Nicholas Clutterbuck

Dad to Miro, husband to Megan. NZ diplomat to 🇺🇳 in Geneva, previously to 🇨🇳 Passionate about music, movies & all things disarmament #banthebomb

[Andrey Baklitskiy @baklitskiy]

Everyone likes to talk about deterrence. Nobody likes to talk about deterrence breaking down. So a few observations based on what we’re seeing in the US war against Iran. Short thread 1/8

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The Americans finale is one of the greatest ever and we don’t talk about it enough.

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

@CortyNC 👀

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

📺 Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite comes to @netflix this week

🧨 It imagines what would happen as the US learns of an incoming nuclear strike

⏰ Thanks to the unstoppable @BulletinAtomic team (the folks behind the Doomsday Clock) for the invite

#nuclearwar

[Disarmament New Zealand @disarmamentNZ]

🇳🇿 At #CCM13MSP New Zealand warmly welcomed 🇻🇺 Vanuatu as the newest State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and congratulated 🇱🇦 Laos on its incoming presidency of the 3rd Review Conference.

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

The UN Delegations of Ireland and New Zealand and 30 co-sponsoring states have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for successfully advancing a United Nations First Committee resolution that mandates an independent, scientific study on nuclear war effects. Vote: https://t.co/BVoTKdPK4X

[Jason Robinson @SpeedTrials]

🇮🇪🇳🇿 resolution mandating a study on Nuclear War Effects was successfully adopted by the 🇺🇳 General Assembly on 24 December. Great to see this initiative up for @ArmsControlNow 🏆 alongside such great nominees. 🗳️ closes 13 January @DisarmamentIRL @disarmamentNZ @IrelandUNGeneva

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

Grateful to be nominated for Arms Control Person of the Year for our work to mandate new scientific research into the catastrophic planetary effects of a nuclear war. If you have a spare moment, we’d really appreciate you throwing a vote our way 💚

https://t.co/d3wB3mJOMI

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

The UN Delegations of Ireland and New Zealand and 30 co-sponsoring states have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for successfully advancing a United Nations First Committee resolution that mandates an independent, scientific study on nuclear war effects. Vote: https://t.co/BVoTKdPK4X

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

So happy to be back in Aotearoa for a few weeks this summer 🎄☀️

📸 from our long journey home

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

Cambodia has led the 🌏 clearing its land of these inhumane weapons and thru rehabilitating its victims and survivors. 🇰🇭 should be an inspiration to us all, and a reminder just when we need it most, that these weapons were banned for the right reasons. Let’s keep it that way.

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

A privilege to be back in 🇰🇭 this week, this time for work

An intense week, but one I won’t soon forget.

Hugely inspired by the community of survivors & those affected by mines, activists, civil society, operators, UN and ISU staff, & diplomats fighting for a #MineFreeWorld

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

#Landmines are cruel weapons, however you look at them. Often waiting silently for their victim long after conflict has faded. 90% of their victims are civilians & 45% of those are children ‼️

We know this because @minefreeworld @MineMonitor has collected this data for decades

[Disarmament New Zealand @disarmamentNZ]

Pleased to deliver a joint statement on behalf of 25 States Parties to the @MineBanTreaty in the closing session of its 5th Review Conference that has concluded in #SiemReap

🇩🇿🇦🇴🇦🇹🇧🇪🇧🇦🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇬🇲🇻🇦🇮🇪🇯🇴🇱🇸🇲🇽🇲🇿🇳🇿🇳🇬🇳🇴🇵🇸🇵🇪🇵🇭🇸🇳🇸🇴🇿🇦🇨🇭

We call on all actors to respect the Convention 📖

[Disarmament New Zealand @disarmamentNZ]

🇳🇿 is honoured to be in 🇰🇭 for the 5th Review Conference of the @MineBanTreaty

Anti-personnel landmines are inhumane weapons that disproportionately harm civilians & children, lingering long after conflict has ended. They have no place in 2024 and must be consigned to history

[Belgium UN New York @BelgiumUN]

AI and killer robots are already in the battlefield. The🇺🇳 needs a legally binding instrument.

The 1st committee (disarmament) adopted a resolution for inclusive discussions on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) thanks to a cross regional group🇧🇪🇧🇷🇨🇷🇮🇪🇲🇽🇳🇿🇵🇭🇸🇱🇱🇰🇨🇭,led by🇦🇹

[Annie Jacobsen @AnnieJacobsen]

UN to conduct new study of the broad impacts of nuclear war. Not all countries want to know. https://t.co/NICtLqWfjX

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

🌍why this matters: in the 80s 'nuclear winter' studies led to huge arsenal reductions 📉 Today, with advanced climate and tech knowledge, we can paint an even clearer picture & hopefully drive deeper reductions. With nuclear risks on the increase, humanity could depend on it 🫶

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

Last week the 🇺🇳 voted 144-3 to update the scientific basis of nuclear war, incl physical effects & societal consequences. It was an intense sprint to get this result & I’m so grateful to the many brilliant people who made it a reality @SpeedTrials. It’s important work #Science

[Nicholas Clutterbuck @niclutterbuck]

🇳🇿🤝🇮🇪 so, to get this done, we joined forces with long-standing disarmament partners, Ireland, to get a new resolution off the ground that would create a new scientific panel to do this research. Last Friday, it passed overwhelmingly #UNGA79