Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Nearing Completion

By Tariq Rauf*

VIENNA (IDN) – On June 27, the second draft of the “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” was released at the United Nations in New York. Delegations from more than 130 States will now work to finalize the treaty text by July 7, 2017.

The United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination has been meeting at the UN in New York on March 27–31 and June 15–7 July 7. Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez of Costa Rica is the Conference President, who has done a masterful job in navigating through the competing and often contradictory positions of both States and civil society organizations (CSO) to produce a realistic and workable draft Treaty text.

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UN Conference Considers Revised Draft of a Nuclear Ban Treaty

By J. Nastranis+

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) –With less than a fortnight for the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons to conclude on July 7, the delegations considered a new version of the draft convention on June 27, following the read-through of the earlier version the previous week, when they tabled proposals and suggestions.

Pushing ahead towards concluding with a final version by July 7, Conference President Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez (Costa Rica) tabled a revised version of the draft instrument (document A/CONF.229/2017/CRP.1/REV.1), emphasizing that her main focus had been to focus on points of convergence while reviewing the draft ‘article by article’.

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CTBTO Conference to Focus on Nuclear Test Verification

By Jamshed Baruah

BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN) – While UN member states are negotiating at the United Nations headquarters in New York a legally binding instrument prohibiting nuclear weapons, experts from around the world will be gathering in Vienna from June 26 to 30 to review monitoring and verification technologies crucial to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT),

The forthcoming gathering – officially known as ‘The CTBT: Science and Technology 2017 Conference (SnT2017)’ – is the sixth in a series of multidisciplinary conferences designed to “further enhance the strong relationship between the scientific and technological community and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty Organization (CTBTO) as well as with policy-makers.”

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U.S. Prepares To Confront Nuclear Ban Treaty With Smart Bombs

｜視点｜米国、核兵器禁止条約制定にスマート爆弾で対応（リック・ウェイマン核時代平和財団事業責任者）

 【ワシントンDC・IDN＝リック・ウェイマン】

５月２３日、米エネルギー省は、ドナルド・トランプ大統領の２０１８年予算案を歓迎する報道発表を行った。同省は特に「本省の核兵器事業の安全性、保安性、効果を維持し向上させる『核兵器活動』予算に１０２億ドル」を割り当てた点を賞賛した。

この報道発表は、コスタリカのエレイン・ホワイト大使が核兵器禁止条約の草案を発表してから２４時間も経たないタイミングでなされたものである。ホワイト大使は、核兵器を禁止し、その完全廃絶に導くための法的拘束力ある文書を交渉する国連会議の議長を務めている。これまでのところ、１３０カ国以上が禁止条約の交渉に参加している。条約の最終草案は７月初めに提示される見通しだ。

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Need for World Free of Nuclear Weapons More Urgent than Ever

By J Nastranis

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) – As the second substantive session of the ‘UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading towards Their Total Elimination’ opened in New York on June 15, Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs described the negotiations as “truly historic”.

The senior-most United Nations disarmament official, who was opening the resumed session, said the deliberations represent the most significant negotiations in the area of nuclear disarmament. A world free of nuclear weapons was the longest-sought objective of the United Nations dating back to the very first resolution adopted by the General Assembly, in January 1946.

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Japan Urged to Participate in Nuclear Ban Treaty Negotiations

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – An eminent Buddhist philosopher and peacebuilder, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda, has expressed regrets that the Japanese government did not participate in the first session of the UN Conference to negotiate a nuclear ban treaty, and urged it to work with the Netherlands in the second session from June 15 to July 7, thus making “a unique and vital contribution to the success of the negotiations”.

The centerpiece of negotiations is “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.”

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UN Disarmament Official Urges Progress on Nuke Ban Treaty

By Izumi Nakamitsu

The author is High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations. Following are excerpts from her address to the second substantive session of the ‘UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading towards Their Total Elimination’ in New York on June 15, – The Editor.

UNITED NATONS (IDN) – In accordance with (the UN General Assembly) resolution 71/258, these negotiations aim to achieve a clear legal prohibition of nuclear weapons. These talks are truly historic, as they represent the most significant negotiations in the area of nuclear disarmament.

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Conference Highlights Significance of Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

防核扩散条约审议会议强调禁核条约的重要性

【维也纳IDN＝拉梅什・朱拉】

维也纳（IDN）－ “作为国际核裁军和防止核扩散制度的核心，推行全面禁止核试验条约（CTBT）这一议题是今年2020反核武器扩散条约参考大会筹委会第一次全体大会的重点。”本次会议于今年5月2日至12日在奥地利首都维也纳举行。

大会筹委会主席Henk Cor van der kwast在他的事实概要中提到：“本次会议重点强调了全面禁止核试验条约与其目标愿景之间的内在联系。”111个核不扩散条约（NPT）缔约国派代表团参加了本次会议。

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Smart Bomben sind die Antwort der USA auf den Atomwaffen-Verbotsvertrag

Analyse von Rick Wayman*

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) – Am 23. Mai veröffentlichte das US-Department für Energie (DOE) eine Pressemitteilung, in welcher der von Präsident Donald Trump vorgeschlagene Haushaltsetat für 2018 gepriesen wurde. Die DOE lobte speziell die für Waffen-Vorhaben vorgeschlagenen 10,2 Milliarden Dollar, welche die „Sicherstellung, Sicherheit und Wirksamkeit unserer Nuklearwaffen-Unternehmungen“ erhalten und verbessern sollen.

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U.S. Prepares To Confront Nuclear Ban Treaty With Smart Bombs – Arabic

الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية تتحضر لمواجهة معاهدة منع الأسلحة النووية مع Smart Bombs

تحليل من قبل ريك وايمان*

واشنطن العاصمة: (IDN) – في 23 مايو، قامت وزارة الطاقة الأمريكية بإصدار بيان صحفي يحتفي بالميزانية المقترحة من قبل الرئيس ترامب لعام 2018. وأثنت الوزارة بشكل خاص على مبادرة 10.2 مليار دولارا لنشاطات الأسلحة للحفاظ على السلامة والأمان وفعالية الأسلحة النووية.”

وقبل أقل من 24 ساعة، أطلقت سفيرة كوستا ريكا إيلاين وايت مسودة معاهدة منع الأسلحة النووية. والسفير إيلاين وايت هي رئيسة مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للمفاوضات بخصوص إصدار وثيقة ملزمة قانونيا لمنع الأسلحة النووية يؤدي إلى إلغاء تام لها. وأكثر من 130 دولة شاركت في مفاوضات معاهدة المنع حتى الآن. ويتوقع صدور نص المعاهدة النهائي في أوائل شهر يوليو.

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