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.