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1. Stockholm Initiative Determined to Achieve the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Norway, South Korea, Spain, and Switzerland joined. Ms Baerbock was appointed as Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister on December 8. 2021. Before her joining the Fifth Ministerial Conference first time, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
2. Stockholm Initiative Determined to Achieve the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: (Project Articles); ... Norway, South Korea, Spain, and Switzerland joined. Ms Baerbock was appointed as Germany's Foreign Affairs Minister on December 8. 2021. Before her joining the Fifth Ministerial Conference first time, ...; Created on 25 December 2021
3. An Important TPNW Signal from Germany—But Nothing More: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... for the first time next March. So far, all nuclear powers reject the TPNW and also refuse to accept observer status at the Treaty Conference of the signatory countries. NATO calls itself a nuclear alliance ...; Created on 22 December 2021
4. A New Cold War Between Russia and The West Is Unnecessary: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [2021-12-21] He argued that “the surface of the earth ...; Created on 21 December 2021
5. Mayors for Peace Say the Danger of Nuclear War Is Real and Growing: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... security and the General Assembly’s first resolution set the goal of nuclear disarmament, which became a legal obligation of NPT Parties in 1970. We wish to convey our deep concern over recent developments ...; Created on 18 December 2021
6. Elimination of ICBMs Would Greatly Reduce the Chances of a Global Nuclear Holocaust: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... In effect, they’re prime targets for a nuclear first strike because of their vulnerability, and for the same reason would have no “deterrent” capacity to retaliate. ICBMs have only one foreseeable function—to ...; Created on 16 December 2021
7. Elimination of ICBMs Would Greatly Reduce the Chances of a Global Nuclear Holocaust: (Project Articles); ... In effect, they’re prime targets for a nuclear first strike because of their vulnerability, and for the same reason would have no “deterrent” capacity to retaliate. ICBMs have only one foreseeable function—to ...; Created on 16 December 2021
8. Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Long Elusive, is Making Progress, say Experts: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... the political declaration adopted at the first session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, reads: "We, the representatives ...; Created on 04 December 2021
9. Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Long Elusive, is Making Progress, say Experts: (Project Articles); ... adopted at the first session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, reads: "We, the representatives of participating ...; Created on 04 December 2021
10. It Is High Time to End Reliance on Nuclear Armaments: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... to do away with weapons of mass destruction? The policeman has no moral authority if he is stealing and raping too. President Bill Clinton loved to say at regular intervals, "for the first time since ...; Created on 30 November 2021
11. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... The very first resolution of the Assembly, adopted in January 1946, created a Commission “to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of nuclear energy” and charged it, inter alia, to make specific ...; Created on 30 November 2021
12. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Project Articles); ... The very first resolution of the Assembly, adopted in January 1946, created a Commission “to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of nuclear energy” and charged it, inter alia, to make specific ...; Created on 30 November 2021
13. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... of Captain Eugene Wilkinson, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) made the first voyage of a nuclear vessel, powered by a 70 MWth (S2W) pressurized water reactor (PWR) built by the Westinghouse Electric Company. Wilkinson ...; Created on 27 November 2021
14. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Project Articles); ... command of Captain Eugene Wilkinson, USS Nautilus (SSN-571) made the first voyage of a nuclear vessel, powered by a 70 MWth (S2W) pressurized water reactor (PWR) built by the Westinghouse Electric Company. ...; Created on 27 November 2021
15. Driving Nuclear Submarines Through IAEA Safeguards!: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... made the first voyage of a nuclear vessel, powered by a 70 MWth (S2W) pressurized water reactor (PWR) built by the Westinghouse Electric Company. Wilkinson flashed the historic message, “Underway on Nuclear ...; Created on 25 November 2021
16. The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation over Ukraine: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... conducted negotiations that spanned two administrations, between 1958 and 1963, to achieve a partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty that was the first of a series of bilateral arms control treaties. By contrast, ...; Created on 23 November 2021
17. Achieving The Possible Against the Odds: “A Middle East Nuclear and WMD Free Zone”: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... civil society to the UN premises in New York and thus to the First Committee—this exclusion likely also will extend to this month’s UN Middle East Conference and the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty ...; Created on 22 November 2021
18. Iran’s Failure to Cooperate with the IAEA is Raising Tensions: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... would decrease the time it would take for Iran to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for additional bombs. The November 17 report also noted that, for the first time, Iran has breached the JCPOA’s ...; Created on 19 November 2021
19. New Report Shows Impact of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Business: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Nuclear weapon producers from Russia and China were included in this report for the first time. Historically, it has been challenging to get reliable information on the companies behind Russian and Chinese ...; Created on 11 November 2021
20. Australia Censured For ‘Abandoning’ Pacific Nuclear-Free Pact: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... prevent nuclear testing in their territories (Article 6)”. The treaty further places an emphasis on keeping the region free from radioactive wastes. Penjueli said that Pacific people had had first-hand ...; Created on 29 October 2021