Ungdomskampanj för en kärnvapenfri värld på konferens i Nagasaki

Av Katsuhiro Asagiri

NAGASAKI (IDN) – Ett forum av ungdomsförmedlare, lanserat av den japanska utrikesministern Fumio Kishida 2013, har uppmanat folk runt omkring i världen att förstå att kärnvapen inte bara slukar gigantiska summor pengar, utan att det även utgör ett seriöst hot mot internationell fred och säkerhet, globala miljön, och hela mänsklighetens överlevnad.

Ungdomsförmedlarna träffades i den japanska staden Nagasaki, som led av atombombningar tillsammans med Hiroshima för sjuttioett år sedan. De lovade att förmedla det brådskande behovet att röra sig mot en kärnvapenfri värld, och föreslår en serie av steg för att uppnå målet.

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Jugendkampagne für eine atomwaffenfreie Welt bei Konferenz in Nagasaki

 Von Katsuhiro Asagiri

Nagasaki (IDN) – Ein Forum für Jugend-Kommunikatoren, das 2013 vom Japanischen Außenminister Fumio Kishida ins Leben gerufen wurde, hat Menschen auf der ganzen Welt bewegt zu erkennen, dass Atomwaffen nicht nur riesige Geldmengen verschlingen, sondern auch eine ernsthafte Bedrohung für internationalen Frieden und Sicherheit, für die globale Umwelt und das Überleben der Menschheit darstellen.

Die Jugend-Kommunikatoren trafen sich in der japanischen Stadt Nagasaki, die zusammen mit Hiroshima vor 71 Jahren einen Atombombenabwurf erlitten hat. Sie versprachen die dringende Notwendigkeit, eine atomwaffenfreie Welt anzustreben, zu kommunizieren und schlugen eine Reihe von Schritten vor, dieses Ziel zu erreichen.

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Campagna giovanile per un mondo libero dal nucleare alla conferenza di Nagasaki

Di Katsuhiro Asagiri

NAGASAKI (IDN) – Un forum di giovani comunicatori, lanciato dal ministro degli esteri giapponese Fumio Kishida nel 2013, ha esortato la popolazione mondiale a rendersi conto che non solo le armi nucleari richiedono enormi somme di denaro ma rappresentano anche un serio rischio per la pace internazionale, l’ambiente e la sopravvivenza stessa dell’umanità.

I giovani comunicatori si sono incontrati nella città giapponese di Nagasaki, che ha subito un bombardamento atomico insieme ad Hiroshima settantuno anni fa. Si sono impegnati a comunicare l’urgente bisogno di arrivare ad un mondo libero dalle armi nucleari, proponendo una serie di fasi tramite le quali raggiungere l’obiettivo.

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Youth Campaign for a Nuke-Free World at Nagasaki Conference – Thai

เยาวชนรณรงค์เกี่ยวกับโลกที่ปราศจากนิวเคลียร์ในการประชุมนะงะซะกิ

โดย Katsuhiro Asagiri

นะงะซะกิ (IDN) – ที่ประชุมสำหรับผู้สื่อสารเยาวชนที่ได้รับการริเริ่มโดยในปี 2013 ฟุมิโอะ คิชิดะ รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงต่างประเทศญี่ปุ่นได้กระตุ้นให้ผู้คนรอบโลกตระหนักว่าอาวุธนิวเคลียร์ไม่ได้เพียงซึมซับเงินจำนวนมากแต่ยังเป็นภัยคุกคามที่ร้ายแรงต่อความสงบและความปลอดภัยนานาชาติ สภาพแวดล้อมทั่วโลก และการอยู่รอดของมนุษยชาติ

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U.S. Moves into Age of Nuclear Uncertainty – and Ignorance

By Rodney Reynolds

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – With the inauguration of Donald Trump as the new President on January 20, the United States moves into an age of nuclear uncertainty – and perhaps ignorance.

The frightening prospects took a bizarre turn when a day earlier Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, former Texas Governor Rick Perry, apparently was not aware that his department is in charge of America’s nuclear weapons.

According to an editorial in the New York Times on January 20, Perry knew only recently that “his biggest responsibilities would, in fact, involve overseeing a vast nuclear security complex that he knows almost nothing about”.

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Iran’s Nuke Agreement Survives Without a Shot Being Fired

By Rodney Reynolds

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – During the height of the U.S. presidential election campaign last year, Republican candidate Donald Trump threatened to tear up the 159-page Iran nuclear agreement on live television.

In characteristic “Trumpism”, he dismissed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the agreement was formally known, as “stupid”, “a lopsided disgrace” and “the worst deal ever negotiated.”

With Trump moving into the White House on January 20, will he abide by his threats and swear by his rhetoric? Or was it all political bluster? [P34]  JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF

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Iran’s Nuke Agreement Survives Without a Shot Being Fired

By Rodney Reynolds

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – During the height of the U.S. presidential election campaign last year, Republican candidate Donald Trump threatened to tear up the 159-page Iran nuclear agreement on live television.

In characteristic “Trumpism”, he dismissed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the agreement was formally known, as “stupid”, “a lopsided disgrace” and “the worst deal ever negotiated.”

With Trump moving into the White House on January 20, will he abide by his threats and swear by his rhetoric? Or was it all political bluster? [P34]  JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF

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‘Nuke Generation Far More Brutal Than Past Conquerors’

By Jamshed Baruah

STOCKHOLM (IDN-INPS) – “It is said that previous conquerors like Attila and Jenghiz Khan used to proclaim that not even a dog or cat or mouse would be left alive when they destroyed the cities which defied them. Our generation with the nuclear weapon in its hand is far more brutal and primitive than any of those conquerors of the past, however barbaric they might have been,” declared Justice Christopher Gregory Weeramantry in an interview in 2007, some ten years before he passed away in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on January 5, aged 90.

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Tributes To Justice Weeramantry As He Passes Away at 90

By Jaya Ramachandran

BERLIN (IDN) – Justice Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, legal luminary, distinguished author, and renowned pacifist, who played a crucial role in strengthening and expanding the rule of international law to usher in a nuclear-weapons free world, died in Colombo, Sri Lanka on January 5, aged 90.

He was a former judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka (1967-1972), an Emeritus Professor at Monash University in Melbourne (until 1991), a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000 and its Vice-President from 1997 to 2000, Honorary Councillor of the World Future Council, and President of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA).

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Marshall Islands and Tony de Brum ‘2016 Arms Control Persons of the Year’

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN | INPS) – The Republic of the Marshall Islands and its former Foreign Minister, Tony de Brum, have been awarded the ‘2016 Arms Control Person of the Year’. Over 1,850 individuals from 63 countries participated in the selection.

Ten individuals and groups were nominated by the Arms Control Association (ACA) for their leadership in advancing effective arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament solutions or for raising awareness of the threats posed by mass casualty weapons during the past year. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a consultant to the Marshall Islands in their Nuclear Zero lawsuits.

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