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Setsuko Thurlow: The TPNW \u2013 A Game Changer in Nuclear Disarmament<\/a>
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The following is the text of the\u00a0Statement <\/em>
by\u00a0Setsuko Thurlow<\/a>, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and long time campaigner for nuclear-weapons abolition, as the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW<\/a>)\u00a0reached the 50 states parties required for its entry into force<\/a>.\u00a0ICAN<\/a>, the\u00a0<\/em>International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0the Statement on its website.\u00a0<\/em>[2020-10-28]


Towards Banning the Bomb

The following is the text of a statement by Mr\u00a0Hirotsugu Terasaki,\u00a0Director General, Peace and Global Issues\u00a0of\u00a0Soka Gakkai International (SGI)<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0the Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by 50 States.<\/em>
TOKYO (IDN) \u2013 We wish to wholeheartedly welcome the ratification, on October 24, 2020, UN Day, of\u00a0the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)<\/a>\u00a0by Honduras, meeting the 50-state minimum necessary for the entry into force. Three years and three months have passed since the treaty was adopted at the United Nations on July 7, 2017, with the support of 122 countries. March to Ban the Bomb.\u00a0[2020-10-26]


Nuclear-armed States Panic as Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty Becomes International Law

Viewpoint by Tariq Rauf\u00a0<\/a>*\"\"\u201cQuos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat,Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad,Evil appears as good in the minds of those whom gods lead to destruction.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>[2020-10-26]


The Promise of the Treaty on Prevention of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>

Viewpoint by Dr Joseph Gerson*\"\"NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 The Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW<\/a>) has received its 50th ratification and will go into force in 90 days \u2013 January 22, 2021. Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bomb survivors, activists from\u00a0ICAN<\/a>\u00a0(International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) and the diplomats are celebrating this contribution to the long struggle for a nuclear-weapons-free world.\u00a0\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a>SWEDISH<\/a>


Precarious Multilateralism Seizes CTBTO Nuclear-Test-Ban Organization

By Stephanie Liechtenstein*,\u00a0Passblue<\/a>\"\"VIENNA (IDN) \u2013 For the first time in its 24-year history, state parties to the\u00a0Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty<\/a>, a multilateral agreement that bans all nuclear testing worldwide, have taken a controversial decision by a two-thirds majority. Decisions in the treaty\u2019s body are usually taken by consensus.\u00a0[2020-10-24]


Forum Calls for New Approach to NE Asian Denuclearization and Economic Development<\/a>

By Alan Gua
ULAANBAATAR (IDN) \u2013 Former Mongolian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chairman of Blue Banner NGO of Mongolia Dr Jargalsaikhany Enkhsaikhan believes that \u201cestablishing a Northeast Asian nuclear-weapon-free zone (NEA-NWFZ) and providing North Korea with a joint, credible mini-Marshall Plan might be a win-win solution for the Korean Peninsula as well as for overall regional security and development\u201d.\u00a0[2020-10-02 | 15]\u00a0BHASA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSION<\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0KOREAN<\/a>


UN Chief Concerned About Standstill in Arms Control Talks<\/a>

By Jamshed Baruah\"\"
GENEVA (IDN) \u2013 “We need a strengthened, inclusive and renewed multilateralism built on trust and based on international law that can guide us to our shared goal of a world free of nuclear weapons,” said UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, commemorating the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26.
He was reiterating the resolve adoption of the General Assembly resolution in 1946, which committed the UN to the goal of ridding the planet of nuclear weapons. Because of these, “the world continues to live in the shadow of nuclear catastrophe”.\u00a0BHASA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|


U.S. Shifts Arms Control Strategy with Russia<\/a>

By Kingston Reif and Shannon Bugos
WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) \u2013 The Trump administration has softened its demand that China immediately participate in trilateral nuclear arms control talks with the United States and Russia and says it is now seeking an interim step of a politically binding framework with Moscow.\u00a0But the administration continues to reject Russia\u2019s offer of a clean five-year extension of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START<\/a>) and has said that President Trump will not consider an extension until several conditions are met.\u00a0[2020\u201309-17]

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