ICAN congratulates the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers’ Organisation, Nihon Hidankyo, as they receive the #NobelPeacePrize of 2024 for their incredibly important work. Read our full response here: 🧵1/5icanw.org/ican_congratul… With risks of nuclear weapons use at an all time high, this recognition of Nihon Hidankyo’s tireless efforts to share their stories about the impacts of nuclear weapons should reawaken everyone to the extreme danger that nuclear weapons pose. 2/5

🧵1/ Recent remarks by South Carolina Sen. @LindseyGrahamSC suggesting the use of nuclear weapons on Gaza would be “OK” and likening the situation in Gaza to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, are utterly unacceptable.
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… 2/ Any use of nuclear weapons wouldn't "end" a war; it would solely lead to mass murder, immense sufferings for hundreds of thousands of people that would last for decades and beyond generations and cause devastating harm to the environment.
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This year, our team and campaigners around the world took action for a world free of nuclear weapons to a new level, bringing in new allies and new ways of working.🙌W/ the #NuclearBan Treaty gaining momentum we're pushing back against this existential threat. Highlights in the🧵 1/ 🌍In January, 37 African states gathered for an African Regional Seminar on the #TPNW. A pivotal moment as nations committed to prioritizing universalization of the treaty, with some announcing immediate plans to sign and ratify.

Read more here 🔗➡️ icanw.org/african_states…

1/ The #TPNW stands out as a historic treaty by recognizing survivors of nuclear use and testing—an aspect unprecedented in other treaties. During #TPNW2MSP, states heard firsthand from survivors still experiencing the devastating impact of these weapons.
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2/ During the General Debate, a joint statement from 26 affected community-led orgs shed light on the ongoing harm caused by nuclear weapons, from uranium mining to radioactive waste, emphasizing the disproportionate impact on Indigenous Peoples and marginalized communities.

Recent remarks by a French diplomat that Australia’s support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the @NATO  partnership are inappropriate. Let's unpack the facts🧵#nuclearban

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🔄 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (#TPNW) builds on and complements the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (#NPT) so France's concerns appear misplaced. Learn more here:

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NATO’s yearly exercise in the use of nuclear weapons, #SteadfastNoon, is going ahead this year, despite heightened tensions and explicit nuclear threats. Here's what you need to know 🧵 #NATO confirmed this morning that the exercise will take place in Belgium, with 14 states participating. Belgian media are reporting that it will take place at Belgium's Kleine Brogel base, where US nuclear weapons are stationed: vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022…

🧵1/ #NPT state parties are in the final hours to adopt or not adopt an outcome document for the #10RevCon. Here is what you should know. 2/ There are a number of issues that could cause states to break consensus in the final stages of the #NPTRevCon, including disagreements over AUKUS, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the Middle East, and more.

🧵1/ #NPTRevCon has started! Nuclear weapons are now prohibited under international law by the TPNW.

The #NPT should carry forward the success of the #TPNW1MSP and strongly condemn nuclear threats and advance nuclear disarmament. #nuclearban

icanw.org/npt_review_con… 2/ During the #TPNW1MSP, states parties issued the strongest multilateral statement ever against nuclear threats and adopted and began implementing a nuclear disarmament action. The #NPTRevCon should also adopt a concrete plan of action to reduce nuclear arsenals. #nuclearban

🧵The #NPTRevCon is starting tomorrow at the UN headquarters in NYC, read the thread below to learn more about it ⬇️ 1/ It’s the review conference of the #NPT, which prohibits its 186 non-nuclear-weapon states parties from ever acquiring nuclear weapons, while obliging its five nuclear-weapon states parties🇨🇳🇫🇷🇷🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸 to pursue nuclear disarmament. #NPTRevCon

🧵1/4 In Vienna, history was made 🎉🎉🎉 Here are three highlights from the outcomes of the #TPNW1MSP that explain why it's so revolutionary in its plan to end nuclear weapons. #nuclearban 2/4 Condemning nuclear threats: in response to Russia’s nuclear threats and the increasing dangers of nuclear war, states made clear in the Vienna Declaration that nuclear threats are never acceptable.

WE DID IT! #TPNW1MSP just adopted the Vienna Declaration & Action Plan - the strongest multilateral condemnation of nuclear threats and concrete steps on how states will end nuclear weapons through #nuclearban. More here:
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➡️bit.ly/39N2LTj 1/11 1. No nuclear threats are ever acceptable. Participating states repeated this throughout the conference, and the adopted declaration made it clear: Call it blackmail or deterrence, it is illegal, immoral & dangerous. 2/11 #nuclearban

We have been talking a lot about the big first meeting of state parties to the TPNW, but what will actually be discussed? The provisional agenda was just adopted, here is what’s on the table. A 🧵 1/12 #nuclearban #Vienna The meeting will begin by electing officers and with some introductions and statements from high level-officials, including UN secretary-general @antonioguterres 2/12

🧵1/ Nuclear weapons have not been detonated only in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, over the years nuclear armed states have done over 2000 #nucleartests causing catastrophic damage to human lives and our planet. Scroll to learn more. 2/ The two atomic bombs the US dropped on Japan in 1945 killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of people, and their effects are still being felt today. More here: icanw.org/hiroshima_and_…

🧵1/ Many have questions about the former stationing of Soviet nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory during the Cold War given the ongoing crisis. Scroll to read about it and learn more here: icanw.org/faq_on_ukraine…

#nuclearban #Ukrainecisis #Russis 2/ Ukraine never had an independent nuclear weapons arsenal, it inherited an aging nuclear arsenal, from the Soviet Union, over which it did not have operational control and could not have safely maintained.

One question we’ve been asked a lot lately is how many nuclear warheads exist right now.
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The numbers are absurd. There is no way we could respond to the devastating consequences of a nuclear war that’s why we need the #nuclearban!

1/ Members of the @_AfricanUnion met today to promote African adherence to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. 🌍📜✍️👏🥳 #nuclearban 2/ 42 African states negotiated and voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017:
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🧵1/ The nuclear threat is growing, and it is very normal that it creates feelings of worry and anxiety in a lot of people. We asked a psychologist in our network to help out with some practical tips, we hope these will help. #nuclearban 2/ Try to remind yourselves of key facts and then aim to "end" the thought there so that catastrophic thoughts, imagination, and feelings of anxiety do not get too much space in your thoughts.

🧵1/ Today Belarus is holding a referendum to revoke its nuclear-weapon-free status. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction and are illegal under international law. ICAN condemns any moves away from nuclear-weapon-free pledges. icanw.org/belarus_and_nu… 2/The referendum will not represent the will of the people. Lukashenko's reckless behavior of is threatening the lives of the people of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and all neighboring countries. Nuclear weapons will not keep anybody safe and a nuclear escalation can't be contained.

🧵1/ What can you do to take action to support Ukraine and push back against Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons?

#StandwithUkraine #nuclearban 2/ Stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine💙💛, call for peace, and condemn both Russia's illegal invasion and Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons.

Yesterday we explained what nuclear weapons do when they are used. We know that this is a risk because of Putin's explicit nuclear threats and Russia's grotesque nuclear arsenal. Here are some facts about Russian nuclear weapons near Ukraine. (Thread🧵) #nuclearban 2/ Russia has the world's largest nuclear arsenal, with nearly 6,000 total nuclear warheads, over 1,500 of which are deployed. Russia can launch its warheads from missiles, airplanes, and submarines. fas.org/issues/nuclear…

This morning, Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons. What does that actually mean? (Thread🧵)
kremlin.ru/events/preside… 1) Flash. An intense Tsunami of light, the brightest and blinding light anyone has ever seen.