Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders commit to accelerate efforts to tackle rising humanitarian challenges
… efforts to work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons. "Urban warfare has a devastating …
… efforts to work towards the elimination of nuclear weapons. "Urban warfare has a devastating …
… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - Vienna, Austria, 21-23 June 2022 The … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The Japanese Red Cross …
… to make its first call for the abolition of nuclear weapons in September 1945, a call taken up by … 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force as …
… Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna on 21 June 2022. First … Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Vienna, 21 – 23 June 2022 …
… of the States Parties to the Treaty of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna (Austria) from 21 to 23 June … who has been advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons. Along with Keita, another …
… can also be witnessed in Disarmament and Weapons issues and activities aimed at the … been undertaken such as on Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons , Small Arms and Light Weapons … Mine Ban Convention, the Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons or the Global Compact on …
… (yymmdd)_article title e.g.: 220824_YouthBanNuclearWeapons.docx No identifying information of … and 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Entries in this …
… cost for civilians on earth of the use of weapons and other military operations in, or … • The placement in orbit of objects carrying nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass … of Justice, Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, 8 July …
… apace, with cyber operations, autonomous weapons and the use of outer space raising … by ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and by including humanitarian … critical civilian infrastructure, such as nuclear plants, electricity grids and water …
… by recent statements made with respect to nuclear weapons . Five years ago this month, as States … of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons , the ICRC recalled that …
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