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1. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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不確実性の時代の軍縮：レイキャビクで議論 【レイキャビクIDN＝ロワナ・ヴィール】 米ロ間の（さらには米ロとその他の国々との間での）緊張が高まる中、今回で１４回目となる北大西洋条約機構（NATO）による大量破壊兵器に関する年次会合（アイスランド会合）にあわせて軍縮に関するセミナーが開催されたのは、時宜を得たものであった。 「不確実性の時代における軍縮への実践的なアプローチ」と題されたこのセミナーの構想は、アイスランドのカトリン・ヤコブスドッティル首相が７月にブリュッセルで開催されたNATO首脳会議に出席した際に生まれた。ヤコブスドッティル首相はNATO関係者をレイキャビクに招くにあたり、セミナーの主要議題は軍縮になるだろうと語った。首相はIDNの取材に対して、その理由として「NATO首脳会議では、軍縮が十分に議論されてこなかった。」と語った。 ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... disarmament treaty which was formed after the 1980s Euro-missile crisis that hit Europe, who is the main victim? Europe and its security.” The treaty is the so-called INF, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear ...

Created on 13 November 2018

3. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in the UN’s new  disarmament agenda 'Securing Our Common Future', that the world today stands on the "brink of a new cold war". They fully support the Secretary-General’s call to tackle this new reality ...

Created on 11 November 2018

4. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... First Committee Monitor 2018. [P 13] She is referring to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security which met from October 8 to November ...

Created on 11 November 2018

5. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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... First Committee Monitor 2018. [P 13] She is referring to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security which met from October 8 to November ...

Created on 11 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK (IDN) – With tension rapidly escalating between the United States and Russia – and indeed between these countries and others – a seminar on disarmament held in parallel with ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK (IDN) – With tension rapidly escalating between the United States and Russia – and indeed between these countries and others – a seminar on disarmament held in parallel with ...

Created on 08 November 2018

8. INF Treaty Decision is a Debacle, But Worse May Be Coming

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament...." It is now all the more important to get a serious U.S.-Russian arms control dialogue ...

Created on 01 November 2018

9. Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Go Hand in Hand

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Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu Following are extensive excerpts from remarks by Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), at the Roundtable Discussion ...

Created on 29 October 2018

10. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament - Thai

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การประชุมระดับสูงขององค์การสหประชาชาติสะท้อนให้เห็นถึงการสนับสนุนอย่างกว้างขวางสำหรับการขจัดอาวุธนิวเคลียร์ โดย Santo D. Banerjee นิวยอร์ก (IDN) – องค์การสหประชาชาติได้ปฏิบัติตามเป้าหมายในการลดอาวุธนิวเคลียร์มาตั้งแต่การนำมติสมัชชาใหญ่ครั้งแรกมาใช้ในปี ...

Created on 29 October 2018

11. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Control Advisor of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Susanne Hammer, Austrian First Secretary Disarmament Officer, who touched on how nuclear weapons affect people's daily lives. Hammer ...

Created on 27 October 2018

12. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu has expressed her "gratitude" to the Kazakhstan for their continued partnership with the UN Office ...

Created on 23 October 2018

13. Full Potential of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Has Yet to be Recognised

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Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu The following are extensive excerpts from a statement by Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) at a side event on October 18, 2018, ...

Created on 23 October 2018

14. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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｜国連ハイレベル会合｜完全核軍縮への支持、続々と 【ニューヨークIDN＝サントー・D・バネルジー】 国際連合は、１９４６年の総会決議第１号以来、核軍縮という目標を追求してきた。しかし、国連は２０１３年、核兵器を保有する国々が潤沢な資金と核戦力近代化の長期計画を持っているとの認識の下、９月２６日を「核兵器の完全廃絶のための国際デー」と定めた。 国連総会は、世界の安全保障環境が悪化する中、核兵器のない世界という目標達成に向けた国際的取り組みを動員するため、９月２６日にニューヨークの国連本部でハイレベル総会を招集した。 ...

Created on 10 October 2018

15. India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Pulkit Mohan India's challenge in asserting its stance on global nuclear disarmament requires a precise articulation of its goals and plans, writes Pulkit Mohan, a Research Intern at ...

Created on 07 October 2018

16. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... addresses to the General Assembly, but North Korea's foreign minister called out the Trump administration's focus on sanctions enforcement as "lethal" and an impediment to his country's nuclear disarmament. ...

Created on 05 October 2018

17. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

18. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

19. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

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... his view is a cornerstone of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and has accomplished several outcomes as a crux of the regime. In his view, it is important to seek security ...

Created on 30 September 2018

20. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

(Project Articles)

... his view is a cornerstone of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and has accomplished several outcomes as a crux of the regime. In his view, it is important to seek security ...

Created on 30 September 2018