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Attack on Rafah ‘safe zone’ is abhorent.
28 May 2024 The Israeli military has repeatedly bombed a designated civilian ‘safe zone’ in Rafah, injuring and mutilating many people and causing a rising number of deaths. Medical response capacity, after many months of targeted attacks on healthcare in Gaza, is severely limited; there is one functioning hospital in Rafah. Injured survivors of the […]
Minister Wong: take meaningful action, impose consequences
MAPW has again written to the Foreign Minister, urging meaningful action in response to Israel’s repeated breaches of ICJ orders, its legal obligations as an occupying power, and key tenets of international law. Read the full letter.
Senior paediatricians and child health experts appeal: Please help stop the war on children in Gaza
Paediatricians and child health professionals call for decisive political action to end the unprecedented war on children in Gaza.
Vale Dr Harry Cohen
MAPW mourns Dr Harry Cohen, who died in Perth on 30 March 2024, and celebrates his
magnificent life and remarkable contributions.
Statement on Gaza, 20 March 2024
There is nothing in recent memory that matches the scale of the atrocities being inflicted on the civilians of Gaza, who appear to be being punished for their very existence.
Assange: Justice turned on its head
Dr Sue Wareham calls for justice for Julian Assange as part of global Day X vigils.
Restore Funding to UNRWA
1 February 2023 MAPW has written to the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, to urge the Australian Government to restore funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency, the agency mandated to provide critical humanitarian aid to people in Gaza. MAPW members are encouraged to contact their own MPs to call for restoration of support for […]
MAPW Op-ed: ‘We’re being sold a false choice on war.’
With the Australian Government’s announcement of a contract to acquire long range missiles for Australia, we are being told, “We can have AUKUS or war – take our pick.”
MAPW writes letter to Minister Wong on Australia’s Weapons Exports to Gaza
MAPW writes to Minister Wong on weapons exports to Israel and the prevention of genocide in Gaza.
MAPW welcomes pause in Gaza bombardment
29 November 2023 MAPW welcomes the current pause in the bombardment of Gaza and the passage of some critically needed food, water and medical and other supplies into the stricken enclave. We welcome the release of Palestinian women and children from Israeli prisons, and the release of women and children who were held as hostages […]
MAPW at the UN for key nuclear weapons conference
MAPW is proud to have members present and campaigning at a key UN conference to lead us closer to the abolition of nuclear weapons. The second meeting of the States Parties to the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is being held at the United Nations in New York from the 27th […]
Gaza: Threats against Advocates
MAPW has written to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) asking for action in response to threats against health practitioners engaged in advocacy for Palestine. MAPW members and friends report that they have been professionally threatened, including by being reported to Ahpra, as a result of speaking up for the people of Palestine publicly […]
Palestine: health professionals should not be silenced
Health workers who speak out for justice should be supported, not suppressed.
Take Action for Gaza Ceasefire
Call your MP and urge action for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza.
Remembrance Day 2023
Remembrance Day commemorates the end of fighting on the Western Front on November 11, 1918. More than one hundred years on, violence in Palestine and Israel has escalated, and conflicts in Yemen, Myanmar, West Papua, Ukraine and beyond continue to cause immeasurable loss and suffering. So let’s remember that only peace with justice brings lasting […]
Statement on Laws of War in Israel and Gaza
MAPW STATEMENT ON LAWS OF WAR IN GAZA 17 OCTOBER 2023 The Medical Association for Prevention of War renews its call of last week for the Australian government to express in the strongest possible terms that Australia supports the application of the rule of law impartially and in all circumstances, and explicitly condemns violations of […]
Statements on events in Israel and Gaza
LETTER TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER 31 OCTOBER 2023 Dear Minister Wong, Open letter re UN General Assembly resolution for protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations. The Medical Association for Prevention of War expresses its extreme concern at Australia’s abstention from voting on the UN General Assembly resolution last week titled “Protection of […]
B-52 Stationing
The ABC disclosure on 31 October that northern Australia is to host six US long-range nuclear weapons-capable B-52 bombers represents grave undermining of our security.
Military Emissions
If Australia is to reach its emissions reduction target, Australian Defence emissions must be addressed – but decarbonisation alone won’t be enough.
