Louis Borgenicht, M.D. passed away on September 13, 2026, less than two weeks after happily settling in his studio apartment in assisted living at Legacy Village. Born December 29, 1942, to Nathan Bar...

Front page of The Sunday Times, 5 Oct 1986. Image: Peter Hounam Few whistleblowers have risked as much as Mordechai Vanunu did when he handed over covertly taken photographs of the Dimona nuclear f…

IPPNW is the only international medical organization dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons and the pursuit of health by preventing nuclear war.

On April 30, 2026, a group of 36 leading physicians and other doctors with expertise in mental health issued a statement calling for President Donald J. Trump’s immediate, lawful removal from offic…

Documenting grassroots awareness sessions on the remnants of war at school in Syria. Educational magazine Bunat Al-Ajyal features article “From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Child to Child Messages…

At the International Sharjah Conference on Landmines and Remnants of War (8–9 December 2003, UAE), humanitarian disarmament was the main focus. [Ghassan Shahrour, AHSN] In the nineteenth century, w…

Negotiations begin on the CTBT in Geneva. Image: CTBTO The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) was adopted on this day — 10 September 1996 — by a vote in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)…

The integration of AI and automation into nuclear command and control would mark a new era of exponential risk to humankind.

Map of CANWFZ, Arms Control Association The Treaty on a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Central Asia (CANWFZ) is twenty years old on 8 September 2026. Despite being lauded by Kazachstan as: “ensu…

New scientific report analyzes the cost, risk, and efficacy issues associated with the proposed $3.6 trillion Golden Dome strategic missile defense system.

What was the United Nations “Open-Ended Working Group”? The United Nations first established an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) entitled “Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament…

The USS Abraham Lincoln and nonproliferation, in readers’ eyes.

Landmark report recommends to the UN to negotiate a nuclearban Delegates vote on final report of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG), 19 Aug 2016. Photo: Xanthe Hall On 19 August 2016 a UN Open-End…

Humanitarian disarmament was the driving force behind the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. [ICAN photo] Humanitarian disarmament is often described through treaties, legal obligations,…

Executive summary of Canberra Commission Report, 1996 In its report, presented on August 14, 1996, the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons examined nuclear deterrence. It also…

This report presents the current evidence on the intersecting nature of climate change and armed conflict, and its implications for global public health.

On 6 August 1945, Hiroshima became the first city in history to experience the effects of an atomic bomb used in war. Within seconds, thousands of people were killed, health facilities were destroy…