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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)

... in the world with incredible speed and precision. "Because of the CTBT, we have transitioned away from a world in which nuclear tests were carried out with near impunity," noted Dr. Zerbo. Since the ...

Created on 07 September 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... so without hesitation." The Meeting was convened by Miroslav Lajčák, President of the current session of the General Assembly to commemorate and promote August 29 as the International Day against Nuclear ...

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)

By Daryl G. Kimball The United States and Russia are rushing forward with costly, ambitious plans to upgrade their Cold War nuclear arsenals and develop new types of destabilizing nuclear weapon, ...

Created on 02 September 2018

4. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... law that universally bans nuclear tests. "We are working unstintingly to achieve this, together with our partners in Europe and elsewhere. The states that have not yet ratified and signed the CTBT should ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... law that universally bans nuclear tests. "We are working unstintingly to achieve this, together with our partners in Europe and elsewhere. The states that have not yet ratified and signed the CTBT should ...

Created on 30 August 2018

6. California Leads the Way in Support of Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... were complying with their obligation to act, the U.S. was "shamefully hostile" to this process. Whereas the vast majority of the world’s countries are moving forward to outlaw and stigmatize nuclear ...

Created on 30 August 2018

7. U.S. Goes for 'Space Force All the Way'

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... are believed to be developing the ability to shoot down satellites in space. We reach this point after a sad history of missed opportunities for peace in space and nuclear disarmament. It began with ...

Created on 21 August 2018

8. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to get the new treaty with Russia approved in the Senate. (It’s called New START.) In Helsinki, Putin suggested that they extend the life of New START, due to expire in 2021, since it only requires both ...

Created on 21 August 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in November 2017. The symposium participants – including the Tokyo-based Soka Gakkai International (SGI) presided by Dr Ikeda – agreed that in pursuing the goal of a world without nuclear weapons, we ...

Created on 20 August 2018

10. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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... Vatican in November 2017. The symposium participants – including the Tokyo-based Soka Gakkai International (SGI) presided by Dr Ikeda – agreed that in pursuing the goal of a world without nuclear weapons, ...

Created on 20 August 2018

11. Advancing Disarmament Within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... durable peace, security and development by calling for the maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion of the world’s economic and human resources for arms.   For ...

Created on 10 August 2018

12. No More Hiroshimas, No More Nagasakis, No More Hibakusha

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... Editor  JAPANESE NAGASAKI (IDN-INPS) – I am humbled, as Secretary-General of the United Nations, to be here with you to commemorate the women, men and children killed by the nuclear attack on ...

Created on 09 August 2018

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

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Viewpoint by Thomas M. Countryman, Kingston A. Reif and Daryl G. Kimball The following analysis is the Arms Control Association's latest Issue Brief with the caption Can Trump and Putin Head Off a ...

Created on 07 August 2018

14. Rising Nuclear Tensions Call For Elimination Of Atomic Weapons

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... the blinding flash of nuclear destruction, and in the weeks, months and years that followed, and to stand in solidarity with the Hibakusha and their families. JAPANESE What occurred in Hiroshima on ...

Created on 06 August 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... wrong hands," said Nathan Sermonis, Executive Director of Partnership for a Secure America. "Unfortunately, congressional interest has steeply declined with nuclear security faded from the headlines. We ...

Created on 26 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN | INPS) – In a historic bilateral summit, the United States President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. ...

Created on 21 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... (INF), which helped dramatically reduce US-Soviet tensions in Europe. But this year’s NATO summit began with an openly acrimonious exchange over the allies’ relative defence spending, and the US and Russia ...

Created on 15 July 2018

18. UN Nuclear Watchdog Promotes Global Development Agenda

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... presentations of key elements of the IAEA’s capacity building framework for energy planning that integrate the complex challenges associated with the sustainable development goals. The IAEA instructors ...

Created on 13 July 2018

19. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in relation to North Korea notwithstanding, no disarmament negotiations are underway, and the nuclear-armed states are collectively investing over US$100 billion annually in refurbishing their weapons ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with a far from envious situation, according to political observers. What started off as protests spurred on by the deteriorating economic conditions in Iran and the inflation in prices of basic necessities ...

Created on 09 July 2018