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Fwd: Beyond Nuclear Non-Proliferation Newsletter Number 4 | 2016 - Support for ‘Obama Nuclear Doctrine' by Executive Order - Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Needs Stronger Political Push
from bazril on Aug 14, 2016 05:17 PMGreetings, Let us stop the nuclear holocaust! /Azril <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/?acm=1026_50> *Beyond Nuclear Non-Proliferation* Strengthening Awareness of the Need for a Nuclear Weapons Free World with articles published in July 2016 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Needs Stronger Political Push <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:nuclear-test-ban-treaty-needs-stronger-political-push-4&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> Interview by Ramesh Jaura with CTBTO Chief Dr Lassina Zerbo BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN | INPS) – If it were for Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=147&mailid=50>), the treaty banning all nuclear tests would have entered into force “yesterday”. This view not only reflects what he terms in a lighter vein his “notoriously optimistic” perspective. It is also grounded in a series of signals underlining that “the discussion about ratification has moved to a new level” so that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, better known by its acronym CTBT <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=148&mailid=50>, should not remain an “unfinished business”. [P14] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/japanese-chinese-korean/770-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-needs-stronger-political-push-japanese?acm=1026_50> PDF <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=149&mailid=50> | SPANISH <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/european/spanish/747-tratado-de-prohibicion-de-ensayos-nucleares-necesita-mayor-impulso-politico?acm=1026_50> Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:nuclear-test-ban-treaty-needs-stronger-political-push-4&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> Astana and Geneva Preparing Ban-the-Bomb Conferences <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=766:astana-and-geneva-preparing-ban-the-bomb-conferences&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) - Kazakhstan will host an international conference on August 28-29 to build and strengthen political will for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons, some 15,000 of which are threatening the very survival of humankind. The conference in Astana is being organised by the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=150&mailid=50>). [P16] Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=766:astana-and-geneva-preparing-ban-the-bomb-conferences&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> Support for ‘Obama Nuclear Doctrine’ by Executive Order <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=763:support-for-obama-nuclear-doctrine-by-executive-order&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> Analysis by Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) - Despite protests by Republican congressional leaders and the heads of Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees, President Barack Obama is garnering wide support for his reported plan to implement at least a part of his cherished nuclear agenda through a series of executive actions during the next months before leaving the White House. None of the executive options Obama is considering require formal congressional approval. In fact, all of those actions would “fall under his executive authority as commander-in-chief”, says David Krieger, president of the U.S.-based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=151&mailid=50> (NAPF). [P15] Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=763:support-for-obama-nuclear-doctrine-by-executive-order&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> U.S. Mayors Warn Against Largest NATO ‘War Games’ <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=761:u-s-mayors-warn-against-largest-nato-war-games&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> By J C Suresh TORONTO | INDIANAPOLIS (IDN) - “The largest NATO war games in decades, involving 14,000 U.S. troops, and activation of U.S. missile defenses in Eastern Europe are fueling growing tensions between nuclear-armed giants,” the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=152&mailid=50> has warned in run-up to the 28-nation North Atlantic Alliance’s summit on July 8-9 in Poland’s capital Warsaw. The resolution <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=153&mailid=50> adopted by the USCM’s 84th Annual Meeting June 24-27 in Indianapolis says: “More than 15,000 nuclear weapons, most orders of magnitude more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, 94% held by the United States and Russia, continue to pose an intolerable threat to cities and humanity.” [P13] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/japanese-chinese-korean/739-u-s-mayors-warn-against-largest-nato-war-games-japanese?acm=1026_50> PDF <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=154&mailid=50>| NORWEGIAN <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/european/norwegian-swedish/745-u-s-mayors-warn-against-largest-nato-war-games-norwegian?acm=1026_50> | SWEDISH <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php/european/norwegian-swedish/743-u-s-mayors-warn-against-largest-nato-war-games-swedish?acm=1026_50> Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=761:u-s-mayors-warn-against-largest-nato-war-games&catid=30:project-articles&Itemid=182&acm=1026_50> Montreal World Social Forum to Focus on Nuclear Disarmament <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=746:montreal-world-social-forum-to-focus-on-nuclear-disarmament&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> By J C Suresh TORONO (IDN) - The World Social Forum (WSF <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=155&mailid=50>), the largest civil society gathering to find solutions to the problems of our time, will convene for the first time in a northern country – in Canada – from August 9 to 14. Montreal will host the 12th World Social Forum that was launched in 2001 in Porto Alegre, the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. One of the key issues in focus will be: “Once a nuclear war starts, there’s no way to limit it.” Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=746:montreal-world-social-forum-to-focus-on-nuclear-disarmament&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> Ignoring Iraq Report Lessons Will Be Catastrophic - Pugwash <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=728:ignoring-iraq-report-lessons-will-be-catastrophic-pugwash&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> GENEVA (IDN) - Reacting to the Report of the Iraq Inquiry <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=156&mailid=50> headed by Sir John Chilcot, published early July, the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=157&mailid=50> have stressed the critical importance of heeding the lessons of the inquiry. “In a world where nine countries possess over 15,000 nuclear warheads and global military expenditure is at a staggering US $1676 billion, while terrorism fuelled by extremist ideologies adds to the toxic mix of the traditional causes of war, the folly of not heeding the lessons of Chilcot will be catastrophic,” the Pugwash Conferences’ leaders warn. Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=728:ignoring-iraq-report-lessons-will-be-catastrophic-pugwash&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> European Parliaments Demand ‘No-First-Use’ – Obama’s Nuclear Agenda Analysed <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=727:european-parliaments-demand-no-first-use-obama-s-nuclear-agenda-analysed&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> IDN | INPS Special Report *Alyn Ware and Jean-Marie Collin analyse the Declaration of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE PA) early July, calling for taking nuclear weapons off high alert and adopting no-first-use policies. In this context, they explore whether President Obama’s reported plans along the same lines would fly.* BERLIN | PARIS | WELLINGTON (IDN | INPS) - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=158&mailid=50> (OSCE PA) convened in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, July 1-5 and called on all OSCE States with nuclear weapons or under extended nuclear deterrence relationships to reduce the risks of a nuclear war by *taking nuclear weapons off high alert* and by *adopting no-first-use policies.* Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=727:european-parliaments-demand-no-first-use-obama-s-nuclear-agenda-analysed&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> Learning About the Bomb is the Best Way to Reduce Nuclear Dangers <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=774:learning-about-the-bomb-is-the-best-way-to-reduce-nuclear-dangers&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> By Sameer Lalwani and Michael Krepon* (The Wire <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=159&mailid=50>) It’s hard to learn about the Bomb in the media. Other issues have a higher call on public attention and press coverage, like counter-terrorism in Pakistan and China’s rise in India. Journal articles in publications devoted to security topics reflect other priorities: Over the past ten years nuclear security research has only featured in 14% of the articles in *Strategic Studies* published by the Islamabad Strategic Studies Institute <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=160&mailid=50> and in only seven percent of the articles in *Strategic Analysis*, published by India’s Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=161&mailid=50> . Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=774:learning-about-the-bomb-is-the-best-way-to-reduce-nuclear-dangers&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> Britain Renews Commitment to Nuclear Weapons <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=775:britain-renews-commitment-to-nuclear-weapons&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> LONDON (ICAN <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=1&mailid=50>) - Late on Monday 18 July, the British parliament voted in favour of building four new nuclear-powered submarines to carry US Trident missiles armed with modernized nuclear warheads for the next half century. The vote gives permission to the government to sign multi-billion pound contracts with the aim of ensuring that the UK will continue to possess and deploy an enormously dangerous arsenal of weapons of mass destruction, threatening other countries and exposing its people to serious risks of nuclear accidents, use or attacks for a further generation. Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=775:britain-renews-commitment-to-nuclear-weapons&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> Strategizing Arms Free Africa <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=776:strategizing-arms-free-africa&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> By Dr. Peter Mburu, IPPNW-Kenya NAIROBI - On the 17th of June 2016, I had the privilege of representing IPPNW-Kenya at an #ArmsFreeAfrica NGO strategy meeting in Nairobi hosted by the Control Arms coalition. The working meeting was preceded by an evening premiere screening of the movie “Gun Runners” featuring former Kenyan cattle-rustler- turned-peace activist and elite professional runner Julius Arile. The events were very well attended by an array of organisations from the region involved in peace work. Together we formed a very dynamic group with input from many aspects including youth. IPPNW-Kenya joined these other organizations at the meeting: Read More <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=776:strategizing-arms-free-africa&catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&Itemid=103&acm=1026_50> *Published by* The International Press Syndicate <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=6&mailid=50> Group as part of a media project <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/?acm=1026_50> with Soka Gakkai International 405 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor, Manhattan, New York, 10174, USA 33 Lafferty Street, Toronto, ONT M9C5B5, CANADA Marienstrasse 19/20, 10117 Berlin, GERMANY Ichimura bldg. 4F, 3-2 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 101-0052 Not interested any more? Unsubscribe <http://www.nuclearabolition.info/index.php?subid=1026&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=user&task=out&mailid=50&key=ydn34IsmrcsFLA>