BAN!

Issue No 1-96
(Dateline: 25 February 1996)

CONTENTS

• Editorial: Ridding the World of Nuclear Weapons (by David Krierger)



• International Campaigning:
  France: Peace March and Scientific Forum on the megajoule laser
  First meeting of the Canberra Commission Walk for a Nuclear-Free Future.
  USA: A Letter from the American Peace Community
  Britain: Atomic Mirror Pilgnmage 1996
  Germany: lPPNW postcard-writing campaign



• Nuclear testing update:
  6th French test and Chirac's "new policy"
  
  
• Nuclear weapon-free zones:
  African Nuclear Free Zone
  
  
• Negotiations:
  On the CTBT
  News on the Fissile Talks
  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
  
  
• Nuclear politics:
  G-7 nuclear security summit in April
  British contribution to the counterproliferation strategy
  Sweden: reclaiming used nuclear fuels?
  US plutonium exports
  
  
• Useful publications:
  Dr Chris Busby: Wings of Death
  The Micro-Nukes Conspiracy
  
  
• Conferences & meetings:
  3rd African lPPNW Regional Meeting
  8th European Students Meeting, 1-4 May 1996
  lPPNW World Congress
  
  
• Correction of BAN! 0-96