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Contents

Introduction 1

CND in 2005 2

Regions, Nations, SpecialistSections and AutonomousCampaigns 7

Fundraising 17

Membership 18

What you can do 19

CND in 2005 20

CND Personnel 21

Treasurer’s Report 22

Contacts 23

Preventing the government replacing the Trident nuclear weaponssystem is the greatest challenge that we face in 2006. We do notyet know when that decision will be made – some fear that it has

already been made behind closed doors – but we know that we have tobuild the broadest possible alliances across society, mobilising publicopinion as extensively as we can, to prevent it becoming a reality. Ofcourse we face many hurdles: John Reid argues, and Tony Blair concurs,that Britain needs to retain its nuclear ‘deterrent’ in spite of the fact that

virtually everyone, including Blair, agrees that nuclear weapons are absolutely no use againstthe current security threats that we face.

The public and parliamentary debate, which Reid announced in September, will notinclude the option of non-replacement, if the government has its way. That is our task – toget non-replacement onto the agenda of the debate, and to get our nuclear weaponsconsidered in the context of international law and treaty obligations. We must mountconvincing arguments that the way to end the threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclearwar is to begin the process of disarmament, as required by the nuclear Non-ProliferationTreaty.

This is a great challenge, but we have much on our side. A recent public opinion pollshowed that 54% of the population oppose Trident Replacement when they realise it couldcost up to £25 billion. And we are building on strong foundations in our campaigning, formuch has already been initiated in 2005. Since last summer, CND has facilitated a regularstrategy group, drawing together a range of organisations. There has been strongopposition by MPs, with Parliamentary CND playing a key role. Amongst the trade unionsthere has been significant opposition, much down to the initiative of CND and its affiliatedunions. Work is underway in the faith communities, public meetings are being organisedaround the country, opposition is planned at related bases and facilities like Faslane andAldermaston, and campaigning materials have been produced. The most urgent localcampaigning material is the No Trident Replacement Petition. I have challenged everyCND member to get a minimum of 10 signatures on the petition form that you will findwith this Annual Review. If that were achieved, we would have hundreds of thousands ofsignatures to hand in to the Prime Minister at Easter. Please do all you can to support this.

Our key current demands are enshrined in parliamentary Early Day Motion 1197, whichcalls for a full debate, including on the option of non-replacement and demands that thedecision be made by Parliament. Please contact your MP and ask them to sign up to it. Putthe arguments to them about why weapons of mass destruction cannot secure peace andsecurity for Britain and the world.

There is much else to engage us in the year ahead. The next stop in the US war drivemay be Iran, and we must oppose any attack. Military strikes are not the answer to theregion’s complex issues, as the situation in Iraq clearly shows. Diplomatic solutions must bepursued. Nuclear power is also on the agenda again in Britain and we are working tooppose the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations. We believe there issufficient evidence to demonstrate that nuclear power is not a clean, safe answer to climatechange, whatever the nuclear industry may tell us.

Thank you for everything you have done for the cause of peace and nucleardisarmament over the past year. Let us work to ensure that 2006 is the year in which webuild ever greater opposition to nuclear weapons and war.

Introduction

Kate Hudson, Chair CND

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Trident in the UK

The issue of Trident Replacement hasleapt to the top of the political agenda

this year, with a decision due to be madeduring the course of this parliament. CND’stop priority is to make sure that the optionof not replacing Trident is brought to thefore, that the majority view of the public,which is against replacing Trident, isexpressed, and that the final decision is madeby parliament, not behind closed doors.

In September we organised a strategicplanning conference, working with otheranti-nuclear groups to plan an effectivecampaign. These groups continue tomeet regularly and draw together a rangeof sectors. Parliamentary CND has beenactive calling for a Green Paperconsidering all options including non-replacement and a vote by parliament,including Early Day Motion (EDM)1197 put down by Michael Meacher MP.We held a successful public meeting inparliament opposing a Tridentreplacement, addressed by three formerministers, and the issue was discussed atfringe meetings at both Labour andLiberal Democrat Annual Conferences.Opposition to the replacement is alsogrowing amongst the trade unions andfaith communities, and we continue toensure that the issue is raised in thepress on all possible occasions.

CND actively supports the Block theBuilders campaign at AWEAldermaston, where the replacement isto be developed. We also continue ourpriority campaigning to scrap theexisting Trident system, through ourwork against the refit at DevonportDockyards – including supporting theactivities of Trident Ploughshares andthe Nuclear Free Coalition in Plymouth– and the work of East Midlands CNDat Rolls Royce in Derby where the fuelplates for reactors are produced. CNDalso worked with Scottish CND andTrident Ploughshares to organise thevery successful blockade of Faslaneduring the G8 summit week in July.

Hiroshima and NagasakianniversariesThe 60th anniversary of the atomicbombings dominated much of ourcampaigning in 2005. We worked to makethe links between the bombings – and thefact that they were not needed to end thewar – and the current threats of newnuclear weapons and nuclear use. OurCountdown to Hiroshima campaignprovided materials for local campaigning:exhibitions sent over from Japan werewidely used around the country; theAbolition Now petition receivedthousands of signatures and was the focusfor Bruce Kent’s national CND tour inthe spring; and peace education work wasprioritised, especially amongst youngpeople. A peace education pack waslaunched at teachers’ union conferences, apeace poetry competition was run inconjunction with the Mayor of Londonand poet Adrian Mitchell, and a CNDdelegation went to Hiroshima andNagasaki for the memorial events. On thedate of the Hiroshima bombing, two fullpage statements were published in thenational press, calling for nuclear abolition.

They were made possible by the generosityof CND members and supporters,including a number of trade unions.

NPT Review ConferenceOver 20 CND delegates attended the 2005NPT Review Conference in New York tolobby diplomats to make progress onnuclear disarmament. No progress wasmade, but the US was thwarted in itsattempts to roll back the strengtheneddisarmament commitment made in 2000.CND co-hosted a peace reception withUnited for Peace and Justice, the big new USpeace coalition, and made many new linkswith NGOs and campaigning groupsworldwide. We also produced a popularbriefing paper and held a packed fringemeeting with a range of speakers fromaround the world, including Japan, the US,France and Britain. London AssemblyMember Jenny Jones participated,representing the Mayor of London, a well-known supporter of the Mayors for Peaceinitiative. CND’s banner was also inevidence on a big No War, No Nukesmarch from the UN building to Central Parkwhich attracted over 40,000 people. CND

Jeremy Corbyn MP, Michael Meacher MP and Jim Devine MP at the CND organisedpublic meeting on No Trident Replacement Photo: Ben Folley

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has also worked to raise Britain’s non-compliance with the NPT through work inparliament – including an adjournmentdebate, diplomatic lobbying and presswork.

Missile Defence and spaceweaponsCND produced information and organisedprotests on these issues throughout theyear. The busiest month in the campaignwas October when we held an internationalconference in Leeds (organised byYorkshire CND) on space security called‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’. Speakersand activists involved in the protest againstmissile defence and space warfare in the USand Europe attended. Bruce Gagnon, co-

ordinator of the Global Network AgainstWeapons and Nuclear Power in Space gavea global perspective on space and USpower projection, while Stacey Fritz fromNo Nukes North and Dennis Apel fromthe Vandenberg Action Coalition describedactions and campaigns focused on theABM missile silos in Alaska and California.Jean Lambert MEP was also able to giveup to date, useful information from an EUviewpoint, including the latest on the USinsistence that they should be able to jamthe Galileo system (the Europeanalternative to GPS) whenever they considerthis necessary.

After the conference and during theInternational Keep Space for Peace Week,Bruce Gagnon toured Britain, speaking at

meetings and demonstrations. This endedwith events at the two Yorkshire bases ofMenwith Hill and Fylingdales. We workto highlight the continuingmilitarisation of space and the ongoingdevelopment of anti-satellite and spacebased weapons by the US in particular.Despite Canada’s Februaryannouncement that it would not join inwith US missile defence plans, countriessuch as the UK, Japan, Taiwan,Australia and India are participating inand/or buying into it, and some easternEuropean countries like Poland haveeven expressed a willingness to acceptUS anti-ballistic missiles on their soil.Technologies used for missile defencecan also be used for offence and the USis developing ground, air, sea and spacebased weapons, not only to protect thespace systems that the military now relyupon but also to be able to study andpossibly target anywhere and everywhereon Earth.

NATO and EuropeCND’s Europe for Peace Conference,organised jointly with Le Mouvement de laPaix, and hosted by Greater ManchesterCND early in the year was a great success.Participants from across Europe joined andheard a range of speakers, including twoMEPs, make a persuasive case for a Europeof Peace. Delegates agreed a commonstatement and joint activity in the future.We also worked to make a strong caseagainst those articles of the proposed EUconstitution which advance the greatermilitarisation of Europe and its increasedintegration with NATO nuclear policies.Anti-NATO campaigning was strengthenedthrough the increased popular awareness ofthe location of US nuclear weapons underthe auspices of NATO across Europe.Over a hundred of these are located inBritain at the Lakenheath air base in EastAnglia. CND produced a very usefulbriefing on this subject in the autumn,thanks to Davida Higgin from LakenheathAction Group.

We also continue to participate in theEuropean Network for Peace and HumanRights, called together by the BertrandRussell Peace Foundation, and in theEuropean Social Forum.

Sixty symbolic blue and white balloons were released outside City Hall, London tocommemmorate the 60th anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Peace poetry prize winner Joanne Small with Kate Hudson and Jenny Jones, Greenmember of the GLA

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Nuclear PowerThe government’s announcement of itsEnergy Review – which will consider thepossibility of new build nuclear powerstations, together with an extensive PRcampaign on behalf of the nuclear industry,has brought nuclear power to the fore again.Following an overwhelming vote againstnew build nuclear power stations at CNDNational Conference in October 2005, wemade sure that there was a good CNDpresence at a national Climate Changedemonstration in London in December,where we handed out a newly-producedleaflet explaining why nuclear power is notthe answer to climate change. Work isongoing on a detailed briefing on the issues,which will be available in early 2006.

Occupation of Iraq and newthreats of warWe have continued to work to secure thewithdrawal of British troops from Iraq andfor an end to the occupation. This issue wasa theme of our very successful fringemeeting at Labour Party conference. Wehave also jointly organised demonstrationson this theme with the Stop the WarCoalition and the Muslim Association ofBritain and also worked with the Coalitionon the successful Peace Camp in TrafalgarSquare in spring 2005. In addition, we havecontinued to raise the dangers of furtherillegal wars launched by the US, in thecontext of their manipulation of the nuclearproliferation issue. The danger of an attackon Iran is considerable, and CND is workingto raise its concerns for a peaceful resolution,devoid of US/UK nuclear hypocrisy, withthe media, diplomats and parliamentarians.We produced a briefing on Iran, which isbeing updated for 2006.

Poverty and warThe Make Poverty History initiative from arange of development NGOs presented uswith the opportunity to make the linksbetween nuclear weapons, war and povertyto a much wider and more diverse audiencethan usual. MPH organised a bigdemonstration in Edinburgh at the time ofthe G8 Summit at Gleneagles in Scotland.CND affiliated to the MPH coalition,working under the slogans Bread not Bombsand Water not War. We had a successful

stall, and also participated in a number ofmeetings at the G8 Alternative Summit toget our anti-nuclear issues over more widely.

