Honored to represent #CRIDS at the regional HCoC seminar in Southern Africa! 🌍 Inspiring discussions on rejecting ballistic militarization in Southern Africa, while defending #multilateralism and the spirit of the #PelindabaTreaty.
Congrats to CRIDS and Sims Nono for their outstanding role at the regional CoC seminar in South Africa!
By defending multilateralism and promoting African ownership of the CoC, they strengthen Africa’s voice for peace and missile non-proliferation.
#NonProliferation
🌍 Last week, #CRIDS participated 🇿🇦 in the regional seminar: “MISSILE PROLIFERATION: WHAT ROLE FOR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES SUCH AS THE HCOC?”, organized by the @FRS_org | Foundation for Strategic Research and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (#DIRCO), with the support of the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺, in collaboration with the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (#VERTIC).
A huge thank you to the organizers Alexandre Houdayer, Emmanuelle Maitre, and Miguel Ángel García Carrasco for their professionalism and exemplary commitment!
CRIDS contributed as a panel member through its Executive Director, Mr. @SimsNono, disarmament expert, demonstrating that in a context of rising tensions between major powers and weakening arms control regimes, Southern Africa firmly rejects ballistic militarization 🛡️ and champions multilateralism as the cornerstone of regional security .
#SADC member states prioritize human development, regional integration, and economic stability over offensive missile capabilities a vision fully aligned with the spirit of the #PelindabaTreaty ✍️☮️.
We highlighted:
✔️ Achievements (international commitments, strengthening national controls, debates on emerging technologies)
✔️ Persistent challenges requiring collective strategic resilience.
We advocated for greater African ownership of instruments such as the #HCoC as tools for transparency and prevention, frameworks for integrating new technologies, and platforms enabling Africa to have a strong voice in missile non-proliferation .
🛩️ A seminar highlight: the inaugural visit to the South African Air Force Museum to examine the RSA-3, the last remnant of the dismantled ballistic program. Professor André Buys provided a detailed presentation of its nuclear history, dismantling process (a global reference), repurposing at Overberg, and the abandonment of the space program an outstanding demonstration of transparency and strong commitment to confidence-building .
CRIDS returns inspired, motivated, and strengthened in its commitment to a safer, more integrated Africa, fully engaged in non-proliferation.
#UniversalizationOfTheHagueCodeOfConduct #SouthernAfrica #NonProliferation #BallisticMissiles #CRIDS #HCoC
🌍 Last week, #CRIDS participated 🇿🇦 in the regional seminar: “MISSILE PROLIFERATION: WHAT ROLE FOR CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES SUCH AS THE HCOC?”, organized by the @FRS_org | Foundation for Strategic Research and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (#DIRCO), with the support of the #EuropeanUnion 🇪🇺, in collaboration with the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (#VERTIC).
A huge thank you to the organizers Alexandre Houdayer, Emmanuelle Maitre, and Miguel Ángel García Carrasco for their professionalism and exemplary commitment!
CRIDS contributed as a panel member through its Executive Director, Mr. @SimsNono, disarmament expert, demonstrating that in a context of rising tensions between major powers and weakening arms control regimes, Southern Africa firmly rejects ballistic militarization 🛡️ and champions multilateralism as the cornerstone of regional security .
#SADC member states prioritize human development, regional integration, and economic stability over offensive missile capabilities a vision fully aligned with the spirit of the #PelindabaTreaty ✍️☮️.
We highlighted:
✔️ Achievements (international commitments, strengthening national controls, debates on emerging technologies)
✔️ Persistent challenges requiring collective strategic resilience.
We advocated for greater African ownership of instruments such as the #HCoC as tools for transparency and prevention, frameworks for integrating new technologies, and platforms enabling Africa to have a strong voice in missile non-proliferation .
🛩️ A seminar highlight: the inaugural visit to the South African Air Force Museum to examine the RSA-3, the last remnant of the dismantled ballistic program. Professor André Buys provided a detailed presentation of its nuclear history, dismantling process (a global reference), repurposing at Overberg, and the abandonment of the space program an outstanding demonstration of transparency and strong commitment to confidence-building .
CRIDS returns inspired, motivated, and strengthened in its commitment to a safer, more integrated Africa, fully engaged in non-proliferation.
