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| INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE FOR THE SAKE OF PEACE AND DISARMAMENT |
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| Posted by Joan Russow | |
| Monday, 21 September 2020 07:01 | |
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By Joan Russow PhD Global Compliance Research Project (OUTLINE FROM A LARGER DOCUMENT) (RE POSTED 2020-09-17) LEST WE FORGET INCREASED MILITARISM AND DEFIANCE OF THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW)
DISARMAMENT POSTER - NORTHERN fRIENDS' pEACE BOARD 1935 UPDATE IN 2020 In December 2016, Canada along with US allies gave the reason for not adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapon, that US nuclear weapons are necessary for the security of Canada and that Canada would never agree that nuclear weapons would never be used And in july2017 Canada refused to sign and ratify a Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons which undertakes never under any circumstances to: (a) Develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; (b) Transfer to any recipient whatsoever nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or control over such weapons or explosive devices directly or indirectly; (c) Receive the transfer of or control over nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices directly or indirectly; (d) Use or threaten to use nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices; (e) Assist, encourage or induce, in any way, anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a State Party under this Treaty; (g) Allow any stationing, installation or deployment of any nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices in its territory or at any place under its jurisdiction or control.
And instead Canada had agreed, at a NATO Conference, to the following; 1) Nuclear weapons must be maintained indefinitely. 2) we will improve their use and accuracy (modernize them). 3 wecan use them first. 4) we can target non-nuclear weapons states. 5) We can threaten to use them. 6) We can keep them in Europe, as we are now doing. 7) We can launch some on 15 minutes warning. 8) We say “they are essential for peace." And We will never agree that they should never be used. |
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| Protecting Nature is Entirely Within Humanity’s Reach: The Work Must Start Now |
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| Posted by Joan Russow | |||
| Tuesday, 15 September 2020 12:04 | |||
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Inger Andersen is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Credit: The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the intergovernmental body which assesses the state of biodiversity and of the ecosystem services it provides to society, in response to requests from decision makers. - We have known for a long time that biodiversity, and the services it provides, have been in decline. It is on this background that ten years ago, the international community adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. The goal of the plan, and its Aichi Biodiversity Targets, was to halt biodiversity loss and ensure that ecosystems continued to provide essential services. Governments and the wider society have acted to address the biodiversity crisis. Some nations have made some progress. However, as this Report Card on global progress demonstrates, we have not met the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. And we are not on track for the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity. Many of you might have heard me speak to the devastating consequences of humanity’s imprint on nature, in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic, a zoonotic disease transmitted between animals and humans, which is by no means the first and will not be the last. From COVID-19 to massive wildfires, floods, melting glaciers and unprecedented heat, our failure to meet the Aichi Targets – to protect our home – has very real consequences. We can no longer afford to cast nature to the side. Now is the time for a massive step up, conserving, restoring and using biodiversity fairly and sustainably. |
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