NUCLEAR ABOLITION DAY 2012: THANK YOU!
Thanks to all of you who around the world took action on our global day, Nuclear Abolition Day 2012 was a great success.
This year the international call for action sought to raise public and political awareness about the threats and risks of current nuclear weapons policies, with over 20,000 nuclear warheads in arsenals around the world.
In particular, we called on non-nuclear armed countries – the vast majority of the world’s states – to lead the process of ridding the world of these lethal weapons of mass extermination. Building upon the successes of previous days of action, Nuclear Abolition Day 2012 focused on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.
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We are happy to report that our "Ten Seconds is all it takes" video (which was translated into 10 languages), went viral reaching 10,000 unique views on youtube!
Click on the image below to be re-directed to the video!
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Thanks to a special Twitter team in Nigeria our hashtag #NAD2012 went crazy on Twitter!
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We were also featured on Humanitarian news, Do Gooder, Charity Spout, Non Profit Spout, Non profit blogs.
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NUCLEAR ABOLITION DAY 2012: ACTIONS WORLDWIDE
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Thousands of campaigners raised awareness about the effects of nuclear weapons and organized gatherings, flash mobs and demonstrations around the world.
Thank those of you who sent us the pictures of their actions, here some examples of what happened around the world.
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In Norway hundreds of people gathered for a free-style competition
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In the Netherlands IKV Pax Christi organized lectures, divestment actions and a very funny answer to our Ten Seconds Video.
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In Israel the Israeli Disarmament Movement organized a march demonstrating against nuclear spending and the modernization of nuclear weapons.
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In Italy, Senzatomica organized a Flashmob in Rome, Piazza del Popolo
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And in Bahrain Bombs No More was brought into schools
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In Belgium a bike tour to the Airbase Kleine Brogel, Belgium was organized
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In Sweden a new hub of ICAN was launched during a big party organized by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Vårsyndromet and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
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In Turkey a street action was organized and signatures in support of a ban on nuclear weapons were collected!
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In the UK, a Jubilee Peace Party was organized and a letter to Downing St. was handed by Delan Devakumar, pediatrician and Marion Birch, Medact
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK!
If you have more pictures to share with us, please mail them to: daniela@icanw.org
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