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21. About us: (About Us); ... legislators and decision-makers globally and in countries that feel the necessity to review the very concept of non-proliferation as advocated by the nuclear-weapon states. The significance of the Project ...; Created on 01 August 2020
22. Young Leaders Across Northeast Asia Tackle Challenging Security Questions: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... youth Steering Committee for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Northeast Asia engaged with United Nations staff earlier in July on a range of pressing international security challenges. Their webinar ...; Created on 10 July 2020
23. Combating the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Needs 'Responsible' Media: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... have a far-reaching domino effect. The non-proliferation regime is being weakened due to refusal of the nuclear-weapon states, parties to the NPT, to implement their commitment to "pursue negotiations ...; Created on 26 June 2020
24. Combating the Threat of Nuclear Weapons Needs 'Responsible' Media: (Project Articles); ... have a far-reaching domino effect. The non-proliferation regime is being weakened due to refusal of the nuclear-weapon states, parties to the NPT, to implement their commitment to "pursue negotiations ...; Created on 26 June 2020
25. How Covid-19 Is Impacting Multilateral Disarmament and Arms Control: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has asked the UN Secretariat to place a tentative hold on the dates of 4 to 29 January 2021 for the Review Conference. He will seek a formal ...; Created on 06 June 2020
26. Eminent Persons Warn Against Any Demonstration Nuclear Test Explosion: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Duarte (the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2007 to 2012 and Pugwash President); Thomas Hajnoczi (Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Austrian Federal ...; Created on 30 May 2020
27. Eminent Persons Warn Against Any Demonstration Nuclear Test Explosion: (Project Articles); ... Duarte (the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs from 2007 to 2012 and Pugwash President); Thomas Hajnoczi (Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the Austrian Federal ...; Created on 30 May 2020
28. Multilateralism, The Covid-19 Pandemic and The NPT Review Conference: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... (BWC) and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In 1968 the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was opened for the signature of states and entered into force two years later. ...; Created on 28 May 2020
29. 'Abolition 2000' Warns Against Resumption of Nuclear Testing: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... which in the end will require the global abolition of nuclear arms," the Abolition 2000 concludes. The Abolition 2000 network was formed in April 1995, during the first weeks of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation ...; Created on 25 May 2020
30. NPT's 50th Anniversary Encourages 17 Signatories To Remind Five Nuclear-Weapons States of Their Commitments: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); By UN Bureau Photo: Every five years since it entered into force in 1970, the states parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) have held a conference to review its operation and to come to ...; Created on 24 May 2020
31. The US Seeks Iran Arms Embargo Extension Riling Europe: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... agreeing the Iran Nuclear deal, 14 July 2015. Courtesy of Dragan Tatic/Wikimedia. While Julia Masterson is research assistant, Kelsey Davenport is the director for non-proliferation policy at Arms Control ...; Created on 17 May 2020
32. Postponement of NPT Review Conference Offers an Opportunity: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... international conferences. One such victim, unfortunately, is the 10th Conference to review the operation of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons – a central pillar in the current architecture ...; Created on 15 May 2020
33. Global Civil Society Demands Bolder Action from NPT States Parties: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... and to realise their commitment to the “complete elimination of nuclear weapons”. The statement coincided with the 25th anniversary on May 11 of the indefinite extension of the nuclear Non-Proliferation ...; Created on 12 May 2020
34. Global Civil Society Demands Bolder Action from NPT States Parties: (Project Articles); ... and to realise their commitment to the “complete elimination of nuclear weapons”. The statement coincided with the 25th anniversary on May 11 of the indefinite extension of the nuclear Non-Proliferation ...; Created on 12 May 2020
35. 25 Years After the Indefinite Extension of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: A Field of Broken Promises and Shattered Visions: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); By Tariq Rauf* Photo: Opening of the Review and Extension Conference of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 17 April 1995. Seated on the podium ...; Created on 11 May 2020
36. World Conference Calls for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Reversing Climate Change: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... to "continue to work tirelessly" for a set of objectives. These include Immediate fulfilment of Article 6 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which requires cessation of ...; Created on 30 April 2020
37. World Conference Calls for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Reversing Climate Change: (Project Articles); ... to "continue to work tirelessly" for a set of objectives. These include Immediate fulfilment of Article 6 of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which requires cessation of ...; Created on 30 April 2020
38. Proposal to Convene NPT Review Conference in January 2021: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... NPT Review Conference to 2021 and Convene in Vienna, I had provided information and perspectives on the Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty scheduled at the United Nations in New ...; Created on 20 April 2020
39. Una oportunidad inesperada para el éxito de la conferencia aplazada sobre la revisión del NPT: (Spanish); ... pantalla del documental Good Thinking, Those Who've Tried To Halt Nuclear Weapons. [1] Jayantha Dhanapala, Reflections on the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Solna, Suecia, SIPRI, ...; Created on 13 April 2020
40. An Unexpected Chance for the Success of Postponed NPT Review Conference: (Project Articles); ... during the signing of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 1968. Eventually, 188 countries signed the treaty, which was made into law in 1970. Photo credit: Screen capture from the documentary 'Good Thinking, ...; Created on 12 April 2020