#UniversalizationOfTheHagueCodeOfConduct #SouthernAfrica #NonProliferation #BallisticMissiles #CRIDS #HCoC
1. Le lancement du #DDR à Mbankana est une étape symbolique 🕊️. Mais sans un pilier fort d’éducation à la paix, de sensibilisation communautaire et de réintégration socio-économique, l’effort risque de reproduire le même cycle d’insécurité 🔄.
🎯 La semaine dernière, à La Haye (Pays-Bas), le #CRIDS a pris part à la 30e session de la Conférence des États Parties de l’ @OPCW🌍
À travers notre déclaration, présentée par notre Coordonnateur @Mingson_M, nous avons réaffirmé l’importance cruciale de l’universalité de la Convention sur l’Interdiction des Armes Chimiques (CWC).
Face aux défis actuels, l’universalisation de la Convention doit devenir le socle d’une nouvelle ère de coopération scientifique, diplomatique et éthique au service de l’humanité.
Nous réitérons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur d’un monde débarrassé des armes chimiques.
#CWC #OPCW #Paix #Universalité #CRIDS
Cette déclaration du #CRIDS à la 30e CSP de l'@OPCW illustre un engagement exemplaire pour le désarmement et la non-prolifération: défense de l'universalité de la #CWC, appel à une coopération scientifique et diplomatique renforcée et vision d'un monde sans armes chimiques🌍🚫🧪.
Félicitations au #CRIDS et à son coordonnateur
@Mingson_M pour cette prise de parole forte à la 30e CSP de l'@OPCW , réaffirmant l'universalité de la #CWC comme pilier d'une coopération scientifique, diplomatique et éthique au service de l'humanité.
🎯 La semaine dernière, à La Haye (Pays-Bas), le #CRIDS a pris part à la 30e session de la Conférence des États Parties de l’ @OPCW🌍
À travers notre déclaration, présentée par notre Coordonnateur @Mingson_M, nous avons réaffirmé l’importance cruciale de l’universalité de la Convention sur l’Interdiction des Armes Chimiques (CWC).
Face aux défis actuels, l’universalisation de la Convention doit devenir le socle d’une nouvelle ère de coopération scientifique, diplomatique et éthique au service de l’humanité.
Nous réitérons notre engagement indéfectible en faveur d’un monde débarrassé des armes chimiques.
#CWC #OPCW #Paix #Universalité #CRIDS
I had the honour of delivering the @CRIDS_NGO Statement on the Universality of the CWC at CSP-30. The universalisation of the Convention must become the foundation of a new era of scientific, diplomatic, and ethical cooperation in the service of humanity.
@OPCW@FinaudMarc
Félicitations au #CRIDS et à son coordonnateur @Mingson_M pour cette prise de parole forte à la 30e CSP de l'@OPCW, réaffirmant l'universalité de la #CWC comme pilier d'une coopération scientifique, diplomatique et éthique au service de l'humanité.
#Paix#OIAC#CRIDS https://t.co/9gldQ3vggR
Félicitations au #CRIDS et à son coordonnateur @Mingsom_M pour cette prise de parole forte à la 30e CSP de l'@OPCW, réaffirmant l'universalité de la #CWC comme pilier d'une coopération scientifique, diplomatique et éthique au service de l'humanité.
#Paix#OIAC#CRIDS
💡✨ Les jeunes sont au cœur de l’action chez CRIDS ! 🌍👩🏽🎓👨🏿🎓
À travers nos activités d’#information 📢, de #sensibilisation 💬, d’#éducation ��et de #plaidoyer 🤝 en faveur du désarmement 🕊️ et de la non-prolifération 🚫💣, nous leur offrons des #outils pour :
✅ Impacter positivement leurs communautés 💪
✅ Contribuer en tant que futurs dirigeants 🌟
✅ Bâtir un monde plus sûr, plus juste et plus durable🌱🤲
En cette "Journée Internationale de la Jeunesse #YouthDay 🎉", nous célébrons leur détermination 🔥, leur créativité 🎨 et leur leadership 🤴👸.
