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John Burroughs retweeted
"Over 200 Global Organizations Demand US Congress Prevent Nuclear Strike Against Iran" peaceandhealthblog.com/2026/… via @JohnAtIPPNW
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My just-released book looks at Carney & Canada’s role in the human security agenda. Excerpt published in the @TheHillTimes linked below.
Available online now, and in bookstores soon.
Douglas Roche: No previous prime minister has ever demonstrated such outreach to so many nations amid a breakup in world order, while defending the integrity of Canada’s sovereignty. But Carney should also make time for Parliament.
hilltimes.com/2026/09/14/car…
Recommended: Repairing the Rupture – Carney, the Middle Powers and Nuclear Disarmament, by Ambassador Douglas Roche sanepi.org/repairing-the-rup…. With a look back at the Middle Powers Initiative, in which I participated.
The record of middle power states’ achievements in the long road to nuclear disarmament has been a contribution to a safer world even though the process is bogged down in the continuing dominance tactics of the major powers.
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Many thanks to the event's co-sponsors, including the @MYNewYorkUN1 (also our host), @CostaRicaONU , and @MexOnu, @Horizon2045's Lex Mundi Nova, and @IPPNW, and @lcnp_nyc.
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This week's #UNGA joint First-Sixth Committee side event, on the legacy of the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion on legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, was a great opportunity to reflect on the decision's impact, 30 years on, and how the facts and law have evolved since.
“Nuclear disarmament is not merely a political aspiration, but an international legal obligation that demands meaningful action.”
Dato’ Nadzirah Osman, Malaysian ambassador to the UN #DisarmamentWeek
@MYNewYorkUN1 @SethShelden @Horizon2045 @IPPNW @lcnp_nyc
icanw.org/nuclear_weapons_in…
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@lcnp_nyc Executive Director Dr. Deepshikha Kumari Vijh, and the Director of UN Liaison office for IALANA, presenting remarks at the #First #Committee on Disarmament and International Security- #81st #session of the #United #Nations #General #Assembly on October 15, 2026 chaired by His Excellency Lok Bahadur Thapa, Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN. Her remarks focused on the role of civil society as she presented the Nuclear Abolition Day appeal endorsed by over 800 organizations and over 1400 individuals from 107 countries.
You can read about the nuclear abolition day and endorse the appeal here :-nuclearabolitionday.org
@AlynWare @AlynWare
Excellent statement by LCNP's Deepshikha Vijh at meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly - reachingcriticalwill.org/ima…
John Burroughs retweeted
On 26 September, the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we recognize a simple but important truth: everyone deserves a future free from nuclear harm
History has shown that nuclear weapons have the potential to destroy all civilization and the planet’s ecosystems. Their consequences extend across generations.
In the Marshall Islands, UN Human Rights has documented how radiological and other impacts persist, affecting a broad range of human rights — including life, health, food, water, culture and a clean, healthy environment.
John Burroughs retweeted
The devastating humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons must never be forgotten.
On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we call for renewed dialogue and disarmament efforts towards a world free of nuclear weapons.
Much to consider in this timely piece by Thalif Deen.
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"The fact that the Resistance is no longer a winning brand in the Democratic Party is a hopeful sign that people have learned these lessons. It will take a far deeper reckoning to uproot Trumpism than the shorter path that appeared available in 2017." benrhodes1.substack.com/p/wh…
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This piece by Dr. John Burroughs on the fallacies of nuclear deterrence in perpetuity is well worth a read. Made me wonder if/when such weapons come into play as major nuclear powers are now facing direct (and humiliating?) challenges to their hegemony.
commondreams.org/opinion/del…
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A broader view of the Nuremberg principle of individual responsibility is that citizens are acting in accordance with that principle when they take responsibility for preventing nuclear war, writes @johnburroughs. commondreams.org/opinion/del…
Rachel Cleetus of Union of Concerned Scientists and I discussed parallels and connections between climate protection and nuclear abolition in this Back from the Brink podcast (no. 5). I thought it went well - recommended! Preventnuclearwar.org/podcas…
With better link - Comment on draft environmental review of US production of plutonium cores of nuclear weapons, by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation. Plan for a possible future without nukes! lcnp.org/s/LCNP-WSLF-comment…
Comment on draft environmental review of US production of plutonium cores of nuclear weapons, by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation. Plan for a possible future without nukes! wslfweb.org/docs/LCNP-WSLF-c…
In the wake of a failed NPT Review Conference, Jonathan Granoff writes about the imperative of nuclear sanity. ipsnews.net/2026/06/the-mora…
