Nuclear Weapons Free World No Lost Cause

By JAMSHED BARUAH

 BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – The forthcoming 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August is an appropriate occasion to start developing a legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons. This, according to experts, is the distinct message emerging from the four-week long United Nations conference, which ended without an outcome document on May 22. [P12] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Failure of Review Conference Brings World Close to Nuclear Cataclysm, Warn Activists – Japanese

活動家が警告「NPT運用検討会議決裂で世界は核の大惨事に近づいた」

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核不拡散条約（NPT）運用検討会議は、４週間の協議を経て、予想された結果に終わった。すなわち、会議終盤に議長が各国に提示した最終文書草案の内容は、核保有国と核兵器に依存するその同盟国の見方や利益をおおよそ反映したものだった。

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Opinion: Universalisation and Strengthening Nuke Treaty Review Need to be Qualitative – Japanese

｜視点｜NPT運用検討の普遍化・強化を実質化せねばならない（A・L・A・アジズ・スリランカ軍縮大使）

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核不拡散条約（NPT）の「運用検討プロセスの強化」と「普遍化」の問題は、それぞれの事情を考慮に入れながら検討すべき極めて重要なテーマである。

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Revisionskonferenz zum Atomwaffensperrvertrag gescheitert

Von Thalif Deen

NEW YORK (IPS) – Nach rund vierwöchigen Verhandlungen ist die Revisionskonferenz zum Atomwaffensperrvertrag (Vertrag über die Nichtverbreitung von Kernwaffen – NPT) mit einem wenig überraschenden Ergebnis zu Ende gegangen.

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Vorstoß gegen Kernwaffen ein ‘Rohrkrepierer’ – Interview mit Atomexpertin Simons

Von Thalif Deen

NEW YORK (IPS) – Auf die Frage, mit welchen Waffen der Dritte Weltkrieg geführt werde, sagte der Physiker Albert Einstein: “Ich bin [mir] nicht sicher, mit welchen Waffen der dritte Weltkrieg ausgetragen wird, aber im vierten Weltkrieg werden sie mit Stöcken und Steinen kämpfen.” 

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Faith-Based Organisations Warn of Impending Nuclear Disaster – Chinese

宗教组织警告即将到来的核灾害

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为期一个月的核不扩散条约审查会议进入第二周之际，一个由50个宗教组织（FBO），反核和平运动者和民间社会组织（CSO）组成的联盟接受了一个并不值得羡慕的任务：就核武袭击对人类的毁灭性后果警告世界的3分钟简短演讲。

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Failure of Review Conference Brings World Close to Nuclear Cataclysm, Warn Activists

By THALIF DEEN

UNITED NATIONS, May 23 2015 (IPS) – After nearly four weeks of negotiations, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference ended in a predictable outcome: a text overwhelmingly reflecting the views and interests of the nuclear-armed states and some of their nuclear-dependent allies. [P11] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Opinion: Universalisation and Strengthening Nuke Treaty Review Need to be Qualitative

By AMBASSADOR A. L. A. AZEEZ

Ambassador A.L.A. Azeez is Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka in Vienna.

NEW YORK (IPS) – “Strengthening the Review Process” and “Universalisation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty” (NPT) are distinctly substantive issues, that require consideration with their specificities in view. [P10] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Q&A: Nuclear Disarmament a Non-Starter, “But I Would Love to Be Proven Wrong” – Japanese

核軍縮が成功する見込みはない「しかしそれが間違いであればよいのだが」（ジェニファー・サイモンズ・サイモンズ財団創設者・会長インタビュー）

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相対性理論を構築したことで世界的に有名な物理学者のアルベルト・アインシュタイン博士がかつて発した有名な言葉がある。「第三次世界大戦がどんな兵器でもって戦われるのか私にはわからない。しかし、第四次世界大戦は、石と棍棒で戦われることになるだろう。」

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Q&A: Nuclear Disarmament a Non-Starter, “But I Would Love to Be Proven Wrong”

By THALIF DEEN

Interview with Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, Founder and President of the Simons Foundation, dedicated to the elimination of nuclear weapons

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – Albert Einstein, the internationally-renowned physicist who developed the theory of relativity, once famously remarked: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

Perhaps Einstein visualised a nuclear annihilation in the next world war, with disastrous consequences in its aftermath: humanity going back to the Stone Age. [P09] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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