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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

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... President Emmanuel Macron in their bilateral discussion on September 24, 2018, at the Lotte New York Palace in New York. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. IDN is flagship agency of the International Press Syndicate. ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons – a group of diverse faith-based organizations and individuals committed to a nuclear-weapon-free world – have ...

Created on 11 November 2018

3. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

4. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

5. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... of the Soviet Union, have written opinion pieces in the New York Times, with Schultz saying that the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) signed by Reagan and Gorbachev should be ...

Created on 08 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... of the Soviet Union, have written opinion pieces in the New York Times, with Schultz saying that the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) signed by Reagan and Gorbachev should be ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Go Hand in Hand

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... Dato' Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob of Malaysia has been appointed as Chair of the Third Preparatory Committee session of this NPT review cycle from April 29 to May 10, 2019 in New York. – The Editor ...

Created on 29 October 2018

8. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

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By Claire Ochroch This report first appeared on October 25, 2018 in The Daily Pennsylvanian. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Speakers from across the world stopped by Penn's Perry World House on October 23 ...

Created on 27 October 2018

9. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu has expressed her "gratitude" to the Kazakhstan for their continued partnership with the UN Office ...

Created on 23 October 2018

10. Full Potential of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Has Yet to be Recognised

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... organized by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations on Consolidating and Enhancing Cooperation among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones. – The Editor NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Between the Treaty ...

Created on 23 October 2018

11. Time Out for Nukes!

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Viewpoint by Alice Slater The author is a member of the World Beyond War Coordinating Committee and the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. NEW YORK (IDN) – With 122 nations ...

Created on 22 October 2018

12. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

13. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

14. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

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... UN in New York and Geneva on disarmament issues have participated in this program and gained knowledge of the reality of atomic bombing. Ms. Masako Toki, Education project manager at the James Martin ...

Created on 30 September 2018

15. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

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... UN in New York and Geneva on disarmament issues have participated in this program and gained knowledge of the reality of atomic bombing. Ms. Masako Toki, Education project manager at the James Martin ...

Created on 30 September 2018

16. The World Needs a Strong Legal Framework for Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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... the UN Security Council on "Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Non-proliferation of WMD" on 26 September 2018 in New York. NEW YORK (IDN) – Countering the spread and use of WMD: This goal ...

Created on 28 September 2018

17. Upcoming UN General Assembly Promises a Whiff of History

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Fourth Woman President in 73 years – 18-year-old Female Activist to Speak at High Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The 73rd session of the United Nations ...

Created on 16 September 2018

18. Kudos for Kazakhstan's 'Leading Role' as UN General Assembly Campaigns for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT) has been observed around the world on August 29 since 2010. A new element was added this year when President ...

Created on 07 September 2018

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

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Viewpoint by Dr Lassina Zerbo NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – In a keynote address at the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day Against Nuclear Test ...

Created on 06 September 2018

20. 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