Press and ParliamentaryWe continue to work extensively with themedia and have secured a higher mediaprofile around the question of Tridentreplacement. A range of articles on thissubject and others related to CND hasappeared in diverse newspapers and

magazines, and we have received regulartelevision and radio coverage, nationally andlocally. CND’s cross-party ParliamentaryGroup, chaired by Jeremy Corbyn MP, hasreceived strong support in the newparliament, and has already made an impacton opposing Trident Replacement. CNDhas prepared a range of EDMs andParliamentary Questions on current anti-nuclear and related issues. We continue toproduce Lobby regularly to assist CND

CND gets the message across at the March for Peace and Liberty in London, jointlyorganised with MAB and STWC Photo: Dave Esbester

CND making the links between nuclear weapons, war and poverty at the Make Poverty Historydemonstration, Edinburgh

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members who wish to raise current issueswith their constituency MPs. During thegeneral election campaign, a number ofpeace hustings were organised by CNDgroups, aided by CND’s election pack,which provided questions andinformation on topical issues of relevance inthe election.

Legal initiativesThe case against Blair, Straw and Hoon forWar Crimes and crimes against humanity isstill being considered by the prosecutor, LuisMoreno Ocampo, at the International

Criminal Court. In December 2004, theprosecutor was presented with the results ofthe War Crimes tribunal, held earlier thatyear, organised by Peacerights, with supportfrom CND. His first response was todescribe the war crimes allegations as 'one ofthe most significant' cases he had seen,which were being given ‘deserved weight’ byhis investigators; but we are still awaiting anyfurther response.

In the last annual review we reported onthe Fairford Five case where the illegality ofthe war as a defensive argument was beingused by a number of activists on trial for

actions at Fairford. The judge ruled that theillegality of the war could not be used as adefence but that acting to prevent a warcrime could. Both sides appealed against thisjudgment at the Court of Appeal. This courtruled again that the illegality of the war couldnot be used as a defence but that ‘lawfulexcuse’ was available for use as a defence.The issues are now to be put before theHouse of Lords, and five Law Lords willhear the case on Monday 20 -27th February2006.

The Law Lords will look at ‘crime’ and‘lawful activity’ and their application to 'crimeagainst peace/crime of aggression' as incustomary international law and whether acriminal court can adjudicate where theCrown’s prerogative powers are used towage war. The Royal prerogative was theissue when CND took the government tocourt in 2002 in an attempt to prevent theinvasion of Iraq and the CND case hasalready been cited by the court of appeal inthis case.

The constitutional, criminal andinternational case law implications of theseappeals are monumental and the politicalramifications more so. Legal expertsconsider that there is good ground tosuppose that the trial will be an earlycandidate for ‘Peace trial of the Century’. Adetailed but comprehensible review of thiscase can be found on the CND websitewww.cnduk.org or contact Dawn at theCND office for a copy.

Letter-writingCND’s letter-writing team has again had abusy year. We provide backgroundinformation and a list of points to make,eight or nine times a year. We started off in2005 by concentrating on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference,with letters to the UK and US delegates tothe Conference, and to Ambassador Duarte,who chaired it. After statements by thegovernment that the NPT gave the UK theright to possess nuclear weapons, we wroteto ask Jack Straw to which article of theNPT he was referring. We did not receive areply. In the summer, we wrote about theweaponisation of space and the status of UStactical nuclear weapons in Europe. Ourautumn letters were all about the possiblereplacement of Trident. We ended the year

The CND action-camp at Glastonbury led peace education activities focusing on theanniversary of Hiroshima, using paper crane making, storytelling, flag making and music toactively engage and educate a wide range of people Photo: Rachel Anderson

sending Christmas cards to MordechaiVanunu.

Letters inform, encourage and expressour point of view. Not everyone can writeevery letter but even one a year helps. Weshall start 2006 with evidence to the DefenceSelect Committee on Trident replacement.To join, please contact Katy,SystemsOfficer@cnduk.org, or ring theNational office, indicating whether you wantto receive information by e-mail or post.

OtherCND’s trade union work has made bigstrides during 2005, with our national tradeunion affiliations doubling. We organised afringe meeting at TUC Congress inSeptember on opposing TridentReplacement, and worked with a number oftrade union general secretaries to get a letterto that effect in the national press. We alsolaunched a new regular newsletter for tradeunionists CND-Trade Union Link.Our international work continues, withCND represented at a range of events,including the World Social Forum in PortoAlegre in Brazil in January, where weparticipated in sessions opposing nuclearweapons and war, as well as anti-militarisation and anti-foreign basecampaigning. We are affiliated to theInternational Peace Bureau in Geneva, andwe continue to work closely with LeMouvement de la Paix in France and withother European peace groups as well asgroups in the US, India, the Philippines,Japan and elsewhere. At both national andinternational level we also stepped up ouractivities campaigning against depleteduranium munitions.

As regards the Middle East we havestrengthened our work opposing Israelinuclear weapons and in July we co-organiseda lobby of parliament on this issue with thePalestine Solidarity Campaign and theCampaign for a Nuclear Weapons FreeMiddle East. We also worked with theUnited Nations Association and otherorganizations on a lobby of parliament onthe question of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

We increased our presence at festivalsduring 2005, with attendance at five large-scale events, including at Glastonbury wherea special edition of Campaign was distributed.

Our CND action-camp led peace educationactivities focused on the anniversary ofHiroshima, using paper crane making,storytelling, flag making and music toactively engage and educate a wide range ofpeople. CND also had a campaigning stall atthese events, which further helped to raiseawareness of nuclear issues amongst youngpeople and generated much interest in CNDand many signatures for our No NewNukes petition.

We supported activities at a range ofbases and military sites, including BrizeNorton, Lakenheath and Croughton.

In opposing the Terrorism Bill inNovember, CND supported a successfullobby of Parliament together with otherorganisations, notably Liberty, and produceda detailed briefing highlighting the bill’sattack on civil liberties and the limits it wouldplace on protests at nuclear weapons sites.

It is impossible, for reasons of space, tomention all the areas of work that CND hasengaged in over the last year, but a hugeamount has been achieved. We havereceived much help over researching andwriting briefings and peace educationmaterial. We would like to thank all CNDmembers, staff, volunteers, office interns,supportive MPs and trade unionists, andour allies across a whole range of peacegroups and anti-war organizations. Weare extremely grateful to all of them –together we will continue to make animpact as we work towards our

common goal of peace and nucleardisarmament.

WebsiteOur website is a huge resource for ourmembers, the public, teachers, school pupils,journalists, anyone in fact. Do take a look!For those of you without your owncomputer, go along to your local librarywhere someone will show you how to reachour website. The address is www.cnduk.org

On the website you will find briefings onmany subjects, press releases, information onour major campaigns, leaflets to download,peace education resources and even theCND constitution and our audited accounts.We will soon be adding a resources sectionfor groups and an interactive map with lotsof useful information. We will also beimproving navigation tools on the websiteso that you can find the information youwant more easily.

Our improved online shop has just beenlaunched and new members can now joinvia the website. You can also makedonations to CND there and findinformation about leaving a legacy to CND.

The front page provides informationabout our current campaigns and is updatedat least once a week along with the diarypage. This contains information aboutevents happening in the coming year. If youare having a special event you wantpublicised on the website, do let us knowthe details.

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Kate Hudson and Pat Arrowsmith protest against the ban on demonstrating inParliament Square, 1st August 2005

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CND Cymru

The 60th anniversary of Hiroshimaand Nagasaki provided our focus for

the nuclear disarmament message in2005. CND Cymru took a new bilingualexhibition to The National Eisteddfodin Bangor, to Freshers’ Fairs and to thePlaid Cymru Conference. PublicMeetings included a brilliantly attendedmeeting with Bruce Kent hosted byTorfaen Borough Council whose mayorattended the NPT Conference in NewYork in May.

A full page ‘statement’ tocommemorate Hiroshima and Nagasakiwas published in the Western Mail (thenational newspaper of Wales) paid forby ‘subscribers’ on Hiroshima Day.

Three editions of heddwch magazine, abilingual CND Cymru briefing on thepossible replacement of Trident and aleaflet about Government plans for newnuclear weapons were distributed. CNDCymru has also been one of the manyobjectors to the new developments atAldermaston AWE.

CND Cymru has been involved indiscussions about how to meet the pro-nuclear power lobby in the face of fearsabout the effects of global warming andshortages of oil and gas supplies. BruceGagnon and Dave Knight from TheGlobal Campaign against Nuclear Powerand Weapons in Space spoke at ameeting in the National Assembly ofWales and a public meeting in theTemple of Peace, Cardiff.

A Wales-wide inventory ofinstitutions, sites and companies withmilitary connections (The Khaki Dragonproject) is being prepared. Work on theCND Cymru website is also ongoing.

There are some strong and activeWelsh peace and justice groups, many ofwhom are affiliated to CND Cymru,whom we work with and support on arange of issues apart from nucleardisarmament, including nuclear power,direct actions at army recruitment

centres, Rights for the people ofPalestine, and ‘Dim un farw yn fwy’(‘Not one More Death’) actions (Iraqand Afghanistan).

CND Cymru continues to workinternationally, and with other Britishcampaigning organisations, and will besupporting Block the Builders, TridentPloughshares and Faslane 365 in 2006.CND Cymru youth member EmilyFreeman attended the European YouthUnite for Nuclear DisarmamentFounding meeting in Milan, Italy inOctober.

The huge campaigning task ahead willtake lots of our commitment, energy andimagination. Our situation today hassimilarities to that of 25 years ago. Then,Welsh campaigners were working toachieve a ‘Nuclear Free Wales’ withnuclear waste burial being planned,Trident being discussed and US nucleararmed Cruise Missiles about to be basedin Europe.

Despite the fact that in 1986, Waleswas permanently contaminated withfallout from the Chernobyl nuclearaccident, the powerful nuclear industrylobby are pushing nuclear energy as thesolution to global warming.

Nuclear weapons and nuclear energyare now issues on which our evolvingNational Assembly cannot legislate, butthey could at least speak on our behalfat Westminster by giving voice to ourcommitments to environmentalsustainability, and to Welsh radicaltraditions of internationalism, peace andjustice.

So – here comes 2006 – in our postChernobyl, globally warming worldCND Cymru will be focusing onworking to dispel the nuclear myth, andworking to stop plans for Trident‘replacement’, supporting the Block theBuilders’ campaign at Aldermaston andFaslane 365. See you there!

Scottish CNDIn June we asked MPs and MSPs for theirviews on Trident replacement. There wasa good response from a cross-section ofMSPs. Several MPs also replied. We haveencouraged individual members andsupporters to write to their MPs or toarrange to meet them to discuss this issue.Many have taken up this suggestion. Wehave produced and distributed postcardsfor MPs, leaflets and petitions.

In July our Coordinator, John Ainslie,attended a meeting at the Royal UnitedServices Institute in London and metMoD officials. A 120 page report on theFuture of British Nuclear Weaponswritten by John Ainslie and published bythe WMD Awareness Programme, waslaunched in the House of Commons inOctober.

