NPT
- Stephane Bussard
- • August 31, 2022
After three weeks of negotiations at the United Nations headquarters, the 191 states parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) failed to adopt a final document at the 10th review conference of the NPT, held…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, WORLDVIEWS
- Dawn Clancy
- • August 25, 2022
On the same day that Ukraine marked 31 years of independence from Soviet rule and six months of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to the United Nations Security Council about the worldwide impact of…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Security Council
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • June 20, 2021
VIENNA — In an interview here with Rafael Grossi, the 60-year-old director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — he revealed that he has not had a reply yet from Iran on a possible…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • February 25, 2021
VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in a confidential document, seen by PassBlue, that Iran has added 17.6 kilograms of uranium, enriched up to 20 percent, to its total stockpile. The enrichment process, which had been announced…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament
- Dali ten Hove
- • January 22, 2021
THE HAGUE — An international agreement that bans nuclear weapons became operational on Jan. 22, more than 75 years after the detonations at Hiroshima and Nagasaki heralded the atomic age. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, or…
- Categories: Disarmament, Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, US-UN Relations
- Ben Donaldson
- • May 25, 2018
If United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo follows through with his threat to impose “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran, the United States should be prepared for Iran to retaliate by withdrawing from the Treaty on the…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, US Foreign Relations, WORLDVIEWS
- Maria Luisa Gambale
- • July 7, 2017
Nuclear buildup and threat of nuclear war became a front-page item this past week, after Kim Jong Un’s declaration of a successful intercontinental ballistic missile test, confirmed on July 4 by United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Such…
- Categories: Disarmament, Gender Violence, Geopolitics, Nuclear Disarmament
- Barbara Crossette
- • December 2, 2016
Whatever the real reason that led Donald Trump to name Nikki Haley as his ambassador to the United Nations — that she is a “deal-maker,” a woman from an ethnic minority and a moderate Republican voice he may want…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations
- Dave Steward
- • May 12, 2014
Sadly, South Africa remains the only state that has ever voluntarily dismantled its entire nuclear weapons ability. Others like Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan have foregone the possibility of acquiring them — but South Africa has been the only country…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Ramesh Thakur
- • November 29, 2013
CANBERRA, Australia — Because of the unique destructive capacity and uncontrollable effects of nuclear weapons, the almost indescribable horror associated with their use informed the very first resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in 1946. It has been…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Irwin Arieff
- • January 1, 2013
Iran’s nuclear crisis has been dragging on for a decade, so it sure would be great if someone in the know finally laid out the definitive plan for resolving the dispute and ending Tehran’s international isolation. In “The Iranian…
- Categories: BOOKS, Disarmament, Middle East
- Ramesh Thakur
- • May 21, 2012
Asia was the setting last month for two completely different missile tests. North Korea‘s, on April 13, was a total failure yet drew strong condemnation in the region, around the world and by the United Nations. The fear now…
- Categories: Disarmament
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