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1. Growing Anxiety About the Crucial 2020 NPT Review Conference

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... year’s NPT Preparatory Committee were low at best. Not surprisingly, given the nuclear powers’ reliance on their genocidal and omnicidal arsenals and pressures building for nuclear weapons proliferation, ...

Created on 27 October 2019

2. Growing Anxiety About the Crucial 2020 NPT Review Conference

(Project Articles)

... year’s NPT Preparatory Committee were low at best. Not surprisingly, given the nuclear powers’ reliance on their genocidal and omnicidal arsenals and pressures building for nuclear weapons proliferation, ...

Created on 27 October 2019

3. IAEA LEU Bank in Kazakhstan Becomes Operational

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... LEU Bank will provide countries investing in nuclear power an assured supply of fuel to use for peaceful purposes without incurring the significant costs of building their own enrichment facilities and ...

Created on 23 October 2019

4. President Erdogan Muses Over Turkey Owning Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Turkey to lose its production work on the jet. On September 4, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said that it had moved ahead with the training of their air force personnel to operate the S-400 ...

Created on 22 October 2019

5. India-Pak Nuclear War Would Kick Off Catastrophic Scenarios

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the target but that the remaining 170 will be detonated over their targets. We further assume that 20 of these explosions will be over isolated military, nuclear, or industrial areas. The balance, 150 ...

Created on 05 October 2019

6. New Study Warns of Devastating Global Consequences of an India-Pakistan Nuclear War

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... could ripple across the globe. Today, India and Pakistan each have about 150 nuclear warheads at their disposal, and that number is expected to climb to more than 200 by 2025.  The picture is grim. ...

Created on 05 October 2019

7. New Study Warns of Devastating Global Consequences of an India-Pakistan Nuclear War

(Project Articles)

... could ripple across the globe. Today, India and Pakistan each have about 150 nuclear warheads at their disposal, and that number is expected to climb to more than 200 by 2025.  The picture is grim. ...

Created on 05 October 2019

8. DPRK Blames U.S. For ‘Little Progress’ in Achieving Peace on The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... can only be achieved when the South Korean authorities put an end to big-Power worship and the policy of dependence on foreign forces encroaching upon the common interests of the nation and fulfill their ...

Created on 01 October 2019

9. Nobel Peace Laureates Call for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... accentuated the need to strengthen basic freedoms. [2019-09-30] In their Declaration titled ‘Make Your Mark for Peace’ emerging from the 17th Nobel Peace Summit, they also express “deep concern” over ...

Created on 30 September 2019

10. UN Chief Warns of Nuclear Disarmament Going Reverse

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  But anti-nuclear activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) expressed their concerns—and were alarmed – at recent developments, including the halting progress on nuclear disarmament and rising ...

Created on 29 September 2019

11. UN Chief Warns of Nuclear Disarmament Going Reverse

(Project Articles)

...  But anti-nuclear activists and civil society organizations (CSOs) expressed their concerns—and were alarmed – at recent developments, including the halting progress on nuclear disarmament and rising ...

Created on 29 September 2019

12. 12 States Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty at Signature Ceremony

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Grenada, Lesotho, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Tanzania and Zambia signed the Treaty; Bangladesh, Kiribati and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic deposited their instruments of ratification. Maldives and Trinidad ...

Created on 29 September 2019

13. A New Iran Deal French Proposal on Hold as Tensions Mount

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... enforcement of secondary sanctions on their own institutions. Trump’s approval would not necessarily require U.S. decision to rejoin the JCPOA, but it would allow the other five parties to uphold their ...

Created on 27 September 2019

14. Military Confrontation with Russia in Kaliningrad Is Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power Photo: Local residents in Kaliningrad at "Immortal regiment", carrying portraits of their ancestors who fought in World War II, on Victory Day in Kaliningrad, 9 May 2017. ...

Created on 24 September 2019

15. Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.” Moreover, “convinced that nuclear disarmament ...

Created on 13 September 2019

16. Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

(Project Articles)

... weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.” Moreover, “convinced that nuclear disarmament ...

Created on 13 September 2019

17. Russian Weapons Accident Raises Nuclear Concerns

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 13, only two were sending information to the CTBTO, although two more resumed their data flow by August 20, according to information shared with Arms Control Today. Russian officials told the CTBTO that ...

Created on 13 September 2019

18. Continuing Upsurge in Costs of U.S. Nuclear Warheads

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... This article was first published in Arms Control Today (ACT). WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – The estimated cost of sustaining U.S. nuclear warheads and their supporting infrastructure ...

Created on 09 September 2019

19. UN Denies Endorsement of India in Nuclear Suppliers Group

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... August 25). Asked to confirm the Secretary-General’s endorsement of India’s membership in the NSG, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told IDN: “No, that topic was not discussed in their meeting.” But ...

Created on 05 September 2019

20. UN Denies Endorsement of India in Nuclear Suppliers Group

(Project Articles)

... August 25). Asked to confirm the Secretary-General’s endorsement of India’s membership in the NSG, UN deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq told IDN: “No, that topic was not discussed in their meeting.” But ...

Created on 05 September 2019