Scottish CND initiated the Scotland’sfor Peace project which was launched inMarch. Other participants includechurches and trade unions. A Forumwas held in September with workshops

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on: Trident, Defence Diversification,Creating a Scottish Centre for Peaceand Justice, Linking War and Poverty,and Peace Education. A separatewebsite was created atwww.scotland4peace.org

There was a joint CND/ScottishCND stall at the Make Poverty Historymarch and rally in Edinburgh on 2ndJuly. Several hundred CND flagsbearing the messages ‘Bread notBombs’ and ‘Water not War’ were sold.Scottish CND had an input into G8Alternatives which organised analternative summit in Edinburgh on 3rdJuly. We were also present at theGleneagles march and rally.

There was a substantial turn out at theblockade of Faslane on 4th July, jointlyorganised by Scottish CND, British CNDand Trident Ploughshares. The blockadeclosed the base for the day. Theatmosphere was peaceful and the onlyarrests made were of a few people whotried to enter the base.

Scottish CND continued to providesupport for the Scottish Coalition forJustice not War which was involved inorganising two events in March.

Commemorative events wereorganised for the 60th anniversary ofHiroshima in East Kilbride, Dundee,Glasgow, Edinburgh, Ayrshire andHelensburgh. We supported theproduction of the 60-60 Anthology, acollection of poems and prose to markthe anniversary.

Scottish CND has providedadministrative support for the CrossParty Group on Nuclear Disarmament inthe Scottish Parliament. An additionalCross Party Group on a Culture of Peacewas set up in September.

In 2005 we printed and distributedFortress Scotland. This substantialpublication describes military facilitiesacross Scotland. The information is alsoavailable on the Scottish CND website:www.banthebomb.org.

There are existing Scottish CNDgroups in Helensburgh, Ayrshire, EastKilbride, Glasgow West, Stirling,Highlands and Edinburgh. Meetings wereheld to establish new groups in Perth andKirkcaldy.

In 2006 we are working on proposalsfor a peace walk from Faslane to theScottish Parliament and for anAldermaston demonstration. We willencourage and help our members andsupporters to lobby their MPs andMSPs on Trident. We will continue todevelop Scotland's for Peace andsupport the Cross Party Group in theScottish Parliament. Our educationcommittee plans to produce newmaterial on nuclear power and to back anew anthology in support of MordechaiVanunu.

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Cambridgeshire CND AreaNetwork In 2005 our members made theirpresence felt at the Stop the WarCoalition/CND/MAB marches inLondon and at the G8/Make PovertyHistory rally in Edinburgh and thesubsequent blockade at Faslane. We alsoparticipated in demonstrations atMolesworth and Lakenheath. Some of

our members did some Nukewatching ofwarhead convoys.

One of our main activities of the yearwas at the June Strawberry Fair inCambridge held in the centre of the cityon Midsummer Common. There we hada Cambridgeshire CND stall in amongstall of the other tents and it was again avery busy year with hundreds of peoplesigning our petitions and lots of interestin CND campaigns. New this year wasthe paper crane folding workshop thatwe ran in addition to all of the badges,cards, leaflets and posters available.

Cumbria & North Lancs CNDOne of our 2005 priorities was collectingsignatures for current CND petitions.Many members also wrote to the Mayorof Carlisle urging him to join Mayors forPeace. We are still awaiting a response…

During the year one group heldregular vigils at Market Cross which werevery well received by the public. On oneoccasion a local Conservative candidateattended the vigil and had an interesting,amicable discussion with the group.

Bruce Kent’s visit to Carlisle, as partof his ‘No More Hiroshimas’ tour, wasvery successful. Many people talked tohim and signed the petition, and he saidthis had been one of the best publicresponses he had experienced so far onhis tour.

We organised many events as part ofthe Hiroshima campaign includingexhibitions in libraries and runningstalls with leaflets and petitions. InCarlisle members placed flowers in thePeace Garden where a placard was alsodisplayed. In Lancaster we had a displayof paper cranes made by local schoolchildren which was attended by EikoNakamura from Hiroshima who alsocontributed a paper crane to the displayand returned to Japan with pictures andan excerpt from the local paper toshow what was happening in the regionto commemorate the atomic bombingof Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

This year the Lancaster groupvigorously supported West Yorkshire’scampaign against the upgrading ofFylingdales.

One of our regional members is also a

Cambridge CND at the Strawberry Fair

East Midlands CND and TP informingthe public about Rolls Royce actions

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member of the Committee on RadioactiveWaste Management and regularly attendedtheir meetings.

East Midlands CNDIn mind of the NPT Conference and theHiroshima and Nagasakicommemorations, our Region providedseveral venues for Bruce Kent’s nationaltour in March.

In July we helped with transport costsfor CND members to travel up to G8protests in Scotland.

With three candles on our birthdaycake EMCND moved into collaborationwith Trident Ploughshares. The supportof a 2004 Conference Resolution, TP’sexperience in previous Derby actions, andregular meetings progressed the bestdemonstration at Rolls-Royce Rayneswayfor years, three days of action fromOctober 22nd 2005.

An accident near the reactor site in

March focused our concern. Irradiateddischarges, nuclear waste, and the drivingforce of Rolls Royce in constructingreactors for the Trident fleet werehighlighted, bearing in mind the gravesafety reservations the NuclearInspectorate expressed about site practice.Local Emergency Planners ignored us.

With thousands of leaflets distributed,the 22nd saw Di MacDonald (Nukewatch)and Roger Morbey (CAAT) speaking to apacked hall in Alvaston near to thereactor facility. On Monday 24th, tenpeople were arrested and a two hourassembly of 50 people subject to a publicorder notice, in pouring rain, provokedhonking support from passing motorists.

We gained publicity from local press,TV, radio and several columns in TheIndependent which coincided very wellwith the launch of the Greenpeace/Moripoll on attitudes to TridentReplacement.

LeicesterWe held fortnightly stalls and talks, hadletters published in the Leicester Mercuryand participated in the Leicester SocialForum, Quaker vigils, CND/Stop theWar/MAB marches and the MakePoverty History demonstration. We alsoraised the ethics of DU munitions at anarmy presentation – a more surprisinginvitation!

Special moments included BruceKent’s energising visit. Our own visits toRAF Molesworth, were greeted by armedUS soldiers and chatty MoD policemen.We participated in major local festivalsincluding Leicester Gay Pride and a musicfestival, Summer Sundae. Wecommemorated Peace One Day andWorkers Memorial Day (placing a wreathto workers killed in nuclear industries).Hiroshima day coincided with theCaribbean Carnival and after readings and'dying' in the city centre, we helpedcarnival visitors to make peace craneswhich were placed in Leicester peacewalk’s cherry tree.

We are increasingly concerned witheducational activity and widening thecampaign base – hence sessions on amember’s book on Blairism, visits to localschools, and the planning of our TridentWar Machine and Renewable Energyconference on February 4th. For moreinformation contact Anna Cheetham on01162 705604 or e-mailacheetham@beeb.net

Greater Manchester & DistrictCNDOur main success in 2005 was organisingthe Europe for Peace Conference,supported by the French Mouvement dela Paix.

The conference saw delegates andspeakers attend from the UK, France,Germany, Belgium, Finland, Ireland andthe Netherlands. Speakers (who includedtwo MEPs) and workshops covered arange of issues including NATO, nucleardisarmament, and the threat to peacefrom Europe’s constitutional treaty. Aconference statement was agreed by alldelegates. Subsequently it was sent out topeace, anti-nuclear and anti-war groupsacross Europe for endorsement. It has

Leicester CND’s Hiroshima Day events supported by Sir Peter Soulsby MP

now been translated into severalEuropean languages, including Russian.

This conference was the first majoractivity undertaken by GM&D CND aspart of the region’s work for NationalCND on Strategic Objective 3 for a‘Nuclear-free, less militarised and moresecure Europe’.

In 2005 GM&D CND produced twonew anti-nuclear power leaflets: onefocusing on the security aspects, titled‘Nuclear Terrorism Alert’, and the other ageneral leaflet titled ‘Nuclear Power? NoThanks!’. These leaflets, along with aregionally produced anti-nuclear powerpetition, were sent to all regional CNDoffices and every CND group in England.They were so well received that we arenow on a third print-run of both leafletsand the petition is gaining momentum.

London Region CNDLondon Region worked hard to raiseawareness of the 60th anniversaries ofHiroshima and Nagasaki and the newnuclear danger posed by the war drive.Many local groups organised exhibitionsin libraries and in the local communities,and new links were made with schools.Together with Hampstead CND, LondonRegion organised a very successfulHiroshima Day ceremony in TavistockSquare which was supported by NationalCND. The event attracted considerablemedia attention, not only because of theanniversary itself, but also becauseTavistock Square had been the scene ofone of the recent terrorist attacks.Speakers included the Mayor of Camden,Andrew Murray, Chair of the Stop theWar Coalition and the Rev. Nagase, ofBattersea Peace Pagoda.

Members of London Region helped inthe preparation and participated in thestrong delegation to New York for theNPT Conference.

The Region also seized theopportunity of the Make PovertyHistory G8 protests to raise our anti-nuclear message in the internationaldevelopment movement and took mini-buses full of activists to demonstrate inEdinburgh and blockade Faslane.Members helped sell the popular CNDBread not Bombs flags and distribute

CND’s Fight Poverty not War leaflets.Opposing Trident replacement has

been a particular focus of campaigning,with members lobbying MPs andmobilising for the successfulparliamentary meeting in December.London Region continued to oppose thedevelopments at Aldermaston AWE,objecting to planning permission andparticipating in the ‘Block the Builders’blockade.

The region mobilised for the nationaldemonstrations against the on-goingoccupation of Iraq, with members helpingto ensure CND had a high profile.

The terrible bombings that took place inLondon on 7th July, and the further attempttwo weeks later, were profoundly shocking.London members participated in the peaceand unity vigils, commemorations and ralliesthat took place. We also participated in thehuge meeting in Westminster Central Hallagainst attacks on civil liberties, free speechand the right to protest and submitted anemergency resolution to our annualconference.

We again promoted CND at the 3,000-strong Capitalwoman conference, andmembers had a stall at London’s anti-racist festival in South London.

Merseyside CNDOur big move – this time last year wewere looking forward to moving ouroffice but a whole year has gone by andwe still haven’t moved. We now feel it willbe early January 2006 but we are notholding out breath! Our new address willbe 50-54 Mount Pleasant, L3 and our e-mail address and telephone number willremain the same.

Our local groups continue to haveregular meetings and ensure that we arerepresented at local events in thecommunity showing the face of CND. AnInternational Month of Action for Peaceand Justice in April saw us involved in apublic meeting with a number ofspeakers, including from CND. We alsoheld a successful campaign on currentissues. We are grateful to those memberswho regularly staff stalls in both halls andfairs, and also on the street stall in thecentre of Liverpool, highlighting theissues. April continued to be a busy

month, supporting the Global Week ofAction for Trade organised by ChristianAid. On the 26th April we held ourannual remembrance event ‘RememberChernobyl’ on the 19th Anniversary atour Peace Garden in the city centre.Speakers included representatives fromChernobyl Children’s Project UK(Liverpool Group) and the CampaignAgainst Depleted Uranium.

In early May we were privileged tomeet with a group of women from Japanand the US invited to Liverpool byMerseyside Women for Peace. Wediscussed current peace issues in thiscountry, including the continuingpresence of US bases. On 4th July,‘Independence from America DayCelebrations’ at Menwith Hill weresupported by a number of our members.Our member on National Council GinaShaw attended the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference atthe UN, New York, where she immenselyenjoyed meeting so many people from theinternational community who are ascommitted to peace as we are. Gina alsoattended debates in the UN generalchamber and heard Kofi Annan speak atthe Mayors for Peace session as well asYoko Ono speaking against nuclearweapons. A number of our memberstravelled up to Edinburgh in July toattend the Make Poverty Historydemonstration. On the 6th August weremembered all the victims of war on the60th Anniversary of Hiroshima in thePeace Garden where the Lord Mayor ofLiverpool laid a wreath and addressed thegathering.

