Basic Organization Information
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Also Known As:
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IPPNW
- Physical Address:
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Somerville, MA
02143 3040
- EIN:
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04-2702110
- Web URL:
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www.ippnw.org
- NTEE Category:
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q40 International Peace and Security
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E Health—General & Rehabilitative
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E01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
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Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security
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Q01 Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
- Year Founded:
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1980
- Ruling Year:
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1980
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Mission Statement
IPPNW is a non-partisan international federation of physicians organizations dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war. To this end, IPPNW seeks to prevent all wars, to promote non-violent conflict resolution, and to minimize the effects of war and preparations for war on health, development, and the environment. For its work to educate the public about the medical consequences of nuclear war, IPPNW received the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Chief Executive
Mr. Michael Christ
Term:
Since
Jan
1998
Chief Executive Profile:
As a father of three, Michael Christ is worried about the future of his young children. As IPPNW's Executive Director, he is convinced that physicians and health workers worldwide have a major role to play in ensuring that coming generations are protected from the effects of war and the threat of nuclear destruction. Michael joined the organization in 1988 with a background in environmental economics and political activism. He describes his visits to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1989, and to the downwind community of Karaul near the former Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan in 1990, as "life changing." Michael led IPPNW's World Court Project to persuade the World Health Organization and the United Nations to challenge the legality of nuclear weapons at the International Court of Justice. As Director of Programs from 1996 to 1998, he was responsible for numerous projects and campaigns on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and helped to launch IPPNW's landmines campaign. Michael was appointed Executive Director in January 1998.
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Program:
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN); The Aiming for Prevention Campaign to Prevent Small Arms Violence
- Budget:
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$414,000
- Category:
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International, Foreign Affairs & National Security
- Population Served:
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Adults
Program Description:
NUCLEAR ABOLITION: Today there are still more than 20,000 nuclear weapons in the world, and no comprehensive process is under way to abolish them. IPPNW launched the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in 2007. ICAN has a very clear and simple premise: in order to achieve a world without nuclear weapons, the nations of the world must negotiate an agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons, and then ban them in the future. We call this agreement a Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC).
AIMING FOR PREVENTION: CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT SMALL ARMS VIOLENCE
The goal of the campaign is to reduce and prevent injuries and death from small arms violence, and its effects on health, development and peace in the developing world. In Africa, Latin America, and South Asia, IPPNW is mobilising the unique expertise and authority of physicians and public health professionals to document the devastating human impact of small arms, educate key stakeholders, and advocate policy reform.
PEACE THROUGH HEALTH AND WAR PREVENTION. IPPNW seeks to understand the links between peace and health, to prevent the human suffering associated with militarism and war, and to promote diplomacy and non-violent resolution of conflict.
Program Long-Term Success:
- Complete elimination of nuclear weapons through an international treaty
- Policy measures and an international treaty to minimize the trafficking and misuse of small arms
Program Short-Term Success:
- Promote a nuclear weapons convention for the purpose of fulfilling article 6 of the Non Proliferation Treaty - negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament
- Promote a UN treaty to limit and control interntional trafficking of small arms
Program Success Monitored by:
- Amount of participation in our International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
- Distribution of our books, brochures, fact sheets, teaching materials and videos to affiliates, diplomats, and NGO partners worldwide
- Organizing medical conferences on nuclear weapons
- Publishing and presenting our research on small arm violence
- Organizing regional small arm prevention conferences
Program Success Examples:
ICAN
- In the UK, where IPPNW's affiliate Medact has convened a multi-NGO coalition that is promoting UK government leadership on disarmament and launched a petition supporting a Nuclear Weapons Convention
- Australia, where the IPPNW affiliate, MAPW along with a 40-group coalition is pressing a new goverment to take a stronger stand on nuclear disarmament and uranium mining and export
- In Europe, where IPPNW-Germany organized a number of European affiliates and disarmament NGO's to campaign to eliminate US nuclear weapons from European bases and among NATO countries
AIMING FOR PREVENTION:
- Several affiliates participated in the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence with presentations, rallies, and public demonstrations
- 10 IPPNW members participated in the Arms Trade Treaty PrepCom meetings at the United Nations in New York City
- IPPNW participated in the North American Working Group of the Control Arms Coalition
- IPPNW co-founded and leads the Public Health Network in conjunction with International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
- Launched the Medical Alert on Armed Violence petition to the UN calling for passage of a strong Arms Trade Treaty
- Collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) on the Violence Prevention Alliance
- Conducted hospital-based research on armed violence for the Liberia Armed Violence Observatory
PEACE THROUGH HEALTH:
- Led physician-to-physician diplomatic delegations to the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea and Pakistan
- More than 2 dozen IPPNW members participated in a meeting in Ankara, Turkey to promote the Nuclear Free Middle East UN initiative
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