Kazakhstan Leads the Way to a Nuclear-Weapon Free World – Chinese

领导我们走向无核世界之路的哈萨克斯坦

 【阿斯塔纳（IDN），拉梅什•贾武拉，浅霧胜浩】

有关核裁军的实现方式各个国家的见解都大相径庭，其中类似哈萨克斯坦这样的国家就必须通过共同的基础和包容性的对话向领导的道路前进。这正是能真正使我们的世界变得安全而迫切需要的领导力，联合国秘书长潘基文在以“建立无核世界”为目标的核裁军国际会议上传达了这一信息。

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Kudos for Kazakh Commitment to Peace and Nuke-Free World

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – A close look at the voting on a ground-breaking resolution adopted by the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the United Nations General Assembly on October 27 underlines Kazakhstan’s unflinching commitment to a nuclear-weapons free world. And a U.S. foreign policy expert has commended this.

The resolution Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations approved by 123 votes – as against 38 rejections and 16 abstentions – establishes a UN conference in 2017 “to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.

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US Can Do More to Lead the Way in Global Nuclear Dsarmament

By Lawrence Wittner

Dr. Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany, as well as the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press).

ALBANY (IDN-INPS | IPPNW) – Frank von Hippel, one of the world’s leading specialists on nuclear weapons, has provided us―and the presidential candidates―with an important challenge: How are we going to get the stalled nuclear disarmament process moving forward once again? Answering the challenge is particularly problematic because it requires navigating between the national security fears of US political leaders and the apparent disinterest in further nuclear disarmament on the part of the Russian government. Even so, a case can be made for cutting back the deployed US nuclear arsenal.

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‘Acrimonious‘ UNGA Agrees to Negotiate Nuke Prohibition

Analysis by PNND

“This was the most acrimonious UN General Assembly I have seen in the nearly 30 years I have been observing the Disarmament and International Security Committee at the UN.” – Alyn Ware, PNND Global Coordinator.

NEW YORK (IDN) – On October 27, the Disarmament and International Security Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a ground-breaking resolution Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations.

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Kazakh Award for Jordanian King Backs WMD-Free Middle East

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – “At a time when the international community is seeing a renewal of big-power rivalry and debating the pros and cons of nuclear technology, the initiative of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev in establishing the Nazarbayev Prize for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World and Global Security is both prescient and timely,” says Ong Keng Yong, Ambassador-at-Large at the Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Learning from the Reykjavik Summit 30 Years On – Japanese

レイキャビク首脳会談３０年後の教訓

 【レイキャビクIDN＝ロワーナ・ヴィール】

ウクライナやクリミア、シリア問題をめぐって米ロ関係が急速に悪化しているなか、アイスランドの首都レイキャビクで１０月１０日と１１日の両日、ロナルド・レーガン大統領（当時）とミハイル・ゴルバチョフ書記長（当時）との間で行われた歴史的なレイキャビク首脳会談から３０年を記念するイベントが、専門家や外交官、研究者らの参加を得て開催された。

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Is it Time for South Korea to Nuke Up?

By John Lee

SEOUL (IDM-INPS | NK News) – Since North Korea showed the rest of the world that it has made significant progress in developing its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) technology earlier in August, and combined with its quickly-growing ability to miniaturize nuclear weapons, there have been increased calls among South Korean lawmakers, think tanks, military experts, and pundits for South Korea to acquire its own nuclear submarines to counter the North Korean threat.

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Grupos religiosos defienden el desarme

Análisis por T.K. Fernandes

NUEVA YORK (IDN) – Desde el uso letal de las bombas atómicas en Hiroshima y Nagasaki en 1945, la comunidad internacional ha estado pidiendo la eliminación de las armas nucleares. A pesar de los lentos avances, la sociedad civil ha seguido promoviendo incansablemente un mundo libre de armas nucleares y, de hecho está, en principio, un paso más cerca de su realización.

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