Seychelles has become the 55th state to formally ratify the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, confirming the move at the United Nations last week. The Treaty entered into force amid global celebration on Friday 22 January 2021 meaning nuclear weapons are now banned under international law […]
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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) – of which Christian CND is a partner organisation – has released a new report showing the extent of spending on nuclear weapons in the nine nuclear-armed states last year. The report estimates the states spent $72.6 billion on nuclear weapons (around […]
The plans unveiled by the UK government in March to increase the cap on the number of nuclear warheads stockpiled by more than 40% would be a breach of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, according to two leading legal academics. Prof Christine Chinkin, a longtime consultant for the UN, and Dr […]
Christian CND has joined other faith organisations in calling on Barclays to change its policy around investing in nuclear weapons as shareholders gather for the banks AGM this morning (Wednesday 5 May). The Investing in Change Report, produced by the Nuclear Weapons Financing Research Group, of which Christian CND is […]
Monday 26 April marks the Global Day of Action on Military Spending, with groups around the world calling for money currently spent on the military to be diverted to other, socially productive priorities. Last year the global amount of money spent on the military was estimated at $1.9 trillion – thats […]