Rotary Club of Sydney - ICAN International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Event description
Since then, ICAN has been mobilising international support for a United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons with the ultimate goal being their total elimination. It opened for signature at the United Nations in New York on 20 September 2017 and entered into force on 22 January 2021. There are currently 86 signatories and 66 states parties.
Join us as we hear from Gem Romuld, ICAN’s Director in Australia, as she explains the humanitarian imperatives behind the TPNW, what it calls for and Australia’s response to date.