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Statements by RCW

03 July 2025

WILPF Statement on the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories' report “From economy of occupation to economy of genocide”

25 June 2025

WILPF Statement to the Preparatory Meeting of States on the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management

19 June 2025

WILPF Statement: Militarism and Impunity Fuel Israel’s Unlawful War on Iran

12 June 2025

Hold Israel Accountable—End the Genocide: WILPF Echoes Palestinian Demands Ahead of the UN Two-State Summit

13 May 2025

WILPF Statement to the Informal Consultations on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

20 March 2025

WILPF Statement: End Genocide in Palestine Now!

17 February 2025

Joint Statement by 230+ Organisations Demanding That Governments Producing F-35 Fighter Jets Stop Arming Israel

13 February 2025

Joint Statement by 30 Organisations on the 65th Anniversary of the First French Nuclear Explosion in Algeria: A Global Call for Accountability and Justice

16 October 2024

Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Intersectionality to the 79th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee

05 October 2024

WILPF Statement: Stop Arming Israel and Abetting Its Crimes

19 September 2024

WILPF Statement on the OHCHR Report on Arms Transfers

21 August 2024

Joint Statement to the Tenth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on Arms Trade with Israel

23 July 2024

Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Intersectionality to the 2024 NPT Preparatory Committee

20 June 2024

WILPF Statement to the Fourth Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects

21 February 2024

WILPF Statement to the Meeting of the Arms Trade Treaty Sub-Working Group on Current and Emerging Implementation Issues

13 October 2023

WILPF Statement on the Escalation of Violence in Palestine and Israel

22 September 2023

Joint Civil Society Statement to the 13th Article XIV Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

23 August 2023

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Disarming the Enablers of the Firearms Industry

02 August 2023

WILPF Statement to 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee on Gender and Intersectionality

25 July 2023

WILPF Statement to the Working Group on Further Strengthening the Review Process of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

12 May 2023

WILPF's Statement to the Second Informal Preparatory Meeting for the Arms Trade Treaty Ninth Conference of States Parties

02 March 2023

WILPF highlights dangers of weaponisation of technology ahead of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women

17 February 2023

WILPF's Statement to the Preparatory Meeting for the Arms Trade Treaty Ninth Conference of States Parties, About the Arms Industry

17 February 2023

WILPF's Statement to the Preparatory Meeting for the Arms Trade Treaty Ninth Conference of States Parties, About the Review of the ATT Programme of Work

14 December 2022

WILPF's Statement to the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW67)

17 June 2022

WILPF Statement on the Final Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

08 April 2022

WILPF Closing Statement to the Fourth Consultations on the Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

07 April 2022

WILPF Statement on Section 3 of the Second Revised Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

07 April 2022

WILPF Statement on Section 4 of the Second Revised Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

06 April 2022

WILPF Statement on Section 1 of the Second Revised Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

06 April 2022

WILPF Statement on Section 2 of the Second Revised Draft Political Declaration on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

28 January 2022

War “Over” Ukraine: Militarism is Killing Us All

24 May 2021

International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament: Prioritise Lives, Not Weapons!

06 August 2020

75th Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration

04 June 2020

WILPF International Secretariat Statement on Systemic Racism and Police Brutality

18 October 2019

Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Disarmament to the 2019 UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

01 October 2019

WILPF Statement to the Vienna Conference on Protecting Civilians in Urban Warfare

21 September 2019

2019 International Day of Peace

10 September 2019

WILPF Statement to the Open-Ended Working Group on Information and Communication Technologies

28 August 2019

WILPF Statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on Treaty Implementation

26 August 2019

WILPF Statement to the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty on Gender-Based Violence

06 August 2019

74th Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemoration

05 April 2019

WILPF Statement to the Second Preparatory Meeting of the Fifth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

01 February 2019

WILPF Statement to the First Informal Preparatory Committee for the Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

13 December 2018

Presentation on Gender, Weapons, and Power: The Importance of Feminism for Disarmament

18 October 2018

Joint Civil Society Statement on Cyber and Human Security to the 2018 First Committee

18 October 2018

Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender to 2018 First Committee

26 September 2018

ICAN Statement to the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

28 August 2018

WILPF Statement to the 2018 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

26 June 2018

Presentation on Gender Norms and Gun Violence

25 April 2018

WILPF Statement to the 2018 NPT Preparatory Committee

13 April 2018

WILPF Statement to the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

21 September 2017

WILPF Statement on the Adoption of the 2017 Universal Periodic Review of the United Kingdom in Regards to its Arms Transfers to Saudi Arabia

