Denuclearization, Nuclear Disarmament: Organizations and Resources

2025 is the 80th anniversary of the invention of nuclear weapons and their first use in New Mexico, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The threat that nuclear weapons could be used again in conflict or by accident is as high - if not higher - as it has ever been.

Abolition 2000 is an international network of organisations and individuals working for a global treaty to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons. The Network provides a forum for the exchange of information and development of joint initiatives and campaigns.

BFTB brings communities together to prevent the growing threat that nuclear weapons pose to our health, environment, and all we hold dear.

CND campaigns non-violently to achieve British nuclear disarmament – to get rid of the Trident nuclear weapons system and stop its replacement. They also campaign for a global nuclear weapons ban.

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analysis.

CTBTO's mission is putting an end to nuclear explosions. CTBT bans nuclear explosions by everyone, everywhere: on the Earth's surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground.

The focus of Hibakusha Stories is to employ the testimony of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, Indigenous Peoples, Downwinders, nuclear test survivors and other affected communities to take action for disarmament.

ICAN is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.

The history of nuclear testing began on the 16th of July 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico when the United States exploded its first atomic bomb. In the five decades between 1945 and the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996, over 2,000 nuclear tests were carried out all over the world. Since the CTBT was opened for signature in September 1996, 10 nuclear tests have been conducted.

IPPNW is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 64 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Founded in 1956, Nihon Hidankyo is the only nation-wide organization of A-bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Hibakusha).

The Nuclear Abolition Forum was established in 2011 as a joint project of eight civil society organisations to facilitate dialogue between academics, governments, disarmament experts and NGOs on key issues regarding achieving and sustaining a nuclear weapon-free world.

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization with consultative status to the United Nations, was founded in 1982 by David Krieger and Frank K. Kelly.

The mission of the OPCW is to implement the provisions of the Chemical Weapons Convention in order to achieve our vision for a world that is free of chemical weapons and of the threat of their use, and in which cooperation in chemistry for peaceful purposes for all is fostered.

SIGS seeks to build a network of people who are imbued with the virtues of global citizenship and are committed, through mutually inspiring engagement, to solving today’s most challenging global problems.

Students for Nuclear Disarmament educates and empowers young people to take action against the growing threat of nuclear war and urge the U.S. government to pursue common-sense policies for a world free of nuclear weapons.

The VCDNP promotes international peace and security through research, dialogue, and capacity building on non-proliferation, disarmament, nuclear security, safeguards, and peaceful uses of nuclear technologies.