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Humanity Under Fire: Reflection on World Humanitarian Day 2025
A personal reflection by Ghassan Shahrour Reposted from the ICAN Campaigners Group On 19 August, the world honors those who risk—and...

UN House Scotland
Aug 203 min read


SDG16: Strengthening the United Nations through the Accountable Veto Resolution Initiative
By Georgiana F Bugeag On 22nd May, the UN Engagement Team of UN Association Scotland held the first in a series of events exploring the...

UN House Scotland
Jun 177 min read


UNHS 3MSP Report
This report reflects on the participation of our youth delegation at the Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the...

UN House Scotland
May 71 min read


ICAN calls for immediate de-escalation of conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan
This post is a re-post of an ICAN article. To read the original article, click here . The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear...

UN House Scotland
May 71 min read


3MSP: Gender Mainstreaming in the TPNW – Shaping a Just and Equal Future
By Elena Kerr Today Ireland, Mexico and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research co-hosted an event including the moderator...

UN House Scotland
Mar 84 min read


3MSP Day 4: The Forgotten Victims – Nuclear Weapons and the Silent Suffering of Children
By Luisa Hofmann The side event “The Impact of Nuclear Weapons on Children” was sponsored by Ireland, Thailand and the International...

UN House Scotland
Mar 82 min read


3MSP Day 4: Beyond Uranium Mining – Global Roots of Nuclear Injustice – Affected Communities and Allies
By Elena Kerr This event was sponsored by Affected Communities and Allies Working Group and ICAN Germany. With speakers from affected...

UN House Scotland
Mar 73 min read


3MSP Day 3: JARA - Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan
By Charlie Franklin-White Aigerim Seitenova, the producer, began this side event by telling us the story of her grandmother. By the time...

UN House Scotland
Mar 64 min read


3MSP Day 2: Challenging Nuclear Deterrence – A Moral and Ethical Imperative
By Luisa Hofmann The side event “Interfaith, Intergenerational and Inter-Sectoral Dialogue on the Moral Imperatives to Eliminate Nuclear...

UN House Scotland
Mar 52 min read


3MSP Day 2: State of play of the humanitarian and environmental consequences of France's nuclear explosions in Algeria
By Elena Kerr and Charlie Franklin-White This event was hosted by ICAN France and included the facilitator Lena Mentzinger, and the...

UN House Scotland
Mar 53 min read


3MSP Day 2 – Shaping the narrative: placing humanity at the centre of nuclear debates
By Elena Kerr This event was hosted collaboratively between the ICRC and other national Red Cross associations, representing Italy,...

UN House Scotland
Mar 52 min read


3rd Meeting of States Parties: An Update from New York
Here we are at the 3MSP for the TPNW. We are listening to Annie Jacobson (author of Nuclear War) speak of the minutes it takes for an...

UN House Scotland
Mar 41 min read


3rd Meeting of States Parties: Day One
By Elena Kerr Listen to and hear our Anangu Story This side event was hosted by the Nuclear Truth Project where the main speaker was...

UN House Scotland
Mar 44 min read


Examining Annie Jacobsen's Nuclear War: A Scenario
This article was written by Aileen Mejia for Secure Scotland. To read the original article, click here . Aileen Mejia explores the power...

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Dec 31, 20243 min read



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Oct 7, 20240 min read


UN International Day of Non-Violence
By Anna Kwan Non-Violence or The Knotted Gun, Carl Fredrik Reutersward (1980) | Courtesy Non-Violence Project Today, October 2nd, is the...

UN House Scotland
Oct 2, 20243 min read
Gaza, MSF speaks to the UN Security Council: “An immediate and lasting ceasefire is needed”
Article reposted from Pressenza: https://www.pressenza.com/2024/02/gaza-msf-speaks-to-the-un-security-council-an-immediate-and-lasting-ce...

UN House Scotland
Feb 25, 20242 min read



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Feb 2, 20240 min read
Nuclear deterrence is the existential threat, not the nuclear ban treaty (original article in the Bulletin)
Written and Published in the Bulletin Link to the original article: https://thebulletin.org/2024/01/nuclear-deterrence-is-the-existential...

UN House Scotland
Jan 25, 20248 min read