Toward A Nuclear Free World Newsletter - March 2024 in Retrospect

Toward A Nuclear Free World Newsletter - March 2024 in Retrospect

 

 

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TOWARD a Nuclear Free World Newsletter - March 2024 in Retrospect
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Chair (on podium), four panelists and a section of the audience of the Forum on "A World Free of Nuclear Weapons is Possible" on 11 September 2023 in Berlin held as part of the International Meeting "The Audacity of Peace" hosted by the lay Catholic Association Community of Sant’Egidio. The Forum was co-organized by Soka Gakkai and others. Credit: Sant'Egidio. - Photo: 2023 Swiss Government Again Declines to Sign Nuclear Weapons Treaty 

BERN, Switzerland | 28 March 2024 (IDN | swissinfo.ch) —The Swiss government is sticking to its guns: it still does not want to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). It reckons participation within the framework of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is more effective.  

A change of strategy at the present time is not advisable for several reasons, the government said on Wednesday. Ministers explained that joining the TPNW was not in Switzerland’s best interests in the current climate, in which a new war in Europe has once again brought security policy to the fore. Read more...

Source: vatican news“Oppenheimer” Brings the Harsh Reality of Nuclear Doomsday - Warns UN Chief
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, 25 March 2024 (IDN)— The award-winning movie “Oppenheimer”, based on the life of Robert Oppenheimer, credited with having helped the creation of the atomic bomb, has once again turned the spotlight on the longstanding campaign for nuclear disarmament—and the deaths and devastation caused by one of the world’s most destructive weapons.
When the US dropped two bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, the world had never experienced such a monumental human disaster.

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Photo from L to R: Ivana Nikolic Hughes (NAPF), Nikolai Sokov (VCDNP) , Christine Muttonen (PNND), Chie Sunada (SGI). Credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of IDN-INPS.

Non-Nuclear Weapons States Slate P5 Members for Inaction on Disarmament

By ICAN

NEW YORK | 20 March 2024 (IDN) — The United Nations Security Council convened on 18 March a ministerial meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, chaired by Japan, the Council’s March President. In their statements, the permanent members of the Security Council (P5) promised little by way of meaningful action on disarmament. However, certain non-nuclear-armed states, including Algeria, Ecuador, Guyana, Malta, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone, more clearly articulated the vision held by the world’s majority. Read more...

Photo: Arms Control and Nonproliferation. Credit: United States Department of State.

Is There a Way Out of Nuclear Stalemate?

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | 16 March 2024 (IDN) — Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has entered the third year. President Vladimir Putin has been threatening the use of nuclear weapons. Republican Presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump, doubled down his threat and appeared to invite Putin to invade any NATO member failing to meet the 2 per cent of GDP target for defence spending.

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Photo source: ICAN

Papua New Guinea Ratifies CTBT, Advancing Treaty Universalisation in Pacific

NEW YORK | 16 March 2024 (IDN | CTBTO) — Papua New Guinea has become the 178th State to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). As a State Party to both the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the Treaty of Rarotonga, Papua New Guinea had already committed to fulfilling the core obligation of the CTBT by refraining from conducting any nuclear explosions. Read more...

Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Are Now in Belarus 

By Foreign Policy

WASHINGTON | 14 March 2024 (IDN) — Russia has moved tactical nuclear weapons from its own borders into neighboring Belarus, several hundred miles closer to NATO territory, Western officials confirmed to Foreign Policy, as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens a wider military showdown with the alliance over its continued support for Ukraine. Read more...

F-35A Officially Certified to Carry Nuclear Bomb

By Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense

WASHINGTON | 9 March 2024 (IDN) — The F-35A Joint Strike Fighter has been operationally certified to carry the B61-12 thermonuclear gravity bomb, a spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) tells Breaking Defense. Read more...

Boots on the Ground?
By Herbert Wulf*

BONN, Germany | 5 March 2024 (IDN) — During the last week of February, an international conference in support of Ukraine was held in Paris at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron. The reason for this meeting was growing concern about the possible success of Russia’s aggression. War-weariness in Western countries, lack of supplies for Ukraine, blockades of military aid in the US Congress, Russian territorial gains, albeit minimal, etc. – Macron wanted to send a signal by showing unity about continued aid for Ukraine. He insisted that “nothing should be excluded”. With this strategic ambiguity, Macron used a deliberate approach that creates uncertainty for Russia about NATO’s possible reactions. Read more...

 

 

 

 

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