Christian CND has welcomed the motion passed by Renfrewshire Council in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The motion follows a similar move by Manchester City Council in November. Both authorities have called on the UK government to engage with the Treaty. The initiative to encourage […]
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The Swiss Parliament last week voted in favour of a motion calling on the Government to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and bring it forward for ratification. Switzerland voted in favour of the Treaty at the United Nations in July 2017 but as yet have not […]
Christian CND is deeply concerned at the announcement today (Tuesday 4 December) that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, also known as the INF. President Donald Trump had previously announced his intention to withdraw, and made the formal announcement today. The INF Treaty took around […]
Manchester City Council has become the first UK authority to pass a motion in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, following a new initiative by Nuclear Free Local Authorities and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The decision was taken unanimously at Council on […]
Details have been released of more than 500 ‘safety incidents’ at Faslane in Scotland, where the UK’s nuclear weapons system Trident is based. In two of the episodes the Ministry of Defence revealed that there had been”high potential for radioactive release to the environment”. According to the details released neither […]