The " COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY " And " INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TEST " :: Miles And Miles To Go For It's Ban
INTERNATIONAL
DAY AGAINST NUCLEAR TEST
Since nuclear weapons testing began in the mid-twentieth
century, with the first test on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. It
could be even more than that but I’m taking only a round figure to make that
matter easy.
There has been little
consideration of the devastating effects of testing on human life, let alone
the understanding of nuclear fallout from atmospheric tests. Early on, having
nuclear weapons was a measure of scientific sophistication or military might.
It was considered that possessing nuclear weapon is the symbolism of all round
prosperity of the nation as well as it meant as if it was to signify and
glorify the economic as well as the military strength of that particular
nation.
Hindsight and history
have shown us the terrifying and tragic effects of nuclear weapons testing,
especially when controlled conditions go awry, and in light of today’s nuclear
weapons which are far more powerful and destructive.
One of the worst example of the Nuclear leak and failure of the
prevention of the Nuclear fusion was at Russia, USSR then when by mistake
there was a nuclear leak at the time when the USSR Nuclear Testing Lab failed
to control an experiment way back in 1986 at Chernobyl , and the repercussion still is evident
and ought to be seen and believed .
Such was the catastrophic effect at Chernobyl that the effect is still visible now. The new infant born out of the people who were plagued by that effect are born with many handicaps, and that is the ill-effect of the same.
It is very hard for me that how many tets have been conducted but the figure that I have tried to pose and post with the chart would give a free account of the same though I would NOT be able to lay my hands correctly on the same.
Subsequent incidents world-wide have provided compelling reasons
for the need to observe the International Day against Nuclear Tests - a day in
which educational events, activities and messages aim to capture the world’s
attention and underscore the need for a unified attempt in preventing further
nuclear weapons testing.
It is because of these regular test that takes place that the
environmental and the ecological b balance is completely annihilated and off
balanced as a result that we see, the balance of the ecology has completely
gone wayward and more often than not we see that it has given rise to the
concept of the global warming.
Comprehensive
Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) :: Has This Provided The Answer::
The international instrument to put an end to all forms of
nuclear testing is the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which
has however yet to enter into force.
Pic:: A Wall That Retels All About " CTBT "
On 2 December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations
General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests
by unanimously adopting resolution 64/35. The resolution calls for increasing
awareness and education “about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or
any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the
means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.” The resolution was
initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of
sponsors and cosponsors with a view to commemorate the closure of the
Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on 29 August 1991.
The Day is meant to galvanize the United Nations, Member States,
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions,
youth networks and the media to inform, educate and advocate the necessity of
banning nuclear weapon tests as a valuable step towards achieving a safer
world.
Year
2010 And Aftermath :: Still Nothing Seems To Be In Sight
2010 marked the inaugural commemoration of the International Day
against Nuclear Tests. Each year, since then, the day has been observed by
coordinating various activities throughout the world, such as symposia,
conferences, exhibits, competitions, publications, instruction in academic
institutions, media broadcasts and others.
Since its establishment, many bilateral and multilateral
governmental level developments as well as broad movements in civil society and
efforts of the UN Secretary-General himself have helped to advance the cause of
banning nuclear tests.
More and more methods of creating the slogans and the languages
of the method to ban this Test have been developed and many a more classes for
the complete ban of these kinds of Tests have
been conducted with many a lecture and seminars conducted but to no
avail and all futile the exercise that were done with noting coming out of
sight.
Moreover, “ convinced
that nuclear disarmament and the total elimination of nuclear weapons are the
only absolute guarantee against the use or threat of nuclear weapons,”
the General Assembly designated 26 September as the “ International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons “
, which is devoted to furthering the
objective of the total elimination of nuclear weapons, through the mobilization
of international efforts.
First proposed in October 2013, resolution (A/RES/ 68/32) was a
follow-up to the high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament held on 26 September
2013 in the UN General Assembly. The International Day for the Total
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was observed for the first time in September
2014.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has stated with great clarity: “ A world free of nuclear weapons would
be a global public good of the highest order.” Defining a ban on
nuclear weapons as “ vital ”, in May of 2010, all the States Parties to the
Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, committed themselves to aim
to “ achieve the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”
The International Day against Nuclear Tests, together with other
events and actions, has fostered a global environment with more optimistic
prospects towards a world free of nuclear weapons. There have been visible
signs of progress on various fronts but, equally, challenges remain. This was most apparent at the 2015 Review
Conference on the Treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) held at
the United Nations in New York from 27 April to 22 May, in which Parties to the
Treaty failed to come to an agreement on the substantive part of the draft
Final Document. In a Statement to the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on 7 July
2015, Mr. Kim Won-soo, Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs,
said, “ The failure of the NPT Review Conference to reach a consensus
outcome—and the frustration felt by States parties—makes the imperative for the
CD to break the two decade-long stalemate even more urgent.”
It is the hope of the UN that one day all nuclear weapons will
be eliminated. Until then, there is a need to observe International Day against
Nuclear Tests as we work towards promoting peace and security world-wide.
That is it
Thanks and Regards
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Shyamal Bhattacharjee
Mr Shyamal Bhattacharjee, the author was born at West Chirimiri Colliery at District Surguja, Chattisgarh on July 6th 1959 He received his early
education at Carmel Convent School Bishrampur and later at Christ Church Boys' Higher Secondary School at Jabalpur. He later joined Hislop College at Nagpur and completed his graduation in Science and he also added a degree
in B A thereafter. He joined the HITAVADA, a leading dailies of Central India at Nagpur as a Sub-Editor ( Sports ) but gave up to complete
his MBA in 1984 He thereafter added a Diploma In Export Management. He has authored THREE books namely Notable Quotes and Noble Thought published by Pustak Mahal in 2001 Indian Cricket : Faces That Changed It published by Manas Publications in 2009 and Essential Of Office Management
published by NBCA, Kolkatta in 2012. He has a experience of about 35 years in Marketing .
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