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De: Alistair Burnett <alistair@icanw.org>

Asunto: Press release: 100 Spanish cities call on Madrid to sign UN nuclear ban treaty

Fecha: 26 de junio de 2024, 12:35:35 CEST

Para: Maribel Hernandez Sanchez <maribel.hernandez@periodistes.org>

Press release 100 cities in Spain call for Madrid to join UN nuclear ban treaty Geneva 26 June 2024 Spain has become the third NATO country to see 100 cities call for their country to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the TPNW. The other centurions are Belgium and Germany. Teià, a municipality in Catalonia, became the one hundredth Spanish city to join the Cities Appeal of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN. In the spirit of grassroot movements, ICAN’s Spanish partners had been in a good-natured competition with their French, Italian and Greek counterparts to match Belgium and Germany in persuading a hundred cities to join the Appeal The Appeal promotes initiatives that municipalities can take to stand up against nuclear weapons and explore measures which promote nuclear disarmament. These include taking steps to ensure that funds administered by a city are not invested in nuclear weapon producers, informing the national government of a city’s support for the TPNW, and raising public and media awareness in their cities of the threat posed by these weapons and how that threat can be ended through the treaty. Florian Eblenkamp, who coordinates the ICAN’s Cities Appeal, said: “This is fantastic news. The 100 Spanish cities that have joined ICAN’s appeal are to be congratulated on their foresight and leadership. Nuclear weapons are designed for destroying cities and responsible municipal governments are helping to lead the way in calling on their national governments to join the TPNW which provides the pathway to fair and verifiable disarmament.” Maribel Hérnandez, coordinator for ICAN’s Spanish partner, Alianza por el Desarme Nuclear, thanked the cities for their commitment: “The leadership these cities and municipalities are showing is inspiring. We are so pleased we have been able to hit the 100 mark and put pressure on the government in Madrid to sign the nuclear ban treaty. While the national government has been reluctant to support this treaty, our campaign is growing and the foreign minister cannot ignore us. I want to thank Fundipau, Alcaldes per la Pau (Mayors for Peace in Spain) and activists from catalonian Maresme for all the work they have done with us on this campaign.[FE2] ” Cities have always been the primary targets for nuclear weapons, ever since the US attacked Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, and that is why cities are active in ICAN’s campaign to eliminate them. Several capitals and other major cities in NATO countries have joined, including Berlin, Edinburgh, New York, Paris, Oslo, Rome and Washington DC. In Spain itself, several major cities have adopted the Appeal, including Barcelona, Burgos, Cádiz, A Coruña, Girona, Santiago de Compostela, Seville and Zaragoza. Ends For more information and interview requests contact:  Alistair Burnett, Head of Media, ICAN +41 78 238 7179 alistair@icanw.org Editor's notes 1 The list of Spanish cities that have endorsed the TPNW can be found here. 2 More information on the ICAN Cities Appeal can be found here. 3 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) bans countries from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, transferring, possessing, stockpiling, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons, or allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed on their territory. It also prohibits them from assisting, encouraging or inducing anyone to engage in these activities. About ICAN The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty. This landmark global agreement was adopted in New York on 7 July 2017. The campaign was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2017, for its “groundbreaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition” of nuclear weapons. More information about ICAN can be found at: www.icanw.org   Why am I receiving this? You are receiving this email because you signed up to receive ICAN's media releases, or are part of our network of journalists and media contacts (and thank you for all that you do to get the story of the nuclear ban treaty out to a wider, global audience). Click here to unsubscribe from this list. For more detailed information on how we use and store your data, please read our Privacy Policy. © 2022 International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). All rights reserved.  Built by Tectonica