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European youth delegation for a nuclear-weapon-free world

30.01.2012
27 April to May 2012: NPT PrepCom at the United Nations in Vienna, Austria. At the end of April, 40 young people from all over Europe will travel to the UN in Vienna to raise their voice for the abolition of nuclear weapons - YOU can be part of them! Get the flyer and all information under www.nptyouth.org, and spread the word! Applications will be open from 1st February to 24th February 2012. Hope to see you in Vienna!
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Contact: Mirko Montuori, Christian Ciobanu, Martin Hinrichs

Launch of the Nuclear Abolition Forum and release of its inaugural issue

22.10.2011
The Nuclear Abolition Forum: Dialogue on the Process to Achieve and Sustain a Nuclear Weapons Free World was launched at the Baha’i UN Office today, alongside the release of the inaugural edition of the Forum’s periodic magazine.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Nuclear Abolition Day on June 25

06.06.2011
Nuclear Abolition Day is an annual global day of action for a treaty to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons. It is coordinated by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. The date changes from year to year depending on significant events. The first global day of action was held on 5 June 2010 in response to the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, which had just concluded. Visit: http://www.nuclearabolition.org/
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

International Youth Meeting for a Culture of Peace

06.06.2011
July 8 to 16, 2011, Varennes-Vauzelles and Garchizy, France: Take action for a culture of Peace - against the culture of war! The French peace movement (Le Mouvement de la Paix) together with BANg invites young people from all over the world for nine days in Summer 2011 to Bourgogne, France. The meeting will have two parts. In the first six days we will have a Forum with talks, workshops and a Citizen Inspection at a near-by French nuclear weapon base. For the last three days there will be a Festival with artistic activities, concert, sports and others.
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Contact: Martin Hinrichs

Disarmament Forum: Civil society and nuclear disarmament

08.02.2011
" The international political environment is at its most receptive point in decades to the concept of nuclear disarmament and abolition. It is also widely perceived that the objective of nuclear abolition will take some time to reach—witness President Barack Obama’s often quoted 2009 Prague declaration that a world without nuclear weapons is a goal that will not be reached quickly, and will take patience and persistence to achieve. --> The nuclear abolition movement has been patient and persistent."
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Aktion Jugendlicher gegen den Nuklearen Schirm über Deutschland

15.11.2010
Am 19. - 20. November 2010 steht in Lissabon das Gipfeltreffen zum neuen Strategischen Konzept der NATO an, welcher überschattet wird von den Debatten zum Abzug der rund 20 in Deutschland stationierten nuklearen US-Sprengköpfe. Zwar will die NATO über den Abbau von Atomraketen nachdenken, doch für die in Deutschland stationierten Nuklearwaffen ist keine Änderung vorgesehen. Und das obwohl der Bundestag hierzu gegenteiliger Meinung ist. So hat aus gegebenem Anlass die Jugendorganisation Ban All Nukes generation (BANg) zu einer Aktion unter dem Motto „No NATO Nuclear Umbrella“ in Berlin aufgerufen.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

A Million Pleas

03.09.2010
ICAN launched its new campaign and you can become part of the world's longest video chain letter at http://www.millionpleas.com/
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

65 years Hiroshima and Nagasaki

15.08.2010
65 years ago the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the cities of Hiroshima on 6th August and on Nagasaki on 9th August. 96.000 people died immediately. 130.000 died until the end of 1945. Today still 340.000 Hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombing, are suffering. Many Hibakusha are still fighting for be officially recognized by the government and getting their medical treatment paid. Their biggest wish is that all nuclear weapons are abolished so that nobody else must experience again the hell they went through.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Kicking the door open!