Norwich CNDThe year kicked off brilliantly with Bruce

Kent’s visit in February; he inspired andencouraged people in the city centre, over800 signing the abolition petition. We hadsupport from Ian Gibson MP and theDean of Norwich Cathedral and receivedplenty of good media coverage. We evenmanaged to complete the day’s work justbefore it began to snow!

We also supported demonstrations atLakenheath, in April and September, andworked with Norwich Peace Council tomount two further showings of the Peace

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Exhibition (one in Norwich City Hall),consisting mainly of excellent panels fromthe Bradford Peace Museum. We are nowplanning to take it into local schools.

Our annual shadow painting forHiroshima Day in the main shoppingstreet involved more painters than ever,and we also organised a well-attendedservice in the cathedral, floated lanternson the river (we hope to do this betternext year!), and took part in a Fasting fora Nuclear-free World event over thewhole weekend in front of the centralparish church, which drew much interestand support. In September we held apublic meeting with Dr. Peter Nicholls asspeaker.

We helped to send our Chair to thenuclear Non-Proliferation Treatyconference in New York in May, aboutwhich she commented, “The officialconference was a dismal failure but theNGO part was a great success”. We werealso represented at CND’s PreventingTrident Replacement Conference inSeptember and have begun publicising theissues in our newsletter and making plansfor this year’s main campaign.

We were active in EAPEACE, theEast Anglian peace network we helped tofound, which is now planning its thirdconference after the success of the onesin previous years. We have just gone ‘live’with a website to further the network'saim of facilitating contact among thepeace groups in the region:www.eapeace.org.uk

South Cheshire & North Staffs(SCANS) CND Being no April Fool, Alison, a memberfrom Stafford, spent 1st April trackingone of the warhead convoys that travelalong the M6. She joined Staffordcampaigners at a vigil for the Iraq war’ssecond anniversary and, in the autumn,protested with East Midlands CND inDerby, to draw attention to Rolls Royce’srole as ‘the driving force behind Trident’.

She also did this as a TridentPloughshares activist, which led toinvolvement at the Faslane blockade, andarrest at NATO’s Brussels HQ while‘bomspotting’. You can find photos ofthis and other events on our website

www.scanscnd.org.uk expertlyadministered by one of our members.Another member, John Sloboda, isDirector of the Oxford Research Group,and runs Iraq Body Count.

We were invited to Keele University’sactivity week in 2005 where we ran a NonViolent Direct Action workshop (whichwas repeated before the G8), and one ofour members, Jen, arranged a film showand spoke at a meeting. Manchester’sEurope for Peace conference waspublicised, and as a result Japanesestudents attended it.

Bruce Kent joined us on a very wellpublicised visit to our elected mayor, who

had lodged with Bruce when he wasLondon University’s chaplain, and whohad been interested in Mayors for Peace.However as he wasn’t re-elected, we shallhave to start again with a new mayor.

For the Hiroshima and Nagasakianniversaries one of our members fasted.We leafleted in the town centre, and hadan information display which receivedgood publicity. We used the display onour usual Sunday in the Park stall andmade paper cranes.

We are based in Stoke-on-Trent, butcover a wider area. We produce a regularnewsletter for members whose supportwe greatly value. We would welcomemore national members living in the area.Do write to us at SCANS, PO Box 2127,ST1 1LY.

Southern RegionSouthampton CND operates as part ofSolent Coalition Against Nuclear Ships.We have actively and successfullyopposed the entry of nuclear ships andsubmarines into Southampton port in2005. The region has also financiallysupported a number of organisationsincluding Nukewatch.

There were events all around theregion to commemorate Hiroshima andNagasaki: members of Kidlington PeaceCampaign met up for readings around aspecial peace tree they planted on the 6thAugust 1981. Southampton CND held apacked public meeting with Bruce Kentand the Mayor of Southampton speaking.In addition to their regular CND flarecircle on the beach and using traditional‘well-dressing’ techniques, Isle of Wightmembers created a beautiful rainbow flagin flowers which was then displayed inVentnor Botanic Gardens for the week.

In September, Kidlington membershelped organise the annual Croughton Rallywith guest speaker Lindis Percy from theCAAB. RAF Croughton is a UScommunications base and the successfulrally highlighted how the base supports USmilitary operations including guidingbombers, diplomatic communications, othermilitary operations and potentially missiledefence. A giant letter to the BaseCommander was hung on the perimeterfence.

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Bruce Kent with the Mayor ofChesterfield, Nicky Quazi (left) andLeader of the Council, Cllr Ray Russell

The Peace flag created in flowers by Isleof Wight CND to mark the Hiroshimaand Nagasaki anniversaries, wasdisplayed in Ventnor Botanic Gardens

Faringdon Peace Group’s 25thBirthday was a wonderful event held inOctober. The Town Mayor and localclergy were among more than 150attendees for our Day for Peace with 80staying on for the delicious L.O.A.F.(local, organic, animal friendly, Fair Trade)supper in the evening. Hopefully manymore visited the displays of peace groupmemorabilia and children’s art work inthe library and Friends Meeting House.Thought-provoking speeches came fromJohn McDonnell MP, Bruce Kent, FelicityArbuthnot and Juliet McBride and Ippyfrom the Aldermaston Women’s PeaceCamp. To commemorate 25 years ofworking for peace, an oak tree wasplanted near the pond in Folly Park; abeautiful setting for future peace picnics.

South West Region CNDExeter CNDOur peace shop has been an ideal basefor collecting petition signatures andselling campaigning materials such asbadges, stickers, T-shirts, posters,postcards and white poppies. We havemanaged to keep it open five days a week,entirely staffed by volunteers! The shopalso serves as an information centre forthe public with a frequently-changedcampaigning exhibition in our window.Materials from the shop are used on stalls,for example at the Labour Party bazaar. Italso serves as our office and meetingplace.

In 2005 we corresponded with MPsabout the NPT Review Conference andTrident replacement, wrote to WestBerkshire District Council aboutdevelopments at Aldermaston, and repliedto Consultation documents from theCommittee on Radioactive WasteManagement. We also had letters printedin the local press on the issue of Tridentreplacement.

On 15th February Bruce Kent spokein St Stephen’s Church as part of CND’sAbolition Now tour. On this occasion theLord Mayor of Exeter signed the Mayor’sDeclaration for a Nuclear-Free World.Afterwards we collected signatures on theHigh Street for the Time to AbolishNuclear Weapons Everywhere petition.

On 10th March CND Vice-Chair Rae

Street spoke at a public meeting titled‘WMD, US Imperialism and CND’ whichwas held after our AGM.

Together with Trade Justice, on 14thApril, we held another public meetingwhere author and activist Milan Rai spokeon Counter Terror, Build Justice.

For Hiroshima week we organised forthe Hiroshima exhibition from Japan tobe displayed in the central public library.There we collected Affirmations ofFreedom from Nuclear Weapons for theWorld Court Project. On Hiroshima Daywe had an exhibition in the High Street,made paper cranes, distributed leaflets andcollected Affirmations.

We have taken on the administrationof South West Region CND funds andorganised the election of new RegionalOfficers through a questionnaire to allCND members in the region. We includein our newsletter a regional page withnews from CND and peace groups inDevon and Cornwall.

Tavistock Peace Action GroupTavistock Peace Action Group held a vigilin November to remember all the victimsof the Iraq war, and particularly theinnocent Iraqis killed in the massiveassault on Fallujah on 8th November2004. We also launched a twinning-programme with a peace group in

Corvallis Oregon, USA. Our two newmembers, Bill and Leslie Glassmire, wereinstrumental in starting a daily vigil therefour years ago.

Sussex Peace Alliance (SPA) Throughout the year Sussex PeaceAlliance (SPA) has held regular six-weeklymeetings, sharing valuable informationwith and between constituent groups andreporting on the results in widelydistributed minutes.

Working well with other local groupsSPA organised a public showing of theMovement for the Abolition of War’s‘War no More’ video, with speaker BruceKent. Bruce also helped with the streetcollection of signatures for the Abolitionpetition.

SPA worked successfully with otherlocal groups, on a full programme for the60th commemoration of Hiroshima.There was an exhibition at FriendsMeeting House and a lantern ceremony inQueens Park, Brighton. Speakers includedthe Mayor, CND Vice-President CanonPaul Oestreicher, and Richard Jolly fromUNA. The Quakers organised a vigil andpaper crane folding. There was a longarticle in our local paper The Argus. SPAcontacts sent a European ParliamentaryDeclaration on Hiroshima and Nagasakito their MEPs asking them to support it.

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Brighton & Hove Councillor Brian Fitch with the Mayors for Peace Delegation at theNPT Review Conference in New York Photo: George Farebrother

Earlier in the year, SPA membersattended the 2005 UNA Lobby ofParliament. SPA Secretary GeorgeFarebrother discussed an NPT briefingwith his MP, Charles Hendry. Itsuggested a succession of steps the UKmight take towards achieving nucleardisarmament.

Several Sussex MPs responded fully tothe materials we sent them in 2005, whichincluded the CND briefing on TridentReplacement and information about ClareShort's Bill on parliamentary oversight ofarmed conflict. SPA also wrote to JamesArbuthnot, Chair of the Defence SelectCommittee, asking for the committee toconsider issues raised by any replacementof Trident. SPA contacts also wrote totheir MPs drawing their attention to theMillenium Summit Review.

A dismal outlook gave way to clementweather for the SPA garden party, whichwas well attended and raised £219 for theAlliance.

The SPA Resolution on the need toencourage the foundation of new CNDgroups was passed by CND Conference.

West Midlands CNDWMCND has had another active year,with our Hiroshima commemorationactivities attracting particular support. TheHiroshima exhibition was in BirminghamCathedral for a fortnight and about 60people attended the vigil on 6th August inthe Cathedral Churchyard. It was coveredby Central TV and local press, includingan article by Jenny Maxwell in theBirmingham Post. There were exhibitions inHereford, Malvern and Rugby, and vigilsin Malvern and Redditch.

In November, a street poll carried outin Birmingham, with questions about UKsecurity based on those of the Greenpeacepoll, revealed large majorities againstreplacing Trident, first use and use againstcountries without nuclear weapons.

Hereford Peace Council has alsoreceived excellent press coverage. InMarch Bruce Kent spent a day at its stallto publicise the NPT Review Conference,and did several joint interviews with theBishop of Hereford. In the autumn, twolocal papers reported on the churchestaking part in Bells Ring for Justice not

Vengeance. Prior to the NPT, Malvern collected

hundreds of signatures for the WorldCourt Project declarations.

In 2005 we had stalls at local summerfairs, and hosted Bruce Gagnon inCoventry in October, as part of CoventryPeace Month.

Our parliamentary team monitorsHansard, suggesting parliamentaryquestions, many of which BirminghamMP, Lynne Jones, has asked. They havewritten numerous letters to the BirminghamPost; Allan Tucker, in Oswestry, is aregular correspondent on nuclear mattersto the Shropshire Star.

