This section provides a general overview of nuclear related issues. The following articles are obtained from external news sources for whose content SGI takes no responsibility.

August 13, 2010
IAEA Opened Its Doors for International Youth Day IAEA.org
By Misha Kidambi
At the UN headquarters in the Vienna International Centre (VIC), various organisations, including the IAEA, marked the International Youth Day by participating in an "open day" for the youth...

August 9, 2010
PEACE SHADOW PROJECT PEACE SHADOW PROJECT
A petition for a world without nuclear weapons, that you can participate by submitting your shadow. It is an art project that allows people in different places with diffenet ideas to build up the project for the same belief.

August 9, 2010
Nagasaki marks 65th anniversary of atomic bombing with call for nuclear abolition The Mainichi Daily News
NAGASAKI -- Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue urged nuclear nations not to trample on efforts to achieve a nuclear-free world in a ceremony on Aug. 9 marking the 65th anniversary of the World War II atomic bombing of the city...

August 9, 2010
Rajiv Gandhi Plan: a valuable solution The Hindu
By Sandeep Dikshit
Why India should take forward Rajiv Gandhi's action plan for a nuclear-weapons-free and non-violent world order...

August 8, 2010
Peace Signals from U.S. Nuclear Footprint Sites TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
By Ramesh Jaura
History is in the making with two sites where the United States left its indelible nuclear footprints -- the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall archipelago and Japan's legendary city of Hiroshima -- sending new signals...

August 5, 2010
Visiting Nagasaki, Ban urges elimination of nuclear weapons UN News Centre
5 August 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon honoured the victims of the Nagasaki atomic bombing today, noting that his "profoundly moving" visit to the Japanese city has strengthened his conviction that nuclear weapons must be outlawed...

August 4, 2010
U.N. Chief Announces Minister-Level Nuke Talks Next Month Global Security Newswire
Ministerial-level discussions on eliminating the world's nuclear weapons are scheduled to take place next month in New York, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said yesterday...

August 3, 2010
A-bomb survivors to appear in TV commercial in Australia The Mainichi Daily News
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- A television commercial featuring atomic-bomb survivors at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park appealing for the abolition of nuclear weapons will be broadcast nationwide in Australia on Friday on the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing on the city...

August 2, 2010
Hiroshima, Japan, 2 August 2010 - Secretary-General's message to World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 2-9 August 2010 Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General
It gives me pleasure to convey my greetings to the 2010 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs...

July 31, 2010
Bikini Atoll in Marshall Islands Chosen as World Heritage Site Yokwe Online
Today the Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Site was inscribed on the World Heritage List...

July 30, 2010
Preparations Afoot to Commemorate Hiroshima Atom Bombing IDN InDepthNews
By Taro Ichikawa
TOKYO (IDN) - Nuclear abolition is not yet around the corner. But the United States, Britain and France have apparently come round to the view that the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an appropriate opportunity to underline a paradigm shift under way...

July 29, 2010
State refuses to fund Maralinga court battle The Australian
By Pia Akerman
THE Rann government in South Australia has refused to meet with representatives of Aboriginal people affected by British nuclear tests...

July 27, 2010
World free of nuclear weapons advances security for all, Ban tells Hiroshima forum UN News Centre
27 July 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for further progress on the global disarmament agenda, stressing that getting rid of nuclear weapons is the best way to ensure security for all...

July 24, 2010
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 5 at Montréal's Botanical Garden Zoo and Aquarium Visitor
By Karine Jalbert
Montréal, Canada - Montréal’s Nature Museums invite everyone to attend the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 5, at 7 p.m., in the Japanese Garden of the Botanical Garden...

July 23, 2010
Despite Cuts, Nukes Still Integral to U.S. Security Strategy TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS - The new U.S. plan to maintain and improve its nuclear weapons complex is likely to hinder international efforts to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction...