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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)

... nuclear weapons this century. But the Treaty will not be a "complete success" until it enters into force and is universalized. "This is why the International Day against Nuclear Tests must not only be ...

Created on 07 September 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... successful negotiation and adoption of the CTBT shall always be considered a hard fought victory, complete success will elude us until the Treaty enters into force and is universalized. This is why the ...

Created on 06 September 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... scheduled to expire. Without a decision to extend the treaty, which is allowable under Article XIV, there will be no legally binding limits on the world's two largest arsenals for the first time since ...

Created on 02 September 2018

4. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... common political will is the main obstacle on our path towards a nuclear free world." He drew attention to the fact that High-level Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly will convene in New York ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... common political will is the main obstacle on our path towards a nuclear free world." He drew attention to the fact that High-level Plenary Meeting of the UN General Assembly will convene in New York ...

Created on 30 August 2018

6. California Leads the Way in Support of Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... yet our nuclear policy cannot be the hope that luck will continue. The Resolution passed by a vote of 22 to 8 further points out that, as the effects of climate change place increased stress on communities ...

Created on 30 August 2018

7. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... not by what he says. The Trump Administration in its new nuclear posture review suggests the deployment of smaller nuclear bombs that will make them more useable, for example by blocking an advance of ...

Created on 21 August 2018

8. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... war was almost triggered by accident. Remembering that day, the UN will hold a half-day High-Level Meeting at its headquarters in New York. On that day, world leaders will in New York for the opening ...

Created on 20 August 2018

9. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Project Articles)

... war was almost triggered by accident. Remembering that day, the UN will hold a half-day High-Level Meeting at its headquarters in New York. On that day, world leaders will in New York for the opening ...

Created on 20 August 2018

10. Advancing Disarmament Within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... coherent solutions with a strong development focus to the problem of small arms control, the United Nations will establish a multi-partner trust facility through the Peacebuilding Fund, contributing to ...

Created on 10 August 2018

11. No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More Hibakusha

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... concrete measures that will lower the risk of nuclear annihilation, prevent conflict of all kinds, and reduce the suffering that the proliferation and use of arms causes to civilians. The agenda makes ...

Created on 09 August 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... will be considered and proposes two new, “more usable” types of low-yield nuclear weapons. Russia is also replacing and upgrading its bloated nuclear arsenal. Worse yet, Russia is in violation of the ...

Created on 07 August 2018

13. Study Finds Congressional Attention on Nuclear Security Waning as Nuclear Terrorism Threat Persists

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... conversation. As these materials become more widespread, they will be vulnerable to criminal and terrorist organizations without sufficient security efforts. Despite this risk nuclear security is not ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  Putin praised Trump for taking the initiative to resolve the North Korean issue, and his willingness to adhere to the Minsk agreement on the Ukrainian crisis. On Russia's interference in the U.S. elections, ...

Created on 21 July 2018

15. Nuclear Disarmament Is Crucial For Global Security – It Shouldn't Have To Wait

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... peace, if you will. In clear terms, Guterres surveys the potential for world disarmament, everything from “hand grenades to hydrogen bombs”. He argues that the instability and dangers in international ...

Created on 15 July 2018

16. UN Nuclear Watchdog Promotes Global Development Agenda

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... security, health, clean water and sanitation," he said. "Therefore, the achievement of the Goal 7 will have many positive outcomes for humanity." Effective implementation of Agenda 2030 and the SDGs ...

Created on 13 July 2018

17. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... parties to promote implementation will kick in, and states that have joined will need to incorporate their treaty commitments in domestic law. Leaders of many states that wield nuclear weapons or assist ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 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

19. Trump-Putin Summit A New Opportunity To Ban The Bomb

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and Putin repeats Gorbachev’s offer to the U.S. that he is willing for both countries to rid the world of all their nuclear weapons if Reagan drops his plans to dominate and control the military use of ...

Created on 08 July 2018

20. Diplomacy With North Korea Crucial To Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of people. Rapid progress should be the goal, but comprehensive denuclearization will take years. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a CNN interview on June 24, hinted that more has been accomplished ...

Created on 04 July 2018