Stockholm Appeal

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The Stockholm Appeal was a 1950 international petition initiated by peace activists calling for an absolute ban on nuclear weapons and opposing their use as instruments of war.

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Stockholm Appeal canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti‑nuclear initiative ⓘ
peace petition ⓘ
political campaign ⓘ
alternativeName Appeal of Stockholm ⓘ
Stockholm Peace Appeal ⓘ
callsFor international agreement banning nuclear weapons ⓘ
recognition of first use of atomic weapons as a war crime ⓘ
collectedSignatures yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Sweden ⓘ
criticizedAs Soviet‑influenced propaganda campaign ⓘ
criticizedBy NATO countries ⓘ
linked to: NATO

Western governments ⓘ
date 1950 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfSignatures hundreds of millions ⓘ
geographicScope international ⓘ
historicalContext early Cold War ⓘ
post‑World War II nuclear arms race ⓘ
influenced global disarmament discourse ⓘ
later anti‑nuclear petitions ⓘ
initiatedBy World Peace Council ⓘ
peace activists ⓘ
language multiple languages ⓘ
mainSubject nuclear disarmament ⓘ
prohibition of atomic weapons ⓘ
method mass signature collection ⓘ
name Stockholm Appeal ⓘ
opposed use of atomic weapons against people ⓘ
opposes nuclear weapons ⓘ
use of weapons of mass destruction ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Stockholm ⓘ
purpose call for an absolute ban on nuclear weapons ⓘ
oppose the use of nuclear weapons as instruments of war ⓘ
promote world peace ⓘ
relatedTo World Peace Council ⓘ
World Peace Movement ⓘ
anti‑nuclear movement ⓘ
startTime 1950-03-19 ⓘ
statementContent any government that first uses atomic weapons against any other country would be committing a crime against humanity ⓘ
such a crime should be dealt with as a war crime ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
communist parties ⓘ
various peace organizations ⓘ
targetAudience general public worldwide ⓘ
governments ⓘ
typeOfBanDemanded absolute ban on nuclear weapons ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Peace Council → notableCampaign → Stockholm Appeal ⓘ
Stockholm Appeal → name → Stockholm Appeal ⓘ