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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, and indiscriminate killing of women, children and non-combatants are illegal. Rather than taking “false” 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.

Nuclear weapons of mass destruction – an end of everything truth Dive, by Ram Prasad 1 Jan 2010 |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 treaty 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 have 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 Convention 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 of course terrorism………

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, and indiscriminate killing of women, children and non-combatants are illegal. Rather than taking “false” 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.

Nuclear weapons of mass destruction – an end of everything

January 1, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons