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UN chief backs ICAN initiative

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has written to ICAN campaigners expressing his support for ICAN's paper crane project

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35 nations call for nuclear ban

At the United Nations in New York, governments call for intensified efforts to outlaw and eliminate nuclear weapons

Los Hechos

«Si Gandhi y Martin Luther King hijo estuvieran vivos hoy, formarían parte de ICAN».

Martin Sheen Actor y activista
«Felicito a ICAN por trabajar con tanto compromiso y creatividad en pos de un mundo libre de armas nucleares».

Ban Ki-moon Secretario General de la ONU
“We can do it together. With your help, our voice will be made still stronger. Imagine peace.”

Yoko Ono Artist
“Governments say a nuclear weapons ban is unlikely. Don’t believe it. They said the same about a mine ban treaty.”

Jody Williams Nobel laureate
“With your support, we can take ICAN its full distance – all the way to zero nuclear weapons.”

Desmond Tutu Nobel laureate
“Because I cannot tolerate these appalling weapons, I whole-heartedly support ICAN.”

Herbie Hancock Jazz musician
“I am proud to support the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.”

Hans Blix Weapons inspector
“I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons, and I support ICAN.”

Dalai Lama Nobel laureate