All nations must sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Our Goal: Australia's ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a global grassroots movement for the stigmatisation, prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. We helped achieve the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear W
eapons, which nations are now signing and ratifying. This treaty bans the production, testing, use and possession of nuclear weapons, and establishes a framework for their elimination. ICAN was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for our work to raise awareness of the catastrophic humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons and to achieve the nuclear weapon ban treaty. ICAN was launched in 2007 in Melbourne, Australia, as an initiative of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), a global federation of medical professionals. Today more than 500 organisations in 100 countries are part of ICAN and thousands of individuals have signed our pledge for a nuclear-weapon-free world. We provide a voice to the overwhelming majority of people across the globe who support nuclear abolition. There is no other weapon that can kill hundreds of millions of people in a few hours and bring about the end of human civilization. Nuclear weapons are illegal, immoral and genocidal. They have no legitimate purpose, and are futile against any of today's real security threats, such as climate change, poverty and pandemics. In fact, they divert funds needed to address these problems. ICAN is generating an irresistible groundswell of public opposition to nuclear weapons, in all countries. We are working for universal adherence to the nuclear weapon ban treaty Together we must work for one future, with zero nuclear weapons. Contact: australia[at]icanw.org
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