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Mexico emphasises the need of effective multilateralism and the compatibility of the #NPT with complementary disarmament commitments (like the #TPNW) at the #NPTPrepCom

South Africa calls all nuclear weapon states to take urgent and clear steps upon the total elimination of nuclear weapons. #NPTPrepCom #NPT2023

„Our world including outer space must be free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction!”, Burkina Faso on behalf of the African Group. #NPTPrepCom

Thank you Malta 🇲🇹 for pointing out that the #TPNW not only complements, but reinforces the #NPT ! #NPTPrepCom

“The business-as-usual approach to nuclear disarmament is not acceptable anymore. […] Nuclear weapons are repugnant to global public conscience and have since been outlawed by the #TPNW. Powerful statement by the Philippines at #NPT2023. #NPTPrepCom

Costa Rica tells #NPT2023 it rejects nuclear weapon modernisation, which is not consistent with legal obligations for disarmament. Any threat to use this weapons also goes against international law.

At #NPT2023 #NPTPrepCom, States Parties should categorically reject #nuclear threats and uphold the nuclear taboo - Austria

Several states at the #NPTPrepCom so far have expressed hope that work on strengthening the review process, particularly on transparency & accountability, will continue despite the Working Group's inability to adopt recommendations.

Noting that the NPT is facing a crisis of legitimacy, Singapore tells #NPT2023 that continued lack of progress on nuclear disarmament has made it seem that nuclear-armed states aren’t willing to disarm. It urged them to implement Article VI and the 2010 Action Plan.

The shared experiences of Dmitriy Vesselov a third generation survivor of nuclear tests in Kazakhstan at a side event of the #NPTPrepCom organised by Soka Gakkai USA @Vienna_kz and Center for International Security and Policy are a powerful testimony of the shortcomings of the #NPT.

#Austria Statement @NPTPrepCom highlighting the need to reject #nuclearthreats, uphold #nucleartaboo and support nuclear disarmament regime. reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documen…

Civil society takes the mic this morning at #NPT2023, and we’ll be hearing about the consequences, risks & elimination of nuclear weapons: media.un.org/en/asset/k1a/k…. For ICAN, Elisabeth Saar from ICAN Deutschland will be covering why nuclear sharing is so dangerous and must end #nuclearban

“Make Nagasaki the last site of a war time nuclear bombing!” Shirō Suzuki, mayor of Nagasaki, took the floor on behalf of Mayors for Peace at #NPT2023 #NPTPrepCom

“Everything we know about humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons […], tells us that these weapons do not just represent the ultimate danger to humanity, but that they are unworthy of humanity.” What a speech of the Nuclear Age Peace Fn delivered by Ivana Nikolić Hughes at #NPT2023. #NPTPrepCom

At #NPT2023, Emma Bjertén delivered a statement on behalf of WILPF + 12 other civil society organisations about gender and intersectionality. The statement recommends addressing gender norms and improving intersectional diversity for nuclear abolition: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documen…

At #NPT2023, Austria, Mexico, UK + Norway deliver joint statement on the principle of irreversibility of nuclear disarmament. They note efforts to elaborate this principle isn’t an end in itself. It's in compliance with spirit + letter of Article VI, but is not a prerequisite.

Want to get the scoop from #NPTPrepcom, what to expect (or not) and why we’re here to draw attention to humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons & rally support for the #nuclearban treaty? Join us on instagram in 30 minutes for chat with @RCW's Ray Acheson instagram.com/nuclearban/

Am 6. August findet ab 18 Uhr am Stephansplatz in Wien, die jährliche Gedenkveranstaltung zum Hiroshimatag statt. Sehen wir uns dort? Mehr Infos hier: icanaustria.at/event/hiroshim… #hiroshima #gedenkveranstaltung #wien #nuclearban #atomwaffenverbot

Hundreds in Vienna on 6 August to commemorate the atom bombing of Hiroshima 78 years ago, calling for a #NuclearBan now! All nations at the #NPTPrepCom and everywhere must join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. #leadership ICAN ICAN Austria