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2024

September 17: Peace, nuclear disarmament and the Summit of the Future
September 13: Pacific Island States propose that Ecocide be adopted as a crime at the International Criminal Court.
August 30: Protecting the Rights and Wellbeing of Future Generations through Institutional Representatives
August 22: From the NPT to the UN Summit of the Future: Cut nuclear weapons budgets and investments.
August 20: Declaration of Planetary Emergency and reminder of Pathways toward Environmental Justice.
August 5: Common Security, global governance and nuclear threats: Takeaways from the 2024 NPT Prep Com.
July 23: Pursue peace and justice through Common Security – not nuclear weapons – say faith based leaders and organizations to the 2024 NPT Prep Com
July 21: Peace, nuclear-risk reduction and disarmament: UNFOLD ZERO at the NPT Conference
July 15: Invitation to International Justice Week events, July 17 and 18
July 1: People’s Pact For The Future Released, plus Interfaith Appeal on Peace and Disarmament
June 22: Advancing peace and nuclear disarmament at the 2024 NPT Prep Com, plus LAW not War Update
May 27: Basel Forum on Peace, climate change, international courts and the UN Summit of the Future
May 22: Law of the Sea Tribunal delivers decision on Climate Change
May 16: From Nairobi to the UN Summit of the Future: ImPACT Coalitions and Upcoming events.
April 15. LAW not War: ICJ case update, meeting of participating organizations and ICJ Success Story #3
April 4. You can help end War through Law. Plus ICJ Success Story #2
Mar 16: LAW not War: Resolve international conflicts in the Courtroom, not on the Battlefield. Plus ICJ Success Story #1
Mar 5: UN Day for Disarmament Awareness – Call on UN and NPT on nuclear weapons inadmissibility
Feb 13: LAW not War Update: Current developments at the International Court of Justice
Feb 4: Nuclear abolition movement alive and well despite the state of the world
Feb 1: Update on ICJ Genocide Cases
Jan 30: A New Agenda for Peace & Outer Space. Asia Futures Forum
Jan 25: PACEY Awards event January 26. Nine finalists. Join and vote for the winners
Jan 22: The Doomsday Clock and the UN Summit of the Future: Time to end the nuclear threat
Jan 9: LAW not War Update: ICJ cases on climate and genocide
Jan 2: Happy New Year from UNFOLD ZERO: Peace or War in 2024

2023

Dec 25: Seasons Greetings and UN Summit of the Future submissions
Dec 17: MEGA And The COP28 Breakthrough: To Succeed We Need Accountability And Governance.
Dec 10: War-driven Environmental Damage in Ukraine: Role of the International Criminal Court
Nov 29: Governing Our Planetary Emergency: Climate Governance Commission Report and MEGA website
Nov 21:The Peace, Climate Change and Disarmament Nexus
Nov 16: Better Global Governance urgently required to address our world’s critical issues
Nov 16: Legal Alternatives to War (LAW not War) Update
Oct 30: Nuclear policies and law post Russian invasion of Ukraine
Oct 22: Legal Alternatives to War: Successes & Possibilities of the ICJ
Oct 12: GSI Letter to UN Delegates: “The threat or use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible”
Oct 10: UN First Committee (Disarmament) meets under a cloud of international conflicts
Oct 3: UN Secretary-General: We must employ dialogue, diplomacy and negotiation to end the nuclear threat
Oct 2: Today (October 2) is International Day of Nonviolence
Sep 21: Reminder: Nuclear Weapons Elimination Day, September 26
Sep 10: What can we do for Nuclear Weapons Elimination Day, September 26?
Sep 4: World Federalism, the Doomsday Clock and the Summit of the Future.
Sep 2: The International Court of Justice, climate change and the Rights of Future Generations
Aug 25: #StepUp4Disarmament on International Day against Nuclear Tests
Aug 11: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Days, 2023: #3DNukeMissile reminder of increased nuclear threats
Aug 4: NPT Prep Com Civil society proposals and upcoming events
July 29: Join the call to nuclear reliant states: Replace nuclear deterrence with Common Security!
July 24: As the Oppenheimer movie opens, civil society and governments prepare for the NPT Conference in Vienna
July 18: Finding Hope in the Climate-Peace-Disarmament Nexus
July 10: NWC Reset: Frameworks for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World.
June 24: Rights of Future Generations from the ICJ Climate Case to the Summit of the Future
May 25: G7 Hiroshima Summit backtracks on norm against nuclear weapons
May 23: Peoples Pact for the UN Summit advances peace, nuclear abolition and Earth Trusteeship
May 21: Climate Change is now in the World Court: Help us win the case
Apr 22: Nuclear Stories Pre-Premier: Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Apr 16: Invitation to endorse Nuclear Taboo: From Norm to Law – a Declaration of Public Conscience
Apr 12: Nuclear weapons and Global Days of Action on Military Spending
Apr 6: Russia’s nuclear weapons policies challenged in the UN Human Rights Council
Apr 4: UNFOLD ZERO co-founder appointed Program Officer for the World Federalist Movement
Mar 29: UN General Assembly Seeks World Court Ruling on Climate Change
Feb 28: Nuclear Remembrance Day and World Futures Day events
Feb 24: UN General Assembly calls for an end to the war in Ukraine
Feb 23: Anniversary of Invasion of Ukraine – some responses and actions
Feb 13: International Peace Consultations: What can we do better to prevent war?
Feb 2: From Missiles to Medicines: Innovative use of the USA Defense Production Act
Jan 24: Join us to roll back the Doomsday Clock: now at 90 Seconds to Midnight
Jan 9: Finalists for PACEY Youth Award announced. Your vote could help determine the three winners
Jan 3: Your voice can help shape the new ‘UN Agenda for Peace’

