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15 Mar, 4 tweets, 4 min read
What can you do to get your government to join the #nuclearban treaty? Our great partners in the DRC have been on a roll! @CrispalAfrique held an awareness-raising workshop with authorities and called on the government to ratify without delay #thread
They even made the headlines on TV news
📺 Bravo, @CrispalAfrique @MATUKJp @RLubulu @Pierrinaa
Our DRC partners also work with faith groups, @CENCO__RDC, parliamentarians and more to support the treaty. @concern_women brought a group of 10 national @AssembleeN_RDC deputies together to work on the DRC's ratification & make great statements like this one by @MoiseNyarugabo
Ratifications take a lot of behind the scenes work so it’s great to see the all this movement in the DRC! Best of luck to our partners, and all those who support the #nuclearban treaty! Can’t wait to see DRC’s ratification 🙏
@RDC_Minaffet @Presidence_RDC

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Unacceptable! Today, the UK government is expected to announce that it will increase its nuclear weapon stockpile cap by 40% - to 260 nuclear warheads. icanw.org/uk_to_increase… Here are 5 reasons why this is such a shocking move (thread)
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Amazing news to kick off the weekend: we have not one but TWO ratifications of the #nuclearban treaty, Comoros & the Philippines!👏 Great show of support, a little under a month since the treaty entered into force. Congratulations to all involved @DFAPHL @MaeciDiplomatie #thread
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