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nuclear weapons

March 27, 2014

CND welcomes Defence Committee’s vision of a post-nuclear future

CND has welcomed a report by the House of Commons Defence Committee which highlights the decreasing salience of nuclear weapons in UK defence policy.
March 25, 2014

UN chief urges deeper global cooperation to ensure safer world

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has cited deeper global cooperation as “indispensable” to strengthening nuclear security.
March 7, 2014

Nuclear submarine recall urged as Trident costs escalate

CND has criticised increased government expendidture on nuclear weapons and called for submarines to be recalled from service in the light of new safety issues.
November 30, 2013

Iran: historic achievement or historic mistake?

What worries many powers today are Iranian encroaching attempts to enrich high-grade uranium. Has the deal that has just been done alleviated those fears, or merely been a piece of window dressing? Regional commentator and Ekklesia associate Dr Harry Hagopian examines the complexities, political dynamics and regional (global, indeed) implications of the Iran nuclear deal.
October 23, 2013

Korean ministers and peace activists' prayers against nuclear weapons

As Ekklesia reported this week, Korean church and peace activists in Busan are taking part in a 40 day fasting and prayer vigil against nuclear weapons from 30 September to 8 November 2013, coinciding at the end with the World Council of Churches Assembly there – and drawing attention to the consolidated action of churches against weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).
October 10, 2013

Financial 'lifeblood' of nuclear weapons industry revealed

CND has welcomed a new report which lays bare the financing of nuclear weapons. 'Don’t Bank on the Bomb'.
September 5, 2013

Burghfield Disarmament Camp protests continue

The Burghfield Disarmament Camp today continued its protest outside AWE Burghfield with an (almost) nude action near the main gate.
August 21, 2013

Moral action against arms sales
August 21, 2013

Christian groups back direct action to disrupt London arms fair

Six national Christian organisations have said that nonviolent direct action to disrupt the London arms fair would be a moral response to a sinful trade.
August 7, 2013

Dramatising the awful lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Events in Northeast Asia this year “dramatise how much the region and the world still live in the shadow of mass destruction”, says the WCC.