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TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD 

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Dwight D. Eisenhower delivering the famous Atoms for Peace speech at the UN General Assembly on 8 December 1953. Credit: UN ⁄ IAEA -

A Milestone in the History of Nuclear Diplomacy

70th Anniversary of President Eisenhower’s Speech on “Atoms for Peace”

By Leonam dos Santos Guimarâes

*The writer is a Nuclear and naval engineer (PhD) member of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering. CEO of Eletronuclear S.A. Coordinator, Brazilian Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program.

RIO DE JANEIRO | 23 October 2023 (IDN) — On 8 December 1953, the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, delivered a speech before the United Nations General Assembly that would echo through the pages of history. (P 20) JAPANESE | SWEDISH

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Source: vatican news

Holy See Urges Renewed Efforts to Advance Nuclear Disarmament

By Lisa Zengarini | VATICAN NEWS

NEW YORK. 18 OCTOBER 2023 (IDN | TNW) — The Holy See has decried the current “downward spiral of arms control and disarmament policies”, urging for “renewed efforts to advance progress on nuclear disarmament at a time when the risk of nuclear war becomes again a reality.”  

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The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford sails during a fueling-at-sea operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on October 11, 2023. (US Department of Defense)

Continued Buildup of Massive US Nuclear Arsenal Dangerous

By Daryl G. Kimball

The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA). Following is the preliminary Assessment of the Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, ACA issued on 12 October.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 15 October 2023 (IDN) — Following more than a decade of deteriorating relations and uncertainty on disarmament diplomacy, the three states with the largest nuclear arsenals—Russia, the United States, and China—are on the precipice of an unconstrained era of dangerous nuclear competition.

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Image source: GK Today - Photo: 2023

Is Russia Planning to Revoke its Ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS | 10 October 2023 (IDN) — The Russian Federation, which made several implicit threats to use nuclear weapons in its ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, is reportedly toying with the idea of withdrawing its ratification of the landmark Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). 

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Photo source: ICAN

France Attempts to Pressure Australia to Stop Engaging with Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

By ICAN

GENEVA. 3 October 2023 (IDN) — Recent statements by a French diplomat to “the Australian” newspaper criticizing Australia’s decision to observe the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reveal the panicked efforts by nuclear-armed states to undermine the treaty as support for the ban continues to grow.

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Source: EU Today

97 States Sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

By EU Correspondents

LONDON. 2 October 2023 (IDN | TNW) —The landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has now been signed by almost half of all countries.

This comes after a ceremony at the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Sri Lanka acceded to the treaty and the Bahamas signed it.

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source: Website of the Assemblée de la Polynésie Francaise (29 September 2023)

French Polynesia wants France to join the Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

By Jaya Ramachandran

GENEVA. 29 September 2023 (IDN) — In a historic move, the assembly of French Polynesia unanimously adopted in Papeetē a resolution on 28 September, supporting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), highlighting the region's history as the site of numerous French nuclear tests between 1966 and 1996, reports the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate ICAN.

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Image source: UNFOLD ZERO - Photo: 2023

Nuclear Annihilation: A Haunting Reality of the Future

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS. 26 September 2023 (IDN) — When the United Nations commemorated the 10th anniversary of International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the President of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis, was dead on target when he warned that the risk of nuclear annihilation “is not a chapter from our past; it is a haunting reality of our present”. (P 19) CHINESE | JAPANESE | NORWEGIAN

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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

Clarion Call for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons

By Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN. 19 September 2023 (IDN) — Mark* is 28 years. Like him, those in their twenties believed that atomic bombs, which the United States dropped over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, belonged to a remote past. However, since Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, they ponder why Germany—united since the Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989—”should not make nuclear weapons.” (P 18) FRENCH | GERMAN | JAPANESE

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Sculpture depicting St. George slaying the dragon. The dragon is created from fragments of Soviet SS-20 and United States Pershing nuclear missiles. Credit: UN Photo | Milton Grant - Photo: 2023

Banish Nuclear Weapons ‘to History Books, Once and for All’, Urges UN Chief

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, observed on 26 September.

UNITED NATIONS. 15 September 2023 (IDN | UN) — The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons reminds us that a peaceful future depends on ending the nuclear threat.

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