About us

In 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat had become increasingly concerned about developments in nuclear weapons policies that he felt were putting the world in increasing danger of a nuclear conflict.

To raise awareness, Professor Rotblat gathered leaders from Non-Governmental Organisations working in this field and the WMD Awareness Programme was created, launched by Nobel Peace Laureates, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat and President Mikhail Gorbachev.

Sadly Professor Rotblat died on 31 August 2005 but the programme he inspired continues to ensure reliable information on WMDs is available to all. Working together we believe:

  • providing reliable information will bring honesty, transparency and accountability into this field
  • young people should be given the opportunity to get involved in, and shape, the debate around nuclear weapons
  • all states should work towards achieving the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide, including UK’s Trident
  • the UN must create a full inventory of WMDs, placing all sites under UN guardianship
  • the UN must monitor compliance with international treaties and laws on Chemical, Biological and Nuclear weapons, and all states should be subjected to the same regime

Watch the video below to see Sally Milne, who worked closely with Professor Rotblat, interviewed by student Celia Demarchi.

These groups make up the WMD Awareness Programme:

Abolition 2000 UK: www.abolition2000uk.org
Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy: www.acronym.org.uk
BASIC (British American Security Information Council): 020 7234 4680, www.basicint.org
British Pugwash Group: 020 7405 6661, www.pugwash.org/uk
CND: 020 7700 2393, www.cnduk.org
Greenpeace UK: 020 7865 8100, www.greenpeace.org.uk
Medact: 020 7324 4739, www.medact.org
Movement for the Abolition of War: 020 8347 6162, www.abolishwar.org.uk/home
Oxford Research Group: 01865 242 819, www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk
Quaker Peace and Social Witness: 020 7663 1000, www.quaker.org.uk/peace/
Young/Student Pugwash: www.student-pugwash.org/uk/

Associate Groups:

Nuclear Information Service: 023 80554434, www.nuclearinfo.org
Pax Christi: 020 8203 4884, www.paxchristi.org.uk
Scientists for Global Responsibility: 01303 851965, www.sgr.org.uk
VERTIC (The Verification, Research, Training and Information Centre): 020 7065 0880, www.vertic.org
World Court Project: 01323 844 269, www.wcp.gn.apc.org/
World Disarmament Campaign: 0131 447 4004, www.world-disarm.org.uk

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