Grave Concern About US-Russian Actions Evoking Cold War

米ロの行動が冷戦を引きおこすとの懸念が強まる

【ニューヨークIDN＝サントー・D・バネルジー】

核問題の専門家や平和活動家が、中距離核戦力（INF）全廃条約の崩壊に関して強い懸念を表明する中、互いに相手が約束に違反しているとして非難の応酬を続ける米ロ両国は、あたかも冷戦時代を想起させる行動をおこしている。

INF条約は、米国のロナルド・レーガン大統領とソ連の指導者ミハイル・ゴルバチョフの間で１９８７年に調印された。射程５００～５５００キロメートルの地上発射型の弾頭・巡航両ミサイルを、核兵器と通常兵器の双方に関して廃絶し、恒久的に保有しないことを約したものである。

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Eminent Buddhist Leader Urges Halt to Nuclear Weapons and Killer Robots

知名佛教领袖呼吁废除核武器和禁止杀手机器人

作者：拉梅什·尧拉撰写（Ramesh Jaura）   

柏林 | 东京（IDN）讯 – 在即将举行的有关不扩散核武器重要会谈的前夕，佛教哲学家、教育家和坚定的核裁军倡导者池田大作博士呼吁缓和紧张局势，以中止核武器开发下造成的进一步冲突升级。

为强调 2019 年 4 月 29 日至 5 月 10 日在纽约联合国总部举行的《不扩散核武器条约》（Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons，简称NPT《不扩散条约》）缔约国2020年审议大会筹备委员会第三届会议的重要性，池田博士敦促有必要收集针对多边核裁军努力的缔约国方支持。2020 年是该条约生效的五十周年。

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UN Denies Endorsement of India in Nuclear Suppliers Group

By Shanta Roy

Image credit: Defence Squad | YouTube

NEW YORK (IDN) – India, Pakistan and Israel, three countries armed with nuclear weapons, are not recognized as nuclear weapon states by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – a “privilege” bestowed only on the world’s five major nuclear powers: the U.S., UK, Russia, France and China, which are also members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) [2019-09-05 | 14] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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UN Denies Endorsement of India in Nuclear Suppliers Group

By Shanta Roy

Image credit: Defence Squad | YouTube

NEW YORK (IDN) – India, Pakistan and Israel, three countries armed with nuclear weapons, are not recognized as nuclear weapon states by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – a “privilege” bestowed only on the world’s five major nuclear powers: the U.S., UK, Russia, France and China, which are also members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) [2019-09-05 | 14] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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It Is Time to Close and Lock the Door on Nuclear Testing

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball *

Photo: Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear test in eastern Kazakhstan near the secret town of Semipalatinsk on August 29, 1949. Credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri | INPS-IDN August 2019

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – Everybody knows that nuclear weapons have been used twice in wartime and with terrible consequences. Often overlooked, however, is the large-scale, postwar use of nuclear weapons: At least eight countries have conducted 2,056 nuclear test explosions, most of which were far larger than the bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The United States alone has detonated more than 1,030 nuclear explosions in the atmosphere, underwater, and underground. [2019-09-02]

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