Nuclear-Test-Ban Debate Focuses on Iran and North Korea

By Ramesh Jaura

VIENNA (IDN) – Iran and North Korea dominated the landmark symposium ‘Science and Diplomacy for Peace and Security’ organised by the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) end of January in Vienna, the capital of Austria.

As chance would have it, ahead of the event, on January 16, U.S. President Barack Obama revoked a 20-year system of sanctions against Iran and Federica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs, announced the lifting of EU economic blockade against Tehran.

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New Study Says Next Generation Remains Oblivious To Nuclear Dangers – Japanese

核の危機に依然として無知で無関心な若者たち

【国連IDN＝ロドニー・レイノルズ】

１９４５年８月の広島・長崎への原爆投下から７０年以上にわたって、平和活動家たちは「核兵器なき世界」に向けた世界的なキャンペーンをたゆみなく続けてきた。

この問題について長期に亘って議論を展開してきた国連は、核軍縮に関する数多くの決議を毎年採択し続けている。

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Kazakh Efforts Lead to a UN Declaration on a Nuke Free World

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – The Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan is widely acknowledged as an unrelenting champion of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The country’s latest accomplishment is the resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly along with the Universal Declaration on the Achievement of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World.

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New Study Says Next Generation Remains Oblivious To Nuclear Dangers – Arabic

دراسة جديدة تقول أن الجيل القادم لا يزال غافلاً عن المخاطر النووية

بقلم رودني رينولدز

الأمم المتحددة (IDN) – لأكثر من 70 عاماً منذ التفجير الكارثي لهيروشيما وناغازاكي في أغسطس/ آب 1945، واصل نشطاء السلام حملة عالمية دون هوادة لأجل عالم خال من الأسلحة النووية.

إن الأمم المتحدة التي ظلت تشارك في النقاش لوقت طويل، تواصل اعتماد عشرات القرارات كل عام بشأن نزع السلاح النووي.   

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Banning The Bomb With Science And Diplomacy

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN) – The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) is organising a symposium on the role of science and diplomacy for peace and security as the first in a series of events this year to push for entry into force of a law prohibiting atomic explosions by everyone and everywhere.

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New Study Says Next Generation Remains Oblivious To Nuclear Dangers

By Rodney Reynolds

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – For over 70 years since the disastrous bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, peace activists have continued their relentless global campaign for a world without nuclear weapons.

The United Nations, which has remained engaged in a longstanding debate, continues to adopt scores of resolutions every year on nuclear disarmament.   

And in December, not surprisingly, the 193-member General Assembly wrapped up its 2015 sessions adopting 57 draft resolutions on arms control and disarmament – 23 of which were on nuclear weapons. [P42] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | KOREAN TEXT VERSION PDF | NORWEGIAN

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Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons High on UN Agenda in 2016 – Japanese

２０１６年の最重要課題となる核兵器禁止条約

【ベルリン／ニューヨークIDN＝ジャムシェッド・バルーア】

核兵器なき世界の達成にむけた国連総会のオープン参加国作業グループは、持続可能な開発目標とともに、２０１５年が翌年に積み残した重要な課題である。

国連総会はまた他にも多くの重要な決議を採択している。１３９か国が「核兵器の禁止・廃絶に向けた法的欠落を埋める」ことを誓った。１４４か国が「いかなる状況の下でも」核兵器が二度と使用されないことが人類の利益にかなうと宣言した。１３２か国が核兵器は「本来的に道徳に反するもの」だと述べた。

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Security Council Joins The U.S. And EU In Removing Sanctions Against Iran

 By J. Nastranis

NEW YORK | VIENNA (IDN) – While the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the lifting of sanctions on Iran, the Security Council announced on January 17 that it has removed Iranian Bank Sepah and its international subsidiary from a sanctions list.

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Multilateral Diplomacy Triumphs As Sanctions Against Iran Are Lifted

By Jaya Ramachandran

VIENNA (IDN) – Political will and multilateral diplomacy marked a milestone as U.S. President Barack Obama revoked a 20-year system of sanctions against Iran and Federica Mogherini, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and a Council member of the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), announced the lifting of EU economic blockade against Tehran on January 16.

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A Turning Point in the Iran File: Implementation Day

By James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS)

On January 16 the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano issued a report to the UN Security Council and the IAEA’s Board of Governors that, with immediate effect, results in the termination of sanctions under all previous resolutions adopted by the Security Council on Iran’s nuclear program.

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