Peace & Security: United Nations Association- UK

Charting a path to a world without nuclear weapons

UNA-UK has been awarded a major five-year ‘Special Peace Grant’ (administered by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust) and funding from the John Bright Centenary Appeal Fund of the UNA Trust to work on furthering multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

With this grant and co-funding from the UNA Trust and the John Bright Fund, we have launched ‘Towards Zero’, which builds on UNA-UK’s long tradition of disarmament campaigning.

We will be regularly reporting on this campaign through our website, newsletters and a new dedicated section in our magazine New World.

Latest news:
	UNA-UK participates in the 2010 NPT Review Conference May 2010 - UNA-UK’s Peace and Security Programme Coordinator, James Kearney, travelled to the UN in New York at the end of May to participate in the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. The conference, which takes place every five years, is organised to strengthen the international nuclear non-proliferation regime. On the back of the Review Conferences of 2000 and 2005 – widely regarded as being unsuccessful – the expectation surrounding the 2010 conference was high. Click here to find out more Click here to read the report

UNA-UK Chair Lord Hannay calls for action to get to 'nuclear zero' (April 2010) UNA-UK's Chair, Lord Hannay, speaks on BBC about nuclear non-proliferation (Jan 2010) 1 day conference, 'What is Britain's role in moving towards global nuclear zero?' (Dec 2009)
To find out more about UNA-UK activities, click here >> Opportunity for students to participate in Global Zero Paris Summit 2010 (November 2009) UNA-UK youth conference tackles non-proliferation and disarmament (November 2009) Lobby for the United Nations 2009-2010 pushes for action on nuclear issues (October 2009) Towards Zero launched in UNA-UK's magazine New World (September 2009) UNA-UK annual conference 2009 policy document (September 2009) UNA-UK resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issues agreed by WFUNA, an umbrella organisation of nearly 100 UNAs worldwide (August 2009) UNA-UK lobbies the UK government to support IAEA budget increase (July 2009) UNA-UK annual conference receives cross-party support for action (June 2009)

Building on decades of campaigning

UNA-UK has a long history of campaigning on nuclear non-proliferation and multilateral disarmament. To bring these issues to the fore on a national and international level, UNA-UK has organised events, carried out targeted advocacy, and produced a wide range of resources.

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Click here to sign Global Zero's declaration

 Substantially reducing the nuclear arsenals of all nuclear-weapon states

 Easing Cold War nuclear postures and agreeing negative security assurances

 Universal ratification and entry into force of the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty

 Agreeing a treaty to end verifiably the production of fissile material for weapons

 Creating a mechanism that guarantees access to nuclear fuel for civil purposes and avoids the further proliferation of uranium enrichment and reprocessing technology

 Strengthening mechanisms and increasing resources for verifying compliance with nuclear commitments

UK parliamentary activity

British parliamentary perspectives on nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation >

UN activity

UN Security Council resolution on 'Maintenance of international peace and security' (24 September 2009)

UN Security Council meeting record on 'Maintenance of international peace and security' (24 September 2009)

UN press release on SC resolution
on 'Maintenance of international peace and security' (24 September 2009)

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