The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) commits the UK, and other nuclear-armed states, to general and complete nuclear weapons disarmament.

State parties to the treaty meet regularly to discuss progress – or lack thereof – with the treaty, most recently in Geneva in July 2024. CND representatives attended to make the case for strengthening the treaty so that it achieves its original aim – a world without nuclear weapons.

While at the conference, CND organised a side event to make the case against a European nuclear weapons system, which has been discussed by some on the continent in recent months. The anti-nuclear movement argues against such a possibility: proliferation is not the answer to European security concerns.

Click on the following links to read our expert panel’s assessments on this disturbing development.

Melissa Parke, Executive Director, ICAN

Reiner Braun, IPB

Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, US

Naomi Zoka, Pax Christi Flanders

Alain Rouy, Le Mouvement de la Paix, France