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All governments agree that nuclear disarmament will make the world a safer place. What is at issue is how and when it will be achieved. NIS informs the debate and reports on governmental, non-governmental and lobbying groups who seek to further disarmament. The terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty are clear : that the nuclear states must disarm in return for the non-nuclear states’ commitment not to aquire nuclear weapons. But the nuclear states have consistently failed in their part of this bargain. International Humanitarian law is clear : noncombatant citizens have the right to life. The 1996 Judgment of the International Court of Justice also points unequivocally towards disarmament. Thousands of Peace and Justice groups around the world are clear that nuclear weapons do not add to personal, national or international security. NIS is a link between nuclear disarmament research NGOs and grassroots and local groups. Citizen Verification and Citizens Inspections can inform national organisations and the wider public on disarmament progress or otherwise. Grassroots groups that publicise, educate and protest about nuclear weapons are part of the disarmament process.
en 2012-05-17 17:18 NIS videoblog: The UK - Norway Initiative http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a2116
Our new video blog shows an interview with Andreas Persbo, Executive Director of VERTIC, about the ground-breaking UK – Norway Initiative on disarmament verification.  The UK – Norway Initiative has brought researchers from the two nations together to investigate the science of verification of the dismantling of nuclear warheads, and VERTIC has acted as the independent non-government observer for the programme.

The study has investigated how a non-nuclear weapon state could verify the dismantlement of a  warhead belonging to a nuclear power without divulging sensitive information or compromising national security.   It is the first time a nuclear weapon state has worked with a non-nuclear weapon state to develop practical steps towards disarmament.

As part of the initiative two role-plays of mock weapons inspection visits took place in Norway at a real Norwegian nuclear site 'dressed up' for exercise purposes, and at the beginning of December 2010 a mock weapons inspection took place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston, with Norwegian personnel playing the role of weapons inspectors. ]]> NIS videoblog: Making sense of the Strategic Defence and Security Review http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a2102

Our new video blog shows an interview with NIS Director Peter Burt about key recent government announcements on defence, nuclear weapons, and government spending: the Strategic Defence and Security Review; the National Security Strategy; and the Comprehensive Spending Review.

]]> NIS video interview: Bishop of Reading speaks on nuclear weapons and arms control http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a2077 Our latest video interview shows an interview with the Right Reverend Stephen Cottrell, Bishop of Reading, discussing his views on nuclear weapons and the prospects for arms control under the new Coalition government. 

 

]]> APPEAL REFUSED ON TRIDENT http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a1978 In the High Court on 26th January, Lord Justice Scott Baker refused NIS permission to appeal Mr. Justice Simon’s decision of 10th June 2008 not to grant permission to claim Judicial Review of the Government’s 2006 Defence White Paper and its decision to renew the Trident nuclear weapons system. The question of Consultation was not pursued.

Picture: NIS challenges the goverment on Trident at the High Court ]]> Nuclear Submarine Not Welcome in Southampton Docks http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a1970 Nuclear powered submarine, HMS Trafalgar arrived into Southampton Docks on Friday morning, before the Sotonsafe Nuclear Safety Plan is due to be tested on 14th January 2009. All emergency services and the City Council are on standby in case there is a problem with this 27 year-old submarine. The 5-day Public Relations Exercise and recruitment drive will be undermined by Trafalgar’s recent nuclear accident at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth and the difficulty in protecting people in the Southampton area and beyond in the event of a nuclear accident.

SCANS demo in Southampton, Dec 08

]]> Evidence of government multilateral disarmament gestures? http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a1958 No British nuclear bomb on the table http://www.nuclearinfo.org/view/disarmament/a1959 http://www.theherald.co.uk ]]>