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1. Die größten Atommächte der Welt verpflichten sich, Kriege zu vermeiden—auch wenn sie ihre Arsenale weiter aufrüsten: (German); ... Präsident der in Genf ansässigen Internationalen Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen (ICAN) ist. Sie sagte auch: "Während sie den 'unbefugten oder unbeabsichtigten' Einsatz von Atomwaffen verurteilten, ...; Created on 16 January 2022
2. The US Conceding Alone Would Lead to Successful Negotiations: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... for all its worth. The Trump Administration and the Republican Party at large have tried to convince the world that Iran has no compunction about building a bomb and time was its main constraint. However, ...; Created on 28 December 2021
3. An Important TPNW Signal from Germany—But Nothing More: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... nuclear weapons are deployed at the air base in Büchel in Germany. They are due to be modernised. The sharing arrangement foresees that, in case of an emergency, the German Luftwaffe, not the American ...; Created on 22 December 2021
4. A New Cold War Between Russia and The West Is Unnecessary: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... and let American war materials be carried on its railways. We forget that Putin was the first to call President George W. Bush after the 9/11 attack. We forget that Putin seriously considered asking NATO ...; Created on 21 December 2021
5. It Is High Time to End Reliance on Nuclear Armaments: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Korean and Chinese troops threatened to plunge into South Korea. On Christmas Eve, General Douglas MacArthur, the American commander of the US/UN force, sent Truman a list of targets for which he needed ...; Created on 30 November 2021
6. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... draft treaty at the Assembly. It was adopted by 95 votes in favour and became Resolution 2373(XXIII). A significant number of delegations either did not cast affirmative votes (21) or voted against (4). ...; Created on 30 November 2021
7. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Project Articles); ... draft treaty at the Assembly. It was adopted by 95 votes in favour and became Resolution 2373(XXIII). A significant number of delegations either did not cast affirmative votes (21) or voted against (4). ...; Created on 30 November 2021
8. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... that at some future time Australia could be invoking paragraph 14 of its NPT safeguards agreement to exclude significant quantities of highly-enriched uranium for naval nuclear fuel—up to 1600 to 2000 ...; Created on 27 November 2021
9. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Project Articles); ... Australian Navy. This means that at some future time Australia could be invoking paragraph 14 of its NPT safeguards agreement to exclude significant quantities of highly-enriched uranium for naval nuclear ...; Created on 27 November 2021
10. Driving Nuclear Submarines Through IAEA Safeguards!: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Thus, as noted above, no Agency Member State or group of such States can unilaterally take up discussing significant aspects of safeguards implementation, with or without Secretariat involvement that ...; Created on 25 November 2021
11. The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation over Ukraine: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... President Putin. A mission like this is not usually part of the CIA Director’s duties. But after Biden promised a new era of American diplomacy, his foreign policy team is now widely acknowledged to ...; Created on 23 November 2021
12. Achieving The Possible Against the Odds: “A Middle East Nuclear and WMD Free Zone”: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... / and participation must be voluntary; whenever a zone is intended for a region, / the participation of all militarily significant States, / and preferably all States, / in that region would enhance ...; Created on 22 November 2021
13. Iran’s Failure to Cooperate with the IAEA is Raising Tensions: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... have negative implications for talks on the JCPOA. At Fordow, the newly-installed advanced centrifuges, if made operational, will significantly increase Iran’s enrichment capacity at the hardened facility, ...; Created on 19 November 2021
14. New Report Shows Impact of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Business: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); By ICAN GENEVA (IDN) — A new report released by ICAN and PAX has found that the number of banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies investing in the production of nuclear weapons ...; Created on 11 November 2021
15. Australia Censured For ‘Abandoning’ Pacific Nuclear-Free Pact: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... According to Dr Fry, these arrangements included the possible home-basing of American submarines, surface vessels, and bombers, in Australia, as well stockpiling of munitions. Home basing threat “Home ...; Created on 29 October 2021
16. The NPT Review Conference: Finally, New York, January 2022: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... reducing the carbon footprint of the review conference. Only the North and South American delegates will have increased travel distances, but these obviously are a minority compared to those from other ...; Created on 28 October 2021
17. North Korea Flexes its Nuclear Muscles – and Defies the Western World: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)—from making significant advances as the world’s ninth nuclear power, along with the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Israel. In ...; Created on 17 October 2021
18. North Korea Flexes its Nuclear Muscles – and Defies the Western World: (Project Articles); ... the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)—from making significant advances as the world’s ninth nuclear power, along with the US, Britain, France, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Israel. In ...; Created on 17 October 2021
19. Australia's Nuclear-Powered Submarines Will Risk Opening a Pandora's Box of Proliferation: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... IAEA under its NPT safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/217). Thus, Australia would be creating a black hole, as regards significant quantities of HEU in naval nuclear propulsion use which would remain outside ...; Created on 30 September 2021
20. A US-UK Submarine Deal Triggers Nuclear Fears Down Under: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... we still don’t know about the new defence deal with the US and UK, this is a significant move with serious implications for Australia.” Nuclear powered submarines pose specific environmental and security ...; Created on 25 September 2021