Nuclear Abolition News and Analysis
  • Home
  • European Languages
    • French
    • German
    • Italian
    • Norwegian | Swedish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Spanish
  • Indonesian|Hindi|Malay|Thai
  • Arabic|Persian|Turkish|Urdu
  • Japanese|Chinese|Korean
  • Videos
  • Archive
    • Newsletter Archive 2009-2015
    • Newsletter archive until the end of 2021
    • Newsletter archive from January 2022
    • Project Articles
    • Project Articles Archive 2014-2022
    • Project Publications
    • Sitemap

TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD 

Reporting the underreported threat of nuclear weapons and efforts by those striving for a nuclear free world.
A project of The Non-Profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as flagship agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative
status with ECOSOC.

About us

TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD was first launched in 2009 with a view to raising and strengthening public awareness of the urgent need for non-proliferation and ushering in a world free of nuclear weapons. Read more.


GDPR Compliance


Related Web Sites

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

IDN Global News

  • Forty Years After ‘The Day After’

    By Daryl G.

    ...
  • Outgoing President Weah Leaves an Unflawed Legacy

    By Azu

    ...
  • The Future of Nuclear Disarmament Lies with the Younger Generation

    By Thalif Deen

    ...
  • Faith-based Organizations Warn Nuclear Arms as Worst of all Evils

    UNITED NATIONS

    ...
  • The Voices of Victims of Nuclear Weapons Testing

    UNITED NATIONS,

    ...
  • For Media Elites, War Criminal Henry Kissinger Was a Great Man

    By Norman

    ...
  • World News in Brief: New Relief Window in Gaza, Sexual Violence in Sudan, New Action Against Chemical Weapons

    UN News NEW

    ...
  • Advancing Nuclear Research: Countering Cancer and Climate Change

    United Nations

    ...
  • Somali Youth Educator Bags Major UN Refugee Award

    By Lisa Vives,

    ...
  • African Countries Lagging on Climate Justice, Rights Groups Say

    By Lisa Vives,

    ...
Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi, Permanent Representative of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, and incoming President of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction, addresses the Conference (29 November-3 December 2021). In the background is Secretary-General António Guterres.

A Middle East Nuclear Free Zone Remains Grounded

By Thalif Deen*

UNITED NATIONS | 12 November 2023 (IDN) — A longstanding proposal for a nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZs) in the politically and militarily volatile Middle East has been kicked around the corridors and committee rooms of the United Nations since 1995.

Over the last 28 years, the proposal has failed to get off the ground—and remains suspended in mid-air.  

Read more ...

Image credit: The Island, Sri Lanka

Jayantha Dhanapala: A Leader for Nuclear Disarmament

By Randy Rydell

Remembering Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, at the UN First Committee’s Side Event hosted on 7 November by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) at the United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS | 9 November 2023 (IDN) — I am very pleased to have this opportunity to speak today and to meet once again with several of my former colleagues in the then-Department for Disarmament Affairs.

Read more ...

A picture shared by US Central Command appears to show a guided missile submarine in the Suez Canal passing under the Al Salam Bridge northeast of Cairo. Source: US Central Command

Nuclear Tensions Loom Over War Zones

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS | 9 November 2023 (IDN) — The two ongoing military conflicts in Europe and the Middle East are pitting two nuclear powers—Russia and Israel—against a non-nuclear state (Ukraine) and a non-nuclear militant armed force (Hamas).

The military might is overwhelmingly in favor of both Russia and Israel in the two devastating battles, which may ultimately end with no winners.

Read more ...

Credit: UNFOLD ZERO

Don’t Even Think About Starting a Nuclear War

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS | 3 November 2023 (IDN) — In New York City, where streets in mid-town Manhattan are routinely congested and the traffic flow incredibly overwhelming, there is a warning sign outside some buildings that says it all:  DON’T EVEN THINK OF PARKING HERE.

If you do, either your vehicle will be towed away or you will be subject to a heavy fine.

Read more ...

