Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Petition, 1979
First signed in 1968, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons came in to effect on 5 March, 1970. The international agreement aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technologies. The Treaty also has the dual purpose of promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Negotiated at the international level, the Treaty forms part of a global movement towards nuclear disarmament.
New Zealand civil society has at times acted as outspoken critics of nuclear weapons and energies. This image above is from a 1979 petition delivered to parliament as part of a campaign for nuclear disarmament. The papers, tied together in a large bundle, contain 20,676 signatures.
Title: Session 1 - 35th-41st Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee - Original Petitions - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (R18369625)
Archives reference: ABGX 16127 W4731 Box 165/ 1979/26
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For more information and to the read the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty text, go to: www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt/
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Petition, 1979
First signed in 1968, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons came in to effect on 5 March, 1970. The international agreement aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technologies. The Treaty also has the dual purpose of promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy. Negotiated at the international level, the Treaty forms part of a global movement towards nuclear disarmament.
New Zealand civil society has at times acted as outspoken critics of nuclear weapons and energies. This image above is from a 1979 petition delivered to parliament as part of a campaign for nuclear disarmament. The papers, tied together in a large bundle, contain 20,676 signatures.
Title: Session 1 - 35th-41st Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee - Original Petitions - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (R18369625)
Archives reference: ABGX 16127 W4731 Box 165/ 1979/26
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R18369625
For more information and to the read the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty text, go to: www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/npt/
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga