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Nov. 21, 2011

Broad global support for Middle East nuclear-weapon-free zone, says UN official

UN News Centre
21 November 2011 – Broad international support exists for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, although there are long-standing differences of opinion about it among the region’s countries, the head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today.

Nov. 18, 2011

IAEA Forum on Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone for Middle East to Convene

IAEA.org
On Monday, 21 November 2011, IAEA Member States will gather in Vienna at the IAEA headquarters to attend a forum, convened by IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, to discuss how the experience gained through the established Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zones (NWFZ) could be relevant to the Middle East.

Nov. 16, 2011

Hiroshima urges Obama to visit, won't insist on U.S. A-bomb apology

The Mainichi Daily News
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Hiroshima Gov. Hidehiko Yuzaki on Tuesday expressed his hope that U.S. President Barack Obama would visit Hiroshima and said he would not insist on an apology by the United States for the atomic bombing of the city in August 1945.

Nov. 13, 2011

A-bomb exhibit opens in Geneva

The Japan Times Online
Geneva — A permanent exhibition on the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki began Friday inside the United Nations Office in Geneva.

Nov. 11, 2011

Media Advisory - Turkey and the CTBTO host cross-regional workshop on banning nuclear testing

CTBTO
The Government of Turkey and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) are co-organizing the workshop “Role of the CTBT [Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty] in regional and global security” from 15 to 17 November 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey. The workshop aims to promote the entry into force of the CTBT, which bans all nuclear explosions, and the completion of the Treaty’s verification regime.

Nov. 9, 2011

Progress Towards CTBT Entry-Into-Force (video)

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Mr. Jean du Preez, Chief of External Relations and International Cooperation, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), outlines current challenges for the CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) entry into force at a luncheon seminar at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

Nov. 9, 2011

Invitation to a Dialogue: The Military Budget

The New York Times
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta lays out excellent proposals for reducing the defense budget: reducing nuclear weapons, the number of troops in Europe, the size of the ground forces, health care costs for military retirees and the number of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters (“Panetta Weighs Pentagon Cuts Once Off Limits,” front page, Nov. 7). But these proposals are not specific or comprehensive enough.

Nov. 9, 2011

Iran's nuclear programme: the IAEA report (pdf)

The Guardian
Read the November 2011 IAEA report warning that Iran appears to be on a structured path to building a nuclear weapon.

Nov. 8, 2011

8 November 1957 - Grapple X

CTBTO
‎54 years ago today, on 8 November 1957, Britain conducted its first thermonuclear test ‘Grapple X’. The 1.8 megaton bomb (equivalent to 140 Hiroshima bombs) was detonated over Christmas Island in the central Pacific.

Nov. 8, 2011

U.N. Agency Says Iran Data Points to A-Bomb Work

The New York Times
United Nations weapons inspectors have amassed a trove of new evidence that they say makes a “credible” case that “Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device,” and that the project may still be under way.

Nov. 8, 2011

IAEA Report Strengthens Suspicions Iran's Nuclear Program Not Peaceful

VOA News
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has obtained enough sensitive material and expertise that it could build a nuclear weapon relatively quickly if it wanted to. The new evidence reinforces Western suspicions that Tehran's nuclear ambitions are not peaceful as it has long claimed.

Nov. 8, 2011

African nuclear-free appeal

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
The Peoples Forum in Niono, Mali, from 31 October to 3 November 2011 was attended by 1200 people from all over Africa and the world. ICAN Africa was represented by Dr Ruku Bilehni (DRC) and Samir Abi (Togo). Dr Ruku Bilehni gave two lectures explaining the dangers of nuclear weapons and uranium mining. The participants issued the Niono Appeal against nuclear power in Africa and for the abolition of nuclear weapons globally.

Nov. 8, 2011

A little more action

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
After 15 years of fruitless conversation, hundreds of unproductive meetings and billions of wasted dollars, the nuclear disarmament machinery is finally called on the carpet.

Nov. 7, 2011

Atomic Atonement

James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
On the 70th anniversary of the report which led to the development of the atomic bomb, can the UK take the lead again, this time in pioneering nuclear disarmament?

Nov. 6, 2011

Middle East Nuke Free Bid Moves to Finland

TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD | IPS
The four-decade-long bid to free the Middle East from all weapons of mass destruction (WMD) starting with nukes, will move next year to Helsinki as Finland surprisingly decided to host an international conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone liberated from all kinds of arms that bring about complete destruction.