At the 13th Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (Article XIV Conference) at the United Nations in New York on 22 September 2023 global leaders reaffirmed their commitment to making the CTBT legally binding on an international scale and bringing an end to nuclear testing once and for all. Credit: CTBTO

Russia’s Decision to Revoke Ratification of CTBT Comes Under Fire

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS | 1 November 2023 (IDN) — A decision by the Russian parliament to pass a bill on 18 October to revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) has come under heavy fire.

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he was “dismayed” by the Duma’s decision to revoke ratification of the CTBT.  (P21)  ITALIAN | JAPANESE

Read more ...

The U.S. Force photo

The U.S. Is Building a New Nuclear 'Gravity Bomb', Pentagon Announces

The B61-13 is the latest in a long line of B61 variants

By Matthew Gault |  VICE

WASHINGTON, D.C. 31 October 2023 (IDN | TNW) — The Pentagon has announced it is making a new nuclear “gravity bomb.” If approved by Congress, the B61-13 will replace the 1980s era B61-7, according to the announcement on 27 October. 

Read more ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower delivering the famous Atoms for Peace speech at the UN General Assembly on 8 December 1953. Credit: UN ⁄ IAEA -

A Milestone in the History of Nuclear Diplomacy

70th Anniversary of President Eisenhower’s Speech on “Atoms for Peace”

By Leonam dos Santos Guimarâes

*The writer is a Nuclear and naval engineer (PhD) member of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering. CEO of Eletronuclear S.A. Coordinator, Brazilian Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program.

RIO DE JANEIRO | 23 October 2023 (IDN) — On 8 December 1953, the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, delivered a speech before the United Nations General Assembly that would echo through the pages of history. (P 20) JAPANESE | SWEDISH

Read more ...

Source: vatican news

Holy See Urges Renewed Efforts to Advance Nuclear Disarmament

By Lisa Zengarini | VATICAN NEWS

NEW YORK. 18 OCTOBER 2023 (IDN | TNW) — The Holy See has decried the current “downward spiral of arms control and disarmament policies”, urging for “renewed efforts to advance progress on nuclear disarmament at a time when the risk of nuclear war becomes again a reality.”  

Read more ...

The world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford sails during a fueling-at-sea operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on October 11, 2023. (US Department of Defense)

Continued Buildup of Massive US Nuclear Arsenal Dangerous

By Daryl G. Kimball

The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA). Following is the preliminary Assessment of the Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, ACA issued on 12 October.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 15 October 2023 (IDN) — Following more than a decade of deteriorating relations and uncertainty on disarmament diplomacy, the three states with the largest nuclear arsenals—Russia, the United States, and China—are on the precipice of an unconstrained era of dangerous nuclear competition.

Read more ...

Image source: GK Today - Photo: 2023

Is Russia Planning to Revoke its Ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?

By Thalif Deen

UNITED NATIONS | 10 October 2023 (IDN) — The Russian Federation, which made several implicit threats to use nuclear weapons in its ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, is reportedly toying with the idea of withdrawing its ratification of the landmark Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). 

Read more ...

Page 1 of 18

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
SGI - Soka Gakkai International

Most popular articles

  • A Role for the UN General Assembly in the Current NATO Russia Crisis
  • A Politically Isolated North Korea Garners Support from two Nuclear Powers at the UN
  • Clarion Call for Policies to End the Nuclear Arms Race
  • World's Major Nuclear Powers Pledge to Avoid Wars—Even as they Continue to Upgrade their Arsenals
  • Review Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Stalled due to Rising COVID-19 Infections

Search

Newsletter

Please enable the javascript to submit this form

Report 2023

Toward a World Without Nuclear Weapons 2023

Popular Tags

War Global USA Russia Disarmament Arms Nuclear Conference Korean Japan Weapons Asia
www.facebook.com
www.twitter.com
www.linkedin.com
www.blogger.com
www.myspace.com
RSS Feeds

Copyright © 2023 Nuclear Abolition News and Analysis. All Rights Reserved.