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The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which spearheaded a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The significance of this canada goose outlet us award cannot be underestimated.

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canada goose coats On July 7, more than 120 countries approved the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which requires ratifying countries “never under any circumstances to develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.” The treaty also prohibits the transfer of, use of, or threat to use nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices. canada goose coats

canada goose black friday sale Fifty three countries officially signed the treaty, and three have already ratified it, which makes them parties to the accord. Ninety days after 50 countries ratify it, the treaty will enter into force. canada goose black friday sale

However, the five original nuclear armed countries the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China boycotted the treaty negotiations and the voting. North Korea, Israel, Pakistan and India, which also have nuclear weapons, refrained from participating in the final vote as well. In October 2016, during negotiations, North Korea had voted for the treaty.

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Meanwhile, Trump is moving the world closer to nuclear war, threatening North Korea with destruction and attempting to blow up the nuclear deal with Iran. The day before the new treaty was concluded, Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North canada goose outlet winnipeg address Korea if it attacked; that amounted to a threat to commit genocide.

Peace prize historian Oeivind Stenersen said the Nobel committee intended “to send a signal to North Korea and the US that they need to go into negotiations. The prize is also coded to support the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.”

The Iran deal is embodied in the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). and international sanctions on Iran, amounting to billions of dollars of relief. In return, Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear program. interests. The next 90 day period ends on Oct. 15. Trump will reportedly refuse to certify that Iran is compliant with the agreement on Oct. 12, in spite of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency’s finding that Iran is in compliance.

Canada Goose sale If Trump refuses to certify that Iran is compliant with the JCPOA or determines the agreement is not in the national interest, Congress will canada goose outlet uk then have 60 days to act. If Congress reimposes sanctions, it would likely cause the JCPOA to unravel. Iran would then proceed with a program to develop nuclear weapons. Canada Goose sale

The White House has signaled that Trump will urge Congress not to reimpose sanctions, but rather hopes Congress will pass new legislation beyond the scope of the original deal. “If Congress complies, such unilateral action to change a multilateral agreement will effective kill it,” Wendy Sherman, former under secretary of state for political affairs and US lead negotiator for the JCPOA, wrote in The New York Times.

Moreover, if Trump’s actions scuttle the Iran deal, it will send a dangerous message to North Korea that the United States cannot be trusted to abide by its multilateral agreements.

Both Trump’s threats canada goose outlet michigan against North Korea and his undermining of the JCPOA could lead to nuclear war.

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The 1970 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) requires nuclear states to eliminate their nuclear weapons and non nuclear states to canada goose outlet belgium refrain from acquiring them. government is not adhering to Article VI of the NPT and we show no signs of planning to adhere to its requirements to move forward with the elimination not reduction, but elimination of nuclear weapons.

In 1996, the International Court of Justice stated in an advisory opinion:

There exists canada goose outlet seattle an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control.

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“The nuclear weapons states, governed by political realists, basically have no trust in law or morality when it comes to national security,” international law expert Richard Falk wrote, “but base their faith in the hyper rationality of destructive military power, which in the nuclear age is expressed in the arcane idiom of deterrence, an idea more transparently known in the Cold War Era as Mutually Assured Destruction (or MAD!!).”.

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