Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – ARABIC

اجتماع خاص للأمم المتحدة يدعو إلى بدء نفاذ معاهدة حظر التجارب النووية

بواسطة ج. ناسترانيسو

نيويورك (IDN) – منذ عشرة سنوات، في 2 ديسمبر 2009، الجلسة الرابعة والستون من الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة أعلنت التاسع والعشرين من أغسطس اليوم العالمي لمحاربة التجارب النووية باتخاذ القرار بالإجماع 64\35. تم إصدار هذا القرار بواسطة جمهورية كازاخستان، مع عدد كبير من الداعمين والرعاة في ذكرى إغلاق موقع سيميبلاتينسك في 29 أغسطس 1991.

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Concerns About Military Build-up in Iceland

By Lowana Veal

Photo: Protest in Reykjavik organised by peace, LGBTQ and women’s groups during U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on September 4, 2019. Credit: Lowana Veal | IDN-INPS.

REYKJAVIK (IDN) – It was widely believed that the U.S. military left Iceland in 2006 when they abandoned the base adjoining Iceland’s international airport at Keflavik on the southwest tip of the island.

But recent developments, in particular the visit of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence to Iceland in early September and perhaps a previous visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in February 2019, reveal other motives. [2019-09-14 |16] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWEDISH

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Concerns About Military Build-up in Iceland

By Lowana Veal

Photo: Protest in Reykjavik organised by peace, LGBTQ and women’s groups during U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence on September 4, 2019. Credit: Lowana Veal | IDN-INPS.

REYKJAVIK (IDN) – It was widely believed that the U.S. military left Iceland in 2006 when they abandoned the base adjoining Iceland’s international airport at Keflavik on the southwest tip of the island.

But recent developments, in particular the visit of U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence to Iceland in early September and perhaps a previous visit of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in February 2019, reveal other motives. [2019-09-14 | 16] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWEDISH

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Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

By J Nastranis

Photo: CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo addressing UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on 9 September 2019 to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August). Credit: CTBTO

NEW YORK (IDN) – Ten years ago, on December 2, 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared August 29 the International Day against Nuclear Tests by unanimously adopting resolution 64/35. The resolution was initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of sponsors and cosponsors with a view to commemorating the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on August 29, 1991. [2019-09-13 | 15] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Special UN Meeting Calls for Entry into Force of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

By J Nastranis

Photo: CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo addressing UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on 9 September 2019 to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August). Credit: CTBTO

NEW YORK (IDN) – Ten years ago, on December 2, 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared August 29 the International Day against Nuclear Tests by unanimously adopting resolution 64/35. The resolution was initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of sponsors and cosponsors with a view to commemorating the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on August 29, 1991. [2019-09-13 | 15] ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Russian Weapons Accident Raises Nuclear Concerns

By Greg Webb

Photo: Officials examine a radionuclide detector stationed on the roof of the Vienna International Centre, home of CTBTO headquarters. Russia has deployed seven such detectors on its territory as part of the CTBTO’s monitoring system, but some stopped transmitting information after a Russian weapons accident on August 8. Credit: CTBTO

The writer is editor of Arms Control Today, the Arms Control Association’s flagship publication.

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN-INPS) – An accidental explosion on Russia’s White Sea coast has triggered questions about the Kremlin’s strategic weapons development efforts and concerns that Russia may have shut down sensors to deny information to international observers. [2019-09-13]

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UN dementieren Zuspruch für Aufnahme Indiens in Gruppe Nuklearer Lieferländer

Von Shanta Roy

NEW YORK (IDN) – Der Bericht einer indischen Zeitung über den angeblichen  Rückhalt der Vereinten Nationen für den Beitritt Indiens in die Gruppe der Nuklearen Lieferländer (NSG) wirft ein Schlaglicht auf das Versagen der internationalen Gemeinschaft, ihren vertraglich eingegangenen Abrüstungsverpflichtungen nachzukommen.

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Continuing Upsurge in Costs of U.S. Nuclear Warheads

Viewpoint by Kingston Reif

Photo credit: U.S: National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

The writer is the Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy at the Arms Control Association. This article was first published in Arms Control Today (ACT).

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – The estimated cost of sustaining U.S. nuclear warheads and their supporting infrastructure continues to rise, according to the Energy Department’s latest annual report on the Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan. [2019-09-09]

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Rückkehr des kalten Krieges befürchtet

Von Santo D. Banerjee

NEW YORK (IDN) – Der Ausstieg der USA aus dem Washingtoner Vertrag über nukleare Mittelstreckensysteme (INF-Abkommen) und die fortgesetzten Streitigkeiten zwischen Moskau und Washington lassen bei Rüstungs- und Nuklearexperten die Alarmglocken schrillen. Sie warnen vor einer Rückkehr ins Zeitalter des Kalten Krieges.

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Kazakhstan Honours Advocates of a Nuclear-Free World

カザフスタンが非核世界推進の立役者を表彰

【ベルリン／ヌルスルタンIDN＝ラメシュ・ジャウラ、浅霧勝浩】

核軍縮・不拡散で世界をリードする存在だと広く認められているカザフスタンが、今年の「核実験に反対する国際デー」に際して、「核兵器なき世界」の実現に尽力してきた２人の人物を表彰した。中央アジアに位置するカザフスタンは、１９９１年に崩壊したソ連の構成国として、かつては世界第４位の核戦力を保有していた。

１０回目の「核実験に反対する国際デー」を国連が公式に記念した今年の８月２９日、カザフスタンの初代大統領ヌルスルタン・ナザルバエフ氏が、包括的核実験禁止条約機構（CTBTO）準備委員会のラッシーナ・ゼルボ事務局長と、７月１８日に逝去した国際原子力機関（IAEA）の故・天野之弥事務局長に対して「ナザルバエフ賞」を首都ヌルスルタン市で贈呈した。

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