Florian Eblenkamp

1/ Excellent to see over 30 states attending Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic and ICAN's side event on synergy between the #NuclearBan & the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone at @ungeneva.bsky.social. Panelists highlighted the complementarity between the 2 & their contribution to peace and security.

HISTORY MADE TODAY! The global majority has joined the #NuclearBan Treaty!

Today Kyrgyzstan🇰🇬 signed and Ghana🇬🇭 ratified the UN Treaty banning nuclear weapons, bringing us to bringing the total to 99 out of 197 eligible states.🎉

🧵This year marks 80 years since the #TrinityTest, the first nuclear detonation that marked the beginning of the nuclear age, an age that has only brought lasting harm to people and the planet. #NuclearBan #TrinityTest80 #NuclearTruth

📢Out today: ICAN’s memorial dedicated to the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ahead of the 80th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings, this new online memorial honours the 38,000 children killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

🔗Learn more: childrenspeacememorial.org

#NuclearBan

Echt Bombe! Rückfall ins Atomzeitalter Das „Gleichgewicht des Schreckens“ ist Geschichte, aber Atomwaffen spielen immer noch eine große Rolle, um echte oder vermeintliche Gegner in Schach zu halten. Zu den Atommächten zählen Russland und d...

#Atomwaffen sind wie ein Teddybär. Fühlen sich vielleicht kurz gut an aber lösen keine Probleme". Radiogespräch zur neuen Debatte um europäische/deutsche Atomwaffen, diesmal losgetreten von Jens Spahn 🧸 www.hr-inforadio.de/podcast/der-...

Aus Genf diesen Samstag etwa 60 weitere Unterschriften

@florianeblenkamp.bsky.social @lisamazzone.bsky.social @gruenech.bsky.social @spschweiz.ch @evppev.bsky.social @wilpf.bsky.social @gfbv.bsky.social @solifonds.bsky.social @peacebrigades.ch @collectifsdn11.bsky.social @djs-jds.bsky.social @jusoschweiz.bsky.social @jungegruene-ch.bsky.social

The posession of nuclear weapons and outspending all other nuclear weapons states combined (!) has not deterred attacks against American military bases. Nuclear deterrence is a scam.
#Iran #Qatar #Iraq #USattackIran #Trump

This moment demands clarity. There’s no neutral ground. The TPNW is the only treaty that treats nuclear weapons as what they are: weapons of mass destruction used by aggressors to bully and dominate. Which side is your government on?

So governments must decide: Will you keep enabling nuclear threats and forever wars? Or will you take a principled stand—against nuclear weapons, against hypocrisy, and for international law?

It bans all nuclear weapons, for all states. No exceptions. No impunity. No two-class law. The TPNW offers a credible path to verifiable disarmament and strengthens global norms against the use or threat of nuclear violence.

The complacency in the system built around the NPT has enabled this: a world where five nuclear states are given legitimacy, while others are punished for civilian nuclear programs. The better norm, however, already exists: the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

This is not just about Iran. It's about whether we allow nuclear-armed states to bomb their way through the world with impunity—again and again. Be it in #Iraq, #Georgia, #Ukraine, #Gaza, now #Iran and elsewhere.

Are they satisfied with a system that lets some countries keep nuclear weapons forever—creating endless incentives for others to get them too? Or is it time to admit this double standard is broken, outdated and dangerous?

This war makes fence-sitting no longer an option. Being neutral is not an option. After the U.S. airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, governments must answer a simple question: Are they for or against nuclear weapons?

It would be better for protecting Russian people.

True also for all nuclear weapon states 👇

ICAN condemns the United States’ illegal military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
By joining Israel’s strikes, the US is violating international law and putting global non-proliferation efforts at risk.

Beim Fürobig-Sammeln @atomwaffenverbot.bsky.social am Breitsch kamen 110 Unterschriften zusammen. Langsam ist das Quartier abgegrast.
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🗞️1/ Now live: ICAN’s new report Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024 shows global nuclear weapons spending rose to more than 100 billion dollars in 2024, an 11% increase from the year before.

Here’s what you need to know⬇️🧵
icanw.org/hidden_costs...
#NuclearBan

We don’t need more deterrence.
We need disarmament. The TPNW offers a real, verifiable path forward — for everyone. If this moment proves anything, it’s that nuclear weapons don’t prevent war. They provoke it. It’s time to choose a different path. #TPNW

As long as some states cling to nuclear weapons, others will seek them. The longer this system persists, the more inevitable it becomes that these weapons will be used by design or mistake. With catastrophic humanitarian consequences for us all.

The belief that some countries can be trusted with nukes and others can’t is both unjust and unsustainable. This two-tier system fuels resentment, arms races, and instability.

Worse, the logic of deterrence invites pre-emptive strikes. It makes diplomacy harder. It rewards those who threaten mass destruction with geopolitical power.
This isn’t stability. It’s nuclear blackmail.

Deterrence is not peace.
It’s a gamble.
It justifies perpetual risk and incentivizes proliferation. The logic of "security through terror" doesn't hold.

Israel’s nuclear arsenal didn’t prevent this crisis.
It emboldened unilateral military action and deepened mistrust. Iran’s suspected nuclear ambitions - real or exaggerated - were not deterred either.

Nuclear deterrence has failed — again.
If nuclear weapons really guaranteed peace and stability, we wouldn’t be facing this moment of escalation between #Israel and #Iran. A short 🧵

🏛️The birthplace of democracy is now taking a stand against nuclear weapons! Athens has unanimously adopted the Cities Appeal, making it the 12th capital city in the world to join ICAN Cities Appeal after Paris, Rome and Washington DC and the 89 municipalities in Greece! #NuclearBan

Athens, the capital of Greece and birthplace of democracy has joined the ICAN Cities Appeal today, by endorsing the #TPNW and calling on the Greek government to join the treaty. 👏👏👏

Spreading nuclear weapons over Europe as a "reassurance" is a contradiction in terms. If anything such a move invites an accelerated arms race and suddenly we have to compete with Russia on a field where we cannot win. It's a bad idea to go down the path of nuclear proliferation out of panic.