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In the Middle of the Pandemic, Nuclear-Weapons Spending Shot Up, a New Report Says

Ivana Ramirez
• June 22, 2021

In 2020, during one of the worst global pandemics in recent history, killing more than three million people that year from the Covid-19 virus, nine nuclear-armed countries spent $72.6 billion on bolstering and modernizing their arsenals, at a rate…

Categories: Disarmament, Gender Violence, Nuclear Disarmament

The Nuclear Ban Treaty Enters Into Force, 75 Years After Hiroshima

Dali ten Hove
• January 22, 2021

THE HAGUE — An international agreement that bans nuclear weapons became operational on Jan. 22, more than 75 years after the detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki heralded the atomic age. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, or…

Categories: Disarmament, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, US-UN Relations

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At the UN, a New Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Is Adopted by 122 Nations

Maria Luisa Gambale
• July 7, 2017

Nuclear buildup and threat of nuclear war became a front-page item this past week, after Kim Jong Un’s declaration of a successful intercontinental ballistic missile test, confirmed on July 4 by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Such…