Sri Lanka Committed to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

By Jaya Ramachandran

Collage courtesy of Sri Lanka’s Daily FT

GENEVA | COLOMBO (IDN) – In an exceptional move, Germany has granted funds to Sri Lanka’s Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) for the translation of the texts of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) to the island state’s official languages Sinhala and Tamil. NPT and CTBT texts were until now available only in official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. [2020-01-31-27] GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Sri Lanka Committed to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

By Jaya Ramachandran

Collage courtesy of Sri Lanka’s Daily FT

GENEVA | COLOMBO (IDN) – In an exceptional move, Germany has granted funds to Sri Lanka’s Forum on Disarmament and Development (FDD) for the translation of the texts of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban-Treaty (CTBT) to the island state’s official languages Sinhala and Tamil. NPT and CTBT texts were until now available only in official languages of the United Nations: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. [2020-01-31-27] GERMAN | HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Climate and Nuclear Weapons Are the Focus of Buddhist Leader’s Peace Proposals

By Taro Ichikawa

Photo: A view of participants in the UN Youth Climate Summit on 21 September 2019. Credit: UN.

TOKYO (IDN) – Climate action and nuclear weapons abolition, with a focus on the individual lives and suffering often hidden behind macroeconomic indices, is the main theme of the 38th annual peace proposal by Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist network. [2020-01-27]

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Russia Exhorts US to Extend New START Without Preconditions

By Kingston Reif and Shannon Bugos

Image credit: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN | Arms Control Association) – Russian officials repeated in late December and early January President Vladimir Putin’s call for extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) as soon as possible, though Washington continues to remain silent on the future of the accord, which is scheduled to expire in just over 12 months.[2020-01-23]

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The G20 Should Have Nuclear Disarmament on Their Agenda – RUSSIAN

«Большая двадцатка» должна включить ядерное разоружение в свою повестку дня

Точка зрения Герберта Вульфа*

ДУЙСБУРГ, Германия (IDN). Две опасные тенденции развития в данный момент ставят под угрозу буквально само существование человечества: климатический кризис и возможность ядерной войны. Острота проблемы изменения климата осознается практически всеми, однако ее решения, невзирая на заверения многих правительств, пока нет. И все же полемика, касающаяся климата, ведется оживленно и сопровождается многочисленными демонстрациями против политики, наносящей вред климату.

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G２０は核軍縮を議題とすべきだ（ハーバート・ウルフ ボン国際軍民転換センター元所長）

【ドゥイスブルク（ドイツ）IDN＝ハーバート・ウルフ】

現在、気候変動と核戦争の可能性という２つの重要な動きが、文字通り、人類の生存そのものを脅かしている。多くの政府が確認しているにも関わらず解決策が立つ見通しはないが、気候変動の深刻さに関しては幅広いコンセンサスがある。環境に悪影響を与える政策に対して無数のデモが行われるなど、気候変動をめぐる議論は、少なくとも活発であるといえる。

これに対して、核災害のリスクについて、人々の意識からほとんど消え去ってしまった。平和運動と冷戦の終結によって少なくとも一時的には政策の大きな転換につながったが、今日では、前例のない規模の再武装化が始まっている。核弾頭の数は、冷戦終結時の７万発超から現在の１万４０００発へと減ってきたが、世界を数度絶滅させるのに十分な量が残っている。

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The G20 Should Have Nuclear Disarmament on Their Agenda – CHINESE

G20应将核裁军纳入议事日程

Herbert Wulf*的观点

杜伊斯堡，德国（IDN） -目前，两大重要事态的发展真正威胁着人类的生存：气候危机和核战争的可能性。现在已就气候变化的严重性达成广泛共识，尽管许多政府表示肯定，但仍未明确显示出有任何解决方案的迹象。不过，至少气候辩论十分激烈，并伴随着无数次针对破坏环境的政策的示威游行。

相比之下，核灾难的风险在公众意识中已基本消失。和平运动和冷战的结束至少导致政策的暂时转变，但是长期以来，这种转变已让位于前所未有的大规模重整军备。尽管核弹头的数量已经减少，从冷战结束时的70,000减少到今天的不到14,000，但这仍足以使地球数次变为废墟。

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IPPNW and Pugwash Slam the Killing of Gen. Suleimani

By Jamshed Baruah

GENEVA (IDN) – Two Nobel Peace laureates – IPPNW and Pugwash – have vehemently censured the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani on January 3. Suleimani was Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and, from 1998 until his death, commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations. [2020-01-14]

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Youth to The Front for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

若者を核兵器禁止運動の前面に

【ニューヨークIDN＝J・ナストラニス】

国連のアントニオ・グテーレス事務総長は２０１８年５月２４日に発表した「軍縮アジェンダ」において、若者が関与できるプラットフォームを構築していく必要性を強調した。そうしたプラットフォームには、それぞれの地域で軍縮や不拡散、軍備管理の問題に熱心に取り組む「世界各地の若者集団」が含まれる。

また、若者や軍縮・不拡散教育、紛争予防といった問題とリンクさせながら持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の履行を支持する若者グループや地域団体と関わることは、若者の関与を目指すプラットフォームの第２の柱である。

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The Future of New START and NPT Hangs in the Balance

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball

The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. The following is the text of his article published in January/February 2020 issue of Arms Control Today.

Photo: John R. Bolton holds a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow on 23 October 2018. CC BY 4.0

WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – This year, the world will mark the 75th anniversary of the catastrophic atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the indispensable but imperfect nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). [2020-01-11]

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