New U.S. Budget Threatens Nuclear Restraint Agreements

By J C Suresh

TORONTO | WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – As the U.S. Congress prepares to enact legislation “that could further imperil the global nuclear order,” a disarmament expert has urged the lawmakers “to seek to preserve and strengthen the existing architecture of arms control and non-proliferation agreements” – instead of rushing to hasten their demise.

The “key pillars” of the agreements “have their origin in the vision of President Ronald Reagan,” says Kingston Reif, director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at the Arms Control Association (ACA).

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O Cazaquistão Junta-se ao Observatório Nuclear da ONU em um Passo Histórico para a Não Proliferação

Por Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) — Enquanto um momento de silêncio foi feito em 29 de agosto às 11h05, hora local na cidade de Astana, capital do Cazaquistão, em homenagem à memória das vítimas de todos os testes de armas nucleares, a cerca de 4.365 quilômetros (2.713 milhas), a Coreia do Norte disparou um míssil balístico de alcance intermediário que voou sobre o Japão. No mesmo dia, uma nova instalação foi inaugurada no Cazaquistão, sob os auspícios do organismo de vigilância nuclear da ONU, que poderia abrir um novo capítulo na não proliferação.

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Stop Trump From Abandoning the Iran Nuclear Deal

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*

LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The big mistake, apparently about to be made by President Trump, in undoing the nuclear agreement made by President Barack Obama with Iran is not just that he intends to go backwards, it is that he doesn’t intend to go forwards. (To be fair, neither did Obama.)

What the Iranians negotiated about was not so much the “bomb” – to be or not to be – but about their pride and their position in the world and their right to become a thriving economic and political power inured from sanctions or military threats. (Sanctions were imposed before the nuclear issue came to the fore.)

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Use Sanctions Pressure and Diplomacy with North Korea: Expert

By J C Suresh

TORONTO | WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have failed to competently execute their own stated policy of “maximum pressure and engagement” with North Korea, says the Arms Control Association (ACA), which is dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.  [P 17] ARABIC | BAHASA | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION  PDF｜NORWEGIAN | SWEDISH

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Use Sanctions Pressure and Diplomacy with North Korea: Expert

By J C Suresh

TORONTO | WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration have failed to competently execute their own stated policy of “maximum pressure and engagement” with North Korea, says the Arms Control Association (ACA), which is dedicated to promoting public understanding of and support for effective arms control policies.  [P 17] ARABIC | BAHASA | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION  PDF | NORWEGIAN | SWEDISH

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Scrapping the Iran Nuclear Deal Will Create Yet Another Nonproliferation Crisis

By Daryl G. Kimball*

The author is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared on August 29, 2017 in the Arms Control Today as a Focus Editorial with the caption Don’t Abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal, and is being republished by arrangement with that monthly journal on nonproliferation and global security. – The Editor

WASHINGTON (IDN-INPS) – Although his administration is already struggling with one major nonproliferation challenge – North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile capabilities – President Donald Trump soon may initiate steps that could unravel the highly successful 2015 Iran nuclear deal, thereby creating a second major nonproliferation crisis.

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

核兵器禁止条約と核を「持たざる国」の重要な役割（ジャルガルサイハン・エンクサイハン元モンゴル国連大使）

ジャルガルサイハン・エンクサイハン博士は、核不拡散・軍縮促進のために活動するNGO「ブルーバナー（青旗）」事務局長で、モンゴルの元国連大使。この寄稿文はウランバートルで８月３１日から９月１日にかけてブルーバナーによって開催される「核軍縮問題に関する国際会議：グローバル及び地域の側面」に先駆けて寄せられたものである。会議では、「核なき世界」を実現するという共通の目標に向けて共に前進していくための効果的な諸戦略が模索される予定だ。

【ウランバートルIDN＝ジャルガルサイハン・エンクサイハン】

国連で真に歴史的な重要性を持つ出来事が起きた。７月７日、核兵器を法的に禁止する条約の制定を目指す交渉会議の最終会期において、核兵器禁止条約が採択されたのである。これは、冷戦終結以後に交渉された核軍縮関連のものとしては、初めて法的拘束力を持たせた文書である。

賛成１２２・反対１（オランダ）・棄権１（シンガポール）で採択されたこの条約は、国連総会が「原子兵器と、大量破壊に適用しうるその他すべての主要な兵器を各国の兵器庫から一掃する」提案を行った第１号決議を１９４６年に採択して以来の、核兵器廃絶を目指す多国間の取り組みにおいて大きな一里塚となった。

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