Author: Andy Morton

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75th Anniversary of the UN Charter

Webinar on peace, disarmament and the role of women

On June 26, 1945, the United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco with the principle aim to ‘save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.’

UNFOLD ZERO invites you to join a very special webinar on Wednesday June 24 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN Charter, and to discuss concrete and effective ways to achieve UN objectives to prevent war and advance disarmament for public health and sustainable development.

The webinar will also commemorate 20 years of action on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, peace and security, and highlight the the inspiring roles of women in peace and disarmament.

Presenters for the June 24 webinar from top left: Hon Izumi Nakamitsu, Hon Fabrizio Hochschild-Drummond, Hon Maria Espinosa, Senator Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Baroness Sue Miller, Ms Divina Maloum, Ms Elizabeth Warner, Rep Carol Ammons, Hon Ann-Sofie Nilsson and Ms Holly Near

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Killer Robots and the Automation of War

Fully autonomous weapons decide who lives and dies without human intervention, crossing a new moral threshold of barbarism in war.

Machines lack human characteristics such as compassion that are necessary to make complex ethical choices. It would be a grave mistake to hand machines the power to make decisions about who, what and when to kill.

A number of countries including the UK are developing weapons systems with significant autonomy in the critical functions of selecting and attacking targets. If left unchecked the world could enter a destabilizing robotic arms race.

Join Peter Burt and Verity Coyle from the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to discuss the latest developments and the campaign against this new type of weapon on Saturday 30 May at 2pm.

The discussion will be hosted by Kate Hudson, general secretary of CND, and Ian Chamberlain, CND’s outgoing press and communications officer.

Watch live on Facebook

Watch on Zoom by registering online

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Cut War Not Healthcare

World-renowned journalist and film-maker John Pilger joins us live from Australia. His last two films are The Dirty War on the NHS and The Coming War on China so there are few people the world over better placed to contextualise the current crisis.

John will be joined by Kate Hudson, General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and NHS psychiatrist Mona Kamal to give us a view from the front line as we look at the systemic misplacement of funds towards war and away from healthcare over the course of successive governments.

Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tI2zb_LdRjOzgDBaqysXlg

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GORDON NASH

Dad, in loving memory on your 95th birthday on 11th May. Lifelong supporter of peace. So many stories – so many memories. Miss you every day. Karl, Linda & Liz

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Summer Update

The latest Merseyside CND news update is now available to download and includes:

  • A lockdown message from Barbara Hardcastle (Wallasey CND and Merseyside CND Co-Chair)
  • Covid-19 – Warped Priorities and Painful Lessons (Peter Wilson, Merseyside CND Co-Chair)
  • A report from the World Conference
  • A second anniversary update on the Kings Bay Plowshares 7