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1. South Africa: From Nuclear Armed State to Disarmament Hero

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... zone through the Treaty of Pelindaba, named after South Africa’s old research facility. The African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) – established for the purpose of ensuring States Parties’ compliance ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and organizations strengthens States’ capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to criminal or intentional unauthorized acts involving nuclear or other radioactive material and facilities,” he added. IAEA ...

Created on 25 February 2019

3. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... powers, Russia and the United States, warns a new study. Nevertheless, several States are actively pursuing novel long-range manoeuvrable weapons, most significantly hypersonic boost-glide systems comprising ...

Created on 24 February 2019

4. On the Precipice of a Multipolar Qualitative Nuclear Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the prerogative of States whether to seize those opportunities and make the most of them. In 2020, we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ...

Created on 23 February 2019

5. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 'Trumpism', by prefacing his speech with: "I bring greetings from the 45th president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump.” There was pin drop silence in the hall filled with some ...

Created on 22 February 2019

6. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... destructive trends in world politics facing us today. [2019-02-21] The main idea guiding us on the path to signing the original treaty was expressed in a joint statement with the United States, adopted ...

Created on 21 February 2019

7. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... foreign affairs and national security to the South Korean (Republic of South Korea – ROK) President, on the need for confidence-building among states involved and address the nuclear issue. He declared ...

Created on 20 February 2019

8. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

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... foreign affairs and national security to the South Korean (Republic of South Korea – ROK) President, on the need for confidence-building among states involved and address the nuclear issue. He declared ...

Created on 20 February 2019

9. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) came into force in 1970. It recognized the existence of five States possessing nuclear weapons who pledged to work for disarmament. The NPT gradually became ...

Created on 06 February 2019

10. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) came into force in 1970. It recognized the existence of five States possessing nuclear weapons who pledged to work for disarmament. The NPT gradually became ...

Created on 06 February 2019

11. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Donald Trump’s monumental strategic mistake in unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is indeed a blunder of the highest degree that not ...

Created on 04 February 2019

12. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... DC (IDN-INPS) – The Trump administration announced on February 1 that effective February 2, the United States will suspend implementation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and ...

Created on 02 February 2019

13. Mayors, Legislators Push For A Nuclear Weapons Free World

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... over Crimea and Syria, and between nuclear-armed states in other regions including South Asia and the South China Sea. They are worried about further development and modernization of nuclear weapons and ...

Created on 31 January 2019

14. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... at the Pentagon that the goal of U.S. missile defences is to “ensure we can detect and destroy any missile launched against the United States anywhere, anytime, anyplace.” This would be a costly, unachievable, ...

Created on 30 January 2019

15. Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Sustainable Development: Buddhist Leader Urges Increased Role For Youth

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Approach', the 2019 annual peace proposal, released in Tokyo, focuses on expanding the scope of ratification of the TPNW to achieve its entry into force. The Treaty was adopted by a vote of 122 States ...

Created on 28 January 2019

16. New U.S. Report Focuses On Possible Future Iranian ICBM

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... focusing on those posed by "rogue states" defined as Iran and North Korea. The review cites Iranian missile development as a primary challenge, repeatedly referencing the possibility of the development ...

Created on 25 January 2019

17. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to disarmament. [2019-01-23 | P19] BHASA | HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF  | MALAY | THAI Since then, more than 1,000 young women and men, drawn from the vast majority of member states, ...

Created on 23 January 2019

18. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... to disarmament. [2019-01-23 | P19] BHASA | HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF  | MALAY | THAI Since then, more than 1,000 young women and men, drawn from the vast majority of member states, ...

Created on 23 January 2019

19. Report Advising Sweden Not To Join Nuclear Ban Treaty Disappoints ICAN

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  First, some of the report’s main conclusions are rather bizarre. For instance, it claims that the TPNW “is not a mainstream arms control convention between the states most concerned but primarily an ...

Created on 19 January 2019

20. The Guterres Disarmament Agenda: Continuity And Change

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Hence, the nuclear-weapon states and their allies defend their possession of such weapons as fully consistent with their international disarmament commitments. Meanwhile, the non-nuclear-weapon states ...

Created on 15 January 2019