Welcome!

This Campaign is dedicated to realizing the vision of a nuclear weapons free world. The United States should play a leadership role in making the world safer by eliminating the nuclear threat. As practical steps toward that long-term goal, we work to:

stop the spread of nuclear weapons
end the pursuit of new warheads
ensure that existing stockpiles are verifiably dismantled.

A diverse array of people, organizations and institutions all over the world share the vision of a nuclear weapons free world. A September, 2007 public opinion poll found 73% of Americans support “all countries agreeing to eliminate all of their nuclear weapons.” Visualize the next generation growing up in a world free of nuclear weapons. If we work together, we can make it happen!

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Campaign Bulletins :

~ Congratulations! Those of you who submitted comments during the DOE's public comment period for "Complex Transformation" were part of an unprecedented outpouring of concern. The DOE reports that between January 11 and April 30 it received over 103,000 comments plus 600 comments delivered as testimony in public hearings.

~ Dr. Hans Blix, President of the World Federation of United Nations Associations (a CNWFW sign-on organization), in partnership with the World Academy of Art and Science, has launched Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World: a competition designed to mobilize youth to strive towards a world free from the threat of weapons of mass destruction. Students (aged 18-30 years) are invited to engage in discussion and debate over the following question: What do you think can lead governments to stay away from, or do away with, nuclear weapons? The authors of the most outstanding contributions (essay, short video, poster) will be awarded airfare and accomodation to attend the Students for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World seminar in Geneva from July 13-16, 2008.

~ On April 17, 2008, ninety-five prominent scientists called upon the next U.S. president to reform our country's nuclear weapons policy to reflect post-Cold War realities. Organized by the Union of Concerned Scientists (a CNWFW sign-on group), the "Scientists Statement on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy" was signed by many of the nation's most distinguished physicists. Ninety-one of the signers are members of the National Academy of Sciences and collectively they have won 23 Nobel Prizes. Read the UCS press release.

In the News:

~ On March 19, 2008, U.S. House and Senate lawmakers announced the nominations for membership on a bipartisan commission that will review the role of nuclear weapons and the overall U.S. strategic posture. The new U.S. Strategic Posture Commission--mandated by the 2008 Defense Authorization Act at $5 million--has a deadline of December 1, 2008 to make recommendations to Congress and the president.

"We cannot wait for a nuclear Pearl Harbor or 9/11. We must get ahead of the game to prevent an even more catastrophic event than those that have been seared into our memories. If we wait -- if a nuclear accident occurs -- the world will be changed so dramatically that we will not recognize it. So wake up, everybody. The danger is real and the potential consequences are of catastrophic proportions."

George Shultz in Oslo, Norway, February 26, 2008 -- Global Security Newswire Shultz was US Secretary of State, 1982-1989

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind."

Albert Einstein

"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"

President Ronald Reagan

"Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts."

Edward R. Murrow