UN-Ausschuss bleibt skeptisch über die Sanktionen gegen Nordkorea

Von Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – Sechs Tage bevor der UN-Sicherheitsausschuss einstimmig zustimmte, härtere Sanktionen gegen die Demokratische Volksrepublik Korea (DPRK) zu verhängen, erhielt er einen alles andere als ermutigenden Bericht über die Durchführung der bisher scharf kritisierten Sanktionen.

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La Commissione ONU è scettica in merito alle sanzioni alla Corea del Nord

A cura di Ramesh Jaura

BERLINO | NEW YORK (IDN) – Sei giorni prima di approvare all’unanimità l’imposizione di misure più severe alla Repubblica Popolare Democratica (RPD) di Corea, il Consiglio di Sicurezza delle Nazioni Unite ricevette un rapporto, tutt’altro che incoraggiante, sull’applicazione delle sanzioni inflitte finora.

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Nuclear Strike No Longer an All-Encompassing Taboo

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*

LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – In the Cold War days, some of us used to say, “Better red than dead” – to rebuff those who believed in nuclear deterrence as a way of political life that gave them security. Now those of us who are frightened that Trump could start a nuclear war over Iran or North Korea should coin a new phrase. How about: “Better alive than going to the grave with Kim Jong-un”? Admittedly that doesn’t have the same snappy ring, but get my point?

At the UN recently, President Donald Trump (aka Fire and Fury) threatened to “totally” destroy North Korea if the U.S. was forced to defend itself.

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Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN Significant for Nuclear Disarmament

By Sergio Duarte, President of Pugwash

NEW YORK (IDN) – For the third time since the creation of the Nobel Peace Prize a civil society organization dedicated to nuclear disarmament has received this prestigious honor. The 2017 Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a coalition of non-governmental organizations in 101 countries launched in 2007. Before ICAN, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs also were recipients of the Prize, respectively in 1985 and in 1995 for their actions in favour of peace and nuclear disarmament.

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BM Paneli Kuzey Kore’deki Yaptırımlara Hala Kuşkuyla Bakıyor

Yazar: Ramesh Jaura

 

BERLİN | NEW YORK (IDN) – BM Güvenlik Konseyinin oy birliğiyle Kuzey Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti’ne (Kuzey Kore) ağır yaptırımlar dayatma kararından altı gün önce bugüne kadar eleştirilen yaptırımların uygulanması hakkında teşvik edici olmaktan uzak bir rapor aldı.

5 Eylül tarihinde Kuzey Kore’ye karşı Güvenlik Konseyi yaptırımlarının uygulamasını izleyen BM Uzmanlar Paneli tarafından ibraz edilen raporda şöyle yazıyordu: “Yaptırımlar rejiminin dikkatsiz uygulanmasıyla ülkenin giderek gelişmekte olan kaçma teknikleri, Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti’nin tüm kitle imha silahlarını terk etmesi ve ilgili tüm program ve faaliyetleri durdurması kararlarına yönelik hedefleri baltalamaktadır.”

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UN Panel Remains Sceptical about Sanctions on North Korea

유엔전문가 패널(집단),북한제재의 효과에 회의적

【베르린/뉴욕IDN=라메슈.쟈우라】

유엔안전보장 이사회(안보리)는 조선민주주의 인민공화국(DPRK)에 대한 지금까지중에서 가장 강도높은　제재조치가  전원일치로 합의되어 6일전, 지금까지의 제재조치의 이행에 대하여 밝은 견해와는 다른 내용의 보고서를  수령하였다.

이보고서는 유엔안보리 북한 제재위원회의 북한 전문가 패널(유엔전문가 패널)가9월5일에 안보리에 제출한것이다. 보고서는「제재조치는 엄격하게 이행되어지지않고 북한에의한 제재의 회피도 더욱더 교묘하개 이루어지고있어 이나라의 대량파괴무기를 폐기하고 모든 관련사업을 중지할것을 요구하는 유엔안보리 결의의 목표는 깨어져지고있다.」라고 지적하고있다.

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The Complementarity Between Nuclear Ban Treaty and the NPT

By Sergio Duarte, Ambassador, former U.N. High Representative for Disarmament Affairs*

This article is based on a presentation by the author at a Pugwash Conference in Castiglioncello, Italy, on September 1, 2017. The full text is available at: http://www.uspid.org/Eventi/Archivio/2017_09Castiglioncello_main.html)

NEW YORK (IDN) – At least in one sense, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons adopted on July 7, 2017 can be considered an offspring of the 47-year old Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The negotiators of the former clearly intended to provide a path for the fulfilment of the obligation contained in Article VI of the latter. The two texts must not be seen as antagonistic toward each other, but rather as indispensable tools in the effort to eliminate the threat to humanity as a whole posed by the existence of nuclear weapons. This is a common objective of all multilateral instruments concluded by the international community since such weapons began to proliferate in 1945.

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Trump Should Reaffirm That “A Nuclear War Must Never Be Fought”

By Daryl G. Kimball

Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared with the headline ‘Prohibit, Do Not Promote, Nuclear Weapons Use’.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – At an emergency UN Security Council briefing on September 4 following North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test explosion, Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, lectured Pyongyang’s leaders that “being a nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. Nuclear powers understand their responsibilities.”

Days later, in his inaugural address to the UN General Assembly on September 19, U.S. President Donald Trump called North Korea’s leader “rocket man” on “a suicide mission.” Trump warned, “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” if it threatens U.S. allies in the region. North Korea’s foreign minister replied by saying Trump’s insult makes “our rockets’ visit to the entire U.S. mainland inevitable all the more.”

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Bruk sanksjoner, press og diplomati med Nord-Korea: Ekspert

Av J C Suresh

TORONTO | WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – U.S. President Donald Trump og hans administrasjon har ikke klart å utføre sin egen uttalte politikk om “maksimalt press og engasjement” med Nord-Korea, sier Arms Control Association (ACA), som er dedikert til å promotere offentligforståelse og støtte for effektiv våpenstyringspolitikk.

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Kasakhstan slutter seg til FNs vakthund mot atomvåpen i ett milepælstrinn mot ikke-spredning

Av Ramesh Jaura

ASTANA (IDN) – Det ble observert en stillhet den 29. August, klokken 11:05, lokal tid over Kasakhstans hovedstad, Astana, for å ære ofrene fra testingen av atomvåpen 4365 kilometer derfra. Samtidig avfyrte Nord-Korea en mellomstor ballistisk rakett som fløy over Japan: Samme dag ble et nytt anlegg åpnet i Kasakhstan under regi av FNs vakthund mot atomvåpen som kunne åpnet et nytt kapittel i ikke-spredningen.

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