The Vatican Secretary of State Stresses the Significance of Disarmament for Integral Security after Pandemic

By Devin Watkins, Vatican News

This article was first published on March 29 in the Vatican News.

THE VATICAN (IDN) — Integral security must be anchored to “solidarity, justice, integral human development, the respect for fundamental human rights, and the care for creation.”

This call—launched by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin—could sum up the speeches and reflections offered by participants in a webinar held on March 23. [2021-03-30]

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Il significato politico del Trattato delle Nazioni Unite per la Messa al Bando del Nucleare

Profilo di Thomas Hajnoczi *

VIENNA (IDN) – Con la sua entrata in vigore il 22 gennaio il Trattato sulla Proibizione delle Armi Nucleari (TPNW) diventerà un vincolante diritto internazionale per il crescente numero di Stati Firmatari, al momento 51 Paesi. Inoltre, sta influenzando anche quegli Stati che non intendono aderirvi.

Gli stessi stati con armi nucleari testimoniano l’efficacia del TPNW con la loro campagna contro le stesse. Avrebbero potuto ignorarlo invece di fare pressioni sui paesi per non firmarlo e ratificarlo.

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The NPT–From Promise to Reality

Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte

The writer is Ambassador, former High Representative of the United Nations for Disarmament Affairs and current President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

NEW YORK (IDN) — “How can we—the non-nuclear-weapon States—be expected to enter into an interminable obligation to remain non-nuclear if the nuclear-weapon States are engaged in an interminable nuclear escalation?” (Alva Myrdal, Head of the Swedish delegation at the ENDC – Final verbatim record of the 363rd Meeting of the Conference of the 18-Nation Disarmament Committee, February 1968. ENDC/PV.363, 4-12) [2021-03-27]

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The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal

核関連条約に対抗して核戦力を強化する英国

【ジュネーブIDN＝ジャムシェッド・バルーア】

２０２０年１月３１日に欧州連合のあらゆる機関と欧州原子力共同体から英国が完全脱退してから３カ月もたたないうちに、英国のボリス・ジョンソン首相は、同国の核戦力を４割増の２６０発まで拡大して「欧州において北太平洋条約機構（NATO）を主導する同盟国でありつづける」意思を示した。軍縮活動家や専門家、世界の議員らはこの決定を非難した。

核兵器から発生する危険は、原爆が一発爆発しただけでも多数の人命が失われ、人間や環境に永続的かつ壊滅的な結末をもたらすという事実によって裏書きされている。現在の核兵器の大多数は、広島型原爆よりもはるかに強力である。

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The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal – Swedish

Storbritannien utmanar kärnvapenavtal och stärker kärnvapenarsenalen

Av Jamshed Baruah

GENEVA (IDN) — Inom tre månader efter Storbritanniens fullständiga utträde ur alla institutioner i Europeiska Unionen och från den Europeiska Atomenergi-gemenskapen den 31 januari 2020, har premiärminister Boris Johnson beslutat att öka landets kärnvapenarsenal med 40 procent till 260, för att “fortsätta vara den ledande europeiska allierade inom Nato”. Nedrustningsaktivister och experter, likväl som världsparlamentariker har kritiserat beslutet. 

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The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal – Thai

สหราชอาณาจักรต่อต้านสนธิสัญญานิวเคลียร์และเสริมสร้างคลังแสงปรมาณู

โดย Jamshed Baruah

เจนีวา (IDN) – ภายในสามเดือนหลังจากที่สหราชอาณาจักรถอนตัวออกจากหน่วยงานทั้งหมดในสหภาพยุโรปและจากประชาคมพลังงานปรมาณูยุโรปในวันที่ 31 มกราคม 2020 นายกรัฐมนตรีบอริส จอห์นสันก็ได้ตัดสินใจเพิ่มกำลังนิวเคลียร์ของประเทศขึ้น 40 เปอร์เซ็นต์เป็น 260 คลังแสงเพื่อ “ยังคงเป็นพันธมิตรยุโรประดับชั้นนำภายใน NATO” นักเคลื่อนไหวและผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านการปลดอาวุธตลอดจนสมาชิกรัฐสภาโลกต่างวิพากษ์วิจารณ์การตัดสินใจดังกล่าว

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Il Regno Unito sfida i trattati nucleari e rafforza l’arsenale atomico

Di Jamshed Baruah

GINEVRA (IDN) – A meno di tre mesi dal completo ritiro del Regno Unito da tutte le istituzioni dell’Unione europea e dalla Comunità europea dell’energia Atomica il 31 gennaio 2021, il Primo Ministro Boris Johnson ha deciso di aumentare del 40%, a 260 testate, l’arsenale nucleare del Paese per “continuare a essere il principale alleato europeo all’interno della NATO”. Attivisti ed esperti per il disarmo nonché parlamentari mondiali hanno criticato la decisione.

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The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal

By Jamshed Baruah

GENEVA (IDN) — Within three months of the UK’s complete withdrawal from all institutions of the European Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community on January 31, 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to increase by 40 per cent to 260 the country’s nuclear arsenal to “continue to be the leading European Ally within NATO”. Disarmament activists and experts as well as world parliamentarians have criticized the decision. [2021-03-22|33] ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWEDISH | THAI

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The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal

By Jamshed Baruah

GENEVA (IDN) — Within three months of the UK’s complete withdrawal from all institutions of the European Union and from the European Atomic Energy Community on January 31, 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has decided to increase by 40 per cent to 260 the country’s nuclear arsenal to “continue to be the leading European Ally within NATO”. Disarmament activists and experts as well as world parliamentarians have criticized the decision. [2021-03-22 | 33] ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWEDISH | THAI

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Instead of Increasing Nuclear Stockpile, the UK Should Be Leading The Way on Disarmament

Viewpoint by the Bishop of Coventry

The author is the Rt Rev Christopher Cocksworth. He is writing this article on behalf of the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. This article was first published on March 19, 2021.

LONDON (IDN | Christian CND) — The past several months have seen politicians and civil society, church leaders and groups (Christian CND courageously among them) combine efforts to raise awareness of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and to encourage the UK government to lead the way among nuclear weapons-states in joining this treaty. [2021-03-20]

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