Happy Earth Day! 🌍🌱
Did you know nuclear weapons have severe #climate and #environmental costs even before they are detonated?
Learn more: www.ippnw.org/climate-and-...
#earthday #health
Meet our delegation!🩺
Sanchita Gera, member of IPPNW and @MAPW_Australia, will be joining the IPPNW delegation to the #UN for the 2026 #NPT Review Conference. Sanchita will join the delegation to promote peace and health through disarmament action.🤝
#nuclearweapons #diplomacy
Dr. Joe Hodgkin of IPPNW and @gb_psr will be joining our delegation to the 2026 #NPT Review Conference to hold States accountable to their commitments for a world without nuclear weapons. He'll join the rest of the delegation advocating for #diplomacy🤝, #peace🕊️, and #health🩺
The 2026 NPT Review Conference starts next week! Meet our delegation🌐Jienna Foster, director of the IPPNW Geneva Liaison Office, will be joining to push for a safer world, advocating to keep #AI technology out of #nuclear command and control.
Don't miss the third Global Classroom session tomorrow!
Ray Acheson, director of @rcw4disarmament.bsky.social, and Namkhai Bayasgalan, @ippnwstudents.bsky.social International Student Rep, will talk about the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
www.ippnw.org/global-class...
Meet some more of IPPNW's delegates to #UN NPT Review Conference!🩺
Dr. Ankush Bansal, president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Dr. Bert Crain of WNCPSR will both be joining the delegation from the United States to hold their country accountable and call for #disarmament.🕊️
#diplomacy
We're gearing up for the 2026 NPT review conference, where over 20 IPPNW members will participate in the meeting to pursue peace☮️, disarmament🕊️, and health⚕️.
Meet Sofia Vitale, IPPNW and PSR student member, joining the delegation in New York!
Stay tuned to hear more from our delegates about our recommendations for peace and health. Read more here:
www.ippnw.org/resources/nu...
3. Pursuing negotiations for nuclear disarmament.🕊️
IPPNW’s delegation to the Review Conference will push for urgent action to reverse the risk of nuclear war and advance complete disarmament. ( 4/5🧵)
#peace #health
2. Safeguarding "peaceful uses of nuclear technology☮️⚛️
The NPT faces a lot of strain and faltering credibility with increased aggression around nuclear sites, a lack of progress on #disarmament, and #proliferation risks abound. ( 3/5🧵)
1. Stopping the spread of #nuclear weapons🌐
The last time the NPT reached a consensus outcome was in 2010, when states expressed deep concern for the continued humanitarian risk posed by nuclear weapons. Where do we stand now? ( 2/5🧵) #proliferation
The 11th #NPT Review Conference begins at the end of the month. Let’s take a look at what the Non-Proliferation Treaty stands for, and what challenges it faces as we prepare for the conference. ( 1/5🧵) #nonukes #unitednations #disarm
Physicians for Social Responsibility, IPPNW, and Physicians for Human Rights renew our call for an immediate end to all fighting and a return to negotiations for the health and security of our planet.
Read the statement in full: peaceandhealthblog.org
Check out these upcoming book launch events
Washington, DC: April 17, 6:00 pm, Busboys and Poets, 14th & V; cosponsored by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and WPFW Radio.
www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
New York, NY: April 29, 2:00 pm, United Nations Bookshop, 405 E 42nd St.
The work articulates the yearning to live and love without the burden of loss and tragedy, translated by Liza Dalby with artwork by Sandy Walker, is available April 14!
All royalties from the book will go to the Western States Legal Foundation.
#nuclearbolition #nonukes
Upcoming book release: A new translation of the final work of Tamiki Hara, Hiroshima bomb survivor and renowned poet.
Available April 14 here: nyupress.org/978161332295...
📣Join IPPNW for "Nuclear Power is Not the Solution" on Tuesday, April 14th at 15:00 GMT📣
This discussion will take place in the context of the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
More: tinyurl.com/nuclear-power-april24
Make sure your calendars are marked for the second session of our IPPNW Global Classrooom! This week our expert speakers are diving into what makes nuclear weapons so catastrophically different from other weaponry.
Learn more and register: www.ippnw.org/global-class...
Welcome Jienna Foster, incoming Director of the IPPNW Geneva Liaison Office!
ippnw-glo.org/2026/03/15/w...
Join IPPNW and @nuclearban.bsky.social next week to learn more about the Eurobomb and what we can do to decrease tension, oppose any increase of nuclear arsenals in Europe, and reduce the faith on nuclear deterrence.
Register now: tinyurl.com/eurobomb-mar...
What an inspiring week in Copenhagen! 🌍✨ Our ISR Anna Khouri attended the 75th IFMSA General Assembly in Copenhagen, bringing IPPNW’s message to a gathering of 900 medical students from more than 120 countries, representing the student voice for peace in health curricula. @ifmsa.bsky.social
IPPNW unequivocally condemns the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel and calls on them to cease immediately all further use of force and to return to the negotiating table.
More: peaceandhealthblog.com/2026/02/28/ippnw-condemns-strikes-against-iran-calls-for-return-to-negotiations/
Read our statement in full: peaceandhealthblog.com/2025/06/13/i...
As negotiations between the US and Iran continue, IPPNW reiterates our June 2025 call: there is no military solution to the growing risk of nuclear proliferation. Diplomacy and sustained dialogue, leading to the abolition of nuclear weapons is the only path forward.
Are you looking for introductory information on nuclear stockpiles, nuclear armed states, and types of weapons and delivery systems? Join us next Monday, 2 March for the first session of the IPPNW Global Classroom.
All are welcome! Learn more and register today: ippnw.org/global-classroom
Last chance to register before the launch tomorrow, Friday, 20 February at 1pm GMT!
The one-hour introductory session will outline key themes and learning objectives and offer a detailed overview of what participants can expect in the year ahead.
ippnw.org/global-classroom
IPPNW Co- President Dr. Inga Blum attended the Munich Security Conference last week to share concerns about escalating #nuclear threat.
Watch her question to the panel, and response from US Representative Yassamin Ansari. @repyassansari.bsky.social 👇
#securityconference #Peace #nuclearban
Are you concerned by the direction the world is moving in? Do you want to make change? Look no further!
IPPNW’s Global Classroom is an educational program focused on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons, current risks, and actions for their abolition.
www.ippnw.org/global-classroom
Join us on 11 February at this webinar hosted by @ippnw.bsky.social Canada. @rayacheson.bsky.social and Lovely Umayam will discuss disarmament, abolition of state violence, and art as resistance.
🕰️: 17:00 PST / 20:00 EST
Register: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