Administratively, the region has had anupheaval, with Jenny’s removal toHerefordshire. She retired after 20 years asTreasurer. Nasima Ali has taken over bothas Treasurer and as office overseer. Jennycontinues to write the Monthly Mailing andadminister the national letter-writers.Fortunately, we have had several newoffice volunteers during the year.

Yorkshire CNDAt the beginning of the year YorkshireCND members, as CND representativeson the Missile Defence Working Group,discussed concerns about missile defencewith the Ministry of Defence and theForeign and Commonwealth Office.

In the spring we hosted Bruce Kent aspart of CND’s successful Abolition Now!tour. We also attended the GlobalNetwork Conference, Full SpectrumResistance, in New York.

In May we produced an electionbriefing on Missile Defence and Star Warsand worked with CND Vice-Chair JeremyCorbyn MP to table an Early Day Motionon weapons in space.

In the summer we attended theFaslane blockade and also joined theCampaign for the Accountability ofAmerican Bases (CAAB) at Menwith Hillfor their Independence from AmericaDay protest. Our convenor, Dave Webb,made a presentation on ‘Some Aspects ofSpace Security’ at the US Union ofConcerned Scientists’ InternationalSummer Symposium at PrincetonUniversity in New Jersey.

Later in August Yorkshire campaignersjoined in the Aldermaston blockade, andin September we travelled down toLondon to join in the March for Peaceand Liberty.

Knocking on Heaven’s Door was ourinternational conference on space securityfor Keep Space for Peace Week inOctober. This provided fresh informationand news from the US, the EuropeanParliament and the UN.

Dave Knight joined Bruce Gagnon ofthe Global Network on a speaking tour ofBritain. It concluded with Yorkshire CNDmembers joining CAAB for ademonstration at Menwith Hill and a peacecamp at the Fylingdales base. Sylvia Boyesled a tree planting ceremony to rememberRace Newton, a long-term CND supporter.

We ran a number of events in Leedsand Bradford as part of the Together forPeace festival, including a gig in Leeds anda public meeting with Rahul Mahajan, long-time activist, currently serving on theSteering Committee of the US organisationUnited for Peace and Justice, and author ofwww.empirenotes.org

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Knocking on Heaven’s Door Conferenceorganised by Yorkshire CND

West Midlands CND Hiroshima Day vigilat Birmingham Cathedral

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CND specialist sections

Christian CND Christian CND has had an eventful yearwith some very good things to report.

Our educational work has been greatlyhelped by charity funding. As a result wewere able to hold a fourth Treaties DaySchool in London last November. Theeducation pack for churches is still beingrequested and we keep it updated. Thereare plans to produce a separate pack for usein schools in the coming year.

The nuclear Non-Proliferation Treatyhas been our main campaigning focusfor the past five years leading up to theReview Conference in New York lastMay. We have run four Treaties DaySchools and various workshops, lobbiedparliament, embassies and Synods andproduced many papers and leaflets.There have been campaigns involvinginter-faith prayers, letter writing andpetitions. In May our delegation went toNew York to join with other NGOsfrom around the world and we had amajor hand in organising the dailydevotions.

There were some worthwhileachievements to report and these arerecorded in our new booklet as well asin Liz Griffith’s excellent report (bothnow available from our office). TheReview Conference itself wasdisappointing as we had hoped for somereal progress to be made on nucleardisarmament, but we press on.

Concerning future plans, much thoughtis being given to the future focus of ourpost-NPT Conference campaigning. Astimulating open meeting was held inOxford last June to discuss this andgenerate ideas. Probably the main issuethat will concern all peace groups in thecoming days will be the Trident systemand its likely replacement, linked todevelopments at Aldermaston. PerhapsChristian CND’s best contribution is toexplore on an inter-faith basis thetheological issues involved and we havedecided to hold a Theology Day Schoolon 25th February 2006 at St John’sCollege, Oxford. For more details and toregister call 020 7700 4200 or email:christians@cnduk.org web

International Advisory Group Scrapping Trident – and now preventingTrident replacement is our number onecampaigning objective. Trident itself is ofcourse a part of the US ‘nuclear empire’and the US drive for ‘full spectrumdominance’ which is why we have tried tolink with and support US campaigners asmuch as we can.

CND was very well represented at theNPT Review Conference in New Yorkwhere we met with campaigners fromacross the world and gained much valuablepress coverage.

Our second priority is weapons in spaceand, of course, through Dave Knight andDave Webb and Yorkshire CND wesupport the Global Network AgainstNuclear Power and Weapons in Space.

Our third priority is a nuclear freeEurope and for NATO to be disbanded,including the closure of NATO nuclear-armed bases. To this end, GM&D CND,on behalf of CND, organised the successfulinternational Nuclear Free Europeconference in March with the FrenchMouvement de la Paix. In October, RaeStreet gave a paper at the Nuclear FreeEurope workshop in Brussels organised bythe European Network for Peace andHuman Rights, and Kate Hudson spoke atMouvement de la Paix´s national congressin November. We also passed theResolution at National Conference linkingthe resisters across Europe to US nucleararmed bases.

Our fourth priority is opposition to the

nuclear power industry. We have links herewith French and German and US groups,and we make our position clear throughglobal cooperation.

Working in a wider global context, wehave joined platforms where views areshared on policies on Iraq and the MiddleEast region. At joint meetings with the Stopthe War Coalition, we were able tointroduce and make relevant CND issuesfor a broad cross section of communities inBritain.

In 2005 we helped organise, with thePalestine Solidarity Campaign and the FreeVanunu Campaign, a joint lobby ofParliament on Israeli weapons of massdestruction. This was well attended andsupported by new MPs.

Our links with Japan grow ever stronger.At the International Conference of A & Hbombs in Japan the CND team gave majorpapers and were all able to discuss issueswith anti nuclear weapons campaignersfrom across the world.

Labour CNDThe Labour CND year started with a NewYear’s social at a wine bar in King’s Cross,which was well attended by peace activistsand their friends. After that, we got downto some serious campaigning in support ofsympathetic candidates for the GeneralElection in May.

Our Conference and AGM in Junefocused on the policies a LabourGovernment should adopt in its third term– on civil liberties, foreign affairs and

defence. Invited speakers included DouglasJewell from Liberty, Kate Hudson, JeremyCorbyn MP, and Ann Black from Labour’sNational Executive Committee.

LCND had a high profile at the LabourParty Conference in September, not onlybecause of the extremely valuable publicitythat Walter Wolfgang was able to attract topeace and civil liberties issues, but alsobecause of our success on the Labourfringe. The CND stall was well stocked andvery popular with Conference delegates.The September LCND newsletter waswidely distributed and followed up inOctober and December with two furthereditions. The LCND fringe meeting, jointlyorganised with CND and Labour Actionfor Peace, was packed, and heard from animpressive line-up of speakers, includingTony Benn, Alice Mahon, Michael MeacherMP, Jeremy Corbyn MP, and Iraqi novelistHaifa Zangana.

Sadly, we were less successful on theConference floor – but not for want oftrying. Our model resolutions, on Tridentreplacement and on Iraq, and also anemergency resolution from Halifax LabourParty on preparations to bring the troopshome from Basra, were all ruled out oforder. Iraq was not chosen for debate inthe ‘priorities ballot’, and there was littlemention of nuclear issues.

LCND has a committed and determinedmembership. In the coming year we plan tomaintain our programme of meetings andlobbying. We are intent on influencingopinion within the Party and theGovernment.

Student CNDStudent CND has had another busy yearholding meetings and stalls on campuses,being involved in protests and non-violentdirect action; and producing anddistributing leaflets, posters, and othermaterials specifically aimed at raisingawareness amongst students and gettingthem involved.

Student CND made the Make PovertyHistory protests in July a priority because itwas an excellent way for CND to get itsmessage across to the thousands of youngpeople and students engaged in the debtand trade justice movement.

Thousands of Student CND briefings

were circulated focusing on the billionssquandered on weapons of massdestruction by the G8, whilst global povertycontinues.

We participated in the successfulFaslane Blockade which closed the base forthe day. Student CND activists also madetheir way to Gleneagles to take part in thedemonstrations.

As well as campaigning at the FaslaneTrident base we have been increasingawareness of the potential replacement ofTrident at freshers’ fairs, ‘speaker meetings’,and through motions.

NUS has joined the campaign aftersupporting a Student CND motionopposing Trident replacement. We arehoping this will strengthen our campaigningin the coming year and will be holdingdebates on the issue in student unions.

To commemorate the 60th Anniversaryof the atomic bombing of Japan and raiseawareness about the continuing danger ofnuclear weapons, a Hiroshima PeaceMuseum exhibition was held at SheffieldUniversity and at the National Union ofStudents Annual Conference in April. Wealso jointly organised one of the largestfringe meetings of the conference, callingfor students to work for peace.

Student CND has remained active inthe wider anti-war movement, continuingto work closely with other groups such asStudent Stop the War Coalition and theFederation of Student Islamic Societies.

We have created awareness about thelink between the ‘pre-emptive’ war on Iraq,increasing US aggression and thedevelopment of National Missile Defence(NMD) and the threat of new nuclearweapons.

Students have been affected by attackson civil liberties and the right to protest,and Student CND has supported theGeorge Fox Six at Lancaster Universitywho were convicted of trespass after theyhad protested at a meeting on campusattended by arms manufacturers.

Youth & Student CND2005 has been an active year for Youth &Student CND. As well as continuing oursupport for local groups – for exampleproviding speakers for meetings and helpover producing local leaflets – we have

participated in events in this country andabroad.

In the year that marked 60 years sincethe use of the A-bomb on Hiroshima andNagasaki, it was crucial to our campaigningto make links between the destruction anddevastation caused in 1945, and the currentpolitical plan to replace Trident. A Y&SCND representative attended the peaceconference in Hiroshima and has sincespoken at several local meetings.

International links were made at theWorld Festival of Youth and Students,which took place in Caracas, Venezuela inAugust 2005. One of the main festivalthemes was peace and nuclear disarmamentand positive links were made with otherpeace organisations from across the world.

‘Mobile campaigning’ continues to be animportant activity for us. As well as being amajor source of income, it’s also a chancefor us to get the arguments for nucleardisarmament out to a large number ofyoung people. In 2005, volunteers for Y&SCND staffed lockups and bars at severalfestivals, displaying and distributing Y&SCND and CND literature.

The campaign against Trident andTrident replacement was our major focus inthe latter half of 2005 and we launched ournational campaign with demonstrations,stalls and public meetings in several areas.These have involved the support of manyother local peace groups as well as drawingin local trades councils, constituencybranches of political parties, and faithgroups.

We will continue this work into 2006 toensure that nuclear weapons remain on thepublic agenda and that the campaignagainst Trident replacement is as broad andeffective as possible.

Autonomous campaigns

Menwith Hill Women’s PeaceCampThe permanent women’s peace camp atMenwith Hill was started up again on theweekend of the 10th December 2005.Please do come and support us! It is vitalthat we raise more awareness about thissecret US base: the largest electronicmonitoring station in the world, whichwould have a crucial role in any global

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conflict and is an integral part of plans for aUS missile defence system. Our nextimportant date will be in 2007, and we willbe spending some time organising andmobilising to remember the 25thAnniversary of the founding of GreenhamCommon Women’s Peace Camp. The 5thSeptember 1981 was the actual date whenthe Greenham camp began with only a verysmall number of women. Mostsignificantly, on 12th December 1982,30,000 women surrounded the base andput women’s protest right out there on theworld stage in protest against the decisionthat the UK would have US cruise missileson its soil. At Menwith, on 12th December2007, we hope to create a majorinternational focus with a huge women’speace event.

