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<div>Subject: Arms Control Association Applauds 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN
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Arms Control Association Applauds 2017 Nobel Peace Prize Winner ICAN</h1>
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons a Turning Point<br>
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Statement from Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball</h3>
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<strong><em>For Immediate Release:</em></strong> October 6, 2017</p>
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<strong><em>Media Contacts: </em></strong><strong>Daryl G. Kimball</strong>, executive director, (202) 463-8270 ext. 107</p>
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We are pleased and excited that the Nobel Committee has awarded the 2017 Peace Prize to our colleagues at the <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=775e04fda3&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">International
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons</a> (ICAN). Their work in raising awareness about the catastrophic impacts of nuclear weapons and their years-long campaign for the negotiation of the 2017 <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=dab73121d1&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">Treaty
on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons</a> (TPNW) has helped to reset the terms of the seven-decade-long struggle to prevent nuclear war and eliminate nuclear weapons in important and helpful ways. </p>
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At a time when nuclear dangers and tensions are rising, ICAN’s call to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons is the appropriate <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=84ff8ccda9&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">rejoinder</a> to
those governments and leaders who continue to promote the role and potential use of these mass terror weapons in the 21st century.</p>
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At a result of the TPNW, for the first time since the invention of the atomic bomb, nuclear weapons development, production, possession, use, threat of use, and stationing of another country’s nuclear weapons on a states party's national territory are all expressly
prohibited in a global treaty. The treaty also requires states to provide assistance to those affected by nuclear weapons use and testing. Over time, the TPNW will further delegitimize nuclear weapons and strengthen the legal and political norm against their
use. Steps aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic nuclear weapons use are necessary and should be welcomed.</p>
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ICAN was a catalyst for the new treaty, which was negotiated by a group of over 130 non-nuclear weapon states and is an expression of the deep concern about the enormous risks posed by nuclear weapons and the growing frustration with the failure of the nuclear-armed
states to fulfill their nuclear disarmament commitments. The initiative underscores the need for the nuclear weapons states’ to meet their existing legal obligations to end the nuclear arms race and pursue disarmament and the catastrophic humanitarian consequences
of nuclear weapons.</p>
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Others involved in the <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=9f0e762c65&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">humanitarian
impacts of nuclear weapons initiative</a>, including the winners of the <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=3cd5875f6d&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">2014 </a>and <a href="http://armscontrol.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=94d82a9d1fc1a60f0138613f1&id=053a0cce83&e=da39f1671a" target="_blank" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#0a81d1; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline">2015</a> Arms
Control Persons of the Year Award, Amb. Alexander Kmentt of Austria and <em>hibakusha </em>survivor and anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow, and their colleagues in government and civil society also deserve tremendous credit.<br>
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Serious work lies ahead. We will continue to partner with our friends in the ICAN network and with other nongovernmental leaders to inform and influence public and policy maker action on effective measures to reduce and eliminate the dangers posed by nuclear
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