12 September 2017

WILPF Statement to the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

03 July 2017

WILPF Statement to the CEDAW Committee's 67th Session's Review of Italy, Regarding its Arms Exports

28 June 2017

WILPF Statement to the UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, on the Treaty's Prohibitions

19 June 2017

WILPF Statement to the UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, on the Treaty's General Obligations

14 June 2017

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council: Human Rights Must Come Before Profits From the Arms Trade

13 June 2017

WILPF Statement on the Oral Update of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria, Regarding Weapons Transfers to Syria and Their Impact on Women

06 June 2017

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on the Need for Continued Scrutiny of the Gendered Impacts of Arms Proliferation

11 May 2017

WILPF Statement on the USA's Arms Transfers to Countries Where Child Soldiers are Used

03 May 2017

WILPF Statement to the 2017 NPT Preparatory Committee

29 March 2017

WILPF Statement to the UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading to Their Elimination

20 February 2017

WILPF Statement on Multidimensional Insecurity and its Impacts on Libyan Women

09 February 2017

WILPF Statement to UN Member States on the Commission on the Status of Women and the US Government's Travel Ban

14 December 2016

WILPF Statement: Aleppo is Bidding Humanity Goodbye

12 December 2016

WILPF Statement to the Fifth CCW Review Conference

19 September 2016

WILPF Statement on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria

15 September 2016

WILPF Statement on the Use of Weapons and Arms Transfers to Parties in the Conflict in Yemen

24 August 2016

WILPF Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, Treaty Implementation

23 August 2016

WILPF Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, General Debate

09 May 2016

WILPF Statement to the May 2016 Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament

12 April 2016

WILPF Statement to the 2016 CCW Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

12 November 2015

WILPF Statement to the 2015 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties

16 October 2015

Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Disarmament to the 2015 UN General Assembly First Committee

30 September 2015

ICAN Statement to the UN Commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

01 May 2015

WILPF Statement to the 2015 NPT Review Conference

13 April 2015

WILPF Statement to the 2015 CCW Meeting of Experts on Autonomous Weapon Systems

10 March 2015

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2015

02 March 2015

Presentation on Law and Morality at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons

22 September 2014

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Armed Drones and International Law

13 May 2014

WILPF Statement to the 2014 CCW Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems

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11 March 2014

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2014

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13 September 2013

WILPF Position on the Negative Impact of Arms Transfers on the Human Rights of People Living in Conflict-Affected Areas

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30 August 2013

WILPF Statement on Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Avoiding Military Intervention

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30 May 2013

Statement of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to the Human Rights Council 2013

14 May 2013

WILPF Statement to Panel I of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament

02 May 2013

Remarks from RCW at NPT PrepCom Side Event on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

09 April 2013

Presentation on Disarmament and Development

12 March 2013

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2013

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20 February 2013

Remarks on Ward Wilson’s “Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons”

11 October 2012

Presentation on Consensus, Political Will, Nuclear Disarmament, and the Conference on Disarmament

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14 September 2012

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Children and Armed Conflict

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14 September 2012

WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Nuclear Testing in the Marshall Islands

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08 March 2012

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2012

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23 September 2011

WILPF Statement to the 2011 Article XIV Conference on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

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06 August 2011

WILPF Statement on the 66th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

08 June 2011

WILPF Statement on Jeju Island and the Naval Base

12 April 2011

WILPF Statement on the 2011 Global Day of Action on Military Spending

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15 March 2011

WILPF Statement on Japan's Nuclear Crisis

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08 March 2011

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2011

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20 September 2010

WILPF statement on the UN Summit on the Millenium Development Goals

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31 March 2010

Presentation on Gender and Nuclear Weapons

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26 March 2010

Presentation on Nuclear Disarmament for Peace and Development

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08 March 2010

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2010

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23 September 2009

WILPF Statement to the 2009 Article XIV Conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

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21 September 2009

WILPF Statement to the UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

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11 September 2009

Presentation on Nuclear Weapons and Security Discourses

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09 August 2009

WILPF Statement on the 64th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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05 March 2009

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2009

06 March 2008

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2008

06 March 2007

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2007

16 March 2006

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2006

15 March 2005

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2005

11 March 2004

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2004

06 March 2003

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2003

07 March 2002

WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2002

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