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On Nuclear Activism

fundforp — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:22:28 +0000

Elena Ilina Nicklasson, Partner at the Fund for Peace Initiatives, spoke on KPFA about nuclear activism and the role women take in nuclear disarmament. Elena indicated that the young people relate less to the problem of nuclear weapons and security, because most of them grew up in the post-Cold War world. What nuclear future do you envision?

To listen to her interview log-in to an hour long interview for the last twenty minutes here: http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/71838

George Shultz and William Perry Talk about Nuclear Tipping Point at Intel

fundforp — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:59:39 +0000

On August 26, 2010 a former Secretary of State, George Shultz, and a former Secretary of Defense, William Perry, presented a documentary “The Nuclear Tipping Point” and talked about nuclear threats of today at the Intel auditorium. The talk was organized by the Intel’s Beyond the Cube project and the Fund for Peace Initiative. The event was attended by more than 350 Intel employees and it was made accessible for 80,000 employees worldwide via podcast. This is the very first event of such kind. Silicon Valley is known for its technological innovations, forward-looking thinking and beyond the future vision. However, the topic of nuclear disarmament does not usually attract that many people and the interest of leading businesses in technology innovation. The Fund for Peace Initiatives hopes there will be many more events of this kind to help promote peace-building and disarmament.

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Get Ready for the Upcoming NPT Review Conference: 28 April – 09 May, 2010

fundforp — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:49:29 +0000

From the UN NPT Bulletin: The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will be held in May 2010 at UN Headquarters in New York. The President-elect of the Review Conference is Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan of the Philippines.

The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament. The NPT represents the only binding commitment in a multilateral treaty to the goal of disarmament by the nuclear-weapon States.

The Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute have produced a very useful resource on everything one needs to know about the NPT (Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty). To read the full text or download a pdf file, please click here.

US and Russia are closer to signing START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty)

fundforp — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:32:06 +0000

BBC News Report:

“US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed a new nuclear arms reduction treaty after months of negotiations.

The treaty limits both sides to 1,550 warheads, about 30% less than currently allowed, the White House said.

The deal replaces the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The leaders will sign the pact in Prague on 8 April.

President Obama hailed the treaty as the most comprehensive weapons control agreement in nearly two decades.

“With this agreement, the United States and Russia – the two largest nuclear powers in the world – also send a clear signal that we intend to lead,” he said at the White House.

“By upholding our own commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, we strengthen our global efforts to stop the spread of these weapons, and to ensure that other nations meet their own responsibilities,” he said.

In Russia, President Medvedev’s spokeswoman told the Interfax news agency: “This treaty reflects the balance of interests of both nations.”

The treaty must be ratified by the US Senate and the Russian Duma.”