IPPNW also works to effect change at the international level. As a principal sponsor of the World Court Project which succeeded in obtaining a ruling from the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons, affiliates were instrumental in obtaining support from the World Health Organization for this effort.
IPPNW helped spearhead the launch of the global Abolition 2000 campaign, which now includes some 1,400 non-governmental (NGO) organizations worldwide. The campaign's goal is to achieve a signed global agreement committing the nations of the world to a timetable for complete nuclear disarmment.
The major thrust of IPPNW's Nuclear Abolition campaign focuses on promotion, advocacy, and political organizing in support of an international convention (a treaty) to eliminate nuclear weapons -- a Nuclear Weapons Convention similar to the treaties banning chemical and biological weapons and landmines.
By mobilizing the medical community, IPPNW is working to bring the collective influence of physicians and the health professions to bear on eliminating the nuclear threat.
For additional information and to obtain the Report from International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, please visit:
http://www.ippnw.org
IPPNW helped spearhead the launch of the global Abolition 2000 campaign, which now includes some 1,400 non-governmental (NGO) organizations worldwide. The campaign's goal is to achieve a signed global agreement committing the nations of the world to a timetable for complete nuclear disarmment.
The major thrust of IPPNW's Nuclear Abolition campaign focuses on promotion, advocacy, and political organizing in support of an international convention (a treaty) to eliminate nuclear weapons -- a Nuclear Weapons Convention similar to the treaties banning chemical and biological weapons and landmines.
By mobilizing the medical community, IPPNW is working to bring the collective influence of physicians and the health professions to bear on eliminating the nuclear threat.
For additional information and to obtain the Report from International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, please visit:
http://www.ippnw.org