As the 2015 NPT Review Conference ended, over 100 states had endorsed the humanitarian pledge, committing to work for a new legally binding instrument for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons. The pledge reflects a fundamental shift in the international discourse on nuclear disarmament over the past five years. It is the latest indication that a majority of governments are preparing for diplomatic action after the Review Conference.
Tag: Nuclear Disarmament
Hibakusha Story: Setsuko Thurlow’s interview
Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow talks about the nuclear bombing and how she managed to survive, her life after the tragedy and her life’s mission.
Now is the time to eliminate all nuclear weapons
As the review conference of the parties to the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons ends on Friday at the UN in New York, Amnesty International and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) believe that states must agree to initiate a process to create an international prohibition on and complete elimination of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear disarmament: time to look beyond the NPT
This NPT Review Conference is on a path to irrelevance, if not outright failure. The overwhelming majority of member states (160) find the evidence from the HINW conferences—including the new evidence about nuclear famine, the impossibility of mounting a medical and humanitarian response to the use of nuclear weapons, and the increasing risk that they will be used—alarming enough to warrant putting nuclear disarmament on a very fast track. A significant subset (84 and climbing) have committed themselves to the Austrian Pledge and are ready to fill the vacuum in leadership.
Nuclear Framework Agreement between Iran and P-5+1: A Cursory Exploration and the Fourfold Task before Peace Movements
The peace movements must put all their efforts to ensure that the 2015 NPT Review Conference, scheduled from April 27 – May 22 in New York, takes up the issue with all seriousness and lays out a time-bound and workable programme towards that end.