Bruce Kent speaking on ‘Time to Scrap Trident’. 6.30pm. St John’s Methodist Church, Owen Street.

Gathering outside the Priory Church, 12noon service in the church. Until 12 August there will be an exhibition of paintings and drawings, ‘Through the Eyes of a Child’ by deaf Palestinian children from Gaza.

Annual Commemoration.
Birmingham Cathedral Churchyard.

Showing, at 12noon of film: Hiroshima, Dir Hideo Sekigawa (1953) and Land of Hope Dir Sono Sion (2012).
Followed by discussion.

Members of Norwich CND propose to lay a wreath on the War Memorial and to continue to the Peace Pillar in Chapelfield Gardens for a short vigil. All are welcome to join us. We will walk in a quiet, formal procession with banners, starting from the Friends Meeting House in Upper Goat Lane at 11.30am. We will wear white, if possible. The event will finish by 1.30pm.

Join us by the Thames in Canbury Gardens to commemorate the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. We shall float lighted boats on the Thames to remember the victims of the first nuclear bombs. Please join us.
Kingston Peace Council/CND is a friendly group that meets every second Wednesday each month at Surbiton Hill Methodist Church, Ewell Road, Surbiton at 7.45p.m. All welcome.

Organised by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(ICAN) and is intended to raise awareness of the unacceptable harm caused by nuclear weapons, and the urgent need for a ban.
Events include the thought-provoking Share Your Shadow campaign. For more details see http://www.icanw.org/nuclear-abolition-week-2/how-to-get-involved/#.UdCu...

You can sign ICAN's online petition calling for a start to negotiations for a
treaty banning nuclear weapons at http://www.goodbyenuk.es/petitions/new

Bromley and Beckenham CND Hiroshima Day vigil outside the Churchill Theatre and Library, Bromley. Silent procession through Bromley town centre, leafleting and readings after laying flowers on the lake in the Library Gardens

Manchester Central CND will be at the Chorlton Green and Beech Road Family Fun Day with a stall from 12noon-5pm. There will be activities for children and grown-ups and home-made lemonade and cakes/biscuits besides the usual CND ware.

A weekend of women-only nonviolent discussion and activity. Setting up camp Friday afternoon; cocktail party from late Saturday afternoon; packing up around 4pm on Sunday. Activities and workshops will be scheduled between 10am and 4pm with plenty of time for relaxation, eating, informal discussion and letting our hair down. We will organise a shared kitchen and women can either contribute to the food kitty or bring food to share. An accessible toilet will be available.

Pax Christi's Annual Hiroshima and Nagasaki vigils/stalls in the Piazza, Westminster Cathedral, Victoria, London.

France and the UK have agreed the Teutates Treaties to share facilities at Aldermaston and Valduc to research nuclear weapons for the next 50 years. Join Christian CND on a trip to Valduc, also visiting Paris to join the French Peace Movement's Hiroshima / Nagasaki memorial events.

Bruce Kent, former Chair and General Secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) throughout the 1980s, and formerly Chair of War on Want, wants to make the connection between the Government’s £100bn splurge on new nuclear weapons and the “savage cuts” which “hit the poorest hardest.”

The meeting itself will take place over two days, culminating in a public event in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 18 April featuring Dr. Tad Akiba, Chairman Middle Powers Initiative, former Mayor of Hiroshima, Karipbek Kuyukov, Honorary Ambassador, ATOM Project and more. On Friday, 19 April, there is an opportunity to visit the Faslane naval base, home to Trident, the UK’s nuclear weapons system.
Register at http://www.abolition2000.org/?p=2855#more-2855

Bruce Kent is coming to Merseyside!
His itinerary:
1.30pm Birkenhead 6th Form College
2.30pm Upton Hall School
4.30-5.30 Open meeting – The Lauries Community Centre, Claughton Rd, Birkenhead. Bring your friends.
7.30pm Open meeting – Jack Jones House, 1, Islington L3 8EG
With other speakers

The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session from 22 April to 03 May 2013 at the United Nations Office in Geneva. This meeting is the second of three sessions that will be held prior to the 2015 Review Conference.
The Chair-designate of the second session is Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania.
Information for civil society groups: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fora/npt/2013/ngos

Business meeting 11:00 - 13:00. 14:00 - 15:30: Guest speaker Angie Zelter.

Bruce Kent's Scrap Trident Tour come to Manchester. Join him for lunch at
The Saffron Restaurant. (www.saffronuk.com). 12 noon for 12.30pm followed by a talk by Bruce.

How do we build up a coalition to work together for a nuclear weapons free world? Nuclear Free Local Authorities Scotland, Mayors for Peace, PNND and Abolition 2000 Joint Seminar. This seminar is a free event which coincides with the conclusion of the Abolition 2000 Network AGM and a meeting of the NFLA Scotland Forum. It is open to NFLA members, Mayors for Peace members, Parliamentarians for Non-proliferation & Nuclear Disarmament members and supporters of the Abolition 2000 Network.

NFLA: http://www.nuclearpolicy.info
Mayors for Peace: http://www.mayorsforpeace.org

Book launch and discussion meeting of Dr Nick Ritchie's book: A Nuclear Weapons-Free World? Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead. Speakers include Sir Nick Harvey and Nick Ritchie.

The meeting will be held in the Wilkins Garden Room, Wilkins Building, University College London, Gower Street WC1 and will be followed by an informal drinks reception.

Please see the attached flyer for further details, or go to http://www.britishpugwash.org/upcoming%20events%2029%2009.htm