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1. Kudos for Kazakhstan's 'Leading Role' as UN General Assembly Campaigns for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... from member states of the United Nations evoked the catastrophic consequences and suffering caused by the testing and use of nuclear weapons, and called upon countries that have not done so to sign – and ...

Created on 07 September 2018

2. Test-Ban Treaty Will Produce Tangible Benefits for Humankind

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... lives to abolishing nuclear testing as crucial step towards a world free from nuclear weapons. They were both in Kazakhstan August 28 to September 2 participating in the 2018 CTBTO GEM – Youth International ...

Created on 06 September 2018

3. Uncertainty About Whether the U.S. and Russia Can Avert a New Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... without further approval from the U.S. Senate or Russian Duma, and without unwise concessions to Moscow. Even the toughest Democratic critics of Trump's Russia policies support New START extension. Legislation ...

Created on 02 September 2018

4. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... during the five-day 2018 Youth International Conference of the CTBTO Youth Group and the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) – from August 28 to September 2 – also calls on all States "to continue the moratoria ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... during the five-day 2018 Youth International Conference of the CTBTO Youth Group and the Group of Eminent Persons (GEM) – from August 28 to September 2 – also calls on all States "to continue the moratoria ...

Created on 30 August 2018

6. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN (IDN) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recall a quote from Martin Luther King Jr – "We are always on the threshold of ...

Created on 20 August 2018

7. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN (IDN) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Buddhist philosopher Daisaku Ikeda recall a quote from Martin Luther King Jr – "We are always on the threshold of ...

Created on 20 August 2018

8. Advancing Disarmament Within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... a long time, however, disarmament has largely slipped off the development agenda. This is despite overwhelming evidence that excessive arms accumulation diverts needed resources from development and fuels ...

Created on 10 August 2018

9. No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More Hibakusha

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Guterres said at the Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony in Japan on 9 August 2018, commemorating the 73rd anniversary of that devastating day. Following are extensive extracts from Guterres' remarks. – The ...

Created on 09 August 2018

10. Trump and Putin Can Put the Brakes on a New, Potentially More Dangerous, Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... them from the launchers used to fire offensive missiles from U.S. warships or agree to transparency measures that give Russia confidence the launchers don’t contain offensive missiles. Such an arrangement ...

Created on 07 August 2018

11. Study Finds Congressional Attention on Nuclear Security Waning as Nuclear Terrorism Threat Persists

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... for lawmakers in enhancing nuclear security efforts and reducing global stockpiles of nuclear materials. Titled Empowering Congress on Nuclear Security: Blueprints for a New Generation, the report from ...

Created on 26 July 2018

12. A U.S.-Russia Summit That Left Trump In The Hot Seat

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... The summit took place notwithstanding myriad objections, conjectures and apprehensions from many U.S. political leaders who oppose rapprochement with Russia over a plethora of issues: Crimea, East Ukraine, ...

Created on 21 July 2018

13. Nuclear Disarmament Is Crucial For Global Security – It Shouldn't Have To Wait

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... have both threatened to withdraw from the INF altogether. Outside of the North Korea-US talks, disarmament and nuclear arms control are all but left out of today’s high-level summits. All the while, ...

Created on 15 July 2018

14. UN Nuclear Watchdog Promotes Global Development Agenda

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and SDG 15 devoted to sustainable management of forests, combating desertification, halting and reversing land degradation, and stopping biodiversity loss. According to Jennet Orayeva from the IAEA Department ...

Created on 13 July 2018

15. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... there was a welcome rush to sign. Fifty states signed that day, three of them ratifying at the same time. We’re now up to 59 signatures and 11 ratifications, from diverse regions. The pace of ratifications ...

Created on 13 July 2018

16. Iran Sandwiched Between 'Regime Change' Threat and Menacing Discontent Within

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with a far from envious situation, according to political observers. What started off as protests spurred on by the deteriorating economic conditions in Iran and the inflation in prices of basic necessities ...

Created on 09 July 2018

17. Trump-Putin Summit A New Opportunity To Ban The Bomb

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... complex and the traditional neoliberal 'Republicrats' who have been opposing any efforts of these sorts, and badmouthing and diminishing the positive effects of the encouraging news that resulted from ...

Created on 08 July 2018

18. Diplomacy With North Korea Crucial To Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball Contrary to President Donald Trump’s claim that there is “no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” following his June 12 summit meeting with Kim Jong Un, the mission ...

Created on 04 July 2018

19. NPT Proves To Be An Exercise In Bad Faith As It Turns 50

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Missile Treaty and then planting missiles in eastern Europe. He noted: Back in 2000, the U.S. announced its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Russia was categorically ...

Created on 03 July 2018

20. UN Chief Favours Implementation of Iran Nuclear Deal

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the nuclear deal with Iran is at a “crossroads” and expressed his deep regret over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agreement and ...

Created on 30 June 2018