News related to "Non Proliferation Treaty"

Is selling uranium to India legal?

Written 29/11/2011

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICANⁱ) has received legal advice casting doubt on the legality of Julia Gillard's proposal that the Australian government should sell uranium to India.

Uranium to India: escalating the nuclear arms race- MAPW

Written 10/02/2011

THURSDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2011: MAPW opposes the proposed sale of Australian uranium to India, and is appalled at revelations that the Energy Minister has secretly told the US that a deal is on the way.

MAPW condemns proposed uranium sales to Russia

Written 19/03/2010

The Medical Association for Prevention of War today condemned the government proposal to sell uranium to Russia, in contravention of recommendations from its own parliamentary inquiry.

MAPW calls for fast track to zero nuclear weapons

Written 15/12/2009

MAPW today applauded a new Australia-sponsored report for recognising the destructive potential of nuclear weapons, but criticised the slow pace of disarmament proposed by the report.

"Hiroshima and the World": Tilman Ruff on building a world free of nuclear weapons

Written 17/11/2009

ICANⁱ Chair, NGOⁱ advisor to the ICNNDⁱ and MAPW former President Associate Professor Tilman Ruff writes in major Japanese newspaper Chugoku Shimbun giving a personal reflection on his own experience in Hiroshima 20 years ago and argues for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Parliamentary call for nuclear abolition welcomed

Written 17/09/2009

MAPW and ICANⁱ - the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - have welcomed today's call by a federal parliamentary inquiry, for Australia to play a leading role in ridding the world of nuclear weapons through a global Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC).

MAPW National Council hears report on nuclear treaties

Written 02/09/2009

MAPW's National Council, which met on the weekend of 29-30 August 2009, was addressed by the Member for Wills, Kelvin Thomson M. Mr Thomson chairs the Australian Parliament's significant Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT), which is expected to report later this month on its broad-ranging inquiry into Australia’s nuclear treaties.

MAPW reporting from the NPT PrepCom

Written 11/05/2009

NEW YORK: MAPW Vice-President Dr Ruth Mitchell is writing daily reports from the United Nations Preparatory Committee for the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which began in New York on 4 May.

MAPW attending UN Nuclear Non Proliferation meeting

Written 30/04/2009

30 APRIL 2009. MAPW Vice-Presidents (and ICANⁱ Board Members) Tilman Ruff and Ruth Mitchell are headed for New York where they will attend the NPTⁱ PrepCom (the 2009 United Nations Preparatory Committee for next year’s review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty).

Parliamentary Inquiry into Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament

Written 09/12/2008

(UPDATED 24 MARCH 2009) Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has published 78 public submissions to its Inquiry into all the international nuclear treaties involving Australia.

Uranium sales to Russia too risky, finds Government report

Written 18/09/2008

CANBERRA, 18 SEPTEMBER 2008: The Australian Government has received a Committee report recommending against ratifying a treaty which would have allowed uranium sales to Russia to proceed.

Australia's dangerous military history

Written 10/07/2008

JULE 2008: TWO NEW REPORTS based on recently released documents, show Australia's willilngness to test and use weapons of mass destruction during the cold war period.

ICAN Australia releases report on recent NPT (nuclear treaty) meeting

Written 22/05/2008

ICANⁱ Australia's report on the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee (NPTⁱ PrepCom) held in Geneva from 28 April to 9 May, has now been finalised.

Australian adopts stronger position in Geneva nuclear negotiations

Written 08/05/2008

GENEVA, 8 MAY 2008. The Australian government has raised several important issues which could help advance the abolition of nuclear weapons, during meetings on the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty this week.

Australia raises Nuclear Weapons Convention at Treaty meeting

Written 01/05/2008

GENEVA 30 APRIL 2008. ICANⁱ'S TIM WRIGHT REPORTS:Australia today delivered a statement on nuclear disarmament to the Non-Proliferation Treaty meeting in Geneva. It was much different from statements made in previous years.

Australian NGOs attend UN non-proliferation meeting

Written 30/04/2008

GENEVA, 30 APRIL 2008: MAPW Vice-President Tilman Ruff is currently in Geneva attending the NPTⁱ PrepCom (28 April – 9 May), an important meeting of states which are parties to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Tilman is one of two NGOⁱ representatives invited to be on the official Australian delegation.

MAPW representative to join Australian non-proliferation delegation

Written 16/04/2008

MAPW immediate Past President Dr Tilman Ruff has been invited to represent Australian non-governmental organisations on the Australian delegation to the 2008 Preparatory Committee for the nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPTⁱ PrepCom), which begins in Geneva in late April.

Nuclear weapons, operating status and climate consequences: visiting expert available for comment

Written 03/04/2008

Steven Starr is a US nuclear weapons expert currently visiting Australia (until April 9). His areas of expertise are:

Oslo conference: Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Written 04/03/2008

The Government of Norway, with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the Hoover Institution, convened an international conference on Achieving the Vision of a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, in Oslo on 26 – 27 February 2008.