Downloads related to "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"
ICAN media release: Government urged to act on nuclear treaty - September 2009
17 September 2009 ICANi media release following the tabling of the report of the Joint Standing Committe on Treaties, on Australia's nuclear treaties. The release quotes Dimity Hawkinds and MAPW's Bill Williams and Sue Wareham, as welcoming recommendations that the government support a Nuclear Weapons Convention, and play a leading role in working for nuclear disarmament.
Kelvin Thomson MP addresses MAPW Council on nuclear treaties: August 2009
Kelvin Thomson MP chairs the Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT), which is currently undertaking an broad-ranging inquiry into Australia’s nuclear treaties. Mr Thomson addressed MAPW's National Council on 29 August 2009. He discussed progress towards nuclear disarmament, including many of the international treaties being considered by the parliamentary enquiry.
The grim reality: the global nuclear situation. Dr Frank Barnaby - 1998
At the IPPNWi XIIIth World Congress, 1998, Dr Frank Barnaby outlined global nuclear arsenals - that the only way to remove the risk of nuclear war is to abolish nuclear weapons. The paper is titled "The grim reality: the current nuclear situation."
Securing our survival: (summary). MAPW and ICAN - 2007
This is a 4-page overview of Securing our survival: the case for a nuclear weapons convention (2007), which sets out and explains an updated Model Convention aiming eliminate nuclear weapons.
The century of violence and the way forward. Dr Ronald McCoy - 1998
Dr Ronald McCoy summarises Twentieth Century conflict, including the need for nuclear disarmament, the role of the UN and International Law, and the causes for hope for our future, concluding with our need to "be committed to a culture of non-violence and the sanctity of life". Paper presented at the 1998 IPPNWi Congress.
