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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (abbreviated to ICAN, pronounced / ˈ aɪ k æ n / EYE-kan) is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. [1] The campaign helped bring about this treaty. ICAN was launched in 2007.
The Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Peace Prize in 2017 for its efforts to promote compliance with the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
The German section of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) highlighted Article 1, 2a prohibiting any stationing of nuclear weapons on their own territory. Hence, several NATO states – Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Turkey – would have to end contracts on nuclear sharing with the USA before they could ...
Beatrice Fihn, former director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons which won the Nobel peace prize in 2017, posted on X that she wept on hearing Friday's news. She said the ...
Rebecca Johnson (born 1954) is a British peace activist and expert on nuclear disarmament. [1] She is the director and founder of Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy as well as a co-founding strategist and organiser of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. [2]
The bombings convinced the world that nuclear weapons should not be used again ... United Nations liaison for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, to Slate. Show comments ...
Nuclear disarmament groups include the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, Greenpeace, Soka Gakkai International, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Mayors for Peace, Global Zero, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) (founded in 2007) "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition on such weapons," according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee announcement on October 6, 2017. [1]