03/02/2018
By Anne Baring*
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has recently announced (25/1/18) that they have moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock to two minutes to mid-night. A few days before this announcement was made a statement by General Sir Nick Carter appeared in The Times in the United Kingdom: “Our ability to pre-empt or respond to threats will be eroded if we don’t keep up with our adversaries.” (The Times 22/1/2018).
Source: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
This statement encapsulates the mind-set that drives the Military-Industrial Complex in the nuclear nations and its interminable preparations for and anticipation of a future war. It could ultimately lead to one of these nations, whether deliberately or inadvertently, unleashing on the world the catastrophe of a nuclear war.
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18/01/2018
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 17 January 2018 welcomed the second anniversary of the day when Iran was confirmed to have taken a series of nuclear-related actions under the nuclear agreement reached with key countries in 2015.
The Busher nuclear power plant in Iran. Photo: IAEA/Paolo Contri
“This marks another significant milestone” in the historic agreement, said UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric in a statement, noting that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – reached by Iran, China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union – constitutes a major achievement of nuclear non-proliferation and diplomacy, and has contributed to regional and international peace and security.
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02/01/2018
People around the world, especially poor farmers in developing Asian countries, will benefit through the use of nuclear techniques in combatting diseases affecting farm animals and improve water management practices, the United Nations atomic energy agency has said.
A farmer and his wife use a pair of oxen to plough their field in Surkhet district, western Nepal. Photo: IFAD/Sanjit Das
“Improved farming practices, healthier animals and – ultimately – increased food security will be the outcomes,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on 29 December 2017 said.
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17/11/2017
ROME, Nov 16 2017 (IPS) – It might sound strange, very strange, but the news is that scientists and experts have been assuring, over and again, that using nuclear applications in agriculture –and thus in food production—are giving a major boost to food security. So how does this work?
Using nuclear sciences to feed the world. Credit: FAO
To start with, nuclear applications in agriculture rely on the use of isotopes and radiation techniques to combat pests and diseases, increase crop production, protect land and water resources, and ensure food safety and authenticity, as well as increase livestock production.
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06/11/2017
We’re in the worst, most dangerous situation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sitting down and hoping for the best is neither responsible nor viable or wise.
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31/10/2017
By John Scales Avery*
The following is a letter that John Scales Avery, Ph.D, Associate Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, and Chairman, Danish National Group, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, has sent to Danish Parliamentarian:
John Scales Avery
To:
Hon Mr Mr. Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister
Hon Mr Anders Samuelsen, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon Mr Mr. Ib Petersen, Ambassador of Denmark to the United Nations
Hon Mr Carsten Staur, Ambassador of Denmark to the UN in Geneva.
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CC: Danish members of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and other friends in the Danish Parliament
Dear friends,
The Non-Aligned Movement has submitted a draft resolution to the United Nations General Assembly laying out the general mandate and dates for the 2018 United Nations High-Level Conference for Nuclear Disarmament.
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30/10/2017
Visiting Iran, the head of the United Nations atomic energy agency on Sunday 29 October 2017 reiterated that the commitments undertaken by the country under the nuclear accord of 2015 are being implemented.*
The Busher nuclear power plant in Iran. Photo: IAEA/Paolo Contri
According to the press release issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), its Director General Yukiya Amano met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Vice-President and President of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, during a visit to the capital, Tehran.
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07/10/2017
Congratulating the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on being on 6 October awarded today the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, top United Nations officials said that the recognition is a reminder of the need to grim threats posed by such weapons to humanity.
Signing Ceremony for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at UN Headquarters in New York, 20 September 2017. UN Photo/Kim Haughton
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22/09/2017
21 September 2017 (openDemocracy)* — A new UN treaty could make nuclear sabre-rattling and boasts of a willingness to incinerate cities, as unacceptable as threats to use chemical and biological weapons.
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Image: United Nations/Flickr, Creative Commons.
Yesterday [20 September] the UN Secretary-General António Guterres opened the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York. Heads of state and senior officials from over 40 countries lined up to sign the ground-breaking treaty on its first day.
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22/09/2017
September 21, 2017 (ICAN—International Campaign against Nuclear Weapons)* — On Wednesday 20 September, the new Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons officially opened for signature and over 50 countries signed. The US was not one of the signers, but US advocates for the Treaty have succeeded in making the first US bank annouce that it will not invest in nuclear weapons production.
New York-based Amalgamated Bank used the day of the signature of the Treaty to publish its investment policy around weapons – including nuclear weapons.
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