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A world free of nuclear weapons

The elimination of nuclear weapons remains the single most urgent challenge facing humanity today. Yet, in recent years, the world has made precious little progress towards that end. All five original nuclear weapon states — the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China — continue to modernise their nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles in contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and new countries have joined the nuclear club. Some 26,000 nuclear weapons remain in global stockpiles, many of them kept on hair-trigger alert — ready to be used within minutes of a command.

Australia’s role

The Peace Organisation of Australia welcomes the announcement by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to establish an international nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament commission. This is an important and timely initiative. As part of the Australian Government’s renewed commitment to nuclear disarmament, it should also adopt a nuclear-free defence posture and cease the sale of uranium to nuclear-armed countries. POA opposes the development of a nuclear power industry in Australia.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The Peace Organisation of Australia is a proud endorser of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which was initiated in 2006 by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. We agree that nations must immediately commence negotiations for a legally binding nuclear weapons convention — a law that would ban nuclear weapons and verify their elimination. POA president Tim Wright wrote an education booklet, Learn Abolition, for the campaign and attended the 2008 NPT preparatory committee meeting on behalf of the campaign.


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