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1. Kudos for Kazakhstan's 'Leading Role' as UN General Assembly Campaigns for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The International Day against Nuclear Tests (IDANT) has been observed around the world on August 29 since 2010. A new element was added this year when President ...

Created on 07 September 2018

2. Test-Ban Treaty Will Produce Tangible Benefits for Humankind

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and analyses data. This data is shared with 1,300 institutions and over 130 countries throughout the world. On multiple occasions, the CTBT verification has been proven to be more than capable of meeting ...

Created on 06 September 2018

3. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... TEXT VERSION PDF   This clarion call is backed by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas of Germany, which has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for 2019-2020. In a statement ...

Created on 30 August 2018

4. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

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... TEXT VERSION PDF This clarion call is backed by Foreign Minister Heiko Maas of Germany, which has been elected as a non-permanent member of the Security Council for 2019-2020. In a statement ...

Created on 30 August 2018

5. California Leads the Way in Support of Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... become extinct as a species, the Resolution adds. The NAPF Deputy Director accentuated that for 50 years the United States has been a part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This treaty has been ...

Created on 30 August 2018

6. U.S. Goes for 'Space Force All the Way'

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... “Space Force all the way!” Pence’s rationale for this disturbing expansion of U.S. militarization to the heavens is that “our adversaries”, Russia and China, “have been working to bring new weapons ...

Created on 21 August 2018

7. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

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... Trump being in Putin's pocket yet when, soon after Trump became president, Putin suggested major cuts in nuclear weapons Trump turned him down. This would have been a fantastic way to start his presidency. ...

Created on 21 August 2018

8. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... from diverse regions. The pace of ratification, Wright notes, has been faster than for any other multilateral treaty related to weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), such as the conventions banning biological ...

Created on 20 August 2018

9. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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... from diverse regions. The pace of ratification, Wright notes, has been faster than for any other multilateral treaty related to weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), such as the conventions banning biological ...

Created on 20 August 2018

10. Trump and Putin Can Put the Brakes on a New, Potentially More Dangerous, Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... agreements were reached on nuclear arms control in Helsinki and the administration doesn’t yet have a position on whether to extend New START. U.S. officials have said that Washington has been seeking ...

Created on 07 August 2018

11. A U.S.-Russia Summit That Left Trump In The Hot Seat

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... Russian-related targets". Following the summit, the U.S. media have been flooded with derision and condemnation of Trump for not berating Putin over the controversial issues. Perhaps, adding fuel to ...

Created on 21 July 2018

12. Nuclear Disarmament Is Crucial For Global Security – It Shouldn't Have To Wait

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Viewpoint by Dan Plesch, SOAS, University of London LONDON (IDN-INPS) – A network of global institutions were created in 1945 to try and avert another global conflict. They have been gradually undermined ...

Created on 15 July 2018

13. The Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty One Year On

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... This article has been published on the website of Australian Institute of International Affairs and in Pearls and Irritations on 12 July 2018.  SYDNEY (IDN-INPS) – The Treaty on the Prohibition ...

Created on 13 July 2018

14. Iran Sandwiched Between 'Regime Change' Threat and Menacing Discontent Within

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... Revolutionary Guards and other security forces, the slogans are getting louder against the domestic and foreign policy of the country. It has been observed that protest slogans have been demanding what ...

Created on 09 July 2018

15. Trump-Putin Summit A New Opportunity To Ban The Bomb

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... complex and the traditional neoliberal 'Republicrats' who have been opposing any efforts of these sorts, and badmouthing and diminishing the positive effects of the encouraging news that resulted from ...

Created on 08 July 2018

16. Diplomacy With North Korea Crucial To Denuclearization

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... of people. Rapid progress should be the goal, but comprehensive denuclearization will take years. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a CNN interview on June 24, hinted that more has been accomplished ...

Created on 04 July 2018

17. Experts Accentuate the Significance of Trump-Putin Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with an array of mechanisms through which nations can resolve conflicts, negotiate disarmament and achieve security through diplomacy not war. These have been supplemented by additional common security ...

Created on 30 June 2018

18. Revolutionary Change Bringing in DPRK From the Cold

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... been quick to observe the vagueness of the agreement, the absence of precise terms, a monitoring body like the IAEA and a time-table regarding denuclearization, no mention of human rights issues in DPRK, ...

Created on 22 June 2018

19. A Call To 'Action Now' On United Nations Disarmament Agenda

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in many countries, resulting from "the inaction or lack of progress in disarmament over two decades. GENEVA (IDN) – Progress in disarmament has been held up for over 20 years, especially since the ...

Created on 18 June 2018

20. Ulaanbaatar Forum Pleads For Denuclearization Leading To Korean Unification

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By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | ULAANBAATAR (IDN) – Korean Unification has not been at the heart of a growing thaw in inter-Korean relations. But it was the centerpiece of the International Forum in Ulaanbaatar, ...

Created on 17 June 2018