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DISARMAMENT: Stalemate Stalls UN Conference

Ms Caroline Millar, Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN and to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, Credit: www.dfat.gov.au/homs/chun.html Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Jaya Ramachandran
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GENEVA (IDN) - The UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) is faced with a deadlock again, only three months after it ended 12 years of stalemate. The Conference adopted a consensus document on May 29 that contains a work plan in run up to the crucial nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference next year.

DISARMAMENT: Africa Becomes World's Largest Nuclear Free Continent

The entry into force of the Treaty of Pelindaba ensures that Southern hemisphere territories are now a zone free of nuclear weapons, Credit: IAEA Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Fareed Mahdy
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CAIRO (IDN) - Africa, the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent after Asia has now become the world's largest nuclear free zone comprising 53 countries with about one billion people.

Egypt Rejects U.S. Nuclear Umbrella

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By Fareed Mahdy
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(IDN Middle East Special Correspondent) - A spectre haunted the U.S.-Egyptian summit -- the spectre of a U.S. nuclear umbrella for the Middle East. In run-up to President Hosni Mubarak's first Washington visit in five years, both the Egyptian leader and his senior aides categorically rejected an undeclared U.S. offer to guarantee defence of the region against atomic weapons as part of a comprehensive Middle East peace plan.

U.S. Says No to Nukes, Yes to Conventional Arms

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama’s pledge to take concrete steps towards "a world without nuclear weapons" has garnered overwhelming support from peace activists worldwide.

Obama to Bolster Nuclear Disarmament at U.N.

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By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When U.S. President Barack Obama presides over a meeting of world leaders in the Security Council on Sep. 24, he will provide a high profile political platform for two of the most sensitive issues at the United Nations: nuclear non- proliferation and nuclear disarmament.

Hurdles Aplenty Before Nuclear Deal Goes Commercial

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By Ranjit Devraj

NEW DELHI (IPS) - As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began talks with Indian officials in New Delhi on Monday to take a forward a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, signed by the previous Bush administration, it was apparent that there were many roadblocks to be cleared before deals worth an estimated 10 billion dollars are signed.

N-Britain Goes Uselessly to Sea

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By Sanjay Suri

LONDON (IPS) - Too early yet to call it a victory for anti-nuclear lobbyists, but the British government decision last week to put off an upgrade of its Trident nuclear system is at least denial of immediate victory to those who want newer nuclear weapons.

Fine-Tuning the Cold War

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Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler

JERUSALEM (IPS) - Ambiguity - is it the watchword for all involved in the issue over whether Iran goes nuclear, especially in light of the ongoing political uncertainties that engulf the Islamic Republic?

DISARMAMENT: Anti-Nuclear Japanese To Lead Atomic Agency

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By Baher Kamal
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

VIENNA (IDN) - Japan, the sole country that has been suffering, for over half a century now, the abject consequences of the United States' nuclear bombs during the II World War, will soon be leading international efforts towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MORE URGENT THAN EVER

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Nobel Laureate M. Gorbachev at a conference - of the World Political Forum on 'Overcoming Nuclear Dangers' - in April 2009 in Rome, with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini and former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Schultz.

Ambiguous on Nuclear Disarmament

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By Alecia D. McKenzie

PARIS (IPS) - As the international war of words over nuclear programmes heats up, with North Korea threatening to strengthen its "nuclear deterrence" against the United States, countries such as France are taking a position that some analysts describe as ambiguous and hypocritical.

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