Unimaginable pressure and wind
Along with the blast, the heat, the electromagnetic pulse, and the ionizing radiation, the detonation of a nuclear weapon creates unimaginably strong and destructive winds.
View ArticleNo more nuclear weapons testing
The testing of nuclear weapons is already prohibited under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) of 1996. The problem is that not enough countries have yet ratified the treaty for it to enter into...
View ArticleEveryone to Vienna to save the world!
The time has come for all civilized states in the world to put a final ban on nuclear weapons, as we already did with chemical and biological weapons, landmines and cluster munition. The nuclear-armed...
View ArticleThe use of nuclear weapons
The fact is that nuclear weapons are used every day by the nuclear-armed states to threaten the rest of the world with total annihilation, while threatening themselves with the same fate.
View ArticleVienna – the city of hope
On December 8 and 9, there will be an intergovernmental conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons hosted by the Austrian government in the beautiful and historic capital, Vienna. I have...
View ArticleInvisible harm from ionizing radiation
Detonation of a nuclear bomb generates both direct ionizing radiation from the explosion and also huge amounts of radioactive contamination that can spread with the wind into the atmosphere and...
View ArticleStates of hope and states of concern
A huge majority of states—138 of the 184 UN member states that were present—voted in favor of a resolution establishing an Open-Ended Working Group to make concrete recommendations about nuclear...
View ArticleIn our lifetime: an appeal to a Nobel Peace Laureate missing in action
Former President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. But during his eight years in office, Obama did not achieve anything that measured up to his early promises. Obama should now join the...
View ArticleWorld doctors urgently call on all states to sign and ratify the Treaty on...
As the WMA is the leading professional organization to defend and safeguard the health of patients and, in every sense, is dedicated to humanity, it is understandable that the organization has become a...
View ArticleWorld doctors urge world leaders to join the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear...
This weekend (October 5-6), I had the privilege to represent IPPNW at the general assembly of the World Medical Association in Reykjavik, Iceland. The WMA urged all states to “sign and ratify” the...
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