STATEMENT ON UKRAINE
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ STATEMENT ON UKRAINE Health Professionals and organisations are invited to join a public statement on Ukraine. Since 24 February 2022, the World Health Organisation has reviewed and verified 72 separate attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine, causing at least 71 deaths and 37 injuries. The United Nations General Assembly has deplored Russia’s invasion […]
Nuclear Submarines
The AUKUS agreement represents a threat to human health and global security.
2021 Fundraising Dinner: David McBride
MAPW is pleased to announce that David McBride is the speaker for our 2021 fundraising dinner in Canberra, ACT
Gaza escalation: disproportionate impact on Palestinian people
Australia can and should promote the rule of law by acting to address the occupation of Palestine and supporting efforts to secure a just and sustainable peace that returns the universal right to life, health, dignity and self-determination to the Palestinian people.
What’s the meaning of 22 January?
On 22 January 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force, making nuclear weapons illegal under international law.
War Crimes
MAPW welcomes the report into alleged war crimes and continues to call for an end to the prosecution of military lawyer David McBride.
Healthcare not Warfare
Health workers such as nurses and midwives are ideally placed as advocates for peace because of their professional and ethical position within communities.
Health and Security
In this global crisis, it’s healthcare workers – not soldiers – who are on the frontlines, and it’s clear that the true security of our community depends on a commitment to health and welfare for all. Our task at MAPW is to translate this new awareness into a fundamental reimagining of Australia’s notions of “security”.
Peace and the Climate Crisis
Our climate crisis impacts on health and undermines prospects for peace.
Paul Daley: Militarisation of Australian History
Read Paul Daley’s speech on the militarisation of Australian history, presented at the annual MAPW ACT dinner.
Quit Nukes: Launch
Our newest campaign has launched today, 24 October, on the first day of global disarmament week.
Strait of Hormuz
The Medical Association for Prevention of War strongly criticises the Australian government’s decision to join yet another military adventure in the Middle East, this time against Iran.
Melbourne University
We’re at Melbourne University Open Day drawing attention to an unhealthy and unethical partnership with nuclear weapons company, Lockheed Martin.
Fighting Yemen’s Dirty War
We’re part of the new Australian Arms Control Coalition, calling for greater scrutiny of Australian military exports. Read our response to ABC revelations of direct exports to Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Submission: BHP
BHP’s proposed Olympic Dam Tailing Storage Facility (TSF 6) does not meet acceptable standards. We’ve made four recommendations to the federal government.
Our own nuclear weapons? That’s the exact opposite of what we should do
Professor Hugh White’s arguments boost the deeply flawed notion of nuclear deterrence: the myth that nuclear weapons deter acts of aggression.
What could a war with Iran mean for Australia?
Australia will soon need to decide whether it supports the increasingly rogue foreign policy of the United States.
Notes on a Whistleblower
Whistleblowers lift the veil of secrecy, so that we can know what is done in our name.
UK Ruling on Arms Sales Should Trigger Australian Ban
The Medical Association for Prevention of War welcomes the UK Court of Appeal’s finding that arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful. Australia must now immediately suspend all military exports to Saudi Arabia.
Iran: Resist the Slide to War
MAPW unequivocally opposes any moves that will escalate tensions, and we call on our government to resist a slide to war.
Learning from Fukushima
Eight years on from the world’s most complex nuclear disaster, what has been learned?
Vale Bob Hawke
In 1986, the UN’s International Year of Peace, PM Bob Hawke presented the Medical Association for Prevention of War with an Australian Peace Award.
Health Facilities: Not A Target
Medical Association for Prevention of War condemns the latest attacks on health workers and health facilities in Yemen.
Opposition to War Memorial’s $498 million extension grows
MAPW National President, Dr Sue Wareham, and National Secretary, Dr Margaret Beavis, are amongst the 83 prominent signatories to a open letter calling for a halt to the half-billion dollar proposed expansion of the Australian War Memorial.
Australian Weapons Trade, Subsidies, Fuel Yemen Crisis
The failure to acknowledge the role of Australian weapons sales in perpetuating the human catastrophe in Yemen is unsustainable.
