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The Challenge of Moving Fast toward a Nuke-Free World

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By Ernest Corea

IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Gloom-and-doom headlines in the waning days of the 2010 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) caused many observers to assume that negotiations would collapse in deadlock, but the Final Declaration of the conference was adopted without dissent. Consensus on potentially contentious issues was a significant milestone on the path toward nuclear disarmament. [P] JAPANESE PDF | TEXT VERSION

An Important Step toward Nuclear Abolition

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By Jamshed Baruah
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

BERLIN (IDN) – While the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sounds rather upbeat on the outcome of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference that wrapped up on May 28, official Washington’s reaction is rather critical of some important parts of the 28-page final document.

U.S. Clogs Arab Nuclear-Free Middle East Plan

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By Fareed Mahdy

IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

ISTANBUL (IDN) – Arab delegates to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review conference in New York (May 3-28), are confronted with strong U.S. resistance to their demand for a nuclear weapons free Middle East.

Nukes-Free Future May Depend on Citizen Campaigns

SGI representatives submit anti-nukes signatures at the United Nations. Credit: SGI Nuclear Abolition News | IPS
By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, a former U.N. under-secretary-general, offered a piece of advice to anti-nuclear activists campaigning for the abolition of nuclear weapons: "Don't depend on governments - and don't depend on the United Nations." [P] JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION

How to Overcome the Key Obstacles to Nuclear Disarmament

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By Johan Galtung *

BRUSSELS (IPS) There are three major issues concerning nuclear weapons, all very difficult: disarmament-nonproliferation, military use, and theological significance. But there is a universal remedy: solve the underlying conflicts. Achieving disarmament through peace is much easier than achieving peace through disarmament. [P] ITALIAN JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION

Nuclear Powers Set To Punish Non-Nuclear States

Presidents Lula, Ahmadinejad and Erdogan | Credit: PostwesternWorld

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By Fareed Mahdy
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

ISTANBUL (IDN) – The five largest nuclear powers (USA, UK. France, Russia, and China) are set to impose tougher sanctions against non-nuclear Iran, while reminding the other two non-atomic states such as Turkey and Brazil, that only they can decide how and when to solve (or not) their purposely escalated conflict with Iran.

Treaty Aimed at Banning Nukes Remains Grounded

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The world's anti-war activists, including parliamentarians, civil society groups and diplomats, have succeeded in creating international treaties to ban a wide array of deadly weapons: anti-personnel landmines, blinding laser weapons, cluster munitions, dum-dum bullets and chemical and biological weapons. [P] TURKISH | ITALIAN | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION

Youth Want Nukes Abolished – Push for New Convention

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By Jamshed Baruah
IDN-InDepth NewsInterview

BERLIN/TOKYO (IDN) – As senior officials from around the world negotiate in New York an agreement aimed at curbing the spread of nuclear weapons, a close look at the attitudes of the youth in six countries offers a critical insight into the need for spreading word about the culture of peace. [P]
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"I Feel Duty-Bound to Push for a Nuclear-Free World"

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Anna Shen interviews TADATOSHI AKIBA, Mayor of Hiroshima

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Emerging from a U.N. conference addressing the role that the world's mayors can play on nuclear issues, Hiroshima's Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba continues to call for a rapid end to nuclear weapons.

He juggles his roles running a city 65 years after nuclear holocaust, and another as president of Mayors for Peace, which counts almost 4,000 cities around the world. [P] DUTCH | FRENCH | GERMAN | JAPANESE PDF TEXT VERSION | SPANISH

Will Mideast Tug-Of-War Wreck Anti-Nuke Meet?

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When the last review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended inconclusively - after four long weeks of protracted negotiations - the meeting was described as having accomplished "very little" with no substantive agreement.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week described the beleaguered 2005 Review Conference as "an acknowledged failure". But will the 2010 Review Conference, which opened Monday and runs through May 28, follow the same beaten track? [P | ARABIC | DUTCH | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION | PORTUGUESE | SPANISH | TURKISH]

Israel, Iran Targeted at Nuke Non-Proliferation Meet

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - A month-long Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) began Monday with a predictable target: Israel.

As the only Middle Eastern country armed with nuclear weapons, Israel has been treated as a political sacred cow, one whose weapons programmes have not been publicly challenged either by the United States or Western powers. [P | ARABIC | JAPANESE PDF TEXT VERSION | SPANISH]

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