December 10 is UN Human Rights Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This landmark document enshrines the inalienable rights that everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth
“We are approaching a once-in-a-generation UN summit, bringing together countries from around the world to build international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world”, according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a rallying call he made last Thursday (September 12) as part of the preparatory process for
Photo: Ambassador Rakhmetullin presenting the draft Factual Summary of the 2024 NPT Prep Com at the final session in the United Nations. On August 2, the final day of the 2024 NPT Prep Com at the United Nations in Geneva, the Chair, Ambassador Akan Rakhmetullin of Kazakhstan, released a Revised
Nuclear armed and allied governments that are parties to the NPT should replace their reliance on nuclear deterrence with common security, according to Pursuing Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament through our Common Humanity, a joint Inter-faith and Values Appeal to the 2024 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Prep Com. The Appeal has
Abolition 2000 held its annual general meeting online on Saturday February 3. The meeting (held in three sessions) included campaign reports, strategy discussions and movement building, with the theme Keeping the Network Connected and a focus on youth initiatives and intergenerational cooperation. The breadth of turnout (with reps from Asia,
A group of 170 civil society organizations from 37 countries called today on the nuclear armed and allied members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to replace their reliance on nuclear deterrence with common security. The call came in a joint statement Common Security v. Nuclear Weapons: How to replace the
Berlin, May 23, 2023 United Nations member states should use the occasions of the 2024 UN Summit of the Future and its 2023 Ministerial Meeting to adopt strong and effective multilateral measures to prevent war, eliminate nuclear weapons, build human security and protect our global ecosystems for the benefit of
Youth-led initiative focuses on protecting human rights of current and future generations The UN General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution yesterday (March 29) requesting the International Court of Justice to render an Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change. The resolution was initiated by Pacific
On January 24, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists set the hands of the Doomsday Clock to 90 Seconds to Midnight. This is even closer than last year to a possible global catastrophe from nuclear war, climate collapse or other existential threat to current and future generations. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Joint message of World Future Council members and Right Livelihood Laureates to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27). “Planet Earth is facing existential threats from human impact on the land, sea and air – on its ecological systems and its many forms of life, but there are effective