphasis on
treaties and multilateral approaches.
Reaching critical will
Reaching Critical
Will is an initiative from the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom that started in
1999 with a single focus: to
increase the quality and quantity of non-governmental organization
preparation for and participation in the 2000 Review of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Human Security Centre
The Human Security Centre's mission is to
make human security-related research more accessible to the policy and
research communities, the media, educators and the interested public.
Middle Powers Initiative
The Middle Powers Initiative is dedicated
to the worldwide reduction and elimination of nuclear weapons, in a
series of well-defined stages accompanied by increasing verification
and control. 8 NGO's combine to make this possible, amongst others
IPPNW.
NEJM
Article: Accidental Nuclear War- A Post War
Assessment
Their
findings: U.S. and Russian nuclear-weapons systems remain on high alert.
This fact, combined with the aging of Russian technical systems,
has recently increased the risk of an accidental nuclear attack...an
accidental intermediate-sized launch of weapons from a
single Russian submarine would result in the deaths of
6,838,000 persons from firestorms in eight U.S. cities.
Millions of other people would probably be exposed to
potentially lethal radiation from fallout. An agreement to
remove all nuclear missiles from high-level alert status and
eliminate the capability of a rapid launch would put an end to
this threat. Read on...
Coalition
to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
was founded in 1995 to coordinate
the largest and most active arms control and disarmament groups in a
common effort to strengthen national and international security by
reducing the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
Council
for a Livable World
The Council for a Livable World is among the USA's preeminent
arms
control organizations and focuses on halting the spread of weapons of
mass destruction, opposing a national missile defense system, cutting
Pentagon waste and reducing excessive arms exports.
Fourth
Freedom Forum
The Fourth Freedom Forum is an organization that encourages
discussion, development and dissemination of ideas that will free
humanity from the fear of war. Their emphasis is on barring armed
aggression and eliminating nuclear and other weapons of mass murder
through enforceable international law.
Global Security
Institute
The Global Security Institute is dedicated to the worldwide reduction
and elimination of nuclear weapons, in a series of well-defined stages
accompanied by increasing verification and control.
Hague Appeal for
Peace
The Hague Appeal for Peace is an international network of
individuals
and organizations dedicated to sowing the seeds for the abolition of
war through advocacy and training through education. They believe that
Peace education is a mechanism to prevent war and violence by
transforming a culture of violence to a culture of peace.
Hiroshima Peace Site
and Nagasaki
Peace Declaration Website
A
site where you can access information regarding the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki bombings, focusing mainly on their impact on Japan, how
this country has coped with the aftermaths of these tragedies and how
the people are using their experience as a means of promoting a
nuclear-free world.
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The IAEA works for the safe, secure and
peaceful uses of nuclear
science and technology. Its key role is to contribute to international
peace and security, and to the World's Millennium Goals for social,
economic and environmental development
Middle
Powers Initiative
The Middle Powers Initiative is dedicated to the worldwide
reduction
and elimination of nuclear weapons. Through it, eight international
non-governmental organizations are able to work primarily with "middle
power" governments to encourage and educate the nuclear weapons states
to take immediate practical steps that reduce nuclear dangers, and
commence negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons.
Movement
in India for Nuclear Disarmament
Non
Nuclear South Asia
A site devoted towards establishing a South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan) that is free of nuclear weapons or
energy.
Nuclear
Age Peace Foundation
The Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation initiates and supports
worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen
international law and institutions, to use technology responsibly and
sustainably, and to empower youth to create a more peaceful world.
Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and
organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the
Nuclear Age.
Nuclear
Policy Research Institute
NPRI
seeks to create a consensus of commitment to end the
nuclear age by mounting public education campaigns, establishing a
pervasive presence in the mainstream media, and by sponsoring
high-profile symposia.
Oxford
Research Group
ORG
combines rigorous research into nuclear disarmament
and non-proliferation, UK
security policy,
and global security in the changing international environment,
with an understanding of the people who make those decisions. Their
areas of research include: preventing the further spread of nuclear
weapons; control of the arms trade; constructive approaches to dealing
with international terrorism and the 'war on terror'; and effective
non-violent approaches to conflict prevention and resolution.
Peace
Action
"We give
ordinary people the tools to change the world. At Peace Action we
believe that every person has the right to live without the threat of
nuclear weapons 2) that war is not a suitable response to
conflict and 3) that America has the resources to both protect and
provide for its citizens."--Peace Action
Reaching
Critical Will
Reaching for a Critical Mass
of Political Will for Nuclear Disarmament-The
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom created the RCW
project in 1999, in order to increase the quality and quantity of civil
society at international disarmament fora, such as those that take
place at the UN.
Women's
Action for New Directions (WAND)
WAND
empowers women to act politically to reduce violence and militarism,
and redirect excessive military resources toward unmet human and
environmental needs. WAND was founded in
1982 as Women's
Action for Nuclear Disarmament. With the end of the cold war,
they became Women's Action for New Directions, and
have been dedicating their energies to redirect federal budget
priorities away from the military and toward human needs.
Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF)
WILPF envisions a
transformed world at peace, where there is racial, social, and economic
justice for all people everywhere. See this site for more info.
Australian
Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
The Australian
Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition is made up of a broad range of groups and
individuals who are working for the removal of all nuclear war fighting
and associated intelligence facilities and activities in Australia. The
Australian Anti-Bases Campaign sees the closure of bases as a positive
step towards world - wide disarmament and peace.
British
American Security Information Council (BASIC)
BASIC is an
independent research organization that analyzes US government policies
and promotes public awareness of defense, disarmament, military
strategy and nuclear policies in order to foster informed debate.
Center
for Defense Information
The
Center for Defense Information is dedicated to strengthening
security through: international cooperation; reduced reliance on
unilateral military power to resolve conflict; reduced reliance on
nuclear weapons; a transformed and reformed military establishment;
and, prudent oversight of, and spending on, defense programs.
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