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1. Experts Exhort Nuclear Deal Signatories to Help Iran

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of a threat," says the ACA. It adds that even if Iran pursued the completion of the reactor based on the original design, which would produce enough plutonium for about two nuclear weapons per year, ...

Created on 08 May 2019

2. Kazakhstan Calls for Rigorous Implementation of the NPT

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with a statement on behalf of the Group of States Parties to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (the Semipalatinsk Treaty), which this year celebrates the 10th Anniversary of its ...

Created on 03 May 2019

3. UNODA Chief Focuses on Youth Engagement in Meeting with NGOs

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... frontier technologies. In such deliberations, she said, youth bring unique expertise and familiarity with these new technologies, which are second nature to their generation. [IDN-InDepthNews – 02 May ...

Created on 02 May 2019

4. High School Students' Conference Stimulates Youth Engagement in Nuclear Disarmament

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... Minister Taro Kono. This year again, CIF students were designated as a Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons by the Japanese Foreign Ministry, which further enhanced students’ motivation ...

Created on 28 April 2019

5. UN Organizes Events Engaging Youth in Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... third and last event, UNODA interns created an exhibit on military expenditure and the sustainable development goals which an intern presented at the ECOSOC Youth Forum. The following are extensive excerpts ...

Created on 24 April 2019

6. UN Eager to Advance Commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation

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... countries, including 179 which are States parties to the NPT. However, key challenges include a steady increase in the amount of nuclear material and the number of nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, ...

Created on 23 April 2019

7. UN Eager to Advance Commitment to Nuclear Non-Proliferation

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... countries, including 179 which are States parties to the NPT. However, key challenges include a steady increase in the amount of nuclear material and the number of nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, ...

Created on 23 April 2019

8. North Korea Stays in Focus Amid Talk About Next Summits

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... strategic decision to give up nuclear weapons.” He said Trump would be willing to participate in a third summit if he can get a “real deal,” which Bolton described as a “big deal,” likely referring ...

Created on 20 April 2019

9. Eminent Buddhist Leader Urges Halt to Nuclear Weapons and Killer Robots

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... States and Russia have announced suspension of their compliance with the Treaty, which will terminate in August if the confrontation between them remains unresolved. Prospects for the United States and ...

Created on 19 April 2019

10. African Nations Can Choose Their Own Destiny

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... the planet. Such decrease in global food supplies could be putting up to 2 billion people at risk of starvation.[i] It’s not hard to see how Africa could suffer tremendously from a crisis in which they ...

Created on 14 April 2019

11. South Africa a Shining Example of Dismantling Nuclear Arsenal

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... in the late 20th Century, which was a critical factor in moving the South African government to end apartheid in 1994, anticipates Thies Kätow, researcher for the World Future Council. [2019-04-13 ...

Created on 13 April 2019

12. South Africa a Shining Example of Dismantling Nuclear Arsenal

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... in the late 20th Century, which was a critical factor in moving the South African government to end apartheid in 1994, anticipates Thies Kätow, researcher for the World Future Council. [2019-04-13 ...

Created on 13 April 2019

13. Moving Money for a Nuclear-Free and Eco Friendly World

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... incentives from destroying the planet to instead support peace and the environment." The conference is part of the move the nuclear weapons money campaign which is gaining traction around the world, ...

Created on 11 April 2019

14. 2020 Trump Budget Aims to Boost U.S. Nuclear Capabilities

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... weapons from fiscal years 2019 through 2028. That is an increase of $94 billion, or 23 percent, from the CBO’s previous 10-year estimate of $400 billion, which was published in January 2017. (See ACT, ...

Created on 03 April 2019

15. Not Collusion with Russia but Trump’s Confrontational Policies Threaten Peace

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... carried out by Robert Mueller. The big clue lay in Trump’s anti-Russian posture. Trump has continued the expansion of NATO which Russia, more than understandably, sees as a provocative, unfriendly and ...

Created on 26 March 2019

16. Beyond the U.S.-North Korean Summits in Singapore and Hanoi

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... which North Korea appeared unprepared to discuss at the summit and was not acceptable to Kim. The extent of the sanctions relief that North Korea wanted from the United States was significant. It is ...

Created on 22 March 2019

17. Germany Backs UN Chief in Countering Autonomous Weapons

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... autonomous killer robots, cyber weapons and new biological agents has created scenarios for which there are to date almost no internationally recognised rules, he added. The conference was part of an ...

Created on 17 March 2019

18. Countering Challenges Affecting Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

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... efforts for their control and regulation. This trend is aptly demonstrated by the four sectoral areas highlighted by this conference, each of which are covered in the disarmament agenda, as I will briefly ...

Created on 16 March 2019

19. Strategic Realities Impeding Nuclear Disarmament

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... of international arrangements in the field of nuclear arms control. The NPT itself, which is considered the cornerstone of the international non-proliferation regime, may be negatively affected in consequence. ...

Created on 13 March 2019

20. The Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit Disappointing But Not Devastating

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...  In the early morning hours of March 1 in Hanoi, North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho held a short press conference in which he disputed Trump’s account of the negotiating sessions. He said North ...

Created on 07 March 2019