08.06.2010
A report on activites at the conference and of NGO actions in the last conference week and how the final document feels like.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Towards Nuclear Abolition

07.06.2010
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has produced a report, NPT Review Conference 2010: Towards Nuclear Abolition, which documents the growing support among governments for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. You can download the report here: http://www.icanw.org/files/ RevCon2010.pdf
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Contact: Tim Wright

BANg Highlights at the End of the first week

09.05.2010
BANg led end the first exiting week of the NPT conference in New York City with a great finish. Barbara Streibl and Fatih Oezcan hold a powerful youth speech during the NGO presentations on Friday afternoon. Afterwards all youth gathered on Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza in the opposite of the UN for a Global Zero Now Festival with our giant earth-globe-sun-flower.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

The next generation: free of the Cold War mentality

11.05.2010
Monday morning began with an opportunity for the next generation of peace activists and NGO leaders to showcase their vision of a nuclear weapon free world, during the annual international youth meeting. US President Barack Obama has suggested on several occasions that nuclear weapons may not be eliminated in his lifetime. However, the majority of the participants on Monday morning were born and raised in a post-Cold War world.
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Contact: Aaron Hayman

Can this NPT conference fail?

06.05.2010
A perspective by UN-General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, Iranian president Ahmadinejad , US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and young activist Barbara Streibl from Germany What is connecting this four people here in New York? They are all speaking in front of the plenary of the Non-Proliferation Conference taking place at the UN in May.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Report: Public Youth Debate - Legislative Council Chambers

05.05.2010
Harnessing the energy around the Nuclear Security Summit and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, a youth campaign of The Peace Foundation was born – Ban All Nukes Generation (BANG) Aotearoa. A local arm of an international umbrella, BANG Aotearoa felt it important to address the question of New Zealand’s role in international nuclear disarmament.
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Contact: Alyn Ware

Meeting of the abolition family: Extended Version

03.05.2010
Why do you fly half around the world? I mean despite for making the world a better place and fight against nuclear weapons. I mean the real reason why you are answering all the nice questions of the homeland security officer. It is to meet up with people you are meeting once a year on another continent, the once you are writing hundreds of emails before you ever meet them in person, the once who are your friends on Facebook for ages – all the beautiful people you feel connected to through a common goal.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Congress "Peace Culture 2010"

25.03.2010
In 2010 the city of Essen is the cultural capital in Germany. From 19th to 21st March the conference “Peace culture 2010” took place with remarkable speakers. This is the report is giving the overview of some workshops and the latest developments and intentions of nuclear weapons states.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Delegation to Geneva, February 2010

09.03.2010
From 23rd to 27th February 2010 a joined delegation of ten young people from IPPNW, IALANA, BANg and Friedenswerkstatt Mutlangen went to Geneva to attend one meeting of the Conference on Disarmament, to meet with people from WILPF and IPB and to dialogue with representatives of seven missions to the UN in Geneva.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Ban All Nukes Generation (BANg) in Aotearoa – initial announcement

04.03.2010
Will our generation see the abolition of nuclear weapons – or a disastrous spiral of proliferation ending in a nuclear catastrophe? In May this year there is an historic opportunity to start the process of nuclear abolition – before it is too late. Members of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which include nuclear-weapon-States and non-nuclear-weapon-States, will be meeting at the United Nations to review the treaty and decide on next steps for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
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Contact: Anna Skinner

Winner of postcard competition!

12.02.2010
Over the last weeks BANg ran a international postcard competition for the "Global Zero Now" Campaign. Now the winner was voted! See result at: http://globalzeronow.bang-europe.org/competition.html
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Grassroots Journalism Project

03.02.2010
The Ban All Nukes Generation Youth Network (Bang-USA.org)wants youth and concerned citizens who are interested in creatively spreading the word for nuclear weapons disarmament and social justice.
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Contact: Kim-Thao Nguyen

“Toward A Nuclear Weapon Free World”

12.12.2009
An article about the new development: the Gangs of four, the global Zero movement, Obamas vision and more!
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Mobilizing the New Generation for Nuclear Disarmament

09.11.09
Alongside main panels the youth had a seminar organized by the Olaf Palme Foundation on Friday and a self-organized Youth-Meeting on Saturday. We met to share our experience and wishes for our future.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Reaching Nuclear Disarmament

08.11.2009
The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT International Conference from 6-8 November in Stockholm, Sweden The conference was facilitated by the Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament including several Swedish organizations, the Foreign Ministry of Sweden, the Folke Bernadotte Academy and the Olof Palme Foundation. More details and the program you can find at www.nucleardisarmament.se.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Spread the Nuclear Abolition Flame!

14.10.09
Visit the website www.abolitionflame.org to help to put pressure on governments for a successful NPT Review Conference in 2010! - Send your letter to Barack Obama and Dimitry Medvedev! - Post an event for the abolition of nukes! - Lern more!
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Congratulations Alyn!

