MAPW unequivocally opposes any moves that will escalate tensions, and we call on our government to resist a slide to war.
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Vale Bob Hawke
In 1986, the UN’s International Year of Peace, PM Bob Hawke presented the Medical Association for Prevention of War with an Australian Peace Award.
The Age Letters Page – Monday 16 April 2018
There are weapons worse than chemical ones After more than seven years of appalling and highly complex conflict, Syria is increasingly a proxy for a new Cold War. Outrage about use of weapons of mass destruction does not make counter attack legal, and increases the risk of escalation. Chemical weapons inspectors arrived on Saturday to […]
Australia Preaches Respect for International Law in Syria while undermining the Law
Health professionals in Australia have strongly criticised the government for preaching respect for international law in Syria, while practising the opposite. Australia strongly endorses attacks on Syria by the US, the UK and France which violate international law, given they are neither conducted in self-defence nor authorised by the UN . Claims by Foreign Minister […]
Parliamentary Debate on Going to War is Long Overdue
This week marks the 15th anniversary, on March 20, of one of Australia’s most disastrous foreign policy decisions – our involvement in the invasion of Iraq. To characterise this as “our” involvement however does a great disservice to the millions of Australians who were vehemently opposed to the decision that was made by just one […]
IPPNW supports WMA condemnation of the arrest of Turkish Medical Association leaders
Written 07/02/2018 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNWi) joins the World Medical Association in expressing grave concern over the arrests of leaders of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA). We concur with the statement of WMA President Dr. Yoshitake Yokokura, who said, in part, “The WMA fully supports our Turkish colleagues in their […]