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Abbreviation | ICAN |
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Formation | 2007 |
Founded at | Melbourne, Australia |
Type | Non-profit international campaign |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Fields | Nuclear disarmament |
Membership (2022) | 661 partner organizations in 110 countries |
Executive director | Melissa Parke |
Award(s) | 2017 Nobel Peace Prize |
Website | www |
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (abbreviated to ICAN, pronounced /ˈaɪkæn/ EYE-kan) is a global civil society coalition working to promote adherence to and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.[1] The campaign helped bring about this treaty. ICAN was launched in 2007. In 2022, it counted 661 partner organizations in 110 countries.[2]
The campaign received the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons."[3]