Nukewatch“More power to the protesters’ elbows.” Dedication has always been the hallmark ofNukewatch up and down the country, butnight shift now has to be added to theirskills. In 2005 the MoD began a‘Continuous Running’ convoy regime, withdouble crews and no overnight stops.Nukewatchers quickly adapted to workinglong hours on a relay basis through severaldays and nights to be able to confirm thelevel of British nuclear weapons activity onour roads. Information is circulated by anumber of NGOs, particularly the NFLAwho inform their councillors of convoyrisks in their area. This year there were‘Continuous Running’ convoy movementsloaded with Trident warheads in April,May, July and November, with a majortraining run in January, and two week-longexercises in East Anglia in June andOctober.

Nukewatch was able to track twoSpecial Nuclear Materials cargo transfers,between AWE Aldermaston and the USA,via RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, aftera tip-off via CND. RAF Brize Norton isthe base normally used, but it was closedfor runway repairs. A question raised inParliament brought an acknowledgmentfrom government minister AdamIngram that these nuclear exchanges goby air.

In April, good press coverage wasachieved by a Nukewatcher’s complaint

of a Road Traffic Offence when a convoyused a weight-restricted road near Stirling.Stirling Council followed up the complaintand a question was raised in the ScottishParliament. Oxford City Council usedNukewatch evidence to protest to theMoD about nuclear weapons convoyscoming through their City. A full-pagearticle and supportive editorial in the OxfordMail concluded, “more power to theprotesters’ elbows.”

Please support us with your eyes andelbows. An Information Pack is availablefrom Jane: tp2000@gn.apc.org or 08454588367 and a Spotters’ Guide to keep inyour car is available from Di:di@nuclearinfo.org or 02380 554434.

See http://www.nukewatch-scotland.org.uk for more information.

Trident Ploughshares In May, in the run-up to our disarmamentcamp at Devonport (where the Tridentsubs are refitted), the Tamarians affinitygroup occupied Drake’s Island in theTamar estuary, declaring it nuclear-free incontrast to the city of Plymouth, andgaining much media attention. During thecamp itself a blockade of the naval basesaw the Albert Gate closed for three hours.

In July, along with CND and ScottishCND, as part of the G8 resistance, wefacilitated the biggest blockade in recentyears of Faslane naval base.

We planned for our annual Coulportcamp to be a part of the recovery processafter G8 exertions, but there was still timeto give the Coulport and Faslane basessome attention, including redecoration withplenty of anti-Trident slogans and adisruptive blockade.

Trident Ploughshares pledgers havebeen actively involved in the Block theBuilders campaign at Aldermaston, notablyat the blockade on 5th May.

We also targeted the Trident supplychain. In October there was a very success-ful action with Trident Ploughshares andEast Midlands CND focusing on the RollsRoyce Raynesway factory in Derby whichmakes new fuel plates for Trident sub-marine reactors as part of the refit process.The weekend activities, including theblockade and demonstration at the factorygate, really heightened local awareness ofwhat Rolls Royce is involved with. InSeptember two protestors scaled a comm-unications mast at a military fuel storageand distribution centre at PadworthCommon which supplies Aldermaston withfuel.

The Scottish Parliament did not get leftout. In March the street outside parliamentwas blocked by a 25-foot model Tridentsubmarine – a very effective and lively formof lobbying. One of the 17-strong crew wasRosie Kane MSP. On the internationalscene, Trident Ploughshares activists werepart of Bomspotting XL, a mass inspectionof US nuclear weapon bases in Belgium.Over 500 people were arrested.

This is only the barest essence of anaction-packed year. Fuller story athttp://www.tridentploughshares.org/article1217

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The secret US base atMenwith Hill in Yorkshire is the largest electronic

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ANNUAL REVIEW 2005

Thank you to all members who madedonations to CND in 2005. Your

continued support is the main reason wecan keep up the pressure on thegovernment to create a nuclear-free Britain.

The response to our appeal to fund a full-page advert in the Independent to mark the60th anniversary of the bombing ofHiroshima was so good that we were able torun it in the Guardian as well. Thanks toeveryone who supported this appeal orresponded to our other appeals, or whomade a regular donation by standing order.

CND again had a high-profile at theGlastonbury festival, with Chair KateHudson speaking from the PyramidStage. CND waterproof ponchos soldout within an hour of the greatdownpour which hit this year’s festival,but by the end of the weekend it haddried out enough for festival-goers torelax on the grass and read the specialissue of Campaign while waiting for theirfavourite band to come on. We are verygrateful to Ex-Services CND forfunding this extra edition and for theirsupport throughout the year.

Another overwhelming success was thesold out Blues not Bombs Jazz Cruise onthe Thames organised by CND Councilmember Rebecca Morden in May to raisefunds to send a young CND member toJapan for the commemoration of the 60thanniversary of the bombings of Hiroshimaand Nagasaki. Continuing the musicaltheme, we are grateful to MusiciansAgainst Nuclear Arms for their donationof funds raised at their regular Concertsfor Peace.

During 2005 we were thebeneficiaries of the generosity of anumber of CND members who hadremembered CND in their wills. It isalways sad to receive legacy income, butwe are proud that we are able toremember the commitment of thesemembers and to continue campaigningon issues that were so important tothem. If you would like to rememberCND in your will, please contact Jon inthe office on 020 7700 2393.

MerchandiseWe are re-launching our online shop tomake it easier to use. We are alsodeveloping a new range of merchandise totie in with our current campaigns; so pleasevisit the website or look out for the orderform in Campaign to see the latest T-shirts,badges and other materials. Don’t forgetthat CND groups can order ‘Sale orReturn’ to stock up their stalls.

Fundraising

CND Conference 2006Hosted by Yorkshire CND

October 14th & 15that Bradford University.

Council nomination deadline Wednesday 12th July

Please supply contact details foryour nominee. The proposer/s of

nominees will be published. Resolution deadline Monday 17th July

Groups will receive a mailing inearly April and all members will

receive full details in the summeredition of Campaign.

OddHero.com produced a limitededition T-shirt to mark the 60thanniversary of the bombing ofHiroshima, with a donation to CND forevery copy sold. You can still order the‘Sun had fallen out of the sky’ t-shirtfrom www.oddhero.com

CND merchandise for sale! Photo: Dave Esbester

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Membership

Throughout the year there has been asteady increase in our membership;

new membership peaked in Augustfollowing the 60th Anniversary of thebombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tocommemorate this and highlight thethreat which all nuclear weapons stillpose, CND placed full page statementsin The Independent and Guardian signed byaround 1,000 individuals, groups, tradeunions and celebrity supporters. Thestatements generated a huge amount ofinterest in the issue and boosted ourmembership rates significantly in Augustand the following months. Thank you toall who contributed towards the cost ofthis. Please carry on checking thewebsite and Campaign magazine as it maybe something we will do again in thefuture.

Into 2006 CND is again at the heart ofBritish politics. The campaign againstTrident replacement has gained hugesupport in an environment in which thewar in Iraq has prompted debate overarmed conflict and new laws have beenintroduced which threaten civil libertiesand the right to protest. We must ensurethat if people are concerned about theseissues and those surrounding nuclearpower and waste, missile defence andNATO, that they know and understandCND's position and decide to join us.Please do all you can to spread the wordin your area. The size of ourmembership directly affects the degreeand effectiveness of our campaigning.

We are seeing many former memberscoming back into membership. This isvery positive and reflects our continuinghigh profile and connection with issuesthat are important to people given thecurrent political climate. More and morepeople are becoming involved innationwide debates and these often haveroots in local issues. If you are notcurrently involved with a CND group inyour local area please check to see ifthere is one. If not, we would bedelighted to assist if you would like toset one up.

CND GroupsIf you are already involved in a group, wewould like to hear from you regarding thearea (by postcode if possible) which yourgroup covers and details of your group’semail contact. We inform new membersof groups in their area via the newmembers' pack but we hope to becomemore pro-active in contacting groupswith details of new members. The aim isto enable groups to improvecommunication and ensure that allmembers are aware of local CNDactivities.

If you are a CND company memberand also a member of a local group,please do let us know. Since 1998 CNDhas been a limited company. HoweverCND membership does notautomatically mean you are a companymember – you will need to sign acompany membership agreement. Thevoting rights of groups attending theAnnual Conference are determined bythe number of company members theyhave, so to ensure that our records arecomplete it is useful to know whichcompany members are also members oflocal groups. If you are unsure, or wantto register your membership of a group,send an email to membership@cnduk.orgor contact us by phone or post.

Company membership forms areavailable from the website. Companymembers are asked merely to agree topay £1 should CND wind up for anyreason.

WebsiteThis year the majority of our newmembers have joined using the CNDwebsite. The easy-to-use layout allowsusers to select from a range ofmembership types and payment methods.Our website is www.cnduk.org and if youhave not yet visited it, please do have alook! Also, if you are able to create a linkfrom another website or add the addressto the bottom of your emails please doso; it is a great source of informationcovering a range of related issues.

Standing OrdersFor all those who do not currently doso, we would ask that you considerpaying for your membership by standingorder. Standing orders save us a greatdeal of money and are also a convenientway for you to pay your membership ormake regular donations. They also allowyou to spread the cost of yourmembership throughout the year payingeither monthly, quarterly or annually.There is a form on the website you can

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What you can doRaise money for CND throughThe Phone Co-OpSee the advert on the back of the mailsheet to learn how you can reduce yourphone bill and raise money for CND bychanging to The Phone Co-Op.

News by emailIf you have an email address you’d like usto contact you on, then please let us knowby emailing membership@cnduk.org.We’re working to increase our use of emailand improve our communications withour members, so we need to make surethat we have as many up-to-date emailaddresses as possible.

If you want to be the first to hear thelatest news about CND, then you can signup to our email bulletin on the home pageof our website www.cnduk.org.

Encourage a friend to join CNDCND’s members are the heart of ourcampaign. The more members we havethe more we can do and the stronger ourvoice will be when we lobby decision-makers. Do you have friends or relativesyou think might want to join CND? Pleaseuse the form on the inside front cover orcall Jon on 020 7700 2393 if you wouldlike us to send you some recruitmentleaflets.

VisibilityOther ways in which you can help get theCND message across are by wearing abadge or T-shirt, displaying a car sticker,or sticking a poster in your window. Theycan be ordered by phone or online. Visitwww.cnduk.org to purchase from our newonline shop.

Get involved locally There are many CND groups across thecountry playing a fundamental part inCND’s campaigning. Check page 24 tofind out if there is a group in your area. Ifthere isn’t one nearby, think about joiningwith some friends or like-minded peopleand setting up your own group. Pleasecontact the office for our information

pack on setting up a new group.If you’re a student, why not set up a

student CND group in your university?This is a very effective way ofcampaigning, and relatively easy to do. Formore information, contact Student CND,c/o the National Office.

CampaignCampaign is CND’s magazine especially foractivists. It’s produced three times a year,with the Summer issue going to allmembers. This is essential reading and aneasy way of keeping up to date with all ournews and activities.

Let us know if you want to be added tothe mailing list to receive Campaignthroughout the year.

