Governments from around the world will gather in Nayarit, Mexico on February 13 for the Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. IPPNW Co-President Ira Helfand has been invited to present our most recent findings that two billion people will face starvation if even a tiny fraction of existing nuclear weapons were ever used. He will be joined by Prof. Alan Robock of Rutgers University, who will present the research about the climate effects of nuclear weapons use on which our nuclear famine studies are based.
IPPNW Co-President Ira Helfand has been invited to present our most recent findings that two billion people will face starvation if even a tiny fraction of existing nuclear weapons were ever used. He will be joined by Prof. Alan Robock of Rutgers University, who will present the research about the climate effects of nuclear weapons use on which our nuclear famine studies are based.
IPPNW will also participate in both the civil society delegation to the conference and the ICAN campaigners meeting, which will precede the intergovernmental sessions. Our expectation is that this new spotlight on the medical and humanitarian facts about nuclear weapons will finally trigger action to eliminate the threat—specifically commencement of a political process to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons.
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