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Fervent Calls for The CTBT To Be Urgently Brought into Force
By Jaya Ramachandran
VIENNA (IDN) – The International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT) 2020 was a rallying point for calls around the globe for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to be brought into force, featuring a high-level plenary session of the United Nations General Assembly and a prestigious panel discussion at the European Forum Alpbach. [2020–08-31]
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Extinguishing Prometheus’ Nuclear Flame: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
By Tariq Rauf*
Collage of photos of the author in his IAEA capacity at the Semipalatinsk “polygon” on 29 August 2011, with ‘Stronger than Death’ monument in Semey in the centre. It was erected in 2001 in memory of the victims of nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk. Photos by Tariq Rauf.
VIENNA (IDN) – The first nuclear explosive device was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range in the New Mexico desert in the United States of America on July 16, 1945, and then on August 6 and 9 the US carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the next seven decades, nine additional countries carried out some 2060 nuclear explosions, spreading radioactive contamination in the air, lands and space, and in the world’s oceans, leading to long-lasting catastrophic consequences for the health and well-being of millions of innocent people. [2020–08-29 | 13] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | MALAY
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Extinguishing Prometheus’ Nuclear Flame: International Day Against Nuclear Tests
By Tariq Rauf*
Collage of photos of the author in his IAEA capacity at the Semipalatinsk “polygon” on 29 August 2011, with ‘Stronger than Death’ monument in Semey in the centre. It was erected in 2001 in memory of the victims of nuclear testing at Semipalatinsk. Photos by Tariq Rauf.
VIENNA (IDN) – The first nuclear explosive device was detonated at the Alamogordo Test Range in the New Mexico desert in the United States of America on July 16, 1945, and then on August 6 and 9 the US carried out the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the next seven decades, nine additional countries carried out some 2060 nuclear explosions, spreading radioactive contamination in the air, lands and space, and in the world’s oceans, leading to long-lasting catastrophic consequences for the health and well-being of millions of innocent people. [2020–08-29 | 13] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | MALAY
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Looking Back at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks on 75th Anniversary
｜視点｜広島・長崎への核攻撃７５周年を振り返る（タリク・ラウフ元ストックホルム国際平和研究所軍縮・軍備管理・不拡散プログラム責任者）
【ウィーン／広島IDN＝タリク・ラウフ】
１９４５年７月１６日午前５時２９分、「ガジェット」というあだ名が付けられた世界初の核爆発装置の爆発によって、原子の秘密が解き放たれた。複数の国からの支援を受けて遂行された原爆開発「マンハッタン計画」の科学面での指揮者であったロバート・オッペンハイマーは「我々は世界が同じではなくなったことを知っている。今や私は死となり、世界の破壊者となったのだ」と嘆息し、彼の同僚であったレオ・シラードは「あの夜、私は世界が悲嘆に向かっていることを知った」と述べている。
その３週間後、米国は、８月６日に広島、９日に長崎とそれぞれ原爆を投下した。この出来事は、核兵器が人類と環境に及ぼす革命的かつ壊滅的な力を見せつけるものだった。
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A Warrior for Nuclear Peace Dies But His Message Reverberates
｜視点｜核兵器なき平和を目指した闘士が逝く、しかし彼のメッセージは死なず
【ルンド（スウェーデン）IDN＝ジョナサン・パワー】
核時代における影の英雄の一人であったブルース・ブレア氏が７月１９日、７２歳で亡くなった。ブレア氏は１９７０年代の一時期、大陸間横断核ミサイルの発射管理官を務めていた人物である。彼の任務は、ロシア西部の都市やその住民、あらゆる階級の労働者、高齢者、無垢な子どもたちを跡形もなく全滅させる核ミサイルの発射命令を、昼夜を分かたず地中深くの部屋に籠って待機する生活だった。
『ニューヨーク・タイムズ』紙は追悼記事のなかで「核攻撃を開始することがいかに容易であるか、それに対する防護手段がいかに欠落しているかについて、ブレア氏は警告を発し続けた。核軍備管理を要求するリーダーの一人として、彼は各国に核先制不使用政策を採るよう強く求めた。」と述べた。
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The Limits of Breakout Estimates in Assessing Iran’s Nuclear Program
An Issue Brief by the Arms Control Association Issue Brief
By Kelsey Davenport, Director for Nonproliferation Policy, with Julia Masterson, Research Assistant
WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) –Over the past year, Iran has taken several troubling steps to breach the limits that were imposed on its nuclear program by the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). While Iran’s violations of the accord appear to be carefully calibrated to create leverage in response to the Trump administration’s 2018 withdrawal from the accord and reimposition of sanctions, Iran’s actions have rekindled the debate about how quickly Iran could “breakout,” or produce enough nuclear material for a bomb. [2020–08-10]
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Japanese and American Catholics Take on the Bomb
｜視点｜日本と米国のカトリック教会が協力して核廃絶めざす（ドリュー・クリスチャンセンジョージタウン大学名誉教授）
【ワシントンDC＝ドリュー・クリスチャンセン】
長崎は日本のカトリック信仰の歴史において中心的な位置を占めている。イエズス会の伝道師フランシスコ・ザビエルが初めて日本を訪れた１６世紀に始まって、長崎はキリスト教を日本に伝播させる上での中心地であった。
徳川幕府がキリスト教を禁止・迫害し始めた１７世紀以来、長崎の「隠れキリシタン」は密かに信仰を守り、子を洗礼してカトリックの教義を与え、祈りを後世に伝えてきた。
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CTBTO ES on 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
[2020-08-10]
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Looking Back at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks on 75th Anniversary
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf
Photo: Side view of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.5
The writer is former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, former Alternate Head of the IAEA Delegation to the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty (NPT); Senior Advisor on nuclear disarmament to the Chairs at the 2015 NPT Review Conference and 2014 NPT PrepCom; long time Expert with Canada’s NPT delegation until 2000. Personal views are expressed here. The following is an expanded version of comments made at the event, ‘The 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing and the United Nations In the Time of COVID-19: Where Do We Stand and What Can Be Done for a Nuclear-Free World?’, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima. [2020–08-06 | 12] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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Looking Back at the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks on 75th Anniversary
Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf
Photo: Side view of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.5
The writer is former Head of Nuclear Verification and Security Policy at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, former Alternate Head of the IAEA Delegation to the nuclear non-proliferation Treaty (NPT); Senior Advisor on nuclear disarmament to the Chairs at the 2015 NPT Review Conference and 2014 NPT PrepCom; long time Expert with Canada’s NPT delegation until 2000. Personal views are expressed here. The following is an expanded version of comments made at the event, ‘The 75th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing and the United Nations In the Time of COVID-19: Where Do We Stand and What Can Be Done for a Nuclear-Free World?’, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima. [2020–08-06 | 12] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF
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