Big Push to Disarmament

The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( ICAN) for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of Nuclear weapons

1. ICAN focusses on the threat to humanity posed by nuclear arms
   2 works on building global support for the abolition of nuclear weapons
2. Founded in vienna in 2007, ICAN has the support of more than 400 NGOs across the world
3. It was a key player in the adoption of a historic nuclear weapons ban treaty signed by 122 counteies on July 7, 2017

Globally, nuclear weapons stockpiles have plummented
1986 - 64000
2017 - 9000
Source - bulletin of Atomic Scientists