Support the UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons!

Support the UN treaty to ban nuclear weapons!

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More than 70 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the international community is on the threshold of outlawing nuclear weapons. As a campaign, we know that we have the power to influence our governments and help shape history.

At the United Nations this year, more than 130 countries are negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Australia, regrettably, is boycotting these historic talks. Our Government claims that while nuclear weapons exist, Australia must rely on them for our security.

Nuclear weapons are not a tool for security, they are instruments of mass murder. The 15,000 nuclear weapons ...

More than 70 years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the international community is on the threshold of outlawing nuclear weapons. As a campaign, we know that we have the power to influence our governments and help shape history.

At the United Nations this year, more than 130 countries are negotiating a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Australia, regrettably, is boycotting these historic talks. Our Government claims that while nuclear weapons exist, Australia must rely on them for our security.

Nuclear weapons are not a tool for security, they are instruments of mass murder. The 15,000 nuclear weapons that still exist pose an existential threat, and must be abolished. Help us convince our federal parliamentarians to support this landmark treaty. We know that hearing from you will help.

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This year at the United Nations, more than 130 of the world’s governments are negotiating a treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons. But Australia is boycotting the process. We need you to write to your federal parliamentarians to tell them that this is unacceptable, and to urge them to support this crucial UN initiative. Eliminating the ultimate weapons of mass destruction is an urgent humanitarian imperative.

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