The official State Department photo for Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, taken at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 9, 2021. / Public Domain]By U.S. Department of State, Public Domain
Photo: An artist rendering of the future U.S. Navy Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. The 12 submarines of the Columbia-class will replace the Ohio-class submarines which are reaching their maximum extended service life. It is planned that the construction of USS Columbia (SSBN-826) will begin in the fiscal year 2021, with delivery in the fiscal year 2028, and being on patrol in 2031. Source: Wikimedia Commons
China in Red, the members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in orange. The proposed corridors and in black (Land Silk Road), and blue (Maritime Silk Road)./ By Lommes – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
(right) Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon Almellehan meets Nigeria refugee girls at a sewing workshop in Daresalam refugee camp, Lake Region, Chad, Thursday 20 April 2017.
Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol./ By CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald – Defence Imagery, OGL v1.0
英国に関する書類は、アボリション2000UK、平和を求めるアオテアロアの弁護士、スイス核軍縮法律家協会、バーゼル平和事務所、バートランド・ラッセル平和財団、クリスチャンCND、CNDウェールズ、国際反核法律家協会、 International Forum for Understanding、LABRATS(核爆弾のレガシー/核実験の生存者を認知する会)、非核平和都市、パックス・クリスティ・スコットランド、地球的責任のための技術者・科学者国際ネットワーク、Sheffield Creative Action for Peace、平和のための結集決議、ウエストミンスターウエストロータリークラブ平和委員会、若者フュージョン、 世界未来評議会、その他80000人が提出した。
ICCPR締約国:2020年5月時点では、署名のみの国は74か国であり、そのうちまだ批准もしていないのは中華人民共和国、コモロ、キューバ、ナウル、パラオ、セントルシアの6か国である。サウジアラビアとミャンマーは署名もしていない。それを除く批准国と、加入国を合わせると、締約国は173か国である。出典:ICCPR-members: Dark Green – signed and ratified, Light Green – signed, but not ratified, Orange – signed, ratified but has stated it wishes to leave the covenant./ By Dudeman5685 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
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This article was produced as a part of the joint media project between The Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC on 21 May 2022.
Ambassador Sergio Duarte is President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, and a former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. He was president of the 2005 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.
This article was produced as a part of the joint media project between The Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC.
Photo: The writer addressing UN Open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament on May 2, 2016 in Geneva. Credit: Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy.