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Date(s) - Tuesday - Apr 29, 2025
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Some Way Out of Here: Disarming Nuclear Powers & Preventing Proliferation
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty PrepCom Side Event
Hosted by: International Peace Bureau, Gensuikyo, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security, Peace Action New York State, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Date & Time: April 29, 2025 | 3:00–6:00 p.m.
Location: United Nations, New York | Meeting Room A
Contrary to their Article VI obligations and previous NPT Review Conference commitments, we are facing an increasingly dangerous period. All nuclear-armed states are “modernizing” their omnicidal nuclear arsenals. The Kremlin’s nuclear threats during the war in Ukraine—emulating those of the U.S. in the past—have fueled political pressures in many nations to view nuclear deterrence as a necessity rather than a danger. Meanwhile, China is significantly increasing its nuclear arsenal, creating a situation in which the world is held hostage by three nuclear-armed scorpions in a bottle.
Uncertainties stemming from the Trump administration’s policies have also increased proliferation pressures in Europe, the Middle East, and across Northeast Asia.
In these troubling circumstances, nuclear abolitionist movements in Britain, Japan, and beyond continue to build political pressure and offer models for preventing nuclear war and achieving a nuclear-free future.
Speakers include:
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John Burroughs, Senior Analyst, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (USA)
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Jeremy Corbyn MP, Vice President, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK)
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Tsuchida Yayoi, Assistant Secretary-General, Gensuikyo – Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Japan)
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Marco Marzo, Secretary-General of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
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Sharon Dolev, Executive Director, Middle East Treaty Organization (Israel) – Invited