[E-rundbrief] Info 1672 - Nobel Peace Prize 2017 for ICAN

Matthias Reichl info at begegnungszentrum.at
Sa Okt 7 18:10:21 CEST 2017


E-Rundbrief - Info 1672 - International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear 
Weapons (ICAN) AUSTRIA, Silvio Heinze (A): Statement on Nobel Peace 
Prize 2017 for ICAN. Dr. Jan Oberg/ TFF (S): Thank you, Nobel, for the 
2017 award to ICAN. Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear 
Responsibility/ CCNR (CDN): Congratulations. Rede von Matthias Reichl 
(Begegnungszentrum für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, A): Bei der 
UN-Atomabrüstungskonferenz (NPT), Wien, 30.4. – 11.5.2007 , Gründung 
von ICAN.

Bad Ischl, 7.10.2017

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Statement on Nobel Peace Prize 2017

Veröffentlicht am 6. Oktober 2017 von Silvio Heinze

https://www.icanaustria.at/neuigkeiten/nobel-peace-prize/

It is a great honour to have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 
2017 in recognition of our role in achieving the Treaty on the 
Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This historic agreement, adopted on 7 
July with the backing of 122 nations, offers a powerful, much-needed 
alternative to a world in which threats of mass destruction are 
allowed to prevail and, indeed, are escalating.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a 
coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries. 
By harnessing the power of the people, we have worked to bring an end 
to the most destructive weapon ever created – the only weapon that 
poses an existential threat to all humanity.

This prize is a tribute to the tireless efforts of many millions of 
campaigners and concerned citizens worldwide who, ever since the dawn 
of the atomic age, have loudly protested nuclear weapons, insisting 
that they can serve no legitimate purpose and must be forever banished 
from the face of our earth.

It is a tribute also to the survivors of the atomic bombings of 
Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the hibakusha – and victims of nuclear test 
explosions around the world, whose searing testimonies and unstinting 
advocacy were instrumental in securing this landmark agreement.

The treaty categorically outlaws the worst weapons of mass destruction 
and establishes a clear pathway to their total elimination. It is a 
response to the ever-deepening concern of the international community 
that any use of nuclear weapons would inflict catastrophic, widespread 
and long-lasting harm on people and our living planet.

We are proud to have played a major role its creation, including 
through advocacy and participation in diplomatic conferences, and we 
will work assiduously in coming years to ensure its full 
implementation. Any nation that seeks a more peaceful world, free from 
the nuclear menace, will sign and ratify this crucial accord without 
delay.

The belief of some governments that nuclear weapons are a legitimate 
and essential source of security is not only misguided, but also 
dangerous, for it incites proliferation and undermines disarmament. 
All nations should reject these weapons completely – before they are 
ever used again.

This is a time of great global tension, when fiery rhetoric could all 
too easily lead us, inexorably, to unspeakable horror. The spectre of 
nuclear conflict looms large once more. If ever there were a moment 
for nations to declare their unequivocal opposition to nuclear 
weapons, that moment is now.

We applaud those nations that have already signed and ratified the 
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and we urge all others 
to follow their lead. It offers a pathway forward at a time of 
alarming crisis. Disarmament is not a pipe dream, but an urgent 
humanitarian necessity.

We most humbly thank the Norwegian Nobel Committee. This award shines 
a needed light on the path the ban treaty provides towards a world 
free of nuclear weapons. Before it is too late, we must take that path.

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Thank you, Nobel, for the 2017 award to ICAN
By Dr. Jan Oberg
TFF co-founder and director
TFF PressInfo # 428
Lund, Sweden - October 6, 2017

http://www.icontact-archive.com/uY4CWN-9Ks3n5LBkjUdhzbMV8pcGELJy?w=4

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To those who have endorsed the Montreal Declaration for a Nuclear 
Fission Free World:

ICAN (International Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons) won the Nobel 
Peace Prize today.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/oct/06/nobel-peace-prize-2017-winner-live

Gordon Edwards, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility
http://www.ccnr.org/

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Rede von Matthias Reichl: UN-Atomabrüstungskonferenz (NPT), Wien, 
30.4. – 11.5.2007, Zum Nachhören auf: https://cba.fro.at/17368

Matthias Reichl nimmt mit anderen FriedensaktivistInnen Stellung gegen 
die Atomrüstung, die weltweite Weitergabe von Atomtechnologien und 
-materialien, aber auch für Alternativen zur Atomenergie.

Bei dieser Konference wurde auch die Initiative ICAN (International 
Campaign to abolish nuclear weapons) gegründet.


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Honoured by the (Austrian) "Journalism-Award from below 2010"





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