Political Interference in Medical Decisions Unethical
Medical Association for Prevention of War calls on the Federal Parliament to pass the Urgent Medical Treatment Bill. Dr Sue Wareham will address a rally of supporters outside Parliament House, Canberra, from 11am today.
Civilian Deaths in Mosul
The news of possible civilian deaths from Australia’s role in the bombing of Mosul, Iraq, in early 2017 reminds us of the tragedy of the war in that country. But it should not surprise us.
Report Discredits the ‘Rules Based Order’
We are often told the Australian military alliance with the United States allows us to adhere to the “International Rules Based Order”. A 2018 report found that the “rules” don’t always apply.
Australian Labor Party commits to sign and ratify UN Treaty
MAPW welcomes the resolution by the ALP national conference to sign and ratify the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons when next in government.
Peak health professionals support MAPW call for Australia to sign the nuclear weapons ban treaty
Peak health organisations, representing hundreds of thousands of members, have signed on to a call for Australia to commit to signing the 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
AWM ‘partnership’ with Lockheed Martin must end
In the lead-up to Remembrance Day, there are renewed calls for the Australian War Memorial to dissociate itself from the arms companies that supply the repressive and murderous Saudi Arabian government. Lockheed Martin is one of those companies. It has a new three-year deal with the Memorial which, “this year focus[ed] on initiatives commemorating the […]
Douglas Newton’s powerful piece in today’s Sydney Morning Herald
Douglas Newton is a well respected historian and has written this powerful piece regarding the funding of the Australian War Memorial. “This weekend the nation will mark the centenary of the Armistice of 1918. This year the weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin has a “partnership” with the Australian War Memorial to support the commemorations. In recent […]
MICHELLE FAHY. Invictus Games, glossing over inconvenient truths-the arms trade and the British royals
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived and the media frenzy has erupted, fuelled by news of the royal pregnancy. As media coverage goes, the Invictus Games team couldn’t have managed it any better. Yet, when it comes to the actions of the royal family, all that glisters is not gold. (Originally published at […]
Gathering for Peace – 11th November
A silent peace vigil with the theme of “Honour Them – Promote Peace” planned for this Remembrance Day, has been refused. This refusal marginalises the peace message. Help us overturn this decision. Please join us in making your views known to: NCA at [email protected] the Director of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson at […]
NCA Refuses Silent Peace Vigil on ANZAC Parade on Armistice Centenary
Canberra citizens are planning a Gathering for Peace on Anzac Parade on Remembrance Day, to stand in silent commemoration of those Australians and others who suffered the horrors of World War 1, with the message “Honour Them – Promote Peace”. However the National Capital Authority is denying permission for such a gathering. In response to […]
Australia has failed to invest in peace rather than scourge of war
Full marks for Stephanie Dowrick’s article “War — what is it good for?” (July 21, Forum p10). Dowrick rightly identifies Australia’s failure to invest financially in peace rather than war. Our funding for diplomacy has been slashed, while funding for war sky-rockets. The poor old weapons industry even gets a leg-up with government subsidies, despite […]
Australia has failed to invest in peace, rather than scourge of war
Full marks for Stephanie Dowrick’s article “War — what is it good for?” (July 21, Forum p10). Dowrick rightly identifies Australia’s failure to invest financially in peace rather than war. Our funding for diplomacy has been slashed, while funding for war sky-rockets. The poor old weapons industry even gets a leg-up with government subsidies, despite […]
Should arms dealers really be funding the Australian War Memorial?
To hear Brendan Nelson tell it, arms manufacturers have a patriotic duty to fund the Australian War Memorial. It’s about “completing the loop”, he says. And it’s certainly not crass. “You need to know that the man on behalf of BAE Systems with whom I negotiated the sponsorship of our theatre, the BAE Systems Theatre, […]
How the Australian War Memorial has lost its way
Australians do not “remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war”. Perhaps such an understanding in the case of the Frontier Wars might raise extremely uncomfortable questions about the implications for modern day Australia and our approach to warfare, or perhaps a focus on the Frontier Wars against the first people of Australia simply […]
The Drum with Carolyn Holbrook –
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-22/the-drum-tuesday-may-22/9788900 Host: Ellen Fanning Panel: Kerry Chikarovski, Margo Kingston, Michael Biercuk and Paul Bongiorno Interview with: Dr Carolyn Holbrook The panel discusses Pauline Hanson’s decision to withdraw support for the Coalition’s company tax cuts, the scrutiny over Australian War Memorial’s operations, and the landmark ruling against Archbishop Philip Wilson. Starts at 20:38, for 16 mins
Are they in safe hands?
