SCRAP Weapons Presents: “Today’s Era Must Not Be of War”

SCRAP Weapons kindly invites you to attend our conference “Today’s Era Must Not Be of War,” taking place at SOAS University of London on Friday 24^th February, at 4pm GMT.

Drawing on the call by G20 leaders at the latest G20 Summit in Indonesia to “end this era of war,” the conference aims to build a global constituency to support the convening of the next Special Session on Disarmament and take its agenda to the UNGA.

Just as at the bleakest moment of the Second World War, Franklin Roosevelt set an objective of disarmament, so now we can do no less. With Russian president Vladimir Putin and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov having made a number of statements widely seen as threatening the use of nuclear weapons, an accelerating arms race taking place in the East, and global military spending reaching an estimated $2,000,000,000,000, never has there been a more pressing time for general and complete disarmament. Thus, SCRAP Weapons calls upon these states to support the activation of a Special Session on Disarmament at the United Nations General Assembly.

SCRAP Weapons’ conference will explore how to make the G20’s call a reality, assisting peace in Ukraine and beyond. Join us to shape a road-map to a new era of peace and disarmament.

For more information visit the SCRAP Weapons website here and invite your friends and networks to register to attend either in person or via Zoom.