2022

Dec 17: Move the Nuclear Weapons Money update: US nuclear weapons budget and nuclear weapons investments
Dec 16: The G20 Summit & and the United Nations: Nuclear Threats vs. a Growing Norm Against Nukes
Nov 11: Armistice Day event at COP27: Effective policies on peace, climate and food security
Oct 18: Protect People and the Planet – presentation to the UN
Oct 13: UN condemns Russia’s annexation of Ukraine territory
Sep 27: For outer space to remain our common good
Sep 25: What you can do for Nuclear Abolition Day, September 26
Sep 19: Nuclear risk-reduction and disarmament: From the NPT to the UN General Assembly
Sep 9: UN General Assembly sets date and modalities for a Summit of the Future
Aug 27: NPT Review Conference ends without agreement: What next?
Aug 6: Youth Fusion wins the Gorbachev / Shultz Legacy Youth Award
Aug 1: Nuclear risks exreme UNSG warns NPT Conference. Civil society appeal presented tomorrow
July 21: An interesting idea: a nuclear weapon trade-off to end the war in Ukraine
June 26: Common security, nuclear risks & the OSCE following the Ukraine conflict
June 16: Ban Treaty (TPNW) meets next week in Vienna. Nuclear threats and humanitarian impact
May 20: Join us to commemorate International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, May 24
May 7: $Billion give-away: Get your millions of dollars to spend on peace – not nukes
Apr 7: NWC Reset: Frameworks for a nuclear-weapon-free world
Mar 31: UK and Netherlands nuclear policies challenged in the UN Human Rights Council
Mar 16: International Court of Justice orders Russia to stop the invasion
Mar 11: Russia, Ukraine and nuclear weapon threats
Feb 24: Call to reverse Russian aggression against Ukraine and prevent a nuclear war
Feb 3: PACEY Youth Award 2022 highlights connections between peace, climate action and nuclear disarmament
Jan 21: Call to prevent nuclear war made on anniversary of UN’s first ever resolution
Jan 15: Dear nuclear powers: ‘Don’t even THINK about starting a nuclear war’
Jan 13: Invitation to Nuclear disarmament and human security

2021

Nov 28: NATO parliamentarians support nuclear No-First-Use policies
Nov 11: Fulfil the NPT, From nuclear threats to human security
Nov 3: COP26 and the Climate – Nuclear Disarmament Nexus
Oct 15: The UN and the Climate – Nuclear Disarmament Nexus.
Sep 19: Action for UN High Level period – peace, nuclear disarmament, climate and nonviolence
Sep 16: UN Day against nuclear tests: Legislators, youth leaders and experts meet to discuss climate change and nuclear disarmament
Aug 18: Taking Climate Change to the World Court
Jul 21: Global youth leaders launch Nuclear Games
Jul 17: Take part in the ‘Don’t even think about starting a nuclear war’ action
Jul 10: Launch of NoFirstUse Global: Effective action, exciting events
Jun 29: Time for the World Court to stop climate destruction.
Jun 17: US-Russia Summit advances key points in international Open Letter
May 29: Canada and France nuclear policies challenged in UN Human Rights Committee
May 25: US plans for nuclear first strike against China: Global no-first-use meeting
Apr 9: Invitation to webinar: Time for ‘No-first-use policies’ in the USA and globally
Apr 2: US Senator Markey introduces Invest in Cures Before Missiles (ICBM) Act
Mar 22: How to respond to UK government expanding the role and numbers of nuclear weapons
Mar 8: Women’s Day Inter-generational dialogue on nuclear disarmament
Feb 28: New Zealand kicks off a 24-Hour Round-the-World Conversation for World Futures Day
Feb 18: World Future Day launch of Youth Fusion Elders
Jan 26: UN members urged to reduce nuclear risks and act now for nuclear abolition
Jan 21: The Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons, President Biden and UN Res 1 (1)
Jan 15: Intergenerational Forum and PACEY Youth Awards,
Jan 10: No fingers on nuclear buttons: Endorse the appeal for a nuclear-weapon-free world