It is far from reassuring to hear President Trump proclaim that he and Putin control more than 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear weapons. These weapons constitute a major hazard to world peace and health. Are they in safe hands? It is time for Australian politicians to reconsider our decision not to sign the […]
War Memorial should ditch weapons manufacturers: Anti war organisation – by Sally Whyte, Canberra Times, 21 May 2018
In this article, published in the Canberra Times and the Age on 21 May 2018, Dr Sue Wareham OAM, (MAPW National President) explains why Australia’s national war memorial should promote peace and refuse financial sponsorship from war profiteerers such as BAE Systems. You can read the text of the article below, or click here to access […]
Sign the Petition – the ALP must commit to join the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban
We have launched a new petition calling on the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to commit to signing and ratifying the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The ALP is currently finalising their policy platform to take to the next federal election. The ALP is in the process of deciding their position on […]
The Nobel Peace Prize and the Doomsday Clock – The End of Nuclear Weapons or the End of Us?
On May 9th 2018, an important new article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, “The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and the Doomsday Clock – The End of Nuclear Weapons or the End of Us?”, co-authored by ICAN’s founding chair and former MAPW (Australia) President, Assoc Professor Tilman Ruff. The NEJM has a […]
The Age Letters Page – Monday 16 April 2018
There are weapons worse than chemical ones After more than seven years of appalling and highly complex conflict, Syria is increasingly a proxy for a new Cold War. Outrage about use of weapons of mass destruction does not make counter attack legal, and increases the risk of escalation. Chemical weapons inspectors arrived on Saturday to […]
Australia Preaches Respect for International Law in Syria while undermining the Law
Health professionals in Australia have strongly criticised the government for preaching respect for international law in Syria, while practising the opposite. Australia strongly endorses attacks on Syria by the US, the UK and France which violate international law, given they are neither conducted in self-defence nor authorised by the UN . Claims by Foreign Minister […]
Parliamentary Debate on Going to War is Long Overdue
This week marks the 15th anniversary, on March 20, of one of Australia’s most disastrous foreign policy decisions – our involvement in the invasion of Iraq. To characterise this as “our” involvement however does a great disservice to the millions of Australians who were vehemently opposed to the decision that was made by just one […]
MAPW National President awarded inaugural Rotary Peace Prize
At a ceremony held at Nara Peace Park in Canberra, MAPW National President Dr Sue Wareham was awarded the inaugural Chief Minister’s Rotary Peace Prize on Friday 23rd February. The awarding of this prestigious prize coincided with the unveiling of the Rotary Peace Bell, a symbol of remembrance to all those who have lost their […]
MAPW writes to Minister Canavan, ARPANSA about ongoing nuclear waste saga
For far too long nuclear waste management has been thought about well after the waste is produced.
The Strategic Dilemmas in Militarising Australian Exports
The Australian government’s recent decision to adopt an ambitious new defence manufacturing plan has met with controversy. Far beyond most job-creation initiatives, Malcolm Turnbull’s plan has international ramifications.
Hobart Mercury – Letter by MAPW member, Dr Jennifer Bond
Published by the Hobart Mercury, 8th February 2018 Last Friday the Peace Boat brought survivors to Hobart to describe their ordeals and ask us to help. Tanaka, a survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 by U.S atomic bombs, described the enormous, instant, long lasting destruction of people and land. A farmer whose family […]
IPPNW supports WMA condemnation of the arrest of Turkish Medical Association leaders
Written 07/02/2018 International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNWi) joins the World Medical Association in expressing grave concern over the arrests of leaders of the Turkish Medical Association (TMA). We concur with the statement of WMA President Dr. Yoshitake Yokokura, who said, in part, “The WMA fully supports our Turkish colleagues in their […]
PM Turnbull’s ‘jobs’ argument for war profiteering is a sham
PM Turnbull’s push to make Australia a major weapons exporter puts paid to any pretence we might have of being a peace-loving nation. And his claim that it’s all about jobs is a sham. War profiteering is one of the least effective ways to create jobs.
