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WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2014

WILPF delivered the following statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day in 2014.

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WILPF Position on the Negative Impact of Arms Transfers on the Human Rights of People Living in Conflict-Affected Areas

WILPF delivered the following statement to the Human Rights Council on the occassion of its first resolution on the impacts of arms transfers on human rights.

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WILPF Statement on Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Avoiding Military Intervention

WILPF made the following statement opposing military action in Syria in August 2013.

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Statement of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to the Human Rights Council 2013

Beatrice Fihn, manager of Reaching Critical Will, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), delivered this statement on behalf of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to the Human Rights Council on 30 May 2013.

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WILPF Statement to Panel I of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament

WILPF issued a statement to the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament in May 2013.

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Remarks from RCW at NPT PrepCom Side Event on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

The following are the remarks of Beatrice Fihn of Reaching Critical Will, delivered at a side event at the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty PrepCom, Geneva, 30 April 2013. The event was hosted by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Reaching Critical Will of WILPF, and Article 36. 

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Presentation on Disarmament and Development

The following are the remarks of Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, delivered at the launch of the publication "Applying a Disarmament Lens to Gender, Human Rights, Development, Security, Education and Communication: Six Essays," hosted by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and Global Action to Prevent War. For a summary of the event, please see the UNODA website.

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WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2013

WILPF delivered the following statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day in 2013.

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Remarks on Ward Wilson’s “Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons”

The following are the remarks of Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, delivered as a discussant at a book launch and discussion with Ward Wilson, author of Five myths about nuclear weapons. The event was hosted by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at UN Headquarters. For a summary of the event and a link to Ward Wilson's presentation, please see the UNODA website.

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Presentation on Consensus, Political Will, Nuclear Disarmament, and the Conference on Disarmament

Presentation by Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, during a panel discussion hosted by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in New York during the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.

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WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Children and Armed Conflict

WILPF delivered this statement to the Human Rights Council in September 2012.

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WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands

WILPF delivered this statement to the Human Rights Council in September 2012.

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WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2012

WILPF delivered the following statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day in 2012.

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WILPF Statement to the 2011 Article XIV Conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

WILPF delivered the following statement to the CTBT Article XIV Conference in 2011.

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WILPF Statement on the 66th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

WILPF published the following statement to mark the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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WILPF Statement on Jeju Island and the Naval Base

WILPF issued a statement about the imposition of a US military base on Jeju Island in 2011.

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WILPF Statement on the 2011 Global Day of Action on Military Spending

WILPF issued a statement for the 2011 Global Day of Action on Military Spending.

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WILPF Statement on Japan's Nuclear Crisis

WILPF issued a statement in reaction to the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station disaster on 11 March 2011.

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WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2011

WILPF delivered the following statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day in 2011.

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