The “Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons and the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone” regional conference held in Astana on Aug 29, 2023. Filmed and edited by Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of INPS Japan.
Kazakhstan’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairat Umarov delivered a opening speech. Photo credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of INPS Japan.
Karipbek Kuyukov is an armless painter from Kazakhstan, and global anti–nuclear weapon testing & nonproliferation activist. Photo Credit: Jibek Joly TV Channel.
Dmitriy Vesselov, a third-generation victim of nuclear testing made a powerful testimony at the regional conference. Photo credit: Jibek Joly TV Channel.
Mr. Hirotsugu Terasaki, Director General of Peace and Global Issues of SGI which co-organized the regional conference with Kazakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CISP, ICAN and ICRC to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Testing at Kazakh Capital on Aug 29.Photo credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of INPS Japan.
Interview with Mr Hirotsugu Terasaki, Director General of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Filmed and edited by Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of INPS Japan.
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
Map showing the PMC Wagner’s brief mutiny during June 24, 2023./By Rr016 – Own work, derived from European Russia laea location map (Crimea disputed).svg by NordNordWest, CC BY-SA 4.0
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
The 1st Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) took place from 31 July to 11 August at the United Nations in Vienna. Photo Credit: Katsuhiro Asagiri, Multimedia Director of IDN-INPS.