13.10.2009
Alyn Ware the Global Coordinator of the Parlamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, New Zealand has won the Right Livelihood Award, called the Alternative Nobel Prize. "...for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclear weapons." BANg is congratulating Alyn and we are also saying thank you for your support in the last years, for explaining to us how nuclear abolition can work!
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Stockholm Conference

13.10.2009
The Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament presents an international conference on nuclear disarmament in Stockholm 6-8 Novemeber 2009. The conference constitutes an arena for civil society organizations, politicians and professionals to meet in preparation for the 2010 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. BANg will take part!
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Final Countdown to the Interna

18.09.09
This is it – the final week of the countdown to the International Day of Peace! Warm thanks to all of you who have been working so hard to make this year’s IDP an outstanding step toward peace on Earth. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO MAKE SURE YOUR VOICE IS COUNTED!
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Updated News on the Internatio

23.8.09
1. Invitation for organizations to partner with Odyssey Networks for IDP 2. New participation map on the IDP website 3. Climate Week NYC will launch on the IDP 4. Updates on various events around the world
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

International Youth Rally in H

07.08.09
In Hiroshima and Nagasaki Youth met to have a big Youth rally. Our BANg founding-member Giorgio had the possibility to be there and to hold a speech. You can find all speeches of the rally in Japanese and English here: http://www.antiatom.org/youth_rally/2009/08/p-nats.html
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Summeraction in Buechel, Germa

13.08.09
From 6th to 9th August five members of BANg visited the US-nuclear weapons base Buechel in Germany. There are 20 US nuclear weapons deployed under NATO nuclear sharing which is illegal under the Non-Proliferation Treaty because soldiers of the German Bundeswehr are training with these weapons.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

International Day of Peace "We

05.08.2009
The UN is moving into high gear with its powerful “WMD-WE MUST DISARM” campaign leading up to the International Day of Peace. Please join UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in supporting this effort with your passion, your contacts and your prayers.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Come to Büchel!

25.07.2009
In Buechel, Germany are still 20 US-Nuclear Weapons deployed. They are under NATO Nuclear Sharing like those US Weapons in Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Turkey. Like last year peace activists are coming together from 13.7. to 9.8. for a Peace Camp which BANg will join again.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Voters want Britain to scrap all nuclear weapon

13.07.2009
Voters want Britain to scrap nuclear weapons altogether rather than replace Trident, according to a new Guardian/ICM poll today. The result marks a sharp turnaround in public opinion amid growing debate about the cost of a new generation of nuclear weapons and the impact of conventional defence cutbacks on the war in Afghanistan.
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Contact: www.guardian.co.uk

Statement by the Secretary-Gen

15.06.2009
On the urgency of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. Released because of the latest tests by North Korea.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Disarmament Education

11.05.2009
“Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education: Yes We Can” was the title of a side event on the NPT PrepCom. It tried to covering a broad cross-section of views, from the experience of a Hibakusha, through to presentations of governments and perspectives of a university student, educators, and diplomats, the session provoked much discussion in the hallways after.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Voices from Experience

07.05.2009
On the 7th May Pugwash Conference, Global Security Institute and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs organized the “Voices from Experience” meeting during lunch break of the Preparatory Committee for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. To the mixed audience of civil society and government representatives spoke Jonathan Granoff, Michael Douglas, Sergio Duarte, Jayantha Dhanapala and Nobuyasu Abe.
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Contact: Giorgio Alba& Nina Eisenhardt

Report on the film "The Strangest Dream”

05.05.2009
On the 5th May 2009 the National Film Board, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs invited the participants of the Preparatory Committee on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty for looking the film “The Strangest Dream”. The documentary film was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The Strangest Dream tells the story of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs – which he co-founded – to halt nuclear proliferation.
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Contact: Giorgio Alba& Nina Eisenhardt

"We can all feel the change"

