INES and  NGO activities at the 8th NPT Review Conference in NYC

8.-29. April 2010

Peace Walk for Nuclear Disarmament and Abolition from Washington DC to New York City
Please consider walking with us, sponsoring a peace walker, joining us in NYC, or otherwise contributing to our mission. Whether you can join us for many miles or a few steps, we especially desire to see you walking with us!
Further information: nptwalk2010.wikidot.com/

30. April – 1. May

International Conference: For a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World
Riverside Church, New York City/USA
Further information:www.peaceandjusticenow.org

Sunday, 2.May

Workshop and election of the speakers of the NPT-Youth Speech
9:00 - 12:00 Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street
To see all Youth events visit: nptyouth2010.wiki.zoho.com/Calender-of-Events.html

International Demonstration of the worldwide peace movement
Start near Times Square, 13:00

Monday, 3. May

Opening of the NPT Review Conference and presentation of endorsers of the worldwide calls against nuclear weapons (among others “Für eine Zukunft ohne Atomwaffen” and “Scientists for a nuclear weapons-free world”) to General Secretary Ban Ki Moon
Sign the call here: www.inesglobal.com/campaign-nuclear-weapons-free-world.phtml

Tuesday, 4. May

Workshop: "NATO and Nuclear Weapons - Discussion about the new NATO strategy"; (International Coordinating Committee "No to War - No to NATO" / IALANA Europe)
Church Center, 10:00-12:00

Workshop: Nuclear armament and disarmament – the role of science and technology (INES / IPB) UN Building, 13:00 -15:00

Wednesday, 5. May

Workshop: "Nuclear Weapons in Europe - for a nuclear weapons free world" (INES / IALANA) Church Center, 10:00 -12:00

Saturday 8. May – Sunday 9. May

Preparation of the Simulation conference on the Nuclear Weapons Convention
Princeton University
Further info: www.inesglobal.com/simulation-conference.phtml

Tuesday 11. May - Wednesday 12. May

Simulation conference on the Nuclear Weapons Convention
The Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Centre for Science and Peace Research (University of Hamburg) and IANUS (TU Darmstadt) would like to invite you to a simulation conference that is going to negotiate the Nuclear Weapons Convention.

Wednesday, 12. May

Workshop: Nuclear Weapons Convention and the NPT- Legal Challenges and Prospects (IALANA Germany)
NGO Room A, Temporary North Lawn Building, 15:00 – 18:00

Workshop: On the way to banning uranium weapons (ICBUW / IALANA)
NGO Room A, Temporary North Lawn Building, 16:30 - 18:30

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INES:  Dr. Gerson, in 1995 the governments decided about the indefinte extention of the NPT. Why are Review conferences held? What is the political importance of the one in 2010?

Joseph Gerson: As part of the deal made to win the indefinite extension of the NPT in 1995, the nuclear powers, led by the United States, accepted non-nuclear nations’ demand that review conferences be held every five year to monitor implementation of the treaty – especially Article VI which requires the nuclear powers to begin “good faith” negotiations for the elimination of their nuclear arsenals.

Consistent with its belief that unilateral U.S. military actions and threats could enforce what Vice President Cheney termed ‘the arranged for the 21st century,” the Bush Administration subverted the 2005 Review Conference. By refusing to agree to an agenda until the Conference was half way over, and then refusing to engage in good faith negotiations, the Review Conference failed to reach any agreements and collapsed in failure. This resulted in delegitimizing the Treaty, placing it in jeopardy and increasing the likelihood of proliferation of  proliferation of genocidal and omnicidal nuclear weapons.

Read on:  Interview Joseph Gerson

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