China to Add Long-Range Bombers and Other Arsenal in the Next Five Years

By Sahil Mishra *

NEW DELHI | BEIJING (IDN) – The highly publicised fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded at the end of October 2020 with an important communiqué which outlines the main objectives of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) and the long-term vision to realize socialist modernization by 2035. [2020-11-25]

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Faith-based & Other NGOs Look Forward to Entry into Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty

FBOなどNGO諸団体が、核兵器禁止条約の発効を待ち望む

【ベルリンIDN＝ラメシュ・ジャウラ】

核兵器禁止（核禁）条約の批准国が５０カ国目に達したという知らせを受けたとき、サーロー節子さんは、「椅子から立ち上がることができず、両手に顔を埋めて喜びの涙にくれました。…私の心の中に生きている、広島と長崎で命を失った多くの魂に思いを馳せました。愛する魂に『やっとここまでこぎ着けましたよ』と語りかけました。かけがえのない命で究極の犠牲を払わされた彼らに、最初にこの素晴らしいニュースを報告しました。」と語った。

広島原爆の被爆者であるサーロー節子さんは核兵器の廃絶を訴えて長年にわたって活動してきた。２０１７年のノーベル平和賞受賞団体である「核兵器廃絶国際キャンペーン」（ICAN）のウェブサイトに掲載された声明の中でサーローさんは、「私はこのことに達成感と満足感、そして感謝の思いでいっぱいです。この気持ちは、広島・長崎で原爆を生き延びた人々や南太平洋の島々やカザフスタン、オーストラリア、アルジェリアで行われた核実験で被爆した人々、さらにカナダ、米国、コンゴのウラン鉱山で被爆した人々も同じような気持ちでいると思います。」と語った。

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Warten auf Inkrafttreten von UN-Vertrag für ein Verbot von Atomwaffen – Kernwaffengegner versprechen sich Signalwirkung

Von Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN (IDN) – Als Setsuko Thurlow von der 50. Ratifizierung erfuhr, die das Inkrafttreten des UN-Vertrags für ein Verbot von Atomwaffen (TPNW) Anfang nächsten Jahres möglich macht, war sie nicht in der Lage, sich von ihrem Stuhl zu erheben. “Ich blieb einfach sitzen, nahm meinen Kopf in beide Hände und weinte Freudentränen.”

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2045: A New Rallying Call for Nuclear Abolition – Chinese

2045年：对废除核武器的新号召

观点来自Alyn Ware、Vanda Proskova和Saber Chowdhury*

纽约（IDN）– 2020年10月2日，77位国家元首和政府部长、联合国秘书长、联合国大会主席和两位民间社会代表在联合国消除核武器高级别会议上发表讲话。

被一些政府重点提及并得到两位民间社会代表支持的其中一项提案，是呼吁联合国成员国承诺在2045年（联合国成立100周年）之前消除核武器。

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Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal Under International Law

核兵器は国際法の下で非合法となる – 国連にとって画期的な勝利（ソマール・ウィジャヤダサ国際弁護士）

【ニューヨークIDN＝ソマール・ウィジャヤダサ】

核兵器禁止（核禁）条約は１０月２４日に批准した国が発効要件となる５０カ国に達したため、９０日後の２０２１年１月２２日に発効する。これにより、核兵器（最も危険な大量破壊兵器）は、国際法の下で最終的に非合法となる。

核禁条約の発効は、７５年に亘って核兵器の全面廃絶を最優先の軍縮課題としてきた国連にとって画期的な勝利である。核禁条約の発効が、１９４５年８月の悪名高い原爆使用と、同年の国連創設から７５周年目と重なったことは、注目に値すべきことだ。

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Las armas nucleares son ilegales en el marco del derecho internacional

Punto de vista de Somar Wijayadasa*

NUEVA YORK (IDN) – El Tratado de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Prohibición de las Armas Nucleares (TPNW) logró el 24 de octubre los 50 signatarios requeridos para su entrada en vigor el 22 de enero de 2021. Llegará un momento en que ilegalizará las armas nucleares, las armas de destrucción masiva más peligrosas, según el derecho internacional.

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Faith-based & Other NGOs Look Forward to Entry into Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty

BERLIN (IDN) – When she learned that the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached the 50 states parties required for its entry into force, Setsuko Thurlow said: “I was not able to stand. I remained in my chair and put my head in my hands, and I cried tears of joy. … I found myself speaking with the spirits of hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I was immediately in conversation with these beloved souls. …I was reporting to the dead, sharing this good news first with them, because they paid the ultimate price with their precious lives.” [2020-11-10 |19] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Faith-based & Other NGOs Look Forward to Entry into Force of the Nuclear Ban Treaty

BERLIN (IDN) – When she learned that the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached the 50 states parties required for its entry into force, Setsuko Thurlow said: “I was not able to stand. I remained in my chair and put my head in my hands, and I cried tears of joy. … I found myself speaking with the spirits of hundreds of thousands of people who lost their lives in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I was immediately in conversation with these beloved souls. …I was reporting to the dead, sharing this good news first with them, because they paid the ultimate price with their precious lives.” [2020-11-10 |19] GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal Under International Law

A Landmark Victory for the United Nations

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa*

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached on October 24 the required 50 signatories for its entry into force on January 22, 2021. It will eventually make nuclear weapons — the most dangerous weapons of mass destruction — illegal under international law.

Unquestionably, it is a landmark victory for the United Nations that continually for 75 years had on its agenda the issues relating to disarmament and abolition of nuclear weapons. It is remarkable that it coincided with the UN’s 75th anniversary, and also the infamous use of atomic bombs in August 1945. [2020-11-07 |18]  JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SPANISH

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Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal Under International Law

A Landmark Victory for the United Nations

Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa*

NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reached on October 24 the required 50 signatories for its entry into force on January 22, 2021. It will eventually make nuclear weapons — the most dangerous weapons of mass destruction — illegal under international law.

Unquestionably, it is a landmark victory for the United Nations that continually for 75 years had on its agenda the issues relating to disarmament and abolition of nuclear weapons. It is remarkable that it coincided with the UN’s 75th anniversary, and also the infamous use of atomic bombs in August 1945. [2020-11-07 |18]  JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SPANISH

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