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Back to Nuclear Ablolition CampaignsCampaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free WorldIn short, people should be free to live. But as long as nuclear weapons remain in the world, all of our hopes for the future can be taken away in a blink of an eye. After all, the threat of nuclear destruction never went away. It lingers, long after the end of the Cold War. Even today, the United States and Russia maintain thousands of nuclear bombs, and refuse to ban the testing and production of new ones. Seven other countries have from a handful to a few hundred nuclear bombs Meanwhile, more and more countries push their way past the velvet rope to get into the nuclear club -- ratcheting up the chances that a bomb will be sold, stolen or used. It's time to be free. So in 2007, 46 organizations joined forces to create the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons Free World -- to promote practical steps today to free the world from nuclear weapons tomorrow. We call on Congress and the President to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent priority, and to demonstrate U.S. leadership by taking steps to realize this goal. Those steps, taken together with other nations, include:
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