US’s new nuclear policy ‘a blueprint for war’, Nobel peace laureate says
(Published by The Guardian, 6 February 2018) International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons founder describes weapons review as ‘a chilling document’ that echoes cold war era. Australia’s Nobel peace laureate says America’s aggressive new nuclear policy is “a blueprint for nuclear war” that returns the world to a cold war mentality. Tilman Ruff, the founding […]
Keep a strict line
(Published by The Age – letters page 5 February 2018) Over the years Australia has sold guns to government institutions in Papua New Guinea, which have sold them on to criminals in the civilian population. Armed violence now makes PNG one of the world’s most dangerous countries for its own citizens and for visitors. Australia […]
Australian Doctors Condemn Arrest of Turkish Colleagues
MEDIA RELEASE issued Thursday, 1 February 2018 The Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia) has expressed its grave concern at the arrests by the Turkish Government of all 11 members of the Turkish Medical Association’s Central Council for their statement on the public health consequences of war. MAPW President Dr Sue Wareham said, “MAPW in Australia […]
Making waves on journey to nuclear treaty – by Sally Attrill, Convenor MAPW Tasmania
Published by the Hobart Mercury,31 January 2018 This is the 96th voyage of the ‘Peace Boat’, since its first trip in 1983. During that time it has visited over 120 ports in more than 80 countries. The current ship, the Ocean Dream, carries 800-1000 passengers on a different type of cruise to normal. During the […]
No cause for celebration in exporting death and destruction
PM Turnbull’s claim that it’s all about “jobs” is a contemptible fig-leaf for forcing people into the business of war profiteering.
Nuclear weapons — Australia stands on the wrong side of history by Tilman Ruff
During Senate estimates in October last year, the Australian government dug further into the deep and dark moral abyss in which it is stuck in relation to the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons. In questioning by Tasmanian Labor Senator Lisa Singh, DFAT Assistant Secretary Richard Sadleir sought to explain the circumstances in which under […]
Nuclear disarmament unrealistic? So is keeping the bombs and surviving
Opinion article by Dr Margaret Beavis, – board member of ICAN (Australia) and the Medical Association for Prevention of War. Published by the Canberra Times on January 1st 2018 As we look back on the past year, one issue that abruptly came into focus was nuclear weapons. On the one hand, North Korea aggressively tested […]
Plight of North Korean people will deepen
Letter to the Editor, written by Dr Sue Wareham, President, Medical Association for Prevention of War, Canberra. Published by the Canberra Times on December 30 2017 Australia has joined other nations in not imposing economic sanctions on the military of Myanmar for its atrocities against the Rohingya people, because they would damage the nation’s vulnerable […]
MAKING WAVES – ICAN & PEACE BOAT speaking tour comes to Tasmania
Friday 2 February 12:30-2pm Parliament Lawns, Salamanca Place. In the event of wet weather, we will move the event into Parliament House. Free event. Register here. Speakers: Senator Lisa Singh Miyake Nobuo Kenichi Hasegawa Karina Lester Scott Ludlam MC: Leanne Minshull, The Australia Institute. Hosted by Peace Boat, the Australia Institute, the Medical Association for […]
Making Waves – ICAN Tour 2018
ICAN Speaking Tour 2018 Making Waves is a speaking tour featuring nuclear survivors from Japan and Australia, traveling aboard Peace Boat’s voyage to Oceania in January-February 2018. Public events, meetings and media opportunities will take place in five cities. The Tour is a collaboration between Peace Boat and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, […]
Watch ICAN Receive the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Watch Hiroshima survivor, Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Finn, CEO of ICAN, accept the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of ICAN. Their speeches send a powerful message to the world that nuclear weapons must be banned. Click here to watch the ceremony in full.
More from Oslo – Sue Coleman-Haseldine talks about the impact of nuclear testing on her community
Sue Coleman-Haseldine has been at the forefront of the camapign to abolish nuclear weapons. As a survivor of British nuclear testing at Maralinga and Emu Fields, Sue has supported ICANi‘s campaign by speaking out and sharing her testamony with people from around the world. Sue joined ICANi campaigners from around the world to witness, and […]
Nobel Peace Prize 2017 – MAPW Congratulates and Celebrates with ICAN
MAPW congratulates and celebrates with ICAN the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to this outstanding campaign which is achieving so much towards our goal of a nuclear weapons free world. The award will be presented in Oslo on Sunday, 10 December, very late evening (not so late for our friends and colleagues in […]
Message from the Aussies in Oslo – Tonight the Nobel Peace Prize is Awarded!!!!
The Australian ICAN/MAPW crew in Oslo send you a message of thanks and support as they wait for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony to start. Click here to watch
Catch up on Events in Oslo with Dr Margaret Beavis – video 2 now available
Dr Margaret Beavis has posted the second video diary of her trip to Oslo. Dr Beavis will be attending the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony tomorrow. Click here to watch Margie talk about the seminar she attended at the International Red Cross in Oslo earlier today.
Count Down to Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Begins!
MAPW Secretary, Dr Margaret Beavis is in Oslo, Norway to attend the ceremony. ICANi will awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday 10th December 2017. Dr Beavis is making a series of short films while in Oslo, sharing with us all the build up to the ceremony. Click here to watch the first film, alternatively […]
ICAN established by Australian doctors awarded Nobel Peace Prize
What does a United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and a Nobel Peace Prize have to do with Australian doctors, and Australian general practitioners (GPs) in particular? Quite a lot, in fact. On 10 December 2017, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICANi) will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize […]
Clean water, not weapons, needed in Yemen
MEDIA RELEASE 24 NOVEMBER, 2017 Health professionals today called on the Australian government to take urgent action in response to the deepening humanitarian crisis in Yemen, rather than selling weapons to the Saudi government that is leading the bombing of this impoverished country. Saudi Arabia is also leading the naval blockade that is drastically reducing […]
MAPW Supports Joint Statement – A call to the Prime Minister and the Australian Parliament
We support First Nations peoples’ Uluru Statement from the Heart. We call on the Australian Parliament to make this a national priority. We represent non-Indigenous Australians whose hearts and minds were filled with hope as First Nations voices called for acknowledgement in the Constitution and recommended treaties to bring about structural reform for socio-economic improvement. There […]
Murky business: Australia’s defence industry is growing, but at what cost?
It’s a nearly impossible task to discover exactly what Australia is selling and to whom because the federal government refuses to say, but nuggets of information make it clear that Canberra is aggressively selling weapons and defence equipment to countries involved in conflicts where human rights abuses are being perpetrated.
MAPW submission to the Joint Committee on Treaties inquiry – Generation IV Nuclear Energy – Accession
The inquiry will examine the following treaty: Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems, as extended by the Agreement Extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems (Washington, 28 February 2005)
Statement on the imminent testing by the US of a second Inter Continental Ballistic Missile
Today, May 3rd 2017 between 12:01 a.m. and 6:01 a.m. PDT, the US will test launch a second Minuteman III Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
IPPNW statement on Korea crisis
The persistent tensions on the Korean peninsula are rapidly escalating into a crisis fueled by mutual fears, provocations, and the volatile temperaments of two unpredictable, n
Silence is Deafening
Letter by Sue Wareham, MAPW Vice President and ACT branch convenor, published Sunday 30 April 2017 in the Age newspaper
North Korea: By opposing UN we have increased insecurity – letter by Tim Wright, Director ICAN
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has excoriated
Copying Donald Trump and engaging in hostile exchanges with North Korea is hardly statesmanlike
This letter by MAPW President, Dr Margaret Beavis was published in the Sydney Morning Hearald and The Age on 25th April 2017
Nuclear war humanity’s big health risk
The following letter was published in the Mercury Newspaper, Tasmainia on 25 April 2017
Syria: Diplomacy, de-escalation and genuine humanitarian assistance needed
In the wake of the horrific chemical weapons attacks in Syria, Australian health professionals have called for an end to the war in that country and far greater humanitarian aid for its victims.