The Story of a Nuclear Test Veteran

By ICAN

GENEVA (IDN-INPS) – In an interview with ICAN, U.S. nuclear test veteran George Coleman speaks up about the nuclear trials carried out by the U.S. military and his life and health after the nuclear weapons testing conducted in Nevada.

“We were given zero choice”, said George Coleman, a victim of one of the many nuclear weapon trials conducted at the Nevada Test Site. [2019-05-30] 

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USA Claims Russia Flouting Global Ban on Nuclear Testing Too

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – Amid mounting signs of a new arms race unleashing between the United States and Russia, which together account for 93 percent of the nuclear weapons around the world, a top Trump Administration official has obliquely accused Russia of violating the global ban on nuclear tests enshrined in the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). [2019-05-29] 

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Il gioco di colpa ostacola il cammino verso il 50° anniversario del TNP

Il punto di vista di Tariq Rauf

Tariq Rauf è stato Direttore supplente dell’Agenzia internazionale per l’energia atomica (IAEA), Delegazione TNP, dal 2002 al 2010, e ha partecipato a tutte le riunioni del TNP come delegato ufficiale dal 1987 al 2019. Qui sono espresse le sue opinioni personali. Clicca qui per il suo precedente articolo.

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The Blame Game Obstructs the Path to NPT 50th Anniversary – HINDI

दोषारोपण ने NPT की 50वी वर्षगाँठ के मार्ग को अवरुद्ध किया

तारीक राउफ का परिप्रेक्ष्य

तारीक राउफ इंटरनेशनल एटॉमिक एनर्जी एजेंसी (IAEA) NPT प्रतिनिधि-मंडल 2002-2010 के वैकल्पिक अध्यक्ष थे, और वे 1987 से लेकर 2019 तक एक आधिकारिक प्रतिनिधि के रूप में NPT की सभी बैठकों में उपस्थित रहे हैं। यहाँ व्यक्तिगत विचारों को अभिव्यक्त किया गया है। उनके पूर्ववर्ती लेखों हेतु यहाँ क्लिक करें।

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L’orchestra del Titanic suona, mentre il sistema di controllo delle armi nucleari crolla

Il punto di vista di Tariq Rauf

L’autore è stato vice-capo della delegazione per il Trattato di non proliferazione (NPT) per il 2002-2010 dell’Agenzia internazionale per l’energia atomica (IAEA) ed è stato presente in qualità di delegato ufficiale a tutti i vertici NPT dal 1987 al 2019. In questa sede egli parla a titolo personale.

NEW YORK (IDN) – La terza e ultima sessione del Comitato preparatorio (PrepCom) della Conferenza del 2020 per la revisione del Trattato di non proliferazione nucleare (NPT), tenutasi alla sede ONU di New York, si è conclusa con un nulla di fatto, a causa di divergenze sui tempi e la latitudine del disarmo nucleare.

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Fiddling While the Nuclear Arms Control Architecture Collapses – HINDI

फ़िडलिंग व्हाइल द न्यूक्लियर आर्म्स कंट्रोल आर्किटेक्चर कोलैप्स

तारिक रऊफ का दृष्टिकोण

लेखक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय परमाणु ऊर्जा एजेंसी (IAEA) NPT प्रतिनिधिमंडल 2002-2010 के वैकल्पिक प्रमुख थे और उन्होंने 1987 से 2019 तक सभी NPT बैठकों में आधिकारिक प्रतिनिधि के रूप में भाग लिया। यहाँ उनके व्यक्तिगत विचार व्यक्त किए गए हैं।

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference Could Hit a U.S. Roadblock

米国という障害にぶつかりかねないNPT再検討会議

【ニューヨークIDN＝シャンタ・ロイ】

無謀にも多国間条約を次々と攻撃しているトランプ政権は、核不拡散条約（NPT）の再検討会議が来年４～５月にニューヨークで開催される際に、試練に直面することになりそうだ。

５月１０日まで開催されていたNPT再検討会議準備委員会会合の議長を務めたマレーシアのサイード・モハマド・ハスリン・アイディッド大使はサイドイベントで、広島・長崎両市長に対して「やるべきことがたくさん残っています。とりわけ、来年はNPT発効５０周年です。」と語った。

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Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile, Affirms Willingness for Dialogue with India

By Ayaz Gul

This article first appeared on Voice of America on May 23, 2019.

ISLAMABAD (IDN-INPS) – Pakistan says it has successfully conducted a “training launch” of a ballistic missile capable of carrying both nuclear and conventional warheads up to 1,500 kilometers.

The move came amid Pakistan’s heightened military tensions with neighboring rival India, and it is seen by observers as part of the efforts Islamabad is making to keep pace with New Delhi’s massive investments in military hardware and advancements. [2019-05-24] 

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Uncertainty over U.S.-Russian Arms Control Talks

By Kingston Reif and Shervin Taheran

While Kingston Reif is Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy, Shervin Taheran is Research Assistant at the Arms Control Association, which carried this report on May 24, 2019.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Following a May 14 meeting in Sochi, Russia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that the two countries “agreed that … we will gather together teams that will begin to work not only on [the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty] New START and its potential extension but on a broader range of arms control issues that each of our two nations have.” [2019-05-24] 

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Door to North Korea Remains Open Despite Missile Tests

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre and Kelsey Davenport

While Alicia Sanders-Zakre is research assistant, Kelsey Davenport, is director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association, which carried this report on May 21, 2019.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – The next steps for U.S. diplomacy with North Korea remain unclear after Pyongyang tested several short-range ballistic missiles in early May.

Despite the missile tests, South Korea and the United States urged a resumption of dialogue. [2019-05-22] 

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