Experts Predict Vast Ramifications of US Pullout From Iran Nuclear Deal – Arabic

يتوقع الخبراء حدوث عواقب وخيمة بعد انسحاب الولايات المتحدة من الاتفاقية النووية مع إيران

كتبه سانتو د. بانيرجي

نيويورك (IDN) – قرار الرئيس دونالد ترامب بالتخلي عن الاتفاقية النووية مع إيران محفوف بعوامل متعددة لا يمكن توقعها،

حسب توقعات الكثير من الخبراء. قال الفائز بجائزة نوبل 1995 “انها غلطة فادحة يمكن أن تتسبب في عواقب كبيرة، تتجاوز الحدود النووية” في مؤتمرات بوغواش المعنية بالعلم والشؤون العالمية..

وحذرت ICAN (الحملة الدولية للقضاء على الأسلحة النووية) الحائزة على جائزة نوبل للسلام لعام 2017، بأن القرار “لا يلغي اتفاقية سارية فحسب، بل يعتبر أيضاً ضربة كبيرة لمصداقية الولايات المتحدة كشريكة في العقد والدبلوماسية.”

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Pressure Mounts on Japan to Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty – Korean

일본, 핵 금지 조약 가입에 대한 압력 거세져

아사기리 가츠히로

도쿄(IDN) – 일본은 1945년 8월에 히로시마와 나가사키에 투하된 최초의 핵폭탄 공격에서 살아남은 생존자인 히바쿠샤들의 “용인할 수 없는 고통”을 인정하는 UN 핵 금지 조약을 서명하고 비준하라는 내부의 압력을 받고 있다.

유엔의 122 회원국은 2017년 7월에 핵무기 금지조약(TPNW)으로 공식적으로 알려진 국제 조약을 채택한 바 있다.

2017년 3월 기준으로 평균 연령이 81.41세에 달하는 고령 생존자들은 조약에 가입하면 “핵보유국과 비보유국 간의 간격이 더 벌어질 수 있다”는 이유를 들어 TPNW에 불참하기로 한 일본 정부의 결정을 비난하고 있다.

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Pressure Mounts on Japan to Join the Nuclear Ban Treaty – Chinese

日本加入「禁止核武器條約」的壓力越來越大

作者：Katsuhiro Asagiri

東京（IDN） – 日本正面臨來自內部的壓力，要求其簽署並批准《聯合國禁止核武器條約》，該條約承認迄今為止1945年8月在廣島和長崎首次發生原子彈爆炸的倖存者所遭受的「無法接受的痛苦」。

聯合國122個成員國於2017年7月通過了條約，其正式名稱為《禁止核武器條約》（TPNW）。

老齡倖存者（截至2017年3月平均年齡為81.41歲）對日本政府決定不加入《禁止核武器條約》表示遺憾，政府的理由是加入該條約可能「導致核武器國家與無核武器國家之間的差距進一步擴大。 」

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Thwart Saudi Threat To Acquire Nuclear Weapons

By Daryl G. Kimball and Thomas Countryman

Following is the text of Statement from Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association and its Board of Directors Chairman and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation,Thomas Countryman,– The Editor

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – We are deeply disappointed by the counterproductive response from the Trump administration to the statements from senior Saudi officials threatening to pursue nuclear weapons in violation of their nonproliferation commitments.

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The Bumpy Road to Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Process

By Sergio Duarte

The writer is President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

NEW YORK (IDN) – On July 1, 2018 the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will celebrate the fiftieth aniversary of its opening for signature. Although criticised as discriminatory for establishing different rights and obligations for nuclear and non-nuclear Parties, since that date in 1968 a total of 191 States have acceded to the Treaty, making it one of the most successful instruments in the field of arms control.

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Nuclear Weapon States’ Long Arm Seen Behind Deferral of Landmark UN Conference

By Alyn Ware*

NEW YORK (IDN) – May 14, 2018 was supposed to see the opening at the United Nations of a three-day High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, scheduled to discuss “effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons.”

The UN General Assembly decided five years ago to hold such a conference in 2018, following a series of annual, one-day, high-level meetings at the United Nations. [P 05] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION VERSION PDF

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Nuclear Weapon States’ Long Arm Seen Behind Deferral of Landmark UN Conference

By Alyn Ware*

NEW YORK (IDN) – May 14, 2018 was supposed to see the opening at the United Nations of a three-day High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament, scheduled to discuss “effective nuclear disarmament measures to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons, including, in particular, on a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons.”

The UN General Assembly decided five years ago to hold such a conference in 2018, following a series of annual, one-day, high-level meetings at the United Nations. [P 05] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION VERSION PDF

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Experts Denounce U.S. Withdrawal From Iran Nuclear Deal

専門家らが米国のイラン核合意離脱がもたらす幅広い悪影響を予測

【ニューヨークIDN＝J・ナストラニス】

専門家らによると、ドナルド・トランプ大統領のイラン核合意からの離脱決定は、多くの計り知れない不安要因をもたらした。１９９５年のノーベル平和賞受賞団体である科学と世界の諸問題に関するパグウォッシュ会議は、「（この判断は）これまで厳密に核に限定されていた枠を超えて、幅広い悪影響を招きかねない高くつく過ちだ。」と断じた。

２０１７年のノーベル平和賞受賞団体である核兵器廃絶国際キャンペーン（ICAN）も、この判断は、「機能している合意を台無しにするのみならず、協定・外交上のパートナーとしての米国の信用に大きな打撃となるものだ。」と警告した。

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CTBTO Must Credibly Confirm Dismantling & Closure of DPRK Nuclear-Weapon Test Site

By Tariq Rauf *

While North Korea has invited journalists from a handful of countries to witness the dismantling and closure of its nuclear-weapon test site at Punggye Ri, only the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) has the required expertise, verification technology and credibility to confirm the closure of the Punggye Ri test site.

Contrary to popular belief, the highly competent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has expertise only in monitoring and verification of civilian nuclear programmes, but not in the areas of dismantling of nuclear weapons and dismantling of nuclear-weapon test sites.

The IAEA monitors the “upstream” dimension of nuclear weapons development while the CTBT is intended to monitor the “downstream” final proof of a State’s intention to develop nuclear weapons – that is, the actual nuclear test explosion.

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Experts Predict Vast Ramifications of US Pullout From Iran Nuclear Deal

By Santo D. Banerjee

NEW YORK (IDN) – President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the Iran Nuclear Deal is fraught with multiple imponderables, according to experts. It’s “a costly mistake that can hold wide-ranging ramifications beyond its strictly nuclear parameters,” declared the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize winner Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs.

The decision “not only blows up a functioning agreement, it also deals a significant blow to U.S. credibility as a partner in contract and diplomacy,” warned the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate ICAN (the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons). [P 04] ARABIC |  HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION VERSION  PDF

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