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Cooperation isn’t utopian - it works
Helen Clark
At the Tokyo Conference 2025, Helen Clark warned that rising nuclear risks and the breakdown of multilateral cooperation are threatening global security
Newsletters
The Doomsday Clock is moving again: Every second counts
Helen Clark
Helen Clark shares insights from her recent visits to Davos and the Norad annual conference, emphasising the importance of collaboration to secure lasting solutions to global threats.
Speeches and Discussions
"Every second counts": Doomsday Clock shows humanity closer than ever to catastrophe
Juan Manuel Santos
28 Jan 2025
Escalating threats require unity and bold leadership
Opinion
Harnessing The Power of Intergenerational Solidarity for Global Transformation
Mary Robinson
23 Jan 2025
The first blog in a collaborative series between the United Nations Youth Office and The Elders, focused on intergenerational solidarity
News
Doomsday Clock: What time will it be in 2025?
Juan Manuel Santos
20 Jan 2025
Event: 28 Jan. Juan Manel Santos joins Doomsday clock unveiling
Speeches and Discussions
The current failure of leadership is not gender neutral
Mary Robinson
16 Oct 2024
Mary Robinson delivered the Kofi Annan Peace Address at Geneva Peace Week 2024, calling for greater respect for humanitarian law and gender parity in leadership.
Intergenerational Call to Action: The world is speaking, are we listening?
The Elders have collaborated with a group of young experts and activists to produce this Intergenerational Call To Action, highlighting key existential threats which require ethical, collaborative and long-view leadership
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Guest Blogs
Masahiro Sasaki: on surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, his sister Sadako and his mission to advance peace
27 Jul 2020
Masahiro Sasaki, the only surviving brother of Sadako Sasaki - whose actions sparked a peace movement, blogs on surviving the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Guest Blogs
Each of us can bring something valuable to the quest for peace
27 Jul 2020
Sue DiCicco, founder of The Peace Crane Project, explains the importance of Sadako and Masahiro Sasaki to the story of the origami peace crane, and the message of hope it represents today.
News
The Story of Sadako Sasaki and the Hiroshima Peace Cranes
27 Jul 2020
The origami peace crane has long been associated with Sadako Sasaki, a young girl who died from leukaemia caused by the radioactive fallout of the Hiroshima bombing. Read her story to find out how she began folding cranes and why.  
Opinion
Nuclear proliferation needs a multilateral response just as much as the coronavirus pandemic
27 Jun 2020
Warning that a nuclear conflict remains a clear and present danger today, Ban Ki-moon calls on nuclear powers to reduce their arsenals and invest in a robust global arms control architecture. Published in the South China Morning Post.
Publications
Nuclear powers must get serious about disarmament, and act now to prevent unparalleled devastation
15 Feb 2019
The Elders advocate a "minimisation" agenda to further the cause of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and safeguard peace.

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