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European Support for the US Has Backed Iran into a Corner
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power
Photo: The UN membership considered the 2015 Iran deal to be very fair. The Security Council gave it unanimous support. Indeed, the U.S. is now in breach of international law by opting out. Credit: UN Photo.
LUND, Sweden (IDN) – The Europeans have not done well in countering President Donald Trump’s onslaught on Iran. When Trump unilaterally decided that the U.S. should withdraw from the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, which committed Iran to winding down its nuclear research in return for the West, Russia and China (the latter two were also part of the deal) lifting sanctions which were crippling the Iranian economy, the Europeans huffed and puffed and then did little. [2019-12-10]
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Middle Eastern States Are Back on the Path to A WMD Free Zone – TURKISH
Orta Doğu Ülkeleri Kitle İmha Silahlarından Arındırılmış Bölge Yoluna Dönüyor.
Sergio Duarte’nun Görüş Yazısı
Yazar, Pugwash Başkanı ve Silahsızlanma İşleri Ofisi için eski BM Yüksek Temsilcisidir.
NEW YORK (IDN) – Orta Doğu’da nükleer silahlardan arındırılmış bir bölgenin oluşturulması Birleşmiş Milletler’deki nükleer silah denetimi ve bunların yayılmasının önlenmesi alanındaki en zor girişimlerden biri olmuştur. Geçen birkaç on yıl boyunca dünyanın diğer bölgelerindeki Devletler açısından, barış ve güvenliğe önemli derecede katkıda bulunan nükleer silahlardan arındırılmış bölgelerin kurulmasını sağlayan sözleşmeleri başarıyla müzakere ve kabul etmek mümkün olmuştur.
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Anxiety Looms Over the 10th NPT Review Conference Next Year
来年の第１０回NPT再検討会議に向けて不安高まる（セルジオ・ドゥアルテ元国連軍縮問題担当上級代表、パグウォッシュ会議議長）
【ニューヨークIDN＝セルジオ・ドゥアルテ】
１０月のニューヨーク、（軍縮を議論する）第７４回国連総会第一委員会は波乱の幕開けを迎えた。核不拡散条約２０２０年再検討会議に向けて、そして、軍縮関連の国連多国間機関での困難を暗示させるものだ。
一部代表団に対するビザの発給拒否を巡る論争のために、委員会の会期が始まってから２週間で、一般討論を終了させ、作業計画を採択することしかできなかった。代表らは激しい非難の応酬に陥り、ある時点では、作業を無期限延期しなくてはならないかに思えた。
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Neuer Anlauf für kernwaffenfreie Zone Nahost
Von Sergio Duarte
Der Autor ist Vorsitzender der internationalen Abrüstungsorganisation Pugwash und ehemaliger Hoher Vertreter der UN für Abrüstungsfragen.
Foto: 25 Jahre nach dem Friedensnobelpreis 1994, den Ministerpräsident Yitzhak Rabin und der israelische Außenminister Shimon Peres mit dem PLO-Vorsitzenden Yasser Arafat, der die Oslo-Friedensabkommen ausgehandelt und unterzeichnet hat, geteilt haben, bleiben die Beziehungen zwischen Palästina und Israel mit Spannung beladen und eine Zone für Massenvernichtungswaffen in der Region ist nicht in Sicht. Das Bild zeigt Rabin (links) beim Weltwirtschaftsforum in Davos 2001 beim Händeschütteln mit Arafat (rechts) Gutschrift: CC BY-SA Weltwirtschaftsforum.
NEW YORK (IDN) – Die Einrichtung einer atomwaffenfreien Zone Nahost gehört zu den besonders frustrierenden Unternehmen der Vereinten Nationen im Bereich der Rüstungskontrolle und der Nichtverbreitung von Atomwaffen. Dem gegenüber ist es Ländern in anderen Teilen der Welt gelungen, im Interesse von Frieden und Sicherheit atomwaffenfreie Zonen (NWFZ) auszuhandeln und zu installieren.
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Middle Eastern States Are Back on The Path to A WMD Free Zone
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte
The writer is President of Pugwash and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
Photo: Twenty-five years since the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize shared by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat – who negotiated and signed the Oslo Peace Accords – peace continues to evade the Middle East, Palestine-Israel relations remain tense and a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Zone in the region is nowhere in sight. The picture shows Rabin (left) shaking hands with Arafat (right) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2001 | Credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum.
NEW YORK (IDN) – The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East has been one of the most frustrating undertakings in the field of arms control and non-proliferation at the United Nations. Over the past few decades it has been possible for States in other regions of the globe to successfully negotiate and adopt treaties that establish nuclear weapon free zones that greatly enhance peace and security. [2019-12-01-23] ARABIC | GERMAN | ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | TURKISH
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Middle Eastern States Are Back on The Path to A WMD Free Zone
Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte
The writer is President of Pugwash and former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
Photo: Twenty-five years since the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize shared by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat – who negotiated and signed the Oslo Peace Accords – peace continues to evade the Middle East, Palestine-Israel relations remain tense and a Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Zone in the region is nowhere in sight. The picture shows Rabin (left) shaking hands with Arafat (right) at the World Economic Forum in Davos, 2001 | Credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum.
NEW YORK (IDN) – The establishment of a nuclear weapon free zone in the region of the Middle East has been one of the most frustrating undertakings in the field of arms control and non-proliferation at the United Nations. Over the past few decades it has been possible for States in other regions of the globe to successfully negotiate and adopt treaties that establish nuclear weapon free zones that greatly enhance peace and security. [2019-12-01-23] ARABIC | GERMAN | ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF