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Vil den amerikanske kongressen juridisk forhindre en kjernefysisk 3. verdenskrig?
Av Shanta Roy
DE FORENTE NASJONER (IDN) – USAs president Donald Trumps svært uberegnelige oppførsel når det kommer til atomvåpen, og hans offentlige trusler om å “totalt ødelegge” Nord-Korea, har utløst et sterkt politisk tilbakeslag fra antikjernefysiske- og antikrigsaktivister.
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Vatican Conference Underlines Nexus Between Sustainable Development and Nuclear Weapons Ban
By Ramesh Jaura
VATICAN CITY (IDN) – When world leaders approved ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, as an outcome document of the United Nations summit for the adoption of the post-2015 development two years ago, they designated it as “a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity” that “also seeks to strengthen universal peace in larger freedom”.
The document, which includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets, is based on a consensus emerging from protracted discussions within the Open Working Group. It meticulously avoids words such as “a world free of nuclear weapons”. JAPANESE
Look Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to Deserve the Title of ‘Civilization’
By Alexey Arbatov
Dr. Alexei Arbatov is the head of the Center for International Security at the Institute of Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is a former scholar in residence with the Carnegie Moscow Center’s Nonproliferation Program. Formerly, he was a member of the State Duma, vice chairman of the Russian United Democratic Party (Yabloko), and deputy chairman of the Duma Defense Committee. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is the head of the academy’s Center for International Security at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Following is the complete text of his paper presented to the conference on ‘Perspectives for a world free from nuclear weapons and for integral disarmament’ at Vatican City on 11 November 2017 – The Editor
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The Vatican Galvanizes Support For A Nuke-Free World
By Ramesh Jaura
VATICAN CITY (IDN) – The Vatican’s first international conference on the prospects for “a world free from nuclear weapons and for integral disarmament” on November 10-11 was not intentionally planned to overlap with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Asia as the U.S. faces heightened tensions with North Korea. It has been in the works for several years, and the timing, as Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana quipped, is a coincidence that could be seen as an act of “divine providence”. [P 25] CHINESE TEXT VERSON PDF | GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF
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The Vatican Galvanizes Support For A Nuke-Free World
By Ramesh Jaura
VATICAN CITY (IDN) – The Vatican’s first international conference on the prospects for “a world free from nuclear weapons and for integral disarmament” on November 10-11 was not intentionally planned to overlap with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Asia as the U.S. faces heightened tensions with North Korea. It has been in the works for several years, and the timing, as Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana quipped, is a coincidence that could be seen as an act of “divine providence”. [P 25] CHINESE TEXT VERSON PDF | GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF
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UN Treaty Offers a Way Out of the Nuclear Crisis
The author is Secretary General of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and Professor of Physics at the University of Milan, Italy. Pugwash was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1995. Following are extensive excerpts from a paper Professor Cotta-Ramusino presented to the conference on ‘Perspectives for a world free from nuclear weapons and for integral disarmament’ at Vatican City on 10 November 2017. – The Editor
VATICAN CITY (IDN-INPS) – Nuclear weapons have been used only twice in war, but nevertheless, the build-up of nuclear arsenals has progressed relentlessly up until the 1980s. The number of US nuclear weapons reached a maximum of 32,000 in 1967 while Soviet nuclear weapons reached a maximum of 45,000 in 1986.
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No Sign Yet of a Sustained Direct U.S.-North Korean Dialogue
By Daryl G. Kimball
Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared with the caption ‘Trump Repeats Failing Formula on North Korean Threat’.
WASHINGTON, D:C: (IDN-INPS) – In his high profile address to the South Korean National Assembly November 8, President Donald Trump missed a crucial opportunity to clarify and adjust his administration’s disjointed and, at times, reckless policy toward North Korea.
Although Trump indicated earlier […] in a press conference in Seoul that he is “open” to talks with North Korea, he has also said in recent days that now is not the time for such talks but instead it is time to apply “more pressure” on North Korea to bring North Korea to bargaining table and to agree to eliminate its nuclear program. While in Asia, Trump has also repeated, albeit in less bombastic terms than before, that he will resort to the use of military force if North Korea does not back down.
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UN Takes Yet Another Step Towards a Nuke-Free World
By J Nastranis
Note: This report draws heavily on information and analysis provided by the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and UNFOLD ZERO, a platform for UN focused initiatives and actions for the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. – The Editor.
NEW YORK (IDN) – As surging tensions between North Korea and the U.S. raise again the spectre of a nuclear war, the United Nations has called on leaders around the world to come together in a High-Level Conference to reduce nuclear dangers and pave the way for nuclear disarmament.
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Congressional Report Warns of Skyrocketing Costs of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
米議会の報告書が、高騰する核兵器予算について警告を発する
【トロント/ワシントンD.C. IDN＝J.C.スレッシュ】
ある新たな研究報告書が、現在米国が進めている核戦力の維持・近代化計画に要する費用が高騰し続けている現実にスポットライトをあてるとともに、実質的により少ない費用で信頼性を確保しつつ強力な抑止力を維持可能な、いくつかの選択肢を示している。
米議会予算局（CBO）が１０月３１日に発表した試算によると、米国が保有する核兵器の保管・信頼性の維持と近代化に、今後３０年間（２０１７年～２０４６年）で１兆２４００億ドルの費用がかかることが明らかになった。CBOは、この費用はインフレ率を考慮すると、３０年間で１兆５０００億ドル超にのぼると試算している。これらの金額はこれまで公表されてきた約１兆ドルという試算額をはるかに上回るものである。
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Die Unterzeichnung des UN-Abkommens ist ein bedeutender Schritt in Richtung einer atomwaffenfreien Welt
Von Shanta Roy
VEREINTE NATIONEN (IDN) – Die internationale Gemeinschaft unternahm den ersten, bedeutenden Schritt in Richtung einer atomwaffenfreien Welt, als über 50 Nationen ein bahnbrechendes Abkommen unterzeichneten, das am 7. Juli von UN-Mitgliedsstaaten verabschiedet wurde.
Es wird erwartet, dass die feierliche Unterzeichnung, die am 20. September im Rahmen der 72. Vollversammlung begann, weitergehen wird, wenn sich immer mehr Länder der Liste der unterzeichnenden Nationen des Abkommens anschließen, das mit einer überwältigenden Zustimmung von 122 Ländern mit nur einer Gegenstimme (Niederlande) und einer Enthaltung (Singapur) verabschiedet wurde.
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Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons 2022