LobbyLobbying your MP gives CND’s centrallobbying work extra credibility and theweight that will help us to succeed. Lobby,our parliamentary newsletter, givesbackground information on the politics ofnuclear disarmament and provides modelletters for you to adapt for your own use.

Letter-writingWriting to local newspapers, or calling TVor radio phone-ins are easy and effectiveways to get nuclear disarmament into thenews. If you feel any local media coverageis biased then call or write to thoseresponsible – all complaints are logged andpassed on. You can also join CND’s letterwriting team, see page 5 for moreinformation, and to get involved contactKaty, SystemsOfficer@cnduk.org, or ringthe office on 020 7700 2393, indicatingwhether you want to receive informationby e-mail or post.

LegacyRemembering CND in your will helps usto plan for the future. Please callJon on 020 7700 0293 to request ALegacy for Humankind, our bookletwhich outlines how to make a willor change an existing one.

download or you can contact themembership department and we wouldbe happy to answer any questions andsend you a printed copy of the form.

We would ask that all standing ordermembers review their payment regularlyto ensure that they are still paying thecorrect amount for their situation.Membership rates have not increasedfor many years and we instead askmembers to add a voluntary donationto their regular payments wherepossible.

The annual rates of membership are:£26 Household£21 Waged individual£12 Part/Low waged individual£8 Pensioner individual£8 Unwaged individual£16 Pensioner household£16 Unwaged household£6 Student individual (in post-16

education)£6 Youth (25 years and under)Overseas members are subject to a £2surcharge

VolunteersA huge thank you again to our tirelessvolunteers who lend their time andskills to the Membership department.Without their help, the departmentwould not be able to plan ahead andcomplete most of the tasks we arecurrently able to undertake. To ourregular volunteers, Dave Esbester andLuba Mumford a big thank you forensuring that payments are processedaccurately and quickly, requests aredealt with and the membership databaseis accurate and up to date. Also thanksto Stuart Minto, Iain Triggs, PatArrowsmith, Pat Allen, DorotheaBaker, Jean Taylor and all ourinvaluable volunteers, who often helpwith Membership and Fundraisingwork, for their generosity of time andenergy.

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No Trident ReplacementOur key focus in the year ahead will beworking to prevent a decision being madeto replace the Trident nuclear weaponssystem. The Defence Select Committee hasnow announced it will hold an enquiry intoThe Future of the Strategic NuclearDeterrent and CND will be making its ownsubmission in March. Our campaigningpack is available by post or from thewebsite. It contains all the information youneed – including briefings, postcards andleaflets – to lobby your MP, write to thelocal press, hold a public meeting, andorganise a street stall. The petition is crucialin the first part of the year – please getsignatures back to the national office by theend of March, so that we can hand them inat Easter. Bruce Kent will come and workwith you on a local stall, and Kate Hudson,or another officer, would be happy tocome and speak at local meetings. Youonly need ask! New campaigningmaterials will be produced throughoutthe year and you will be informed aboutthem by email, Campaign, or throughyour local group.

End the occupation of Iraq:Don’t Attack IranNational Demonstration, London 18th MarchTogether with Stop the War Coalition andthe Muslim Association of Britain, CND ismobilising for this demonstration on thethird anniversary of the attack on Iraq. Weare calling for an end to the occupation ofIraq, and opposing an attack on Iran.Transport will be organised from aroundthe country, so please contact local groupsfor details.

Star Wars and weapons in spaceYorkshire CND is taking a look, on behalfof CND nationally, at The Other Side ofStar Wars – Spying and Surveillance. Weplan to organise a Parliamentary meeting aspart of Keep Space for Peace week (1st–8thOct ) and an event with European MEPsabout the Galileo project – launched inDecember 2005, with an EU budget ofover €650 Million. This project is claimedto be solely for ‘civilian use’, however thereis much speculation that it may become aEuropean competitor to the US MissileDefence system. The No Star Warscampaign will also include events at StarWars bases Menwith Hill and Fylingdales.

Nuclear powerFollowing a CND annual conferencedecision in October 2005, we are opposingany plans to build new nuclear powerstations and are arguing that nuclear poweris not the answer to climate change. A newbriefing will be forthcoming early this year,and we aim to tie the issue to events aroundthe 20th anniversary of the Chernobyldisaster, with the possibility of a publicmeeting in Parliament.

European Social Forum, Athens4th-7th MayThis year, we are organising a number ofsessions at the ESF in Athens, along withLe Mouvement de la Paix and otherEuropean campaigning groups. Subjectswill include: Opposing War and NuclearWeapons; Kick NATO out of Europe;For a Culture of Peace in Europe; EndForeign Military Bases. We are alsohoping to have a stall there, so if anyoneis planning to attend and would like tohelp out, please get in touch with us at thenational office.

Local elections: 4th MayLocal elections will be taking placeacross England and Wales in May. Thiscan be an opportunity to lobby localcouncillors about our issues, especially ifyou live in the vicinity of any base ornuclear site.

CND in 2006Many campaigning plans and events are already in hand, but these

will be supplemented by other initiatives and responses tonational and international events as they occur. Please contact yourlocal group, or regional representative (listed on the following pages)if you would like to get more involved. You can also join our activists’email list to receive regular information and details of events – contactthe national office to be included. Also remember to check out theEvents Diary on our website www.cnduk.org

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Enclosed with the AnnualReview you will find two ‘NoTrident Replacement’ petitionsand a postcard.

10 Signature Challenge!Please pass one of the petitionson to a friend and, with theother, we challenge you to getthe signatures of at least 10other people, so we can presentover 320,000 signatures to TonyBlair at Easter.

Send the postcard to your MPPlease send the enclosedinteractive postcard to yourMP to let him/her know whatyou would rather £25 billionbe spent on. You can find outwho your MP is at your locallibrary or town hall, by phoningthe House of CommonsInformation Office on 020 72194272, or enter your postcode atthe website:www.locata.co.uk/commons/

Please do send us a copy ofany replies you receive backfrom your MP.

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OfficersChair: Kate HudsonVice-Chairs: Jeremy Corbyn MP, Sophie Bolt, Rae StreetTreasurer: Linda Hugl

CND National CouncilDirectly ElectedPat Allen, Pat Arrowsmith, JennyClegg, Tom Cuthbert, Sue Davis,Monica Frisch, Joan Horrocks, JoyHurcombe, Liz Hutchins, Peter Leary,Gawain Little, Caroline Lucas MEP,Alice Mahon, Rebecca Morden, Pat Sanchez, Carol Turner; (Reserves)John Holmes and Tim Wardle

Nations, Regions and AreasCND Cymru: John Cox, Jill Stallard;Scottish CND: Adam Beese, MarkGallagher, Jim Taggart;

East Midlands: Richard Johnson London Region: Jim Addington, Jim Brann, Vijay Mehta;Northern Region: Chris Prettyman;North West Region: Joan Abrams,Pauline Phillips, Gina Shaw;Southern Region: Anna Chaplin, Beryl Davidson, Michael Waugh;South East Region: Anna Rehin,Ailsa Johnson, Pam Brivio;South West Region: Geri Laithwaite, Peter Le Mare, Tom Milburn; West Midlands CND: Iain Naughton,Joe Sturge;Yorkshire CND: Miriam Moss, Dave Webb.

Specialist SectionsChristian CND: Bob RussellLabour CND: Ruth Clarke Student CND: George WoodsYouth and Student CND: Oliver Little, Helen Robertson, Joanne Stevenson.

Vice-PresidentsTony BennJanet Bloomfield John CoxJoan HorrocksBruce KentDave KnightAlistair MackiePaul OestreicherWalter Wolfgang

Staff and volunteersStaff at Holloway RoadSam Akaki: Parliamentary OfficerJoy Annegarn: Membership, FinanceGenia Browning: Office ManagerBen Folley: Campaigns Worker Sheila Jones: ArchivistSue Longbottom: Print and websiteDesigner Jon Nott: Fundraising and MarketingEve Ponting: Finance and NetworkManagerDawn Rothwell: Campaigns Researchand Information OfficerRuth Tanner: Press Officer, (replacedduring 2006 by Rick Wakeman)Katy West: Membership and DatabaseSystems Officer

Volunteers at Holloway RoadStuart Minto, Pat Allen, Catherine Allen,Pat Arrowsmith, Dorothea Baker, AdamBloom, Jim Brann, Marco Cosimiro,Pam Cowan, Sue Davis, Peter Eldridge,Dave Esbester, Sarah Joyce,Eileen Maclean, Ana Mates, AnneMeuter, Becca Morden, Luba Mumford,Rosemary Rogers, Ellen Sheffield,Stuart Stephenson, Jean Taylor, MarjorieTrevor, Ian Triggs, Tony Watkins,Muriel Woods.

InternsDace Ruza, Babette Whittaker, CalvinD’Souza, Zoznan Asphana

National and regional staff CND Cymru: Jill Stallard (volunteer)Scottish CND: John Ainslie, Phill JonesYorkshire CND: Neil Kingsnorth,Denise Craghill (joined by Sarah Cartinduring 2005)Greater Manchester CND: JacquiDarbyshire, Clare Frisby (joined by CathBann and Doug Weir during 2006)London Region CND: David Polden

Specialist sectionsChristian CND: Claire Poyner (part-time). Other specialist sections are runby volunteers from home. Thanks go toall volunteers who staff offices andshops all over the country.

CND Personnel Block the BuildersBuilding work is continuing atAldermaston, preparing for thedevelopment of a new generation ofnuclear weapons. Block the Builders, aninitiative by the Aldermaston Women’sPeace Camp, organises actions atAldermaston and we will be activelysupporting these events. For details seewww.aldermaston.net or contact AWPCon 07969 739 812.

Faslane 365CND is supporting an initiative tomount a continuous blockade of theFaslane naval base, which housesTrident. The initial goal is to cover 100days, starting on 1st October. CNDwill announce its time slot forparticipation in the near future. Pleasehelp if you can. Blockaders andsupporters are welcome.

Trade unionsWe are working to build opposition toTrident Replacement within the unionsand have a model resolution availablefor use in your local branches, togetherwith the new CND-Trade Union Linkbulletin. We urge use of the petition inunion branches. This year we are alsoaiming for greater participation atunion conferences and hope to have anattendance at NUS, NUT, CWU,GMB, UNISON and others, and at theTUC conference in September. If youare able to help us out on a stall, pleasecall the CND national office.

Festivals and ConferencesWe are also planning attendance at anumber of summer festivals this year,to get our message over as widely aspossible. We will participate at theannual Labour Party conference andpossibly other party conferences too.CND will also be represented at theWorld Peace Forum in Vancouver.Again, if you are able to help us out ina voluntary capacity at these events, wewould be very grateful. Please let usknow if you can. Our own annualconference will be in Bradford inOctober.

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Treasurer’s Report2004 Audited Accounts

These were presented in the summerissue of Campaign but are also

summarised here; detailed accounts areavailable on request to the CND office andare on the website.

In 2004, income was £490,000 andexpenditure was £418,000, creating anoverall surplus of £72,000, much betterthan predicted. Income was higher thanexpected because of a legacy of £50,000and increased donations and appealsincome. Expenditure was less thanpredicted due to careful expenditure byCND staff and budget holders.