06.05.2009
Agenda adopted for NPT RevCon! Of critical importance, the smoothest—or at least quickest—adoption of an agenda in recent NPT history occurred Wednesday morning. After intense consultations with all delegations, the chair submitted a draft provisional agenda for the 2010 NPT Review Conference, which the PrepCom adopted without discussion. The agenda is the same as the one used at the 2000 Review Conference, with a minor technical update: in paragraph 16, the phrase “and the final document of the 2000 Review Conference” has been added. The text of the agenda is available at www.reachingcriticalwill.org. The PrepCom also moved quickly though other procedural matters related to the 2010 RevCon
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Obama Prague Speech - A nuclea

5.4.09
See full text at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/05/obama-prague-speech-on-nu_n_183219.html The existence of thousands of nuclear weapons is the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War. No nuclear war was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union, but generations lived with the knowledge that their world could be erased in a single flash of light. Cities like Prague that existed for centuries, that embodied the beauty and the talent of so much of humanity, would have ceased to exist.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Third Biennial Report of the S

29.1.09
BANg had submitted a report to the UNO on the topic of Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education. So BANg is mentioned in the report to the Secretary-General. You can view this report here.
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

BANg General Meeting - Geneva

27.04.2008
Adopted protocol of the BANg General Meeting on 27th April 2008 in Geneva. Download protocol
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Contact: Nina Eisenhardt

Possible legal consequences of

24.02.2007
Possible legal consequences of the use or threat to use of Nuclear Weapons in a war or strike against Iran. Article available at: http://www.cornnet.nl/~akmalten/Possible_legal_consequences_of_a_war_or_strike_against_Iran.html
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Contact: Ak Malten

youth initiative through music

22.04.2007
Come to the April 2007 Reverence for Life,'Music for Life' initiative that is inspired by Albert Schweitzer's legacy of service and advocacy!
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Contact: Amanda E. Daly

IAEA Director El Baradei

09.01.2007
El Baradei said on January 9 2007 that atom bombs and missiles held by nine nations could "end life as we know it."
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Contact: By William Maclean, Reuters

Uranium

10.01.2007
Italian soldiers are still dying following exposure to depleted uranium in the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, their relatives say.
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Contact: By Christian Fraser, BBC News, Rome

US-China nuclear deal

17.12.2006
China's decision this weekend to buy four nuclear reactors from the American subsidiary of a Japanese multinational is the latest deal in which China has been able to play off Western companies against each other to acquire the latest technology. But the deal could trigger objections among some American politicians.
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Contact: By Keith Bradsher, International Herald Tribune

Songs for action!

Here are singers and songs that are relevant to nuclear disarmament and global peace. You can use them during a demonstration or to animate any other event. You will find links to their website when available and a classification in languages. Do not forget copyrights!!
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German Parliament on tactical nuclear weapons

10.11.2006
The German Parliament on 10 November 2006 passed a resolution on the NATO Riga summit calling on the government to take initiatives to end NATO's policy of nuclear sharing and renounce the nuclear first use option.
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Contact: Oliver Meier

Nobel Laureates against nuclea

01.11.2006
Nobel Laureates Gathered at the 7th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome Urge the World to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
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Annan's speech at Princeton

29.11.2006
The UN General Secretary Kofi Annan gave a great speech at Princeton on November 29, 2006 about the need for nuclear disarmament.
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Contact: Kofi Annan

Youth Conference on Abolition

28.06.2006
World Peace Forum, Vancouver, Canada A representative of almost all continents presented their actions for peace culture and nuclear abolition. Unfortunately, the Middle-East representative, Elias S. E. Deis, could not come. The room was full and the afternoon very fruitful, enriching and inspiring!
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Youth Letter in Germany

24.10.2006
Youth Demand: New Defense Outlines Should Make Germany Nuclear Weapons Free 45 youth from many different organisations from all over Germany write an open letter to the German government, in which they demand an end of German participation in NATO nuclear sharing and a withdrawal of the nuclear weapons deployed in Germany.
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Contact: Julia

We Say: "Stop the Madness"

by Marylia Kelley and Bob Schaeffer from March 2006 Tri-Valley CAREs' newsletter "Citizen's Watch"
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Contact: Emily Freeman

action conference at Brussels!

25.11.2006
Parallel to the NATO conference at Riga, there will be an international conference on nuclear disarmament, orgnised by Abolition 2000 Europe and others, at the European Parliament, and an alternative action conference organised by Bombspotting and others in Brussels.
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Contact: Roel

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