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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)

... on September 6, 2018, CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Lassina Zerbo exhorted "all countries – small and large – that have not yet signed or ratified" the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) "to do ...

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)

... Race?' WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Five long years have passed since U.S. President Barack Obama proposed and Russian President Vladimir Putin unfortunately rejected negotiations designed to cut their ...

Created on 02 September 2018

4. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | VIENNA | ASTANA (IDN) – The Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov and CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Lassina Zerbo have called on all States Signatories "to ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | VIENNA | ASTANA (IDN) – The Kazakh Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Abdrakhmanov and CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Lassina Zerbo have called on all States Signatories "to ...

Created on 30 August 2018

6. California Leads the Way in Support of Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... State Assembly member Monique Limón introduced the Resolution emphasizing that since the height of the Cold War, the United States and Russia have dismantled more than 50,000 nuclear warheads, but 15,000 ...

Created on 30 August 2018

7. U.S. Goes for 'Space Force All the Way'

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... President Donald Trump’s urging that “It is not enough to merely have an American presence in space: we must have American dominance in space.” Pence’s announcement was greeted by Trump, tweeting in response, ...

Created on 21 August 2018

8. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Trump being in Putin's pocket yet when, soon after Trump became president, Putin suggested major cuts in nuclear weapons Trump turned him down. This would have been a fantastic way to start his presidency. ...

Created on 21 August 2018

9. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 80 times the amount needed for global humanitarian aid, he said. "Meanwhile, disarmament processes have slowed and even come to a halt," said the UN Chief in an obvious dig in particular at the five ...

Created on 20 August 2018

10. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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... 80 times the amount needed for global humanitarian aid, he said. "Meanwhile, disarmament processes have slowed and even come to a halt," said the UN Chief in an obvious dig in particular at the five ...

Created on 20 August 2018

11. Advancing Disarmament Within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of the SDGs. All Member States have committed themselves to taking such an integrated approach. A central concern for disarmament and arms control is the protection of civilians from the impact of weapons. ...

Created on 10 August 2018

12. No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More Hibakusha

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Viewpoint by António Guterres The survivors of the atomic bombings, known in Japanese as the hibakusha, have become global "leaders for peace and disarmament", United Nations Secretary-General António ...

Created on 09 August 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... agreements were reached on nuclear arms control in Helsinki and the administration doesn’t yet have a position on whether to extend New START. U.S. officials have said that Washington has been seeking ...

Created on 07 August 2018

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

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... items for Congress. The Nuclear Security Summit process and U.S. nuclear security and threat reduction programs have played a vital role in reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism, the study notes. However, ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Russian-related targets". Following the summit, the U.S. media have been flooded with derision and condemnation of Trump for not berating Putin over the controversial issues. Perhaps, adding fuel to ...

Created on 21 July 2018

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

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Viewpoint by Dan Plesch, SOAS, University of London LONDON (IDN-INPS) – A network of global institutions were created in 1945 to try and avert another global conflict. They have been gradually undermined ...

Created on 15 July 2018

17. UN Nuclear Watchdog Promotes Global Development Agenda

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... security, health, clean water and sanitation," he said. "Therefore, the achievement of the Goal 7 will have many positive outcomes for humanity." Effective implementation of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs ...

Created on 13 July 2018

18. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of Nuclear Weapons”. The peak global bodies of doctors, nurses and public health professionals have urged the same. The significance of the Treaty was recognised in the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Revolutionary Guards and other security forces, the slogans are getting louder against the domestic and foreign policy of the country. It has been observed that protest slogans have been demanding what ...

Created on 09 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in the UN General Assembly to ban the bomb, just as we have banned biological and chemical weapons. The new ban treaty shattered the establishment consensus that the proper way to avoid nuclear catastrophe ...

Created on 08 July 2018