"Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play"

The Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (CNND) today launched its inaugural report: Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play.  The report, edited by Gareth Evans and Ramesh Thakur in collaboration with CNND staff and consultants, will be presented to the NPT Preparatory Committee in Geneva next month.

From CNND: "The report documents small pockets of progress in each of the four areas it addresses - of nuclear disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear security and security risks associated with peaceful uses of nuclear energy - significant in some cases, but nowhere on the scale and at the speed necessary to walk back from the nuclear precipice on which the world is precariously poised.

...The goal of Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play, and its successor reports, is not to criticise and castigate, but to advance helpfully the global nuclear policy debate by providing an authoritative analysis and advocacy tool for governments, organisations and individuals committed to achieving a safer and saner nuclear-weapon-free world."

For more information and to download the complete report, please visit the CNND website here: Nuclear Weapons: The State of Play.

Jennifer Allen Simons, C.M., Ph.D., LL.D., Founder and President of The Simons Foundation, is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament.  The Hon. Gareth Evans, A.C., Q.C., is the Board's Chair and co-editor of this report, Chancellor of the Australian National University, and one of The Simons Foundation's Peace Leaders.