Hundreds in Vienna on 6 August to commemorate the atom bombing of Hiroshima 78 years ago, calling for a #NuclearBan now! All nations at the #NPTPrepCom and everywhere must join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. #leadership@nuclearban@ICANAustria
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At #NPT2023, Austria, Mexico, UK + Norway deliver joint statement on the principle of irreversibility of nuclear disarmament. They note efforts to elaborate this principle isn’t an end in itself. It's in compliance with spirit + letter of Article VI, but is not a prerequisite.
At #NPT2023, Emma Bjertén delivered a statement on behalf of @WILPF + 12 other civil society organisations about gender and intersectionality. The statement recommends addressing gender norms and improving intersectional diversity for nuclear abolition: https://t.co/UI0kjQfkCd
“Everything we know about humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons […], tells us that these weapons do not just represent the ultimate danger to humanity, but that they are unworthy of humanity.” What a speech of the @napf delivered by @IvanaNHughes at #NPT2023. #NPTPrepCom
“Make Nagasaki the last site of a war time nuclear bombing!”
Shirō Suzuki, mayor of Nagasaki, took the floor on behalf of @MayorsforPeace at #NPT2023#NPTPrepCom
Civil society takes the mic this morning at #NPT2023, and we’ll be hearing about the consequences, risks & elimination of nuclear weapons: https://t.co/Ynfie4ESCL. For ICAN, Elisabeth Saar from @ican_de will be covering why nuclear sharing is so dangerous and must end
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Several states at the #NPTPrepCom so far have expressed hope that work on strengthening the review process, particularly on transparency & accountability, will continue despite the Working Group's inability to adopt recommendations.
Noting that the NPT is facing a crisis of legitimacy, Singapore tells #NPT2023 that continued lack of progress on nuclear disarmament has made it seem that nuclear-armed states aren’t willing to disarm. It urged them to implement Article VI and the 2010 Action Plan.
The shared experiences of Dmitriy Vesselov a third generation survivor of nuclear tests in Kazakhstan at a side event of the #NPTPrepCom organised by @sokagakkai@Vienna_kz and @cisp_astana are a powerful testimony of the shortcomings of the #NPT.
@alexanderkmentt finishes the Austrian statement at #NPT2023 by emphasising the role of civil society, experts, academia and gender equality for future disarmament and non proliferation efforts. #NPTPrepCom
Costa Rica tells #NPT2023 it rejects nuclear weapon modernisation, which is not consistent with legal obligations for disarmament. Any threat to use this weapons also goes against international law.
“The business-as-usual approach to nuclear disarmament is not acceptable anymore. […] Nuclear weapons are repugnant to global public conscience and have since been outlawed by the #TPNW. Powerful statement by the Philippines at #NPT2023. #NPTPrepCom
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„Our world including outer space must be free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction!”, Burkina Faso on behalf of the African Group. #NPTPrepCom
Mexico emphasises the need of effective multilateralism and the compatibility of the #NPT with complementary disarmament commitments (like the #TPNW) at the #NPTPrepCom