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A huge thanks to ICAN Norge Norsk Folkehjelp and Palestinakomiteen for helping us organise this event, to MoTaz and Rumi Hanagaki for sharing so much of themselves with us and to Peace Boat（NGOピースボート） for enabling Rumi's story to be heard by the over 1000 people in the crowd. Wonderful

As Erlend Draget of Norway observed, “we could not deliver a #PlasticsTreaty as promised today. But for the first time we can see the contours of one” #INC5 🇰🇷 medium.com/points-of-orde…

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I am writing in New York Times Opinion today about why nuclear deterrence is such a vulnerable security strategy and how nuclear weapons are uniquely sensitive to public opinion, meaning regular people have extraordinary power of their future. nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opi…

“But nuclear weapons are not an inevitable fact of human life. They are not impossible to get rid of, and pushing for that can be done by ordinary people like you and me.” Thank you Beatrice Fihn for this powerful reminder of our collective power: nytimes.com/2024/12/26/opi… 👏🔥

Nuclear deterrence theory depends on people's opinions and beliefs in the credibility of threats, making it a security strategy uniquely vulnerable to shifts in public opinion. Read Beatrice Fihn in New York Times on why this means regular people has extraordinary power to help bring

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This is terrible news. Landmines mainly kill civilians and particularly children during war and for decades after any wars are over. Killing your own people is not a real defense strategy. This is a grave mistake from these four countries.

This is deeply unfortunate. Just last month, we published an episode showing how The Mine Ban Treaty has saved lives and improved our collective security globaldispatches.org/p/when-treatie…

Landmines kill civilians, in particularly children. It's deeply harmful by Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and maybe Finland to do this to their own people, their own children. Lithuania MFA | #StandWithUkraine Kęstutis Budrys Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇵🇱 Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺  Estonian MFA 🇪🇪 | 🌻 #StandWithUkraine Margus Tsahkna Latvian MFA 🇱🇻 | #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

Anti-personnel mines kill and maim indiscriminately. There’s only one way to be safe: To get rid of them. We urge states to uphold the prohibitions of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention 👇

Poland and the Baltics want landmines back. Finland just joined them. This isn’t strategy — it’s security theatre. And the ones who’ll pay for it? Their own civilians. ICBL Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention ICRC open.substack.com/pub/spoilerale…

“I started crawling, then the second land mine exploded" - Devastating The Associated Press profile of Suleiman, a 21-year-old who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives in a Syrian orchard 4 months ago: apnews.com/article/syria-…