Actu Environnement 19th Jan 2021, In a notice published on January 18, the Environmental Authority (Ae) points to serious shortcomings in the file of the underground radioactive waste storage center (Cigéo) in Bure (Meuse). The opinion relates more particularly to the “very detailed” environmental assessment carried out by Andra as part of the project's declaration…
A-bomb survivors urge Biden gov t to join U.N. nuke ban treaty
Atomic bomb survivors in Japan on Thursday urged the new U.S. administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons that will take effect the following day. We earnestly call for (U.S.) participation in the treaty, said Michiko Kodama, 82, assistant secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations at a Tokyo press conference.
Screenshot taken on Jan. 21, 2021, shows Michiko Kodama, assistant secretary general of the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. (Kyodo)
New nuclear treaty will be 'ineffective': DFAT, SMH, Anthony Galloway, January 21, 2021, Australia says a new United Nations nuclear treaty signed by more than 80 countries will be ineffective in eliminating nuclear weapons from the world.The Morrison government has not signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which comes into effect on Friday. The…
Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong said Labor welcomed the treaty. After taking into account the need to ensure an effective verification and enforcement architecture, the interaction of the treaty with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and achieve universal support, a Labor government would sign and ratify the treaty, she said. Australia can and should lead international efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. A Labor government would work with our allies and partners to this end and would always act consistently with the US alliance.
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Helen Durham, director for international law and policy at the International Committee of the Red Cross, said all countries should sign the treaty as it was the “most explicit and clearest expression that the horrific weapons need to be banned”.