Both income and expenditure weredecreased compared to 2003 because of ouranti war activities in that year. Membershipsubscription income fell in 2004 comparedto 2003, as those members who joinedduring our anti-war activity were lessinclined to renew. Expenditure alsodecreased compared to 2003 as difficultdecisions were made to reduce national andregional staffing as well as cut grants to allparts of the campaign.

Most of the year’s surplus wastransferred to the campaigning reserve,which now stands at £139,000. Thegeneral reserve stands at £110,000, andthe fixed asset reserve at £30,000.

The value of CND’s ethical investmentsincreased by £5,000 but is still £5,000 shortof the initial value of those investments.They are managed by Co. Funds via EthicalInvestors Group and are spread over fourfunds:

2005 AccountsThese are now in preparation following theend of the financial year and will beincluded in the 2006 mid year mailing once

they have been audited.The 2005 budget was set at a time of

improved finances but budget requestscould still not be met in full. However,early in 2005, CND was notified ofseveral large legacies. Council took thedecision to immediately increase staffingin the national office and to investigateanother post based regionally. Thecampaigns budget was increased by 50%and funds were used to set up a CNDcharitable arm as soon as possible, toimprove the longer-term financialoutlook.

2006 BudgetThe 2006 budget has been set and Councilwas able to approve expenditure greaterthan predicted income, due to the legaciesreceived in 2005. It is important to balancespending funds too quickly and havingnothing in reserve with spending funds too

slowly so that no impact is made.Staffing has been temporarily increased

over the next 12 months and campaigningbudgets increased. Provision was also madefor modest staff pension contributions.The Nuclear Education Trust should gaincharitable status in 2006 and will fundCND’s educational work.

Despite improved finances, the ‘NoTrident Replacement’ campaign willrequire significant resources andincreasing our income is still essential.Please be as generous as possible whenyou receive an appeal from CND oreven better make a regular donation andeven better still help us recruit morenew members!

Many thanks to CND staff,particularly Eve Ponting, members ofthe Admin and Finance Group, andSimon Erskine, our auditor, for theirwork.

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Regions and areas

Cambridgeshire AreaCND37 Blackwood Rd, Eaton SoconSt Neots PE19 8THtel: 01480 350977

Cumbria & N Lancs CND34 Trafalgar Street, Denton, Carlisle CA2 5XYtel: 01539 723020

East Midlands CND c/o 43 Ashwood Road Potters Bar EN6 2PHmobile: 07870 218148; email:tommic@ntlworld.com

Kent Area CND78 Priory Hill, Dover CT170AD; tel: 01304 225078prioryhill.co.uk@tinyworld.co.uk

London Region CNDc/o 162 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8DQtel: 020 7607 2302david.lrcnd@cnduk.org

Gtr Manchester & District CNDBridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick StAncoats, Manchester M4 7HRtel: 0161 273 8283fax: 0161 273 8293gmcnd@gn.apc.orgweb: www.gmdcnd.org.uk

Merseyside CND50-54 Mount PleasantLiverpool L3tel: 0151 708 7764mcnd@care4free.netwww.mcnd.org.uk

Mid Somerset CND12 Neales WayEvercreech, Shepton MalletSomerset BA4 6LAtel/fax: 01749 830 741email: msomcnd@aol.com

ContactsNorwich CNDGreen House, 42-46 Bethel StNorwich NR2 1NR tel: 01508 550446dwhiggin@dhiggin.fsnet.co.uk

Southern Region CNDFlat 12, Eliot House 483 Portsmouth RoadSouthampton SO17 2TH tel: 023 8032 8335

South Cheshire & NorthStaffs CNDPO Box 2127Stoke on Trent ST1 1LYtel: 01782 280 998www.scanscnd.org.uk

South West Region CNDRegent House, Week St. MaryHolsworthy, Devon EX22 6UJtel: 01288 341 254cndsouthwestregion@yahoo.com

Suffolk CND63 Benbow Court, Capel Drive Felixstowe IP11 2FRtel/fax: 01728 833336

Surrey Peace ActionNetwork45 High Street, BletchingleySurrey RH1 4PBtel: 01883 740478

Sussex Peace Alliance 67 Summerheath RdHailsham BN27 3DRtel: 01323 844 269geowcpuk@gn.apc.org

Tyne & Wear CND1 Rectory Avenue, GosforthNewcastle upon Tyne NE3 1XStel: 0191 285 7260;andrew@andrewgray.uklinux.net

West Midlands CND54 Allison StreetBirmingham B5 5THtel: 0121 643 4617wmcndall@gn.apc.orgwww.wmcnd.org.uk

Yorkshire CND22 Edmund StreetBradford BD5 0BHtel: 01274 730 795info@yorkshirecnd.org.ukwww.yorkshirecnd.org.uk

National offices

CND CymruY Drain Gwynion, Heol yrEglwys, TalywaunPontypool NP4 7EFTel: 01495 773180 heddwch@cndcymru.org

Scottish CND15 Barrland StreetGlasgow G41 1QHtel: 0141 423 1222fax: 0141 423 1231scnd@banthebomb.orgwww.banthebomb.org

Irish CNDP.O. Box 6327, Dublin 6, Eiretel/fax: 00 353 1 8367264irishcnd@ireland.comhttp://indigo.ie/~goodwill/icnd.html

Specialist sections

Christian CND andParliamentary CND can be contacted c/o 162 Holloway Road London N7 8DQ tel: 020 7700 2393 fax: 020 7700 2357CCND email:christians@cnduk.org

Ex-Services CNDc/o 162 Holloway Rd, LondonN7 8DQ. 020 7700 2393

Labour CND29 Stodmarsh House , CowleyRoad , London SW9 6HHtel: 020 7820 9709info@labourcnd.org.ukweb: www.labourcnd.org.uk

Student CNDc/o 262 Bellenden RoadLondon SE15 4BYstudentcnd@yahoo.com

Youth & Student CND162 Holloway RoadLondon N7 8DQtel: 0207 607 3616info@youthstudent.orgwww.youthstudentcnd.org.uk

Peace Camps

Aldermaston Women’sPeace CampSecond weekend of everymonth. tel: 07969 739 812info@aldermaston.netwww.aldermaston.net

Faslane Peace CampPermanent. A814, Shandon , HelensburghDumbartonshire G84 8NT tel: 01436 820901 faslanepeacecamp@hotmail.comwww.faslanepeacecamp.org.uk

Menwith Hill Women’sPeace Camp3rd weekend of every month PO Box 105 Harrogate HG3 2FEtel: 01943 468593helenmenwith@yahoo.co.ukwww.cndyorks.gn.apc.org/mhs/wpcmhs.htm

Sellafield Women’sPeace CampContact: 0113 262 9365. Box Z, 16 Sholebroke Ave, Leeds LS7 3HB.cornerstore@gn.apc.org

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Local Groups

Abingdon Peace Group 01235 526265Bath CND 01225 312574;monica_cnd@hotmail.com Billericay CND 01277 650301 Birkenhead CND0151 677 6896 Blackpool & Fylde CND 01253 899742;doskachess@btinternet.comBolton CND 01204 522839Brentwood CND 01277 216712 Bristol & West Region CND0117 971 5451;bristolcnd@blueyonder.co.ukBromley & Beckenham CND0208 460 1295

Central Manchester CND0161 494 8468;mark.cutts@tinyworld.co.ukCheltenham CND 01242 582985 Chesterfield CND01246 455 178 Chiltern Peace & JusticeGroup 01494 773655Chippenham CND 01249 651 565 Colchester Peace Campaign07944 484561 Coventry Peace House 01203 663031 Crawley CND 01293 524 590

East Surrey CND 0208 668 3090 Enfield Peace Campaign 0208 364 2606 Exeter CND 01392 431447;exetercnd@amserve.net

Faringdon Peace Group01367 241707 Finchley & District CND 0208 445 5506

Gosport Families for Peace01705 527998Hackney & Islington CND07930 235791;sophiakselby@yahoo.co.ukHall Green CND0121 778 2672Haringey CND 0207 607 2302;david.lrcnd@cnduk.orgHarrow & District CND 01923 232430 Hastings CND 01424 437820 Headingley & Kirkstall CND0113 274 1011; dave@webbjeff.free-online.co.uk Hemel Hempstead CND 01442 255 785 Hereford Peace Council 01432 358330;rch@numeracy.freeserve.co.ukHorsham Peace Alliance 01403 251 276;lhugl1@btinternet.com Hull CND 01482 494 796Huyton CND 0151 489 4242;huyton.cnd@merseymail.comIsle of Wight CND01983 855359;vectispax@gn.apc.org

Kendal District CND 01539 724660 Kettering CND 01536 83392Kings Lynn & District CND01553 761447 Kingston PeaceCouncil/CND 0208 399 9547

Labour Action for Peace01604 495431; labour-peace-action.org.ukLancaster and District CND01524 33991Leicester CND 01162 705 604;acheetham@beeb.net Lewes & District CND 01273 473912;susan2.murray@virgin.net Lewisham & Greenwich CND020 8857 1095 Littleborough Peace Group01706 378 043;raecnd@gn.apc.org

London Cooperative PartyCouncil 0207 357 0230 Lutterworth CND 01455 552949

Maghull and Lydiate CND0151 526 7293 Maidenhead & CookhamCND 01628 522 331 Marple and District CND0161 427 1191 Medway CNDmedwaycnd@blueyonder.co.ukMid-Herts Peace Group 01707 331643 Mitcham CND 0208 648 9037Musicians Against NuclearArms 0208 455 1030

Newham CND 0208 989 3242;timwardele@compuserve.co.uk North Cumbria CND01228 524351 North Manchester CND 0161 740 6505Nottingham CNDenquiries@nottinghamcnd.org.uk

Orpington CND 01689 837;848; sheilatriggs@lycos.co.ukOxford CND 01865 726441;oxcnd@domu.freeserve.co.uk

Penzance CND 01736 787 056;pete@plumpeace.nildram.co.ukPeterborough CND 01733 233047Prestwich & Whitefield CND0161 733 0868

Quaker Peace and SocialWitness 020 7663 1067

Reading Peace Group0118 967 1362;roadbusters@gn.apc.org Reigate & Redhill CND01883 740 478 Richmond & Barnes CND 020 8876 0856

Rickmansworth &Chorleywood CND01923 777754

Saddleworth PeaceMovement 01457 876013; steve.roman@btopenworld.com Saffron Walden AgainstNuclear Weapons01799 527449 Salford CND 0161 793 5122 Salisbury CND 01722 321865 Sevenoaks & Swanley CND01959 522165 Sheffield CND 0114 296 7596;sheffieldcnd@hotmail.comShrewsbury Peace Group01743 355 311 Sonning Common PeaceGroup 01734 723295 Southampton CND 02380 229363 Southdowns CND 01243 542518 Southend CND 01702 558682; jjwest@uk2.net St Albans CND 01727 863 911; mgt.harris@btinternet.comStevenage CND 01438 226360Sydenham & Forest HillCND 0208 699 8597

Tower Hamlets CND 0207 515 4681; john_rowe1923@yahoo.co.uk

Wallasey CND 0151 638 4666 Waltham Forest CND 0208 523 0574 Wanstead & Woodford CND020 8989 9798 Watford CND 01923 249551 West London CND0208 743 4189; griggshampan1@ukonline.co.ukWest Norwood CND 0208 670 0622 Wimbledon DisarmamentCoalition 0208 543 0362 Woking Action for Peace 01483 768228;mary.holdstock@ntlworld.com

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