Growing Concern about US-Russian Disarmament Treaties

By Jamshed Baruah

NEW YORK (IDN) – In his agenda for disarmament, Securing Our Common Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for reinvigorated dialogue, serious negotiations and a return to a common vision leading towards nuclear disarmament. [2019-07-31 | P09] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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Growing Concern about US-Russian Disarmament Treaties

By Jamshed Baruah

NEW YORK (IDN) – In his agenda for disarmament, Securing Our Common Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for reinvigorated dialogue, serious negotiations and a return to a common vision leading towards nuclear disarmament. [2019-07-31 | P09] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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Iran at the Edge of a Cliff as the Bomb Question Hangs Fire

Trump Scrapped Security Council Endorsed Nuclear Deal

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power

LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – There’s never been a full-scale war between two nuclear-armed states. If Iran one day did cross the nuclear threshold the same deterrence will apply. No one rational would want to provoke their own incineration. Columbia university professor, Kenneth Waltz, the distinguished theorist on the conduct of war, wrote in Foreign Affairs that with Israel possessing over 200 nuclear weapons (which the U.S. refuses to publicly admit) Iran having a bomb would bring stability. [2019-07-24]

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Nuclear Watchdog Chief Amano Leaves Behind a Rich Legacy

By Reinhard Jacobsen

VIENNA (IDN) – Within days of his decision to step down for health reasons in March 2020 as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukia Amano passed away at the age of 72 on July 22, 2019. His latest mandate was due to run until 2021. He headed the agency since 2009. [2019-07-23]

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NATO Chief Should Urge USA to Work with Russia For Arms Control

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball

The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared on July 15 on the organization’s website.

WASHINGTO, DC (IDN-INPS) – Russian pursuit of the 9M729 intermediate-range missile, which is banned under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, is unacceptable and merits a strong response. But NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg’s formula, as expressed in a new op-ed published in the German-language Frankfurter Allgemeine, is inadequate. [2019-07-21]

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ICAN Slates Sweden’s Decision Not to Sign Nuclear Ban Treaty

By Rita Joshi

BERLIN (IDN) – The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017, has criticized Sweden’s decision not to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström announced at a press conference on July 12, 2019 that Sweden will not currently sign the UN nuclear ban treaty. “Sweden’s decision … is a step backwards and a historic violation of Swedish security policy,” said ICAN Executive Director Beatrice Fihn, a Swedish national.  [2019-07-14]

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New Report Warns of Resurfacing Nuclear Risks

By Jaya Ramachandran

NEW YORK (IDN) – In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2020, arms control experts have warned that “the risk of nuclear use is increasing and … critical nonproliferation and disarmament norms are eroding”.

Assessing Progress on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament in 2016-2019, the Arms Control Association, says: “While there have been some modest gains on safeguards, there has been significant backsliding on the standards related to arms control and risk reduction.” [2019-07-13]

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Caribbean States Vow to Facilitate Swift Entry into Force of Nuclear Ban Treaty

カリブ海諸国、核兵器禁止条約の早期発効を誓う

【ジュネーブIDN＝ジャヤ・ラマチャンドラン】

核兵器禁止（核禁）条約が１２２カ国によって採択されてから約２か月半後の２０１７年９月２０日、ニューヨークの国連本部で同条約が署名に開放された。それ以降、７０カ国が署名、２３カ国が批准している。条約は、５０カ国が署名・批准してから９０日後に発効することになっている。

核禁条約は、核兵器廃絶国際キャンペーン（ICAN）や、世界各地のパートナー組織による１０年に及ぶ活動の末に採択された。

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Warheads to Windmills: 3 Ways to Address Climate Emergency

By ICAN

GENEVA (IDN-INPS) – A recent report released by NuclearBan.US, “Warheads to Windmills: How to Pay for a Green New Deal,” shows how eliminating nuclear weapons will play a crucial part in preventing the worst of the climate crisis. The report is focused on the US in particular, but it offers a blueprint for all nine of the nuclear nations. Here’s what you need to know: [2019-07-12]

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Los estados del Caribe prometen facilitar la pronta entrada en vigor del Tratado de Prohibición Nuclear

Por Jaya Ramachandran

GINEBRA (IDN): Desde que el Tratado sobre la Prohibición de las Armas Nucleares (TPNW) se abriera a la firma en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, el 20 de septiembre de 2017, a casi dos meses y medio después de su adopción por 122 estados, setenta países han firmado y 23 lo han ratificado. El tratado entrará en vigor legal 90 días después de que lo hayan firmado y ratificado 50 países.

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