Kazakhstan’s Election to Security Council Profoundly Historic

Analysis by Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – The election of Kazakhstan as a non-permanent member of the Security Council has not come as a surprise to observers who have been witness to bold initiatives that this country in Central Asia has launched for the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world and sustainable development.

Yet the June 28 vote in favour of Kazakhstan, the world’s largest landlocked country, is profoundly historic. The Central Asian state bagged 138 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly – more than the two-thirds majority of the voting member states required to win the seat on the Council.

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Los peores actos de la Era Nuclear

Punto de vista de David Krieger *

SANTA BARBARA | USA (IDN)- Los diez peores actos de la Era Nuclear que se describen a continuación, han fijado el tono de nuestro tiempo. Han causado inmenso sufrimiento y muerte; han sido tremendamente costosos; han impulsado la proliferación nuclear; han abierto la puerta al terrorismo nuclear, accidentes nucleares y a la guerra nuclear; y están llevando de nuevo al mundo hacia una segunda Guerra Fría.

Estos “diez peores actos” constituyen información importante para cualquiera que trate de entender el tiempo en que vivimos, y cómo los peligros nucleares que enfrentamos se han ido intensificado por las opciones de liderazgo y de política formuladas por los Estados Unidos y por los otros ocho países que poseen armas nucleares..

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A 70-year-old Plan Could Avert Another Nuclear Arms Race

Analysis by Bennett Ramberg*

LOS ANGELES (INPS-IDN | Yale Global) – Seventy years ago in June the United States placed on the global agenda a proposal that would have eliminated nuclear weapons for all time. Drawing on the US State Department’s Acheson-Lilienthal scientific advisory study, the Truman administration turned to the long-time confidant of presidents, Bernard Baruch, to craft a proposal for global action.

In June 1946, Baruch appeared before the newly constituted UN Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) to present the nuclear abolition plan that would come to bear his name. He called for establishment of an International Atomic Development Authority that would retain “managerial control or ownership of all atomic energy potentially dangerous to world security,” eliminate weapons manufacturing and dispose of all existing bombs while asserting “power to control, inspect, license all other atomic activities” coupled with assured enforcement.

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New Data Dampens Hope of a Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons – Arabic

بيانات جديد تحبط الأمل في فرض حظر عالمي على الأسلحة النووية

تحليل راميش جاورا

برلين(IDN) – على الرغم من أن الحملات التي تطالب بعالم خالٍ من الأسلحة النووية تثق في أن “فرض الحظر قادم“، إلا أن بيانات القوات النووية السنوية الصادرة من معهد أبحاث السلام الدولي في ستوكهولم (SIPRI) قد بدأت يوم 13 يونيو تعطي الأمل للتفاؤل.

يقول شانون كايل، رئيس مشروع SIPRI للأسلحة النووية “على الرغم من الانخفاض المستمر في عدد الأسلحة، إلا أن احتمالات إحراز تقدم حقيقي نحو نزع السلاح النووي لا تزال ضعيفة”. ثم أضاف “تواصل جميع الدول الحائزة على سلاح نووي لتحديد أولويات الردع النووي بوصفها حجر الزاوية في استراتيجيات الأمن الوطنية.”

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The Worst Acts of the Nuclear Age

Viewpoint by David Krieger *

SANTA BARBARA | USA (IDN) – The ten worst acts of the Nuclear Age described below have set the tone for our time. They have caused immense death and suffering; been tremendously expensive; have encouraged nuclear proliferation; have opened the door to nuclear terrorism, nuclear accidents and nuclear war; and are leading the world back into a second Cold War.

These “ten worst acts” are important information for anyone attempting to understand the time in which we live, and how the nuclear dangers that confront us have been intensified by the leadership and policy choices made by the United States and the other eight nuclear-armed countries. [P10] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SPANISH

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The Worst Acts of the Nuclear Age

Viewpoint by David Krieger *

SANTA BARBARA | USA (IDN) – The ten worst acts of the Nuclear Age described below have set the tone for our time. They have caused immense death and suffering; been tremendously expensive; have encouraged nuclear proliferation; have opened the door to nuclear terrorism, nuclear accidents and nuclear war; and are leading the world back into a second Cold War.

These “ten worst acts” are important information for anyone attempting to understand the time in which we live, and how the nuclear dangers that confront us have been intensified by the leadership and policy choices made by the United States and the other eight nuclear-armed countries. [P10] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SPANISH

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Nuevos datos debilitan la esperanza de la prohibición total de las armas nucleares

Análisis por Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN (IDN) – Mientras que los activistas comprometidos en campañas por un mundo libre de armas nucleares confían en que llegará a “darse una prohibición“, los datos anuales de las fuerzas nucleares dados por el Instituto Internacional de Investigación para la Paz de Estocolmo (SIPRI) el 13 de junio, da pocas esperanzas para tal optimismo.

“A pesar de la continua reducción en el número de armas, las perspectivas de un verdadero progreso hacia el desarme nuclear siguen siendo sombrías”, dice Shannon Kile, Jefe del Proyecto SIPRI de armas nucleares. “Todos los Estados poseedores de armas nucleares siguen dando prioridad a la disuasión nuclear como la piedra angular de su estrategia de seguridad nacional.”

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Obama’s Hiroshima Debut Does Not Prohibit Nuclear Weapons – Japanese

オバマの広島初訪問でも核兵器禁止は進まず

 【伊勢志摩IDN＝ラメシュ・ジャウラ】

１９４５年８月６日に史上初めての原爆が投下され１４万の犠牲者を出した広島へ「歴史的な」訪問を果たしたバラク・オバマ大統領が「核兵器なき世界」の実現を呼びかけたにも関わらず、米国の立場は、核兵器の禁止からは依然としてほど遠い位置にある。

これは、三重県志摩市の賢島で２日間に亘って開催された先進国首脳会議（G７伊勢島サミット）の締めくくりにあたって５月２７日に発表した「首脳宣言」によっても裏付けられている。

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Eight States Blocking a Global Legal Ban on Nuclear Testing

Analysis by Jamshed Baruah

BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN) – When will the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) enter into force and become international law? This was the question on the minds of senior officials from around the world who had gathered in Vienna on June 13 to mark the 20th anniversary of the treaty, which is crucial to ushering in a world free of nuclear weapons.

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New Data Dampens Hope of a Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons

Analysis by Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN (IDN) – While campaigners for a world free of nuclear weapons are confident that “a ban is coming”, the annual nuclear forces data launched by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on June 13 gives little hope for optimism.

“Despite the ongoing reduction in the number of weapons, the prospects for genuine progress towards nuclear disarmament remain gloomy,” says Shannon Kile, Head of the SIPRI Nuclear Weapons Project. “All the nuclear weapon-possessing states continue to prioritize nuclear deterrence as the cornerstone of their national security strategies.” [P09] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | NORWEGIAN | SPANISH

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