Treaty Banning the Bomb Takes UN Closer to its Prime Goal

By Somar Wijayadasa*

NEW YORK (IDN) – On July 7 2017, 122 member states of the United Nations voted to adopt a Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. It is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons that may eventually lead towards their total elimination.

All nine nuclear weapons states and the U.S. allies under its nuclear “umbrella” in NATO, Japan, South Korea, and Australia boycotted the negotiations. Netherlands attended the Conference but voted against the treaty, as it is a member of NATO.

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UN Treaty Challenges ‘Nuclearism’ But Does Not Lead To A Nuclear-Weapons-Free World

By Professor Richard Falk

Richard Falk is Professor Emeritus of international law at Princeton University, a Director of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy and the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories. This article was first carried by UNFOLD ZERO on 17 July 2017 with the caption ‘Challenging Nuclearism: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Assessed’. It is being reproduced by courtesy of that platform for United Nations focused initiatives and actions for the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. – The Editor

NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – On July 7 2017 122 countries at the UN voted to approve the text of a proposed international treaty entitled ‘Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.’ The treaty is formally open for signature in September, but it only becomes a binding legal instrument according to its own provisions 90 days after the 50th country deposits with the UN Secretary General its certification that the treaty has been ratified in accordance with their various constitutional processes.

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What After the Adoption of the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

联合国通过全球禁止核武器条约之后该何去何从

【荷兰・乌得勒支IDN＝苏茜・辛德】

禁止核武器， 把与核武器有关的应用与交易列为非法活动，从而进一步把核武器推进历史的垃圾桶。这似乎是一个难以让人相信的核裁军进程。然而，从今年7月起，这成为了新的现实。现在，我们拥有了一个把制造， 应用，购买，销售等都列为非法活动的禁核条约。我们现在所面对的问题是：这一新的禁核条约出台之后，下一步该何去何从？

禁核条约本身或许就是第一个答案。今年9月20日，相关各成员国将在位于纽约的联合国总部进行签字仪式。各成员国应启动国家立法程序批准该协议。在这之后， 其余国家如有意愿也可以签署并加入该协议。该条约规定从第50个成员国批准此协议后的第三个月起，条约将会强制生效，并实现对各签署国的法律约束力。

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UN Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Vital Role of Nuclear Have-Nots

By Dr. Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikan

Dr .Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan is Chairman of Blue Banner – a Mongolian NGO devoted to promoting nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament – and a former Permanent Representative of his country to the United Nations. Blue Banner is organizing an ‘International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament Issues: Global and Regional Aspects,’ on August 31- September 1 2017 in Ulaanbaatar to encourage effective strategies to move jointly towards the common goal of achieving a nuclear-weapons-free world.

ULAANBAATAR (IDN) – An event of truly historic importance has taken place at the United Nations Headquarters: On July 7 the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was approved at the final session of the General Assembly mandated conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons leading towards their total elimination. It is the first legally binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago. [P 14]　| JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF｜

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UN Nuclear Ban Treaty and the Vital Role of Nuclear Have-Nots

By Dr. Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikan

Dr .Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan is Chairman of Blue Banner – a Mongolian NGO devoted to promoting nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament – and a former Permanent Representative of his country to the United Nations. Blue Banner is organizing an ‘International Conference on Nuclear Disarmament Issues: Global and Regional Aspects,’ on August 31- September 1 2017 in Ulaanbaatar to encourage effective strategies to move jointly towards the common goal of achieving a nuclear-weapons-free world.

ULAANBAATAR (IDN) – An event of truly historic importance has taken place at the United Nations Headquarters: On July 7 the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was approved at the final session of the General Assembly mandated conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons leading towards their total elimination. It is the first legally binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated since the end of the Cold War more than two decades ago. [P 14] | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF｜

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What After the Adoption of the UN Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

보는 시점 핵무기금지 조약의 후풍(스지 스나이더 PAX핵군축 프로그램 메니져)

【유트레히트(오란다)IDN＝스지 스나이더】　　　　　

드디어 핵무기가 금지되어 위법화 되었다. 거의가 믿을수 없는 일이다. 핵무기는 그것이 원래 있었던 장소에 즉,역사속의 폐기물로 보내지게 된것이다. 2017년7월7일부터 새로운 현실이 출현을 하였다. 핵무기를 제조,보유,취득하고 사용하는 행위를 위법화하는 조약이 생기게 된것이다. 그러나,핵무기 금지를 향한 그다음 스텝은 무엇일까?

