Federica Mogherini holds special meeting of the EU Security Committee on August 14. Following the meeting she announces that the EU is ready to assist achieve a diplomatic solution to the Korean nuclear crisis.
Dr Hiromichi Umebayashi is one of the 2017 laureates of the Nuclear Free Future Award.
The award ceremony will be in Basel, Switzerland on Sep 15 during an international conference on Human Rights, Future Generations and Crimes in the Nuclear Age.
64 US congress members criticise President Trump's military threats against North Korea and call for diplomacy. President Trump then supports diplomacy in his meeting with the South Korean President.
Senators Markey and Feinstein lead the call for an open, inclusive and progressive review by the Trump Administration of the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. security policy.
European parliamentarians send a letter to NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Chair of the OSCE Minister Sebastian Kurz, urging these two key European security organizations to pursue dialogue, détente and nuclear risk reduction in Europe.
