Downloads related to "Nuclear weapons"
Jenny Grounds: Letter to The Age, 31 January 2012
Letter to The Age, 31 January 2012, by Dr Jenny Grounds. The letter calls for a nuclear free zone in the Middle East.
Selling uranium to India: an ICAN and MAPW joint media release, 4 December 2011
Labor sells out on nuclear non-proliferation, a joint media release from MAPW and ICANi on 4 December, following the ALP conference decision to sell uranium to India.
Illegality of uranium sales to India. November 2011
A two page briefing paper by Tim Wright summarising the legal opinion on uranium sales to India provided to ICAN by Professor Donald Rothwell of ANU.
Uranium sales to India: legal advice
Formal legal opinion provided to ICAN by Professor Don Rothwell from the Australian National University states that the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty prohibits Australia from selling uranium to countries that have not accepted full-scope safeguards.
Uranium sales to India: 2010 fact sheet
2010 4-page fact sheet written by Dr Jim Green for the Nuclear Awareness Project, funded by the MAPW Peace Fund. The paper analyses the strategic and health risks of selling Australian uranium to nuclear-armed India, the potential to escalate a nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, and the effects of contravening the NPTi (nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). See also the more detailed briefing paper on this topic.
Briefing notes: Uranium sales to India - October 2011
Notes setting out the key points against Australia selling uranium to India, which is not a signatory to the NPTi. Members may wish to use some or all of this paper when communicating with their local Member of Parliament or with the media. A more detailed paper can be found at http://www.choosenuclearfree.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Uranium-India-4p-final.pdf
Secrets, lies and uranium enrichment: 2004 Greenpeace report on Silex
"Secrets, lies and uranium enrichment" is a report produced by Greenpeace Australia, in 2004, on the classified Silexi project at Lucas Heights.
Flyer- Make nuclear weapons the target
Flyer for September 2011 WA launch of Red Cross campaign Make nuclear weapons the target.
Making nuclear weapons the target
Flyer for the launch of the Cross/Mallesons Australian Red Cross/Mallesons Stephen Jacques International Humanitarian Law magazine.
Japanese for Peace
Poster detailing the events at the August 2011 Peace Concert, put on by Japanese for Peace.
Proceeds from the concert will go towards the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Lessons from Fukushima and Chernobyl
Physicians for Social Responsibility have created a booklet exploring how Fukushima and Chernobyl have served to remind the public about the dangers posed by nuclear power.
De-alerting letter for P5 meeting June 29th
De-alerting letter to P5 meeting signed by MAPW.
MAPW Geelong screens "Countdown to Zero": Flyer, April 2011 event
Flyer for 30 April Geelong MAPW screening of "Countdown to Zero", prize-winning documentary on nuclear weapons from the makers of "An inconvenient truth".
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Nuclear power, uranium mining and public health
MAPW 2-page fact sheet by Dr Peter Karamoskos. Summarises evidence on nuclear reactors and cancer, accidents in nuclear power reactors, links with nuclear weapons, and health risks to nuclear industry workers. Written 2010.
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What has Wikileaks revealed? MAPW report, January 2011.
This MAPW report gives a brief overview of some of the the thousands of revelations already published by Wikileaks. It focuses on Australia, and on issues of particular interest to our members: Australia's relations with the US, China, Indonesia and North Korea; our government's stance on nuclear weapons, and on refugees; the unofficial views of our politicians on the war in Afghanistan; the honesty of our politicians; and some insights into how US diplomats view Australia. Prepared by MAPW members Michelle Fahy with Bill Williams, Sue Wareham and Gerry Shulz. PRINTABLE VERSION: IE HYPERLINK REFERENCES ARE WRITTEN IN FULL. (If you're just going to read online, you may prefer the plainer version, also in our Resources list).
Flyer: Debunking Deterrence, Melbourne public meeting: Commander Rob Green and Dr Kate Dewes, October 2010.
MAPW and ICANi event. Rob Green is a retired British Navy Commander, a former operator of British nuclear weapons and a prominent campaigner against them. MAPW and ICANi are hosting Rob and Kate to inspire and inform us about their vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. Rob has just publicised “Security without Nuclear Deterrence”, debunking the most common excuse for keeping nuclear weapons. Meeting Room 1, Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street Carlton. 6.30pm-8.00pm. Melbourne, Monday 25 October. PDF colour version.
Remember Hiroshima: Morning Vigil
Flyer for Melbourne's early morning vigil on the 65th Anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima: 6 August 2010. Organised by MAPW, Pax Christi and the Society of Friends.
Vision 2030 : an alternative approach to Australian security. MAPW 2010
Vision 2030: An Alternative Approach to Australian Security.Foreword by the Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser. MAPW 2010 publication which examines the 2009 defence white paper “Defending Australia in the Asia Pacific Century: Force 2030”, and calls for debate on Australia’s military expenditure and policies. It questions the value of spending on military rather than development projects and challenges the White Paper’s proposals for major weapons acquisitions.
Australian government response to Parliamentary nuclear treaties inquiry: MAPW 2010 report
This two-page MAPW paper discusses the Australian's government's disappointing response to the report of the Parliaments's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) nuclear treaties inquiry, in particular its failure to follow through on the recommendation of a Nuclear Weapons Convention. The Committee reported in September 2009 but the government responded in 2010.
Consequences of Nuclear Weapon Use: Poster May 2010
Poster for public lecture by Dr Bill Williams (MAPW President) on the health effects of nuclear war as part of a 6 part public lecture series, "What would Einstein say ?" presented by the South Australian Youth UN Association. Wednesday 19 May 2010.
