South Africa hosts meeting of 37 states on UN nuclear ban treaty
… to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW and the Pelindaba Treaty express the prohibition of nuclear weapons on the African continent while …
… to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The TPNW and the Pelindaba Treaty express the prohibition of nuclear weapons on the African continent while …
… after extending it to cover all non-directed weapons. The Conference voted the following … 1925, noting that the use of non-directed weapons which cannot be aimed with precision … to prohibit absolutely all recourse to such weapons and to the use of atomic energy or any …
… of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, 8-12 August … assistance for victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological and chemical … (2007) Who will assist the victims of use of nuclear, radiological, biological or chemical …
… of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, 30 November – 4 December … that, for the third successive year, chemical weapons have been used in armed conflict. The … use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons still stands. States and the …
… to mitigate the risks posed by autonomous weapons. It proposes three types of control … Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk, vol. 1, Euro-Atlantic … Intelligence on Strategic Stability and Nuclear Risk: Vol. I Euro-Atlantic …
… of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards, also known as CBRN. It … promotes IHL provisions related to the use of weapons. Dissemination sessions as stand-alone …
… Conference on The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago … Conference: The Human Impacts of Autonomous Weapons. The International Committee of the … but a few examples such as when it comes to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, …
… Five questions on chemical weapons with Johnny Nehme, a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear expert at the ICRC: 1. In your view, why are chemical weapons banned? Their indiscriminate nature. …
… the fighting in or near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. It is encouraging that a … and last many years. In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult if not … and militaries to act. We don’t have weapons. We are not politicians. In the case …
… legal and ethical issues raised by autonomous weapons systems, the ICRC convened a … The recent Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017 by a … of 122 States, recognizes that the use of nuclear weapons would be “abhorrent to the …
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