A Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Slashing Military Spending and Investing in Healthcare

ノーベル平和賞受賞団体、軍事費を医療に回すことを提言

【ベルリンIDN＝ジュッタ・ウォルフ】

１９１０年にノーベル平和賞を受賞した世界最古の平和団体ある「国際平和ビューロー」（IPB）が、医療や社会ニーズに対応するために軍事費を「大幅に削減」するよう訴えている。３月２７日に署名運動が開始された請願書は、今年９月１５日の国連総会初日に総会に提出される予定だ。

IPBは、請願書とベルリン本部から出された声明のなかで、「国際社会は毎年１．８兆ドルを軍事費に支出しているほか、今後２０年間で新型核兵器に１兆ドルを費やす予定だ。」と述べている。

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A Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Slashing Military Spending and Investing in Healthcare – Russian

Лауреат Нобелевской премии мира призывает сократить военные расходы и инвестировать в здравоохранение

Автор: Ютта Вольф (Jutta Wolf)

БЕРЛИН (IDN) – Старейшая в мире пацифистская неправительственная организация, лауреат Нобелевской премии мира 1910 года Международное бюро мира (МБМ/IPB), призывает к «резкому сокращению» военных расходов в пользу здравоохранения и удовлетворения социальных потребностей. Петиция, запущенная 27 марта и подписанная всеми заинтересованными сторонами, будет представлена на Генеральной Ассамблее Организации Объединенных Наций в первый день открытия следующей сессии 15 сентября 2020 года.

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Update: Postponed 2020 NPT Review Conference

Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf *

Photo: Collage from images on www.un.org/en/conferences/npt2020

VIENNA (IDN) – On 30 March 2020, IDN-InDepthNews published my article, Challenge for the NAM: Move the NPT Review Conference to 2021 in Vienna, in which I had noted the announcement of the postponement of the 2020 review conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), scheduled to be held in New York from 27 April to 22 May, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. [2020–04-03]

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A Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Slashing Military Spending and Investing in Healthcare

By Jutta Wolf

Image credit: IPB

BERLIN (IDN) – The world’s oldest peace NGO, the 1910 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Peace Bureau (IPB), is calling for a “dramatic reduction” of military spending in favour of healthcare and meeting social needs. A petition launched on March 27 and signed by all interested will be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly on the first day of the next session opening on September 15, 2020. [2020–04-02 | 01] ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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A Nobel Peace Laureate Calls for Slashing Military Spending and Investing in Healthcare

By Jutta Wolf

Image credit: IPB

BERLIN (IDN) – The world’s oldest peace NGO, the 1910 Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Peace Bureau (IPB), is calling for a “dramatic reduction” of military spending in favour of healthcare and meeting social needs. A petition launched on March 27 and signed by all interested will be submitted to the United Nations General Assembly on the first day of the next session opening on September 15, 2020. [2020–04-02 | 01]  ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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