Since 1982, we have worked to create a
just and peaceful world, free of nuclear weapons.
We are a non-profit, non-partisan 501C(3), with consultative status to the United Nations
Economic and Social Council, recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.
“The clouds that parted following the end of the Cold War are gathering once more. We have been extraordinarily
lucky so far. But luck is not a strategy. Nor is it a shield from geopolitical tensions boiling over into nuclear conflict. Today, humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation.“
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
NAPF Statement at the UN International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
September 26 is the International Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and NAPF was proud to attend a High-Level Plenary Meeting to commemorate and promote this important [...]
Spotlight on Christian N. Ciobanu – NAPF Policy and Advocacy Coordinator
We are excited to introduce a new series on our website called Spotlight! We will use this series to highlight people at NAPF and in the nuclear disarmament sphere [...]
Nuclear Dangers with Richard Falk and Ivana Hughes
We hope you will join us for a Zoom discussion on Nuclear Dangers and beyond with Richard Falk and Ivana Hughes on Thursday, September 29 at 11 a.m. [...]
Richard Falk’s book This Endangered Planet (1971) honored by Foreign Affairs
We are thrilled to share that This Endangered Planet: Prospects and Proposals for Human Survival (1971) by Richard Falk, our Senior Vice President, has been selected as a Book [...]
WHAT IS THE TPNW?
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a historic international agreement among states concerned about the welfare of humanity. The treaty prohibits the possession, development, deployment, use, and threat of use of nuclear weapons. The TPNW also contains a robust framework for assisting victims of nuclear weapons and remediating contaminated environments. It entered into force on January 22, 2021 and the First Meeting of States Parties was held in Vienna, Austria on June 21-23, 2022… Read More
WHY IT MATTERS
Nuclear weapons threaten everything we have ever known, everything we love. They threaten the existence of human civilization and even of humanity itself. We must get rid of nuclear weapons before they get rid of us.
WHAT WE DO
With the TPNW in force, we work with states and NGO colleagues and partners, like ICAN, on strengthening the treaty, from getting more states to join it, to implementation of provisions to address past humanitarian consequences.
DID YOU KNOW?
There are about 13,000 nuclear weapons in the world.
Each of them is 10 to 100 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.
All of the nuclear weapons states are modernizing their nuclear weapons arsenals.
The US plans up to $2 trillion on its nuclear arsenal modernization.
President’s Letter
Dear NAPF Community, it is with a great sense of excitement that I greet you following my first month…
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Evening for Peace, 2015
Sadako Peace Day, 2022
Nuclear Zero team at the ICJ, 2014
Kelly Lecture, 2012