Dear Friend
--
All eyes were on Hiroshima for the
G7 Summit, and yet the leaders failed to come up with any serious
contribution to building a world without nuclear weapons. ICAN, on the
other hand, brought a dynamic group of young people, parliamentarians
from G7 countries, and a powerful plan for the end of nuclear
weapons.
ICAN’s denunciation of the G7’s
failure of leadership and our plan to get to nuclear zero through the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was
heard loud and clear.
During the course of the summit,
ICAN’s message was picked up in hundreds of newspapers and broadcasts,
potentially reaching 4.94 billion people. Overwhelmingly, these people
heard that the TPNW was the answer to the problem of nuclear
weapons.
While the G7 leaders failed to
produce results, ICAN’s activities are already having an impact. For
example, the G7 Parliamentarian Forum on the Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons helped set the stage for the Italian Chamber of Deputies
to launch a cross-party group on Nuclear Disarmament to
politically advance the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
in Italy. And, 59 Members of Parliament from France urged
President Macron to start engaging with the TPNW by observing the
upcoming meeting of states parties.
The next opportunity for the G7 to
show that they are serious about addressing the nuclear threat is to
participate in the next meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons. That's where the
responsible states meet to implement a plan for global
disarmament.
Thank you for your
support,
Alistair Burnett Head of Media ICAN
It’s time to end nuclear
weapons.
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