[<<At a time when, in the Korean peninsula, we are, perhaps, the closest to the possibility of nuclear war since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, the significance of the Ban Treaty and the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN can scarcely be overstated. They testify to the fundamental importance and effectiveness of citizens from around the world taking responsibility and working together to drive progress on issues that confront communities, countries and the world as a whole when governments and business-as-usual politics have fallen short. It has taken 70 years, but the “aroused understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world” has taken humanity one step closer to finally ending the danger posed by the existence of nuclear weapons.>>
About the authors: M V Ramana ([email protected]) is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia. Zia Mian ([email protected]) is co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.] http://www.cndpindia.org/courage-challenge-nuclear-world-order/ or http://www.epw.in/journal/2017/48/commentary/courage-challenge-nuclear-world-order.html The Courage to Challenge the Nuclear World Order In July 2017, 122 countries adopted the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. To mark this historic achievement, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, in recognition of its work over the past decade to make this treaty possible. This article reflects on the nuclear disarmament activism that led up to the formation of ICAN and the new treaty, and the challenges this now poses to the nuclear weapon states. Snipped -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