2020

Dec 28: Seasons Greetings and New Year events.
Dec 19: Nuclear Ban Treaty and UN Resolution 1 (1)
Dec 9: UN Human Rights Day – Launch of Youth Fusion
Nov 6: Launch of Parliamentary Handbook on Disarmament
Oct 28. Invitation to webinar on Target 2045.
Oct 24. 2045: A new rallying call for nuclear abolition
Oct 12. Invitation to endorse Global Appeal for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Oct 3. 77 Heads of State and Ministers address UN High Level Meeting on Nuclear Weapons
Oct 1. Events for Oct 2, International Day for Nonviolence
Sep 29. Senator Markey to world’s governments: Invest in people not nukes!
Sep 28. Highlights of the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Sep 24. Action call for the UN Day to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Sep 21. Today is the International Day for Peace. Join an event!
Sep 16. Actions and Events for the UN Day for Nuclear Abolition
Sep 12. UN Day for nuclear abolition: What’s happening? What can you do?
Sep 11. #WeThePeoples2020 and the International Day for Peace
Sep 4. Launch of #WeThePeoples2020
Aug 31. UN#75 Words4Disarmament Youth Challenge
Aug 11. Actions and events for UN Youth Day
Aug 10. Hiroshima/Nagasaki 75th anniversaries highlight initiatives to ‘Move the Nuclear Weapons Money’
Jul 7. Remember your humanity – Russell-Einstein Manifesto, ICJ case and Rainbow Warrior
Jun 22. ‘Two Suns in the Sunset’ re-released as nuclear arms race heats up
Jun 2. Latest developments on the UN Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda
May 26. Where to now with disarmament? Dialogue with UN High Rep Izumi Nakamitsu, May 27
May 24. 238 women leaders join appeal to support Human Security and the UN
May 9. Youth saving the world: Invitation to webinars on May 14 and 19
Apr 23. Action for the UN Day of Diplomacy for Peace: April 24
Apr 8. Webinar invitation: Move the Nuclear Weapons Money
Apr 5. Support builds for UN call for global ceasefire to combat corona virus pandemic
Mar 29. EU and Russia support UN call for global (coronavirus) ceasefire. Cameroon rebels announce ceasefire
Mar 25. United Nations, peace, disarmament and corona virus
Mar 18. Corona virus and Move the Nuclear Weapons Money
Jan 31. New York City about to divest from the nuclear weapons industry?
Jan 19. Happy New Year: Simple action ideas for January 24 anniversary of the UN’s first resolution

2019

Nov 4. Over $500 billion of nuke money counted – and shifted to SDGs
Oct 30. Nuke money counting at NY City Hall, nuclear weapons contractor and more
Oct 15. People say: Move the money from nuclear weapons to climate protection and SDGs
Oct 10. Prague conference explores Peace Prizes on eve of Nobel announcement
Oct 2. Gandhi, the atom bomb and nonviolence
Sep 20. Global Week of Action for Peace, Climate, SDGs and Nuclear Abolition
Sep 11. Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) – Nuclear money from evil to good!
Aug 20. August 29, International Day Against Nuclear Tests
Jul 1. Nuclear weapons divestment campaigns gather momentum
Jun 28. Nuclear policies impact Global Peace Index 2019 rankings
May 27. UN and other actions on Womens International Day for Peace and Disarmament
Apr 11. Reversing the financial interests in fossil fuels and the nuclear arms race
Mar 29. Take action to help save the Korea peace and denuclearisation process
Feb 6. As Treaties Collapse, Can We Still Prevent a Nuclear Arms Race?
Jan 30. Mayors and parliamentarians call on Russia and the U.S. to preserve the INF Treaty (copy 02)
Jan 24. Doomsday clock, INF Treaty and anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1)

2018

Oct 20. Disarmament resolutions submitted to the UN
Oct 9. Move the Nuclear Weapons Money concert and counting
Oct 3. Secretary-General addresses High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament.
Sep 12. Youth representative chosen to speak at UN High-Level Meeting.
Jul 31. Retiring one Trident missile could ensure UN does not run out of cash
Jul 13. Nuclear weapons in Germany inflame conflict between NATO and Russia
Jun 29. Trump-Putin Summit an opportunity for nuclear restraint?
Jun 5. UNFOLD ZERO friend Maria Espinosa elected President of UN General Assembly
May 24. Women legislators appeal: Common security for a sustainable & nuclear-weapon-free world
May 5. UN Secretary-General’s appeal on the Iran nuclear non-proliferation agreement.
Apr 29. Global nuclear abolition network meets in Geneva.
Apr 22. Launch of online platform ‘Move the Nuclear Weapons Money.‘
Apr 21. New push for US election candidates to ‘Move the Nuclear Weapons Money.’
Mar 28. Amid growing nuclear dangers, expert highlight UN High-Level Conference.
Mar 2. ECOSOC organisations register now for the UN High-Level Conference
Feb 28. UN Secretary-General announces a new initiative for nuclear disarmament.
Feb 24. UK House of Lords: From Doomsday Clock to UN High-Level Conference.
Feb 22: Join the global youth video for a nuclear-weapon-free world.
Jan 26. Doomsday Clock warning makes UN High-Level Conference even more important.
Jan 3. Call on the UN Security Council to support nuclear disarmament on Jan 18.

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