Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World is a new consortium of organizations promoting practical steps today to free the world from nuclear weapons tomorrow. Those steps, taken together with other nations, include an end to developing new nuclear weapons; further reductions in existing arsenals, and affirming the nuclear NonProliferation Treaty.
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- Release Date:04-05-2010
Oakland, CA – On the one year anniversary of President Obama’s speech from Prague in which he called for a “world without nuclear weapons,” and as he signs the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, a broad coalition of more than 100 faith, peace, and arms control groups from across the country is sending a letter to the president urging him to plan the next step to advance progress toward disarmament.
- OAKLAND, CA – As President Obama prepares his Nuclear Posture Review, pressure to water down his vision of American leadership to reduce the threat from nuclear weapons builds within his administration. 179 national, regional, and local organizations from across the country are responding with a letter to the president asking him to continue his leadership on nuclear weapons issues. The letter outlines how the Nuclear Posture Review can best achieve the vision the president laid out in his speech in Prague.Release Date:10-15-2009
Arms Control Advocates, Faith Groups Applaud Obama’s Plan for Achieving a Nuclear Weapons Free World
Apr5Release Date:04-05-2009Oakland, CA – In a major speech made from Prague today, President Obama placed a commitment by the US to achieve a “world without nuclear weapons” at the center of US nuclear policy, outlining the need for arms control agreements and a series of steps to address the threat posed by nuclear weapons.
- Release Date:04-01-2009
Oakland, CA - Today, as President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev met for the first time, the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World applauded their embrace of arms control measures and pragmatic steps for nuclear arms reductions.
- Release Date:03-11-2009
National Citizens’ Coalition Calls On President Obama to Take Immediate Steps Toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Deliver Petition Endorsed by More Than 70,000; Former Reagan Arms Control Advisor Issues Statement on Nuclear ThreatFor Immediate Release: March 11, 2009
Contacts: Reva Patwardhan, Peace Action West (510) 830-3600 ext. 112, rpatwardhan [at] peaceactionwest [dot] org
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (805) 450-4083 - Release Date:August 28, 2008
