Creative Analysis

January 2007:
New Briefing on The Future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty written by Janet Bloomfield

This is the final piece of work written by Janet as Oxford Research Group's UK Security Consultant. She is now concentrating fully on her role as British Coordinator to Atomic Mirror. ORG is pleased to announce that she will continue her association with ORG as one of our new Patrons.

Download the briefing as a PDF from the Oxford Research Group website

November 2006:

The Atomic Mirror joins the Big Trident Debate. Visit the website and join the debate now.

Bringing Peoples’ Concerns about Nuclear Issues to the United Nations, Bringing Understanding of United Nations Processes and Decisions to the People

Since 1994, the Atomic Mirror has been bringing the voices and concerns of the people about nuclear weapons to the United Nations. In return, we have been communicating the processes and decisions of the United Nations, and related international bodies, to people and groups at the grassroots level.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference 2005

Political Analysis: Ongoing political analysis of nuclear issues from an international perspective.

Annual Abolition 2000 Report Cards: Since 1996, producing annual assessment of progress toward a nuclear free world.

The Atomic Mirror has been engaging with UN diplomats and nuclear decision-makers at meetings of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and at the First (Peace and Disarmament) and Fourth (Decolonization) Committees of the UN General Assembly to advocate for nuclear abolition. Especially since the onset of the Iraq War, when UN inspections and other events leading up to the war have put the UN Security Council in the world’s spotlight, citizens, governments and the press have increasingly recognized the central role of the United Nations in opinion formation and decision-making regarding nuclear weapons policies.

We at the Atomic Mirror have engaged in regular dialogue with diplomats about nuclear issues, and brought the voices of the communities most affected by the nuclear policies of governments to their attention. We use the following approaches: written exhortations, litanies, and reports bringing the concerns and analysis of grassroots activists and organizations to the UN arena; oral presentations to delegates in formal meetings, in poetry readings, and in panel discussions on the effects of nuclear technology on health, the environment, the political systems in which we live; personal one-to-one conversations and small meetings with delegations, both on and off the record. In addition, we regularly bring indigenous peoples and downwinders to the UN to tell their stories directly to nuclear decision-makers.

As Steffen Kongstad of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway has stated, "Governments and their bureaucrats need to be told time and time again just what is the real impact of their policies on real people." The Atomic Mirror brings precisely this information to nuclear decision-makers.

The Atomic Mirror is affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information and the United Nations Department of Disarmament Affairs Education Project.