International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Also known as ICAN
global campaign for the abolition of all nuclear weapons (Winner of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize)
AI overview
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a global movement working to eliminate all nuclear weapons from the world. It matters because nuclear weapons pose an existential threat to humanity, and the campaign's work—recognized with the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize—aims to prevent their use and ultimately achieve their complete elimination.
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Key facts
- Abbreviation
- ICAN
- Formation
- 23 April 2007 ; 19 years ago ( 2007-04-23 )
- Founded at
- Melbourne , Australia
- Type
- Non-profit international campaign
- Headquarters
- Geneva , Switzerland
- Fields
- Nuclear disarmament
- Members
- 661 partner organizations in 110 countries (2022)
- Executive director
- Melissa Parke
- Award
- 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
- Website
- www .icanw .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Revenue
- 1205427
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Article
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (abbreviated to ICAN, pronounced /ˈaɪkæn/ EYE-kan) is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The campaign helped bring about this treaty. ICAN was launched in 2007. In 2022, it counted 661 partner organizations in 110 countries.
The campaign received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons."