disarmament

Japanese Atomic Bomb Survivor Group to Receive the Nobel Peace Prize 

October 25, 2024

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has announced they will award the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo, the largest Hibakusha organization in Japan.

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PSR joins the UNODA in New York at First Committee 

October 25, 2024
PSR's Magritte Gordaneer inside the UN headquarters

PSR’s Magritte Gordaneer was named one of fifteen Youth Champions part of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs earlier this year. 

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Local anti-nuclear activists cheer Nihon Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize

October 11, 2024

WGBH article quoting PSR Past President Ira Helfand, MD.

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It’s 90 Seconds to Midnight and We Never Give Up Push for a Nuclear-Free World

January 10, 2024

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Robert Dodge, MD in Common Dreams.

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At the UN, ratifiers of the TPNW Ban Treaty reject nuclear deterrence, push for treaty universalization

December 15, 2023

Sixteen PSR members, along with colleagues from allied organizations, were among the 700 civil society registrants participating in the second Meeting of States Parties to the treaty.

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Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program’s 2023 Year in Review

December 15, 2023
Group standing outside the UN with sign reading "No nukes! No war! No warming!"

PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition program worked tirelessly in 2023 to promote disarmament and achieve justice for nuclear-affected communities.

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Nuclear Abolitionists Occupy New York

December 4, 2023

Op-ed in Common Dreams by PSR Los Angeles President Dr. Bob Dodge.

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President Biden and President Xi should make a nuclear disarmament pact

November 14, 2023

Letter to the Editor in the Washington Post co-authored by PSR Past President Dr. Ira Helfand.

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Back from the Brink to Biden: Get moving to prevent nuclear war

October 27, 2023

In the run-up to the 2nd Meeting of States Parties (2MSP) to the nuclear ban treaty, Back from the Brink is lining up local elected officials behind a letter to President Biden encouraging him to send official U.S. “Observers” to the meeting. 

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Madison can lead in averting nuclear Armageddon

September 27, 2023
Paper lanterns with peace messages written on them float in a lake next to a canoe

Article in the Cap Times quoting PSR Wisconsin.

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