Nuclear Disarmament Resources

Opinion by Henrik Salander, Arend J. Meerburg, Miguel Marín Bosch, Paul Meyer, and Zia Mian
Published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
September 24, 2013

Excerpt: "The United Nations General Assembly will hold its first-ever high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament this week.The meeting is a recognition by the international community that nuclear weapons remain an existential threat to humankind. And in theory, humankind knows precisely how to deal with nuclear weapons: They must never be used; they must not proliferate to new states; and they must be prohibited and eliminated over the long term. Otherwise, they will eventually be used again.

But why don’t states act on this acknowledged reality?"

Presentation by Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D.
Celebrating Peace Philanthropy and Furthering Peace Education in the Footsteps of Andrew Carnegie International Symposium
The Hague Peace Palace
September 3, 2013

The Vancouver Declaration is the result of a conference convened February 10-11, 2011, in Vancouver, Canada, by The Simons Foundation and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), entitled "Humanitarian Law, Human Security: The Emerging Framework for the Non-Use and Elimination of Nuclear Weapons," with the purpose to develop the Vancouver Declaration on the legal imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons.  

Lecture by Dr. Hans Blix in memory of Joseph Rotblat
Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts
Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
May 26, 2013
 

Opinion by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by Embassy
May 15, 2013

Opinion by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Published by Embassy
May 1, 2013

Commentary by Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
Adjunct Professor of International Studies, School for International Studies, Simon Fraser University
Fellow in International Security, Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
Published by OpenCanada.org
May 2, 2013

Remarks by Amb. (Ret'd) Paul Meyer
Senior Fellow, The Simons Foundation
at the "Beyond International Humanitarian Law" side event, 2013 NPT PrepCom Meeting
Co-convened by The Simons Foundation, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy, and the Abolition 2000 Working Group on International Humanitarian Law
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
April 22, 2013

Remarks by John Burroughs
Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
and Fellow, The Simons Foundation
at the "Beyond International Humanitarian Law" side event, 2013 NPT PrepCom Meeting
Co-convened by The Simons Foundation, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy, and the Abolition 2000 Working Group on International Humanitarian Law
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
April 22, 2013

Remarks by Madeleine Rees
Secretary-General of Womens' International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
at the "Beyond International Humanitarian Law" side event, 2013 NPT PrepCom Meeting
Co-convened by The Simons Foundation, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy, and the Abolition 2000 Working Group on International Humanitarian Law
Palais des Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
April 22, 2013