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PNND promotes peace, disarmament and the rights of future generations at IPU Assembly in Tashkent

PNND and our program partner World Future Council, joined over 700 parliamentarians meeting in Tashkent for the 150th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, April 5-9, 2025. We were invited to present the winning policies of the 2024 World Future Policy Award on Peace and Future Generations to a plenary of the assembly, and to speak as experts in workshops on parliamentary diplomacy, mediation and weapons of mass destruction.

Cover photo: PNND Council Member Fabian Hamilton MP (centre) heads the UK delegation to the 150th IPU Assembly.

At the UN in Geneva, PNND highlights human rights obligations regarding nuclear weapons

Human Rights and Nuclear Weapons, a side event at the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, co-hosted by PNND and the Permanent Missions of Kazakhstan and Marshall Islands to the UN.

Summit of the Future and the SDGs: Move the Nuclear Weapons Money

In follow-up to the UN Summit of the Future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is undertaking an analysis of the impact of the global increase in military expenditure on achievement of the SDGs. UNODA has called for papers to feed into this review.

In response, PNND has joined with eight other organizations in submitting a paper to UNODA on The UN Pact for the Future: Nuclear weapons spending and the Sustainable Development Goals in a turbulent world.

UN Human Rights Day (December 10): The right to life without threat from nuclear weapons

December 10 is UN Human Rights Day. It is also the day that the Nobel Peace Committee presents the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese Association of nuclear bomb survivors.

PNND commemorates Human Rights Day by commending Nihon Hidankyo and by promoting the human rights to peace and to life without the threat from nuclear weapons.

Parliamentarians call on the NPT to 'Turn Back the Doomsday Clock'

PNND Co-President Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer presents parliamentary appeal to the governments meetign at the United Nations for the 2024 NPT Prep Com. The appeal was endorsed by more than 80 parliamentarians from 35 countries.

IPU Parliamentary pledge for peace: PNND roundtable on LAW not War

A declaration Parliamentary diplomacy: Building bridges for peace and understanding is adopted at the 148th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. PNND Global Coordinator Alyn Ware speaks at the IPU plenary prior to adoption of the declaration. PNND also holds a related roundtable discussion at the IPU Assembly on Addressing strategic and existential threats through common security and the rule of law.

PNND Co-President Senator Markey announces legislation to HALT the global nuclear arms race

On the 40th anniversary of the historic 1984 Nuclear Freeze Resolution adopted by the US House of Representatives, PNND Co-President Edward Markey introduces the Hastening Arms Limitation Talks (HALT) Act into the Senate to establish a 21st century freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of nuclear weapons. A companion bill is introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by PNND Member Jim McGovern.

Parliamentary engagement vital for NPT goals of nuclear-risk reduction and disarmament

PNND makes proposals to the 2023 Meeting of States Parties to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United Nations in Vienna.

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