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Council for a Livable World

Council for a Livable World is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit advocacy organization dedicated to eliminating the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons. Its stated aim is for "progressive national security policies and helping elect congressional candidates who support them."[1] The Council was founded in 1962 as the Council for Abolishing War by Hungarian nuclear physicist Leó Szilárd.[2] Its education and research arm, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, provides research to members of Congress and their staff. In February 2016, John F. Tierney was appointed the executive director of the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation.[3] For more than 50 years, the Council for a Livable World has been advocating for a more principled approach to U.S. national security and foreign policy.[4]

  1. ^ "OneWorld: where the good guys gang up". Us.oneworld.net. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. ^ Hawkins, Helen S. / Greb, G. Allen / Szilard, Gertrud Weiss, Eds (1987). Toward a Livable World: Leo Szilard and the Crusade for Nuclear Arms Control. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-19260-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Former Congressman John Tierney named Executive Director of The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation". The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. 24 February 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ^ "About Council for a Livable World". Council for a Livable World. Council for a Livable World.

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