Nuclear weapons of mass destruction – an end of everything

The nuclear club consists of nine nations out of which 5 (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) are internationally recognized nuclear weapons states conferred by nuclear non proliferation treaty. India, Pakistan and Israel have declined to sign the treaty and have tested their nuclear weapons. North Korea withdrew from the treat in 2003. The global nuclear disarmament campaigns are gaining momentum with many NGOs actively involved in creating a global awareness. Nuclear disarmament is not just a wish, it is a legal commitment agreed upon and signed by the five official nuclear states under the nuclear non- Proliferation treaty (NPT). Article VI of the NPT constitutes a formal and specific obligation of the five countries (USA, Russia, UK, France and China) to completely disarm their nuclear weapons. Those who argue for nuclear disarmament are simply asking the nuclear countries to fulfill their legal obligations. These countries have totally disrespected their legal obligations that they have agreed and signed and are demanding India, Pakistan, North Korea to sign the NPT.

 

Russia has about 13,000 nuclear stockpiles, USA with 9400, UK has about 185, France has 300 and China has 240. All these countries are supposed to disarm completely as per the NPT and they have completely ignored it. India, Pakistan, Israel and North korea have 80, 90, 90, 10 war heads. The two countries USA and Russia that has thousands of nuclear war heads should first reduce them to two digits followed by complete disarming of all the nine nations. Non proliferation and disarmament are inextricably linked. Without credible disarmament moves non proliferation treaty could not be strengthened.  Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions  collective punishments are a war crime.  The signatories of Geneva conventions are bound by convention to protect the civilians. The population should not be terrorized and collective punishments are prohibited. Deliberate killing of non combatants is ofcourse terrorism.

 

Nuclear disarmament campaigns in India are not new. C. Rajagopalachari known as Rajaji, a freedom fighter, politician and ex-chief minister of madras presidency was a well known proponent of world peace. His  comment on nuclear weaponry is worth remembering. The international community needs more such politicians.

We do not wish to be poisoned, and we do not want our progeny to be the victims of genetic damage just because the Powers cannot trust one another and settle their problems. Whether it be one big blast or one hundred smaller blasts, the nuclear programme is a delusion and a snare for everybody. Once the game starts the frustrated party has no escape from using its power to strike effectively, and that means the last, or last but one step to annihilation.  - C. RAJAGOPALACHARI, 1957

The speech given by Indian Prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in the conference “Towards a world free of nuclear weapons” should really be appreciated.  http://www.gsinstitute.org/archives/000334.html

India is ready to add its own weight and voice to the global debate on nuclear disarmament with a view to crafting…a consensus on disarmament and non-proliferation. We need a collective approach anchored in a universal partnership that is supported by non-  governmental communities and public opinion. We hope that other states will agree to a dialogue on these proposals, and will join us in committing to nuclear disarmament.That is the critical first step — a commitment, preferably a binding legal commitment through an international instrument, to eliminate nuclear weapons within a time-bound framework.

The nuclear disarmament talks have been recklessly neglected by the superpowers. Possession of nuclear weapons is being justified as a necessity for national security. Similar to all the 9 nuclear nations, every single nation in this globe has a right to defend its territories and maintain its sovereignity. Each and every nation can claim that “national security” is their priority and hence could start building nuclear reactors. Had there been nuclear bombs with Palestine, Israel wouldnt have been as aggressive to palestine as it is today, had there been nuclear bombs with Iraq and afghanistan, western imperialistic war on these two countries could have be averted. So its always the small countries that are attacked by mighty forces and hence they are the ones who require nuclear weapons. Every nation will try to acquire nuclear weapons in order to protect its boundary and citizens, especially the smaller and oil rich nations which are vulnerable to imperialistic attacks. The present nuclear policy will undoubtedly lead to nuclear proliferation. Nuclear disarmament move by the super powers would change the dynamics of global security.

 

The threat that the nuclear weapons of mass destruction poses to the entire human civilizations and the whole of humanity is serious. There are different sorts of people who worry about the lack of patriotic, linguistic, religious, ethnic importance/values in the society. But not much people worry about the real threat to the entire mankind including that of the religious, ethnic, cultural values through the nuclear weapons.

Mordechai Vanunu is a man of conscience. When Israel was secretly building the nuclear reactors Vanunu was working as a technician and when he realized that Israel was building the nuclear reactor he exposed the nuclear secrets to the media “British Sunday Times”. Israel accused him as traitor and he was in Israeli prison for 18 years part of the term was under cruel solitary confinement. Eventhough Vanunu did not expose the nuclear secrets to enemy countries or to any foreign security organizations Israeli’s still consider him as a traitor and the arab israeli’s are afraid to befriend him. Israel still refuses to allow him to leave the country and start a new life.

 

After 23 years of suffering, let Mordechai Vanunu become a free man. War should cease to be an admissible social act. Under international law war is still legal, however, indiscriminate killing of women, children and non-combatants is illegal. Rather than taking nationalistic pride in nuclear weapons, let us nurture the sense of belonging to the mankind and unequivocally oppose the nuclear weapons of mass destruction which is a threat to the age old human civilization.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the conditions that surround him… The unreasonable man adapts surrounding conditions to himself… All progress depends on the unreasonable man. – George Bernard Shah

 

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இன்று பல எதிர்ப்புக்களையும் மீறி அணு பரிசோதனை செய்த வட கொரியா தான் பலம் வாய்ந்த நாடுகளால் பேச்சு. சாப்படிற்கே வழி இல்லை என கூறப்பட்டாலும் மேற்குலகத்தின் கண் இமைக்குள் விரலை ஆட்டியவண்ணம் இருக்க காரணம் அதன் அணு ஆயுத ஆற்றல்.

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