Global Ban Communities: Canberra joins
Australia's capital city supports the #nuclearban treaty. Thank you Canberra! https://t.co/y3rD1jWDjM#canberra #ICANsave pic.twitter.com/mgtFp4cLOw
— ICAN Australia (@ican_australia) April 10, 2019
Australia's capital city supports the #nuclearban treaty. Thank you Canberra! https://t.co/y3rD1jWDjM#canberra #ICANsave pic.twitter.com/mgtFp4cLOw
— ICAN Australia (@ican_australia) April 10, 2019
CND has been contacting embassies in London of countries that have signed but not ratified the global ban. In response to our inquiries, the embassy of Kazakhstan responded stating:
“Dear xxxxxxx,
Thank you very much for your letter and your interest in Kazakhstan’s non-proliferation and disarmament record.
Kazakhstan’s policy in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is determined by the country’s commitment to strengthening international security, developing cooperation among states, and increasing the role of international organizations in resolving global problems and conflicts.
At the high-level thematic meeting of the UN Security Council on the topic “Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: Confidence-Building Measures”, organized by the Kazakh presidency of the UN Security Council on Jan. 18, our first president Nursultan Nazarbayev called on all countries to build a world without nuclear weapons by 2045 – the UN’s centennial.
“The strength is not in nuclear bombs and missiles. The trust of the world community is a real defence,” said the Kazakh President at the Security Council stressing that only nuclear disarmament and confidence-building measures through the complete elimination of nuclear arsenals constitute the only and absolute guarantee against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
The President also noted that the nuclear weapons states bear the highest responsibility to humanity for preventing nuclear catastrophe.
“It is the largest nuclear powers that should be in the lead of the struggle for a nuclear weapons-free world and set an example by reducing WMD. This does not mean that the rest of the countries should stand by and that their actions are irrelevant”, said Nazarbayev.
On the day of the 26th anniversary of its accession to the United Nations – 2 March 2018, Kazakhstan officially signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the UN Headquarters.
Kazakhstan had participated in the elaboration and adoption of the Treaty, which is the first legally binding document in the history of nuclear disarmament. Its main provisions are in line with the principled position of Kazakhstan, which has taken a path of becoming a leader in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation after being a one-time holder of the world’s fourth largest nuclear arsenal.
At the moment, the bill on the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is being reviewed in Majilis – the lower chamber of Kazakhstan’s Parliament. It is our hope that the law on ratification will be adopted by the end of this year, in line with regular dates and terms of parliamentary review in Kazakhstan.
I hope that you will find this update helpful. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.
Kind regards,
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Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom
CND has been contacting embassies in London of countries that have signed but not ratified the global ban. In response to our inquiries, the embassy of Brazil responded stating:
“Dear xxxxxxxxxxx
I would like to thank you for your letter, which was brought to the Ambassador’s attention.
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is currently under consideration by the Brazilian Congress, where it must be approved before ratification.
Kind regards,
xxxxxxxxxx
Ambassador’s Office | Gabinete do Embaixador”
📊 New Poll: 78% of Norwegian’s believe that Norway should sign the #NuclearBan treaty. And @arbeiderpartiet reps meeting at #aplm19 today should probably know that that number is even higher among Labour voters → https://t.co/KMaAI6XatE pic.twitter.com/JcW58KYs4T
— ICAN (@nuclearban) April 4, 2019
Last night, Salt Lake City joined the ICAN Cities Appeal and calls on the US government to sign the #TPNW. Support for the #nuclearban is growing worldwide. Fantastic work by the Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/upxtxGlbTS https://t.co/Kqg1ShRk7Y
— ICAN (@nuclearban) April 4, 2019
Each signature, each ratification of the #NuclearBan chips away at the legitimacy of nuclear weapons. As long-time disarmament champions, African states can lead the way to a world without nuclear weapons by joining the #TPNW! @_AfricanUnion @AU_PSD https://t.co/GsypPbHR2g
— ICAN (@nuclearban) April 4, 2019
.@acrl_rfp staff @WairimuNgayu joins @CelinwNahory, @BeatriceFihn and Bekele Gonfa attending the ongoing AU Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa to lobby @AU_PSD for signature and ratification of the #TPNW. @nuclearban @ICAN_France pic.twitter.com/7eZNc6e2zP
— African Council of Religious Leaders (@acrl_rfp) April 4, 2019
👏 Congratulations Bern, for joining the ICAN Cities Appeal 👏Switzerland’s capital is speaking up in support of the #nuclearban! Now it’s time for the Swiss federal government to follow the will of its parliament and its people and sign the TPNW. @ignaziocassis @SwissMFA pic.twitter.com/0SbDmNdIuT
— ICAN (@nuclearban) April 2, 2019
The German city of Dortmund has joined the ICAN Cities Appeal! Thank you to all in the city council for their overwhelming support for this motion! @stadtdortmund #ICANsave #nuclearban @UtzKowalewski pic.twitter.com/Qu0TDIpTKg
— nuclear free / xanthh.bsky.social (@nuclearfreede) April 2, 2019
Bremen is the 10th German city to have signed the ICAN City Appeal and was the first German federal state to support a #nuclearban. Big thank you to the Bremen senate for today's decision! #ICANsave @RathausHB_news pic.twitter.com/Wk8JacWbik
— nuclear free / xanthh.bsky.social (@nuclearfreede) April 2, 2019
Come rain or shine, CND is taking action to rid the world of nuclear weapons! We managed to dodge the puddles on Downing Street today to deliver a petition in support of the #NuclearBan with our brothers and sisters from Christian CND. pic.twitter.com/c6rB1R4Hc1
— CND (@CNDuk) March 12, 2019
Congratulations Washington DC! The US capital's city council has unanimously voted to endorse the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons!
Could your city be next?
ACT https://t.co/IG2prAUge2 #Nuclearban pic.twitter.com/SCde0ncbj7
— CND (@CNDuk) March 6, 2019
Some great news on an otherwise quite depressing day, Tromsø, Norway votes to join the ICAN Cities Appeal today, and calls on the Norwegian government to join the #nuclearban treaty. pic.twitter.com/DfTLsHKf1m
— Beatrice Fihn (@BeaFihn) February 27, 2019