📣 Jeunes du monde entier :
🎯 Votre voix compte
💡 Vos idées comptent
🤝 Votre engagement change l’avenir
Ensemble, faisons de notre monde un lieu de paix 🕊️, de solidarité 🤝et d’espérance 🌍💚
#Jeunesse #Paix #Désarmement #Leadership #CRIDS #YouthDay #NonProlifération
🌍✋ Humanity deserves better than the nuclear threat. The #TPNW is a key step toward a world free of atomic weapons ☢️
📜 A historic treaty that completely bans these inhumane weapons — for good. ⚖️🕊️
🔥 In today’s tense world, it’s a vital tool to prevent the unthinkable. 🙏🏼
🕊️ 80 years ago, #Hiroshima was engulfed in nuclear horror ☢️. Today, the threat remains dangerously real.
That’s why at #CRIDS, our commitment is stronger than ever: to inform, alert, and educate — so history never repeats itself.
📢 Disarmament can’t wait! #Hiroshima80
80 years after #Hiroshima, the nuclear threat still looms over a world gripped by extreme geopolitical tensions. ☢️🔥
Remembrance is not enough — action is essential.
We must restore arms control and commit to full disarmament.
Humanity’s survival and peace are at stake. 🌍🕊️
Visiter #Hiroshima dans le cadre de la Bourse des Nations Unies pour le désarmement a été une expérience marquante. Constater le coût humain des armes nucléaires a renforcé mon engagement en faveur du #DésarmementNucléaire, du #TIAN et du #TNP.
1.During my visit to Hiroshima as part of the United Nations Disarmament Fellowship program, I was profoundly moved by the horrors that nuclear weapons inflicted on this city and its inhabitants.This experience deepened my commitment to nuclear disarmament, the TPNW, and the NPT.
☢️ 80 years after Hiroshima, nukes still threaten us.
🚨 12,241 warheads in 2025 — 9,614 ready across 🇺🇸🇷🇺🇫🇷🇬🇧🇨🇳🇮🇳🇵🇰🇰🇵🇮🇱
A single launch = global disaster. 💥🌍
@CRIDS_NGO calls for urgent disarmament. 🕊️
#StopNukes#Disarmament#Peace
🔴 Tragédie en #RDC : les milices #M23 soutenues par 🇷🇼 ont arraché la vie à 319 innocents, dont 48 femmes et 19 enfants. 😢
Les récits de survivants crient justice et compassion.
La communauté internationale ne peut pas rester silencieuse. 🛑🙏
#CrimesContreLhumanité#RDC
🕊️ 80 years ago, #hiroshima was devastated by nuclear horror ☢️. Today, rising geopolitical tensions keep the nuclear threat dangerously alive.
As #CRIDS, we stand firm in our mission: to inform, raise awareness, and educate — so that such a tragedy never happens again.
📢 Disarmament can’t wait! #Hiroshima80 #Disarmament #Peace #NuclearBan 🛑🔥📚
🔥 80 years ago, Hiroshima was reduced to ashes in seconds… 💥
🕯️ We remember. We honor the victims. We stand with the survivors and their families. 🫂
But remembrance alone is not enough. 🧠💔
⚠️ In 2025, amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the risk of nuclear weapons being used again is alarmingly real. ☢️💣
🛑 Nuclear weapons do not provide safety — they threaten all life on Earth.
❗ Nuclear disarmament must be a global imperative.
🤝 Strengthen non-proliferation, revive arms control architecture, and safeguard future generations. 🌍👶
🕊️ Peace. Memory. Responsibility.
Never again must humanity face such horror.
#Hiroshima #NuclearDisarmament #Peace #GlobalSecurity #NonProliferation #Remembrance #NeverAgain
📣 "Memory + Action = Hope" ✍️
🌍✋ The world is facing a critical turning point: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #TPNW is THE solution for real, effective nuclear disarmament☢️❌
📜 This historic treaty, in force since 2021, completely bans the development, possession, use, and threat of use of nuclear weapons. It provides a strong international legal framework to reinforce global peace and security. ⚖️🕊️
🔥 In a time of rising geopolitical tensions — where the shadow of nuclear conflict looms once again — the TPNW is a shield against catastrophe. It sets out a clear and verifiable path for eliminating nuclear weapons, so Hiroshima never happens again. 🙏🏼
🤝 By supporting and implementing this treaty, states commit to protecting humanity and building a future free of nuclear arms. Together, we can strengthen the disarmament architecture to ensure peace and security prevail. 🌱🌏
#TPNW #NuclearDisarmament #Peace #GlobalSecurity #NeverAgain #Hiroshima #NonProliferation