WILPF Statement to the UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading to Their Elimination
WILPF delivered a statement to the UN conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading to their elimination, Topic 2.
WILPF Statement on Multidimensional Insecurity and its Impacts on Libyan Women
The following statement was submitted by WILPF to the 34th session of the UN Human Rights Council (27 February to 24 March) under Item 10: Technical assistance and capacity-building, Interactive dialogue on the situation of human rights in Libya.
WILPF Statement to UN Member States on the Commission on the Status of Women and the US Government's Travel Ban
WILPF published this open letter to UN member states on the Commission on the Status of Women and the US government's travel ban in 2017.
WILPF Statement: Aleppo is Bidding Humanity Goodbye
WILPF published this statement in relation to the destruction of Aleppo, Syria in December 2016.
WILPF Statement to the Fifth CCW Review Conference
The following statement was delivered by Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, at the Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva on 12 December 2016.
WILPF Statement on the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria
WILPF published the following statement in response to the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria in September 2016.
WILPF Statement on the Use of Weapons and Arms Transfers to Parties in the Conflict in Yemen
WILPF issued a statement in response to the High Commissioner on Human Right's report on the conflict in Yemen (A/HRC/33/38).
WILPF Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, Treaty Implementation
This statement was delivered at the Second Conference of States Parties (CSP2) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on 24 August 2016.
WILPF Statement to the Second Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty, General Debate
This statement was delivered at the Second Conference of States Parties (CSP2) to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on 23 August 2016.
WILPF Statement to the May 2016 Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament
WILPF delivered the following statement to the May 2016 Session of the Open-Ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament.
WILPF Statement to the 2016 CCW Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
This statement was delivered by Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will at the 2016 CCW meeting of experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems in Geneva on 12 April 2016.
WILPF Statement to the 2015 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties
WILPF delivered this statement to the 2015 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of High Contracting Parties.
Joint Civil Society Statement on Gender and Disarmament to the 2015 UN General Assembly First Committee
On 16 October 2015, Reaching Critical Will's Director Ray Acheson delivered the following statement to the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. The statement was endorsed by a large number of civil society organisations, listed at the end.
ICAN Statement to the UN Commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
This statement was delivered by Ray Acheson of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to the UN Commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in 2015.
WILPF Statement to the 2015 NPT Review Conference
WILPF delivered the following statement to the 2015 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
WILPF Statement to the 2015 CCW Meeting of Experts on Autonomous Weapon Systems
WILPF delivered the following statement to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of Experts on autonomous weapon systems held 13-17 April 2015.
WILPF Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day 2015
WILPF delivered the following statement to the Conference on Disarmament on International Women's Day in 2015.
Presentation on Law and Morality at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons
From 28 February–1 March 2015, Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, participated in a symposium hosted by the Helen Caldicott Foundation on "The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction". She moderated the second day of the symposium and also delivered opening remarks to report back on the Vienna conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. An archived video of her presentation, and the rest of the conference, is available online.
WILPF Statement to the Human Rights Council on Armed Drones and International Law
WILPF delivered this statement to the Human Rights Council in September 2014.