우선 조약 그자체가 그답변을 전해준다. 9월20일 핵무기금지조약은 뉴욕의 유엔본부에서 서명이 개방되어 모든나라는 나라별로 비준 수속으로 들어간다.그리고  50번째의 나라가 비준을 한지 3개월후에 조약을 발효하여 비준을한 모든 나라에 대하여 법적 구속력을 갖게된다.

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A Landmark Achievement for Nuclear Disarmament

核軍縮に向け画期的な成果（セルジオ・ドゥアルテ元国連軍縮問題担当上級代表）

【国連IDN＝セルジオ・ドゥアルテ】

国際社会の圧倒的多数が、諸政府や非政府組織と共に画期的な核兵器禁止条約に合意することで、軍縮問題の取り扱いにおける重要な一歩を刻んだ。核兵器禁止条約は２０１７年７月７日、賛成１２２、反対１（オランダ）、棄権１（シンガポール）で採択された。

国連では、昨年１２月２３日に採択された国連総会決議７１／２５８に盛り込まれたマンデートに従って３月１５日～３１日と、６月１７日～７月７日の二会期にわたって、「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会議」（交渉会議）が開かれた。参加者らは、核兵器の完全廃絶を実現する方法に関して各国政府や学術機関、市民団体が数年にわたり取り組んできた研究成果や諸提案の内容を生かした。

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Civil Society Rejoices at the New UN Treaty Marking the Beginning of the End of Nuclear Age

核時代終焉の幕開けとなる新条約に市民社会が歓喜

【国連IDN＝ラメシュ・ジャウラ】

２０１７年７月７日、核兵器を禁止し関連するあらゆる内容の活動を禁ずる、法的拘束力のある条約が国連加盟国によって採択された。これは、交渉会議の議長をつとめたエレン・ホワイト・ゴメス駐ジュネーブ軍縮大使（コスタリカ）にとっても、歴史的で感極まる瞬間であったが、多様な市民社会組織（CSO）にとっても、大きな歓喜をもたらす瞬間だった。

ブトロス・ブトロス＝ガリ国連事務総長が、環境と開発との強固なつながりを強調した１９９２年６月の地球サミットの成功に貢献すべく、CSOやその他の非政府組織（NGO）に門戸を開いてから２５年、CSOはその「ソフトパワー」をうまく活かして、「核兵器なき世界」に導く動きを支援してきた。

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Faith Groups Urge Universal Adoption of UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

｜国連｜宗教コミュニティーが幅広い支持による核兵器禁止条約の採択を訴える

【国連IDN＝ジャムシェド・バルーア】

「核兵器を憂慮する宗教コミュニティー」は、国連で「核兵器禁止条約」が採択されたことについて、「核兵器のない世界」という目標に向けての重要な一歩であるとして歓迎し、共同声明を発表。同条約が幅広く受け入れられ、実行されることを呼びかけた。

２０１７年７月７日にニューヨークの国連本部で採択された条約は、核兵器の使用や開発、製造、保有、貯蔵、実験、そして使用の威嚇などを包括的に禁止する詳細な条項を明記している。これは、１２０カ国を超える国々と多数の市民社会の代表が参加して国連で集中的な交渉が行われた結果である。

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The Ban Treaty and the Nuclear-Armed States: From Irrelevance to a Game-Changer

By Alyn Ware

Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND), examines how to use the ban treaty to impact on the policies and practices of the nuclear-armed States and their nuclear allies.

NEW YORK (IDN) – When the gavel came down at the United Nations on July 7 to confirm the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a cheer arose amongst the negotiating countries and civil society observers. 122 countries had voted in favour of the treaty, demonstrating a clear and unequivocal acceptance of the majority of UN members never to use, threaten to use, produce, possess, acquire, transfer, test or deploy nuclear weapons.

Will this be the game-changer that will finally lead to achievement of that elusive goal of global nuclear disarmament – a goal agreed by the UN unanimously in its very first resolution on January 24, 1946?

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