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Organizations Around the World
providing resources and information on nuclear weapons

  • Arms Control Association
    ACA provides information on effective policy solutions to deal with the risks posed by nuclear weapons and it publishes the journal, Arms Control Today.

  • Acronym Institute for Disamament Diplomacy (The)
    The Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy has been working since 1995 to promote effective approaches to international security, disarmament and arms control.

  • Abolition 2000
    Abolition 2000 is an international global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework.

  • Atomic Heritage Foundation (The)
    Dedicated to preserving the history of the Manhattan Project

  • Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (The)
    The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists informs the public about threats to the survival and development of humanity from nuclear weapons, climate change, and emerging technologies in the life sciences.

  • Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
    CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.

  • Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
    The Council is a forum for the world’s leading thinkers, experts, and decision-makers.

  • Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
    Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation produces policy-relevant scholarship on international security issues, teaches and trains future generations of security specialists, and advises policy makers on the formulation of i

  • Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization
    The Preparatory Commission is an international organization financed by the CTBT States Signatories.

  • Friends Committee on National Legislation
    We believe that nations must move toward comprehensive disarmament. We urge the elimination of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.

  • International Atomic Energy Agency
    The IAEA is the world´s center of cooperation in the nuclear field.

  • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
    ICAN aims to galvanize public and government support for multilateral negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention without further delay

  • International Committee of the Red Cross
    Since the end of World War II the ICRC has held the view that it is difficult to envisage how the use of nuclear weapons could be compatible with the principles and rules of international humanitarian law

  • International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
    IPPNW is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in 62 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

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

  • Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
    The Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy advocates for the global elimination of nuclear weapons and a more just and peaceful world through respect for international law.

  • Mayors for Peace
    The Mayors for Peace, through close cooperation among the cities, strives to raise international public awareness regarding the need to abolish nuclear weapons and contributes to the realization of genuine and lasting world peace

  • Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
    Despite the end of the nuclear standoff of the Cold War era, nuclear weapons continue to threaten the people of the world with catastrophic possibilities.

  • Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
    A global non-partisan network of legislators collaborating to reduce nuclear dangers, prevent nuclear proliferation and achieve a nuclear-weapons-free world

  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
    PSR is a non-profit organization that is the medical and public health voice for policies to prevent nuclear war and proliferation and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment.

  • Pugwash Conferences on Science & World Affairs
    Pugwash and its co-founder, Sir Joseph Rotblat, were awarded the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize for it’s work. In accepting the Nobel Prize Sir Joseph called on everyone, especially scientists to “Above all, remember your humanity”.

  • Reaching Critical Will
    Reaching Critical Will strives for the abolition of nuclear weapons. As a project of the oldest women’s peace organisation in the world, RCW recognises that nuclear weapons play an integral role in the militarism, ecological destruction, and social injust

  • 2020 Vision Campaign
    Our message is simple: eliminate the nuclear threat. The 2020 Vision Campaign works to make this goal a reality by 2020, and achieve our vision of a nuclear-free world in which cities are no longer held in jeopardy.

  • United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
    Our Office seeks to promote global norms of disarmament: * Global norms for disarmament are vital to the sustainable development, quality of life, and ultimately the survival of this planet.

  • The Western States Legal Foundation
    Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) is a non-profit, public interest organization founded in 1982, which monitors and analyzes U.S. nuclear weapons programs and policies and related high technology energy and weapons programs, with a focus on the natio