The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which will begin at the United Nations in May is widely considered to be a make or break point for ending the spread of nuclear weapons.
On April 30-May 2, people will gather in New York City from around the world to call for Peace and Human Needs: Nuclear Disarmament Now!
An international conference is planned at Riverside Church, April 30-May 1 to bring US and international participants together for analysis and to plan for future actions for nuclear weapons abolition, peace, environmental sustainability, economic justice. See updated conference details here.
On Sunday, May 2, we will take to the streets for a march and rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Make your plans today to be there to call for a peaceful, nuclear free, secure, and just world for us all!
List of conference speakers follows:
Ban Ki Moon – Secretary General of the United Nations
Tadatoshi Akiba – Mayor of Hiroshima, President, Mayors for Peace
Helen Clark* – United Nations Development Program, former Prime Minister of New Zealand -
Mikhail Gorbachev – Gorbachev Foundation, Former President, Soviet Union, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient – pending
Zia Mian – Princeton University, Program on Science and Global Security
Natalia Mironova, Institute for Public Policy and Law, President of the Movement for Nuclear Safety – former Member of the High Ecological Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Nadine Padilla, - Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment - MASE a New Mexico Native American opposing uranium mining
Vandana Shiva* – International Forum on Globalization
Terumi Tanaka – Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- & H Bomb Sufferers’ Organizations
Info: peaceandjusticenow.org
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