Celebrate the Ban Treaty on the Eve of its Entry Into Force

On January 22nd the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will enter into force and become international law.

Please join the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons (WANW) Coalition, and our partners at Washington PSR and Oregon PSR on Thursday, January 21st from 6 until 7 PM (PST) for an online celebration to mark the Treaty’s entry into force and explore how it advances nuclear justice.

We’ll share a toast (please have a beverage of your choice on hand), hear from a few speakers working for nuclear justice (including Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer and others soon to be announced), answer your questions, and connect with each other and celebrate. Please RSVP so that we know that you’ll be joining us, and help us spread the word to your friends, family, and colleagues to celebrate with us.

This is a historic milestone for this landmark treaty. Prior to its adoption, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not banned under international law, despite their catastrophic humanitarian consequences. Now, with the Treaty’s entry into force on January 22nd, we can call nuclear weapons what they are: prohibited weapons of mass destruction, just like chemical weapons and biological weapons. This is the first nuclear weapons treaty to call out the disproportionate impacts of nuclear weapons on Indigenous people and women and to address the need for survivors assistance and environmental remediation, and it provides a legal framework for lasting nuclear disarmament.

The US is not yet a signatory to the Treaty, and instead of joining with the majority of countries in the world in support, it is doing its best to undermine it, so we have more work to do here to follow the lead of countries in Latin America, Africa, and elsewhere that have helped negotiate this landmark treaty.

As a build up to the entry into force, please join our photo action campaign, where we aim to gather 1000 images of people in support of the Treaty from across Washington State and British Columbia across the Salish Sea. Please join our colleagues for a cross-border photo action on the Salish Sea to show your support for the Treaty.

Thank you for your support for nuclear justice. We hope to see you online on January 21st at 6 PM as we celebrate the historic achievement of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entering into force, so please RSVP today.

Please also check out the WANW TPNW Page to find additional ways to help promote the TPNW.

Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action is an active partner organization of WANW.