Nuclear Disarmament

From Hope to Opportunity in 2010

Read FCNL's November/December Washington Newsletter to find out more about the opportunities for continued work towards a world free from nuclear weapons in 2010.

Time to Ban Nuclear Testing

Speaking at the U.N. on September 24, President Obama explicitly affirmed the U.S. commitment, under international treaties, to eliminating nuclear weapons.

Now Congress needs to get on board. A first test will be whether the Senate will ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which prohibits all nuclear test explosions.

Act Now:

• Urge your senators to support ratification of the CTBT
• Distribute this flyer
• Organize in your community
• Get the attention of your elected officials through letters to the editor and op-eds in your local newspaper

Coming Soon: New U.S.-Russia Treaty

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) between the United States and Russia has been a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament efforts. Since 1991, when the treaty took effect, it reduced both countries' nuclear arsenals by between 30 - 40% and helped end a U.S.-Russian arms race. START expired on December 5.

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are nearing completion of a new nuclear weapons reduction treaty. Read this article by Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association to find out why the U.S. Senate should ratify the treaty.

Obama Seeks a World Without Nukes

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"Today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
~ President Barack Obama, Prague, April 5, 2009

Find Out More:

• Read or watch the president's Prague speech.
• What does FCNL want the new administration to do to advance nuclear disarmament? See our wish list.
• Read a Wall Street Journal op-ed from George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn urging a "global effort to reduce reliance on nuclear weapons, to prevent their spread into potentially dangerous hands, and ultimately to end them as a threat to the world."