Newsletter August 2023 Revisiting Disarmament and Arms Control: Progress or Regression? – A Geneva Security Debate What are the challenges and opportunities to the disarmament and arms control machinery and treaties? What role do these mechanisms play at a time of uncertainty in international politics? Are and can these mechanisms and treaties contribute to peace …
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Philip Chennery Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Conversations on the Arms Industry is a student-led SCRAP Weapons project, born with the intent to create a space for sharing challenges, hopes, and ideas relating to the arms industrial complex. Throughout the series, SCRAP aims to involve not only individuals focused on policy-making, law or technology, but also …
Newsletter July 2023 NEW AGENDA FOR PEACE CALLS FOR THE CONVENING OF A SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT On July 18th, UN Secretary General, António Guterres, released the long awaited New Agenda for Peace. SCRAP Weapons is delighted to announce the policy brief has recognised the need for a special session on disarmament (SSOD) at the …
Newsletter June 2023 It has been a busy summer in the world of disarmament, and for SCRAP Weapons, as we continue campaigning for the activation of a Fourth Special Session on Disarmament at the United Nations General Assembly. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the New Agenda Coalition, Brazil hosted the seminar “The …
Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit Vanessa Canola Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons James Luk Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons SCRAP Weapons Project Assistants Vanessa Canola and James Luk attended the G7 Youth Summit hosted in Hiroshima this year. Read about their experiences below: Vanessa’s Reflections 50 young leaders and activists, each contributing in their own way to raise …
Newsletter April 2023 April was a busy month here at SCRAP Weapons! Having carried out a round of successful consultations and discussions in Brussels, Geneva, London, New York, Vienna, Washington DC and at the G7 Youth Summit in Hiroshima, SCRAP Weapons has continued to pursue activating a Special Session on Disarmament (SSOD-IV) at the UN General Assembly, compiling a proposal of …
Newsletter March 2023 With a successful hybrid conference, the launch of our podcast series, and publishing multiple opinion pieces on topics ranging from the military balance in the Taiwan Strait to the extent and reach of the military industrial complex, it has been a busy start of the year for SCRAP Weapons and it looks …
Zahraa Kapasi Consultant, Scrap Weapons The G20 response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and fears of nuclear annihilation was that ‘today’s era must not be of war.’ As such, we require a new political and technical strategy for arms control and disarmament. Just as at the bleakest moment of the Second World War, Franklin …
Zahraa Kapasi Consultant, Scrap Weapons UN Special Sessions devoted to Disarmament were held in 1978, 1982, and 1988, but a fourth never transpired, even though this was expected and prepared for through the work of an Open-Ended Working Group. UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu welcomed the reaching of consensus by the Working …
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Nuclear Weapons & Climate Change: Intergenerational dialogue on nuclear-climate impacts & avenues for action Zahraa Kapasi Consultant, SCRAP Weapons An inter generational symposium addressing the connections between nuclear weapons and climate change took place in London, with online participation, on Thursday 9th September 2021. Organised by the Kazakhstan Embassy to the United Kingdom, PNND, Youth …