Disarmament
Welcome to Disarming Our Planet. This supplement to the UUA International Blog is devoted to building our knowledge of disarmament efforts then and now, with the goal of helping to create a more peaceful world with much fewer weapons.
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that is investigating the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria is authorized to enforce the Convention, but punishment for use of these weapons is not clearly defined.
By Joanne Dufour | April 25, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace -
Information direct from a UN staffer shows the risks in modern times relating to nuclear weapons, including recent efforts by nuclear-weapons states to modernize and develop new nuclear weapon technologies.
By Joanne Dufour | April 11, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
Just as the initiation of recent student led advocacy from Parkland, Florida brings hope for positive change in this country, so too have students in Japan addressed the issue of nuclear disarmament in their country by sharing the stories of nuclear blast survivors.
By Joanne Dufour | March 28, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
An overview of the contributions the Holy See made to the negotiations process leading up to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Pope Francis has been outspoken in support of nuclear disarmament.
By Joanne Dufour | March 14, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
This edition of Disarming Our World explores the story behind how the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came to be.
By Joanne Dufour | February 28, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
Nuclear disarmament may still be far away, but significant steps are being taken at the United Nations through the leadership of 122 countries who have declared nuclear weapons illegal. The other, nuclear-armed countries must listen and learn from them.
By Joanne Dufour | February 14, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
This new series on the UUA International Blog is devoted to building our knowledge of disarmament efforts then and now, with the goal of helping to create a more peaceful world with much fewer weapons. As the UN Charter indicates, there is a real need for security - and provision is needed for some measure of control - but certainly not at this level of military expenditure and ongoing military undertakings.
By Joanne Dufour | January 30, 2018 | From DisarmamentTagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace -
Explore lessons the United States can take from other countries' gun control policies to reduce the risk of recurring tragedies such as the recent Las Vegas shooting.
By Samantha Hussey, Katia Altern | October 30, 2017 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace -
Rev. Rob MacPherson reflects on Australia's experience with gun violence and gun control laws, as well as his own childhood in a gun-owning household in Baltimore.
By Rob MacPherson | October 5, 2017 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace -
In October 2016, the United Nations General Assembly voted to begin negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This critically important treaty calls for a complete ban of the use, production, possession, testing, and transfer of nuclear weapons. The legally binding treaty...
By Samantha Hussey | September 12, 2017 | From International Unitarian UniversalismTagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace