What Happened: In his opening statement to the 24th Conference of the States Parties at the World Forum at The Hague in the Netherlands, from 25-29 November 2019, the OPCW Director-General H.E. Mr. Fernando Arias reported that progress has been made in the project to build a new OPCW Centre for Chemistry and Technology (ChemTech […]

U.S. leaders from both sides of the aisle have consistently supported global efforts to prevent terrorists from stealing, transporting or using nuclear materials to wreak destruction and panic. Much of this work is accomplished through direct cooperation among the United States and other countries who wish to secure nuclear materials, improve nuclear detection, beef up […]

Thwarting nuclear terrorism should be added to the list. The risk of a nuclear terror attack in Washington or Moscow — or anywhere on the planet — cannot be ignored due to other disagreements. It would take only one nuclear terror attack to radically alter our way of life.

This consultation paper is a product of the workshop on humanitarian impacts of nuclear testings in the African continent that took place in Accra, Ghana, in August 2016. The workshop included 20 participants from government officials to non-governmental organizations’ in Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, and Mali. Based on these discussions on […]

“Let us pledge to work for the total elimination of nuclear weapons with urgency and a sense of collective purpose. Our very survival depends upon it.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Achieving global nuclear disarmament is one of the oldest goals of the United Nations.  It was the subject of the General Assembly’s first resolution in 1946. […]

On 15 July 2009, the Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone entered into force for 28 of the 53 African Union Member States and three of the five Nuclear Weapon States under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Five years later, a look back at actions and effort of stakeholders in […]

28 Apr 2015 – Academic symposium in the margins of the 2015 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and energy: Fresh ideas for the future. The symposium was been hosted by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN – together with UNODA, Harvard and CNS.

THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Today, the United States — together with our allies and partners — has reached a historic understanding with Iran, which, if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. As President and Commander-in-Chief, I have no greater responsibility than the security of the American people.  And I am […]

WASHINGTON—A diverse group of officials from more than 25 countries are developing a plan of action to build international capacity and address difficult monitoring and verification challenges that will need to be addressed in future arms control and nonproliferation agreements. Convened by the U.S. Department of State with the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), the International […]

Fact Sheet BUREAU OF ARMS CONTROL, VERIFICATION, AND COMPLIANCE March 20, 2015 “The United States proposes to work with both nuclear weapon states and non-nuclear weapons states to better understand the technical problems of verifying nuclear disarmament, and to develop solutions. This new initiative will…create a non-traditional partnership that draws on the expertise of talented […]