International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The urgent need to begin negotiating a Nuclear Weapons Convention

IPPNW and ICAN have called on the United Nations General Assembly to "take up the Nuclear Weapons Convention as its highest disarmament and non-proliferation priority" during its 63rd session, which opened on September 16.

Despite dozens of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly each year, progress toward a nuclear-weapons-free world has been stalled for decades.

In a statement sent to the General Assembly President and to the chairs of the UN First Committee and the Conference on Disarmament, IPPNW warned that "This ongoing unprecedented threat [of nuclear war] to all people and the survival and sustainability of our planet is not only continuing but escalating."

"We respectfully request the President of the 63rd session and the General Assembly as a whole to take up the Nuclear Weapons Convention as its highest disarmament and non-proliferation priority."

IPPNW affiliates are sending copies of the statement to their UN missions and Conference on Disarmament delegations throughout the months of September and October.

See full article 'IPPNW's Submission to the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly' here.