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Council for a Livable World
US non-profit advocacy organization
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]