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1. South Africa: From Nuclear Armed State to Disarmament Hero

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... nuclear weapons program in 1973. Initially, heavy international pressure kept them from testing these weapons. But by 1982, South Africa had developed and built its first nuclear explosive device
. By ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... weapons. [2019-02-26] Nevertheless, the North has stopped nuclear testing. The U.S. only stopped in 1992 and France in 1996, so this is a very important step forward. It should not be minimized as ...

Created on 26 February 2019

3. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... armed States – China, Russia and the United States – have active HGV acquisition programmes and have each undertaken several flight tests. These systems are expected to reach operational readiness within ...

Created on 24 February 2019

4. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to reverse the progress made. And this is not the first such step. The U.S. refused to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the country's unilateral decision in 2002 ended the ...

Created on 21 February 2019

5. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on the one hand and holdup of nuclear tests by North Korea on the other; and, secondly, bilateral negotiations leading to a "bulk of agreements and arrangements" between the two Koreas. Toloraya said ...

Created on 20 February 2019

6. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... on the one hand and holdup of nuclear tests by North Korea on the other; and, secondly, bilateral negotiations leading to a "bulk of agreements and arrangements" between the two Koreas. Toloraya said ...

Created on 20 February 2019

7. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) concluded in 1996 but not yet into force prohibited nuclear explosions in all environments, creating a taboo that reinforces the nuclear non-proliferation regime and helps constrain ...

Created on 06 February 2019

8. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) concluded in 1996 but not yet into force prohibited nuclear explosions in all environments, creating a taboo that reinforces the nuclear non-proliferation regime and helps constrain ...

Created on 06 February 2019

9. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... flight-testing, or deployment of a U.S. ground-launched or ballistic missile – with a range between 500 and 5,500 kilometers – until the Trump Administration provides a report that meets seven specific ...

Created on 02 February 2019

10. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... phase, test the SM-3 Block IIA missile interceptor against an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-class target by 2020, expand the ground-based midcourse defence (GMD) system in Alaska and California ...

Created on 30 January 2019

11. Time Is Running Out For Sensible Decision-Making On Missile Defences

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of Technology, America’s leading scientific university, an expert on NATO’s nuclear policy, says: "All the tests have been characterised by extraordinary efforts to eliminate all objects that could possibly ...

Created on 29 January 2019

12. Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Sustainable Development: Buddhist Leader Urges Increased Role For Youth

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and promote ratification – Friends of the TPNW, modeled on Friends of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which has been lying in limbo since 1996. The SGI President calls on Japan to take the ...

Created on 28 January 2019

13. New U.S. Report Focuses On Possible Future Iranian ICBM

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... kilometers) and there is no indication that Iran is testing systems that exceed the 2,000-kilometer range. And so long as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains in place, Iran’s nuclear ...

Created on 25 January 2019

14. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... have been United Nations disarmament fellows. India has been one of the most active participants in the programme. The subsequent career paths of these fellows stand as an impressive testament both to ...

Created on 23 January 2019

15. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... have been United Nations disarmament fellows. India has been one of the most active participants in the programme. The subsequent career paths of these fellows stand as an impressive testament both to ...

Created on 23 January 2019

16. Report Advising Sweden Not To Join Nuclear Ban Treaty Disappoints ICAN

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and that it is “largely dependent on what has been agreed under the NPT regime including through the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)”. The CTBT is not yet in force and has little prospect of entering ...

Created on 19 January 2019

17. The Guterres Disarmament Agenda: Continuity And Change

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... a prominent advocate for disarmament. He was the first incumbent secretary-general to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, and the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. ...

Created on 15 January 2019

18. Pyongyang And Washington Do Not Speak The Same Language

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... warhead and missile tests in 2018, which Trump frequently cites, as evidence of its commitment to denuclearization, but North Korea is thought to be increasing its stockpile of nuclear materials for warheads. ...

Created on 13 January 2019

19. The INF Treaty Crisis Is A Global Security Problem

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of both parties.” That is a serious mistake. Failure by both sides to take diplomatic engagement more seriously since the 9M729 missile was first tested five years ago has bought us to this point. Barring ...

Created on 10 January 2019

20. I Parlamentari per il Disarmo Nucleare Sottolineano la Necessità di Combattere il Cambiamento Climatico

(Italian)

...  L’evento è stato indetto dall’Unione Interparlamentare (UIP) nel contesto della COP24, la 24^ Conferenza delle Parti sulla Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui Cambiamenti Climatici di Katowice, in ...

Created on 31 December 2018