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- 21. Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal Under International Law
- (Project Articles)
- ... to resolve conflicts by peaceful means, many countries waged hundreds of wars in which multi-millions of people have been killed, tens of millions made homeless, and countless millions injured and bereaved. ...
- Created on 07 November 2020
- 22. A Rallying Call for Nuclear Weapons Elimination By 2045
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... The costs of such conflicts have been extraordinary. These have included not only the loss of untold millions of innocent civilians but also the annihilation of nature. What is more: Weapons of mass ...
- Created on 05 November 2020
- 23. US Pressurizes TPNW Signatories Triggering Uncertainty About Nuclear-Weapons-Free World
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people back in 1945. Paradoxically, there is also an often-quoted near-truism that “nuclear weapons have done more for world peace than ...
- Created on 01 November 2020
- 24. The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons - Swedish
- (Norwegian | Swedish)
- ... sin kärnvapenarsenal. I haven söder och öster om Kina och Taiwansundet skulle en militär incident, olycka eller felberäkning, som skotten 1914 i Sarajevo, kunna antända ett ständigt eskalerande krig. ...
- Created on 31 October 2020
- 25. Setsuko Thurlow: The TPNW – A Game Changer in Nuclear Disarmament
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... I was not able to stand. I remained in my chair and put my head in my hands and I cried tears of joy. I have committed my life to the abolition of nuclear weapons. I have nothing but gratitude for all ...
- Created on 28 October 2020
- 26. The U.S. Should Embrace TPNW's Vision of a More Democratic World
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... Arms (IALANA), a partner of the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). [2020-10-28] NEW YORK (IDN) – Fifty states have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition ...
- Created on 28 October 2020
- 27. Soon Nuclear Weapons Will Be Prohibited
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... would have unacceptable consequences and that a world free from such weapons is the best guarantee against that possibility. Reliance on deterrence means accepting to live under the constant threat of ...
- Created on 27 October 2020
- 28. Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Based on Common Sense
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... in the TPNW is based on the common sense notion that their use would have unacceptable humanitarian and environmental consequences. Further reductions in existing arsenals and the achievement of nuclear ...
- Created on 26 October 2020
- 29. Towards Banning the Bomb
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... meeting the 50-state minimum necessary for the entry into force. Three years and three months have passed since the treaty was adopted at the United Nations on July 7, 2017, with the support of 122 countries. ...
- Created on 26 October 2020
- 30. Nuclear-armed States Panic as Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty Becomes International Law
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... else, a testament to the relevance of the TPNW. It would have been pointless to declare the non-existence of such a customary norm if it were obvious to everyone that the TPNW could not have an impact ...
- Created on 26 October 2020
- 31. The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... offending the world’s declining hegemon on their own. As we have seen in the past, they can be moved, their policies and commitments changed, in response to public opinion, public debate, and popular mobilization. ...
- Created on 25 October 2020
- 32. The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons
- (Project Articles)
- ... offending the world’s declining hegemon on their own. As we have seen in the past, they can be moved, their policies and commitments changed, in response to public opinion, public debate, and popular mobilization. ...
- Created on 25 October 2020
- 33. Precarious Multilateralism Seizes CTBTO Nuclear-Test-Ban Organization
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... worldwide, have taken a controversial decision by a two-thirds majority. Decisions in the treaty’s body are usually taken by consensus. [2020-10-24] The majority decision on October 19 was focused ...
- Created on 24 October 2020
- 34. 2045: A New Rallying Call for Nuclear Abolition
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... There is no shortage of plans and processes/approaches put forward to achieving a nuclear-weapons-free world. A few of these have been mentioned above including the Global Zero plan, a proposal for a ...
- Created on 22 October 2020
- 35. 2045: A New Rallying Call for Nuclear Abolition
- (Project Articles)
- ... There is no shortage of plans and processes/approaches put forward to achieving a nuclear-weapons-free world. A few of these have been mentioned above including the Global Zero plan, a proposal for a ...
- Created on 22 October 2020
- 36. UN Chief Concerned About Standstill in Arms Control Talks
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... Institute (SIPRI) points out, around 13,400 nuclear weapons remain. Countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. More than half of the world’s ...
- Created on 27 September 2020
- 37. UN Chief Concerned About Standstill in Arms Control Talks
- (Project Articles)
- ... Institute (SIPRI) points out, around 13,400 nuclear weapons remain. Countries possessing such weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals. More than half of the world’s ...
- Created on 27 September 2020
- 38. U.S. Shifts Arms Control Strategy with Russia
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... “There are some conditions that have been laid out for a possible New START extension” that “will depend on how much progress we’re making with Russia,” said Soofer. “Now we are waiting to see if Russia ...
- Created on 17 September 2020
- 39. Fervent Calls for The CTBT To Be Urgently Brought into Force
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... for IDANT, which is marked annually on August 29, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all states that have not yet signed or ratified the CTBT to do so without further delay. "The nuclear menace ...
- Created on 31 August 2020
- 40. Extinguishing Prometheus’ Nuclear Flame: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
- (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)
- ... US ratification of the CTBT – the only country to have done so. By now 24 years have elapsed since the CTBT was concluded but it languishes in limbo awaiting the required six ratifications – the prospects ...
- Created on 31 August 2020
