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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with their undertakings in the Treaty – is based in Pretoria. In 1999, they adhered to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). A 1998 address to the UN General Assembly by President Nelson ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the use of the atom for peace and development. (…) Nuclear Weapon Free Zones can, once the Treaty enters into force, rely on the CTBT verification technologies to enhance their respective verification ...

Created on 27 February 2019

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in Hanoi will be tuning in to the summit as much as they can. The meeting place is probably bugged, and their informants among Vietnamese diplomats are many. It’s important that Trump is well briefed ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Nations, for nearly two years. Against this backdrop, lawyers and nuclear scientists from 10 African countries reviewed the status of their countries’ regulatory frameworks for the security of radioactive ...

Created on 25 February 2019

5. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... an enhanced ability to overcome missile defences due to both this manoeuvrability as well as their depressed trajectories relative to standard ballistic missiles, explains the study by the United Nations ...

Created on 24 February 2019

6. On the Precipice of a Multipolar Qualitative Nuclear Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to assist Member States in their endeavours to create a safer and more secure world. It is the reason why he launched his agenda for disarmament, Securing Our Common Future, here in Geneva. As I have ...

Created on 23 February 2019

7. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... theme of this year's Munich Security Conference that started in 1963 with a friendly exchange of views on foreign policy issues between participants from western part of divided Germany and their counterparts ...

Created on 22 February 2019

8. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... I) and mutual steps towards eliminating a significant part of all tactical nuclear weapons. The two states revised their military doctrines to reduce their reliance on nuclear weapons, slashing their number ...

Created on 21 February 2019

9. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... for North Korea policy, was convinced that North Korea will not denuclearize itself without obtaining any special guarantees from the U.S. "Theirs is a nuclear programme they have suffered to build" over ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... for North Korea policy, was convinced that North Korea will not denuclearize itself without obtaining any special guarantees from the U.S. "Theirs is a nuclear programme they have suffered to build" over ...

Created on 20 February 2019

11. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the development of new types of nuclear weapons. Most possessors of nuclear arsenals adopted unilateral commitments on their size and on the conditions of their possible use. The total number of nuclear ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... the development of new types of nuclear weapons. Most possessors of nuclear arsenals adopted unilateral commitments on their size and on the conditions of their possible use. The total number of nuclear ...

Created on 06 February 2019

13. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... missiles (probably just under100 total, including spares) with some of those located in Western or Southern Russia, which puts targets in Europe within their estimated range (probably around 1,500-2,000 ...

Created on 02 February 2019

14. Mayors, Legislators Push For A Nuclear Weapons Free World

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... all of their nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometres, and to utilize extensive on-site inspections for verification of the agreement. ...

Created on 31 January 2019

15. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... proposes a significant and costly expansion of the role and scope of U.S. missile defences that is likely to exacerbate Russian and Chinese concerns about the threat to their strategic nuclear deterrents, ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on both sides, since the time of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, have feared their destructive power. The supposed value of nuclear arsenal, so called Mutually Assured Destruction, known by its ...

Created on 29 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  Dr. Ikeda urges youth involvement in the SDGs as crucial to their achievement. He calls for expansion of the UNAI network of universities committed to supporting the SDGs through research and teaching ...

Created on 28 January 2019

18. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... programme. Based on geographical representation, 30 countries were finally selected and asked to nominate their diplomats. A key criterion was that they should have prior background in disarmament issues. ...

Created on 23 January 2019

19. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... programme. Based on geographical representation, 30 countries were finally selected and asked to nominate their diplomats. A key criterion was that they should have prior background in disarmament issues. ...

Created on 23 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... attempt by other nations and civil society to influence the disarmament and related policies of nuclear-weapon powers and their allies.” The criticism that the biggest users were not also the negotiating ...

Created on 19 January 2019