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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)

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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Alice Slater*, The Hill NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – […] Vice-President Mike Pence announced the Trump administration’s plan for a new military command, the U.S. Space Force, emphasizing ...

Created on 21 August 2018

6. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in, saying it had been a false alarm. Recently in an amazing statement a group of former intelligence chiefs more or less said, according to an op-ed article in the New York Times, that the military ...

Created on 21 August 2018

7. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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... 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

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

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... 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. Advancing Disarmament Within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – The idea that disarmament and arms control are connected to development is not new. Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations recognizes disarmament as a precondition for ...

Created on 10 August 2018

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

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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

11. UN Nuclear Watchdog Promotes Global Development Agenda

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – At the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, concluding on July 18 in New York, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has highlighted ...

Created on 13 July 2018

12. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... ago, on 7 July 2017 at the United Nations in New York, 122 nations took a historic step when they voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty filled a gaping hole in international ...

Created on 13 July 2018

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

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... Peace May be Breaking Out!! https://worldbeyondwar.org/watch-out-world-peace-may-be-breaking-out/ NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Less than a week or so before Donald Trump's groundbreaking meeting planned with ...

Created on 08 July 2018

14. NPT Proves To Be An Exercise In Bad Faith As It Turns 50

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Viewpoint by Alice Slater The writer is the New York representative for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and serves on the Coordinating Committee of World Beyond War. NEW YORK (IDN) – On July 1, ...

Created on 03 July 2018

15. Experts Accentuate the Significance of Trump-Putin Summit

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By Jamshed Baruah NEW YORK (IDN) – "We are on the brink of a new cold war," warned UN Secretary-General António Guterres on May 24, 2018 adding that there are no negotiations under way between the ...

Created on 30 June 2018

16. Substance Eludes Kim-Trump Historic Summit

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By Sergio Duarte The writer is Ambassador, former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, and President of Pugwash. NEW YORK (IDN) – The off-again, on-again meeting between President Donald ...

Created on 16 June 2018

17. ICAN Expects Nuclear Ban Treaty to Enter into Force in 2019 - Swedish

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... i New York under 2017, FN:s högsta nivåkonferens 2018 på något sätt blev mindre viktigt än den tidigare ansetts vara. Det fanns flera olika faktorer som ledde till att man på sköt upp den på ...

Created on 09 June 2018

18. World Peace Eludes, Nuclear Armageddon Looms

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Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN) – Lately, we have seen a barrage of international conflicts that have severely undermined the United Nations efforts to maintain peace and security. The ...

Created on 31 May 2018

19. ICAN Expects Nuclear Ban Treaty to Enter into Force in 2019

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... So, the Treaty should be well on the way to entering into force by the end of this year. There was a general feeling that given all the activity on nuclear disarmament in New York in 2017, the 2018 UN ...

Created on 29 May 2018

20. ICAN Expects Nuclear Ban Treaty to Enter into Force in 2019

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... So, the Treaty should be well on the way to entering into force by the end of this year. There was a general feeling that given all the activity on nuclear disarmament in New York in 2017, the 2018 UN ...

Created on 29 May 2018