We still need to raise around £10,000 to continue campaigning in support of the NPT. The total raised could help us brief UK parliamentarians on the NPT, engage with politicians, diplomats and representatives of the international peace movement on disarmament, and play a leading role in shaping political and civil society debate on nuclear weapons.
The current public health crisis brings into stark relief just how morally wrong it is for this country to be spending hundreds of £billions on nuclear weapons. This is money that we could be spending on healthcare instead, meaning our NHS would now be better placed to face threats such as the Coronavirus pandemic.
It’s 50 years since the NPT – which the UK signed – came into force. This means the UK has a 50 year old promise to live up to: to disarm its nuclear weapons. It’s high time the government fulfilled that promise and scrapped the UK’s nuclear weapons for good.
CND is demanding that the government gets its priorities in order and takes concrete steps to meet its commitments under the NPT by disarming its nuclear arsenal.