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ICAN - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Dear Friend --


Today, I want to share some personal news with you: at the end January 2023, after nine years, I will be stepping down as Executive Director of ICAN.  

ICAN has never been stronger than it is right now. I have been enormously privileged to spend almost a decade building this powerful campaign. Throughout my time at ICAN, I have seen it grow rapidly in size and influence and achieve milestone after milestone in our efforts to prohibit nuclear weapons under international law.

The moment the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted at the UN in 2017 will always be a highlight for me, as will ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize. But we did not stop there, and that is one of the things I love about this campaign. ICAN’s incredible campaigners around the world rapidly moved on to get states to ratify the treaty to bring it into force as a new, groundbreaking international law. 

Together, we did what many thought was impossible, we made nuclear weapons illegal.

Now, the world has a treaty in force which categorically bans nuclear weapons with ninety one signatory states and sixty eight states parties, and an ambitious action plan. And the movement keeps growing: we have over 650 partner organisations in 110 countries. 

Of course, stepping down from a role like this one will be bittersweet, but I will continue to support ICAN and the TPNW in new ways. From 1 February, our Campaign Coordinator, Daniel Högsta, will take up the role of Acting Executive Director until a new Executive Director is recruited.  And with all the talent, commitment and strength in this movement right now, I am really confident to hand over the leadership to someone new, and I know that ICAN will succeed and achieve its goal.

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And in the meantime, I have work to do. The fight to end nuclear weapons is more pressing than ever and there are still many things we want to accomplish as ICAN before this change at the end of January. I’m glad we can count on your support to help make them happen.

Thank you,

Beatrice Fihn
Executive Director
ICAN 


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