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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)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT) has been observed around the world on August 29 since 2010. A new element was added this year when President ...

Created on 07 September 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... so without hesitation." The Meeting was convened by Miroslav Lajčák, President of the current session of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote August 29 as the International Day against Nuclear ...

Created on 06 September 2018

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

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... 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

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... Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29. The UN General Assembly proclaimed the day at the initiative of the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. They emphasize that it "is a symbolic day for Kazakhstan ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29. The UN General Assembly proclaimed the day at the initiative of the Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. They emphasize that it "is a symbolic day for Kazakhstan ...

Created on 30 August 2018

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

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Viewpoint by Alice Slater*, The Hill NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – […] Vice-President Mike Pence announced the Trump administration’s plan for a new military command, the U.S. Space Force, emphasizing ...

Created on 21 August 2018

7. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

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Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Everything gets said, nothing gets done. When President Donald Trump met President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, we were promised all ...

Created on 21 August 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... D.C. (IDN-INPS) – The much-anticipated July 16 summit meeting in Helsinki between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin did not go well for the United States. In a news conference following ...

Created on 07 August 2018

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

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Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN | INPS) – In a historic bilateral summit, the United States President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. ...

Created on 21 July 2018

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

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... separate the people, the government and the system, but we will resist." Meanwhile, the situation is reported to have become more critical for President Hassan Rouhani, in the face of the conservative ...

Created on 09 July 2018

11. Diplomacy With North Korea Crucial To Denuclearization

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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

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

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... negotiated the “Iran deal” which provided more stringent inspections of Iran’s enrichment activity, now under assault by the U.S. with the election of Donald Trump as president. Despite the passage of ...

Created on 03 July 2018

13. UN Chief Favours Implementation of Iran Nuclear Deal

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... – 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

14. Experts Accentuate the Significance of Trump-Putin Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... U.S. and Russia for further strategic nuclear arms reductions. Whether presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would turn over a new leaf when they meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16 remains to be ...

Created on 30 June 2018

15. Revolutionary Change Bringing in DPRK From the Cold

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Viewpoint by Jayantha Dhanapala* KANDY (IDN) – Sentosa, the Singapore venue of the historic June 12 summit meeting between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un, is today an ultra modern ...

Created on 22 June 2018

16. Nuclear Ban Treaty Beacons the End of Nuclear Age

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Viewpoint by Rebecca Johnson Dr Rebecca Johnson is founding President of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and director of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy. ...

Created on 20 June 2018

17. Ulaanbaatar Forum Pleads For Denuclearization Leading To Korean Unification

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of agreement." ROK President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK who held an Inter-Korean Summit Meeting at the 'Peace House' at Panmunjom on April 27, 2018 ...

Created on 17 June 2018

18. Substance Eludes Kim-Trump Historic Summit

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By Sergio Duarte The writer is Ambassador, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and President of Pugwash. NEW YORK (IDN) – The off-again, on-again meeting between President Donald ...

Created on 16 June 2018

19. The Trump-Kim Singapore Summit Relieves Tensions, Nuclear Dangers Remain

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By David Krieger The writer is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He is the author and editor of many books on peace and nuclear weapons abolition, including ‘Speaking of Peace: Quotations ...

Created on 14 June 2018

20. Paving the Way to Denuclearization and Peace with North Korea

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... itself is of one mind about its own strategy. Top Trump advisors, including National Security Advisor John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence, contributed to creating a hostile environment just a couple ...

Created on 09 June 2018