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The Arms Control Association, founded in 1971, is a nonpartisan membership organization dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.

Through public education and media programs and our flagship journal, Arms Control Today, we provide policymakers, the press, and the interested public with authoritative information, analysis, and commentary on arms control proposals, negotiations and agreements, and related national security issues.

2025-01-21

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธWith Donald Trump back at the White House, ACA Executive Director Daryl Kimball lays out the nuclear challenges facing the 47th president. Read his Focus editorial:
๐Ÿ‘‰ ow.ly/SgYP50UK4A0 #Inauguration2025

2025-01-20

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ #Inauguration2025: "Trump to Regain Control of U.S. Nuclear Policy. Now What?"
Five experts break down the global implications of Donald Trumpโ€™s return to the White House and its impact on arms control.
๐Ÿ‘‰ armscontrol.org/aca/2144

#Inauguration2025 #NuclearPolicy #GlobalSecurity #ArmsControl

2025-01-20

Did you know? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. began protesting the use of nuclear weapons as early as 1957. On this #MLKDay, we salute his legacy and ask you to join us as we continue to advocate for effective arms control policies. ow.ly/tLA250UJern #MLK

2025-01-15

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Congratulations to Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and the Austrian Foreign Ministry for being selected as the 2024 โ€œArms Control Persons of the Yearโ€! ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ‘
#ArmsControl #ACPOY2024
ow.ly/t1Bl50UGQ6O

2025-01-14

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธThe United States accused #Pakistan of developing long- range ballistic missiles and announced new sanctions on four Pakistani entities involved with the development of those systems, write Kelsey Davenport and Daryl Kimball in the news section of Arms Control Today. ow.ly/W92M50UFHrX

2025-01-14

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was laid to rest last week. In Arms Control Today, Walter Slocombe writes that Carter's commitment to arms control was based on moral principles, religious faith and experience in the nuclear navy. Read his article here: armscontrol.org/act/2025-01/ar

2025-01-14

The latest issue of #ArmsControlToday, now online, looks at the expiration of the New START treaty, the regulation of autonomous weapons systems, prospects for a WMD-free zone in the Middle East, and many more topics. Click, read, and share your thoughts: armscontrol.org/today

2025-01-13

๐ŸšจVoting for the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year contest ends today! #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Review the nominees and cast your vote: armscontrol.org/acpoy

2025-01-11

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต#ACPOY2024: Fumio Kishida, former Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa of #Japan have been nominated for their leadership in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, including hosting a UNSC session that produced the #FMCT initiative, and more. Cast your vote: ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-11

#ACPOY2024: Senators Sanders (I-Vt.), Welch (D-Vt.), Van Hollen (D-Md.) & others have been nominated for pressing the Biden admin to comply with laws that require suspension of arms transfers to states that don't allow humanitarian assistance to civilians in conflict. Vote: ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-11

...to make 80 plutonium cores for nuclear weapons per year. Vote: ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-11

#ACPOY2024: Savannah River Site Watch, Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, Nuclear Watch New Mexico & The South Carolina Environmental Law Project have been nominated for challenging a plan...

2025-01-10

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Technical Secretariat has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for its technical assistance visits to #Ukraine while investigating allegations that #Russia used riot control agents "as a weapon of warfare." Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-10

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต #ACPOY2024: The United States, Argentina, and Japan have been nominated for taking action to reinforce global support for the 1967 Outer Space Treaty via a #UN resolution on โ€œWeapons of mass destruction in outer space.โ€ Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-09

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น #Austria Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for convening the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems and for advancing a #UN General Assembly resolution on lethal autonomous weapons systems. Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-09

The filmmakers of three new nuclear-age documentaries have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for highlighting the devastating and long term effects of U.S. and Soviet Cold War-era nuclear weapons testing. Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-09

Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) and members of the bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their leadership to challenge the rationale for and the exploding cost of the Sentinel ICBM program. Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-08

The Opinion Editors at The New York Times have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for their โ€œAt the Brinkโ€ series, which helped to raise greater awareness about the devastating impacts, massive costs, and growing dangers posed by nuclear weapons. Cast your vote at ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-08

The UN Delegations of Ireland and New Zealand and 30 co-sponsoring states have been nominated for #ACPOY2024 for successfully advancing United Nations First Committee resolution, L.39, which mandates an updated, independent, scientific study on nuclear war effects. Vote: ArmsControl.org/ACPOY

2025-01-08

Have you voted for the Arms Control Person(s) of the Year? #ACPOY2024 aims to highlight initiatives designed to advance disarmament, nuclear security, and international peace, security, and justice. Get to know the nominees and cast your vote here
๐Ÿ‘‰ armscontrol.org/acpoy/2024

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