INTERNATIONELLA NYHETERNyheter som kan berör arbetet med fred, kärnvapen och klimathotet
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 Nu när spänningen mellan Nato och Ryssland blir alltmer skrämmande, påminner den här organisationen om att det finns andra lösningar än krig, nämligen gemensam säkerhet, solidaritet, hållbarhet och nedrustning ( "common security", solidarity, sustainability and disarmament).
Hela uppropet på engelska finner du här: Tensions between NATO and Russia - two nuclear-armed powers - are reaching alarming proportions. We call for an end to this confrontation: if it doesn’t end, everyone will lose. Ukraine is already paying a heavy economic and human price as a result of these hostilities, unnecessarily stirred up internationally and nationally. Following this politics of confrontation to its logical conclusion means that many people will die. Europe needs a genuine security policy based on cooperation, mutual respect and trust. Currently, NATO’s own security policy threatens to drag Europe into a devastating war because it refuses to take Russian security interests into account. NATO’s expansionary policy refuses to rule out membership for Ukraine. This crosses a red line for Russia which sees this as a serious breach of its own security interests. Dialogue is essential to resolve these issues – war is not the answer. Meanwhile the people of Ukraine are suffering, Despite the Minsk agreements, the violent clashes in eastern Ukraine - which emerged in the wake of the violent coup in Kiev - continue. NATO and Russia are adding fuel to the fire through arms deliveries, troop deployments and military exercises. These provocations and preparation for war have to stop. The hostility between the US/NATO and Russia has repercussions for other regional and international challenges that require cooperation. This new Cold War with its expensive and dangerous new arms race is diverting resources from working together to solve the climate catastrophe and other major problems. We urge all parties involved to stop pursuing a military path and to work towards a new security policy for Europe based on the following principles: 1. A new security architecture based on the concept of the principles of "common security" in the spirit of the principles of the Helsinki Final Act 1975, as reaffirmed in the Paris Charter of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (1990). This states that security is indivisible and that the security of one state is linked to the security of all others. 2. Further NATO enlargements are a provocative breach of the principle of 'common security' and must be stopped. Ukraine should be given the status of a neutral state with accompanying security guarantees. 3. The Russian proposals for an agreement with NATO and a treaty with the US should be taken seriously and can serve as a basis for building a new European security architecture with mutually agreed security measures and guarantees. This means, among other things, that no new weapon systems or troops will be deployed in the border zone between NATO and Russia, not even on a so-called rotational basis. 4. The principle of disarmament must once again be central. This applies in particular to nuclear disarmament with the objective of a nuclear-weapon-free zone for the whole of Europe. 5. The conflict in Ukraine should not be further fuelled by arms transfers, manoeuvres and the provocative deployment of troops. The parties in Ukraine should be urged to respect the Minsk II agreements such as the ceasefire, secure access for humanitarian aid, withdrawal of all foreign troops and military equipment, constitutional reform with decentralization as a central element and respect for minority rights and a political process in the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. In addition, a plan is needed for the economic reconstruction of the country and the strengthening of democracy and institutions. International network no-to-nato.org 24. January 2022
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Vi i Kvinnor för fred vill fortsätta att påminna om FN-konventionen om förbud mot kärnvapen. Nedan ser vi att; * 59 stater har ratificerat konventionen. * Alltfler finansiärer drar sig ur kärnvapenindustrin. * Norge, Tyskland och Sverige kommer att delta som observatörer under det första mötet mellan des 59 stater som anslutit sig. Mötet hålls i Wien i slutet av mars i år. Här den engelska texten: This first anniversary, we're making the celebration all about the impact the treaty has had so far. Here are just a few of the exciting signs we've seen this year: • Support for the TPNW has continued to grow: the treaty now has 59 states parties and we know many more are on their way! • Since the treaty went into effect, financial institutions named the treaty as the reason to keep their $3.9 trillion out of the nuclear weapons industry. • Companies building these bombs are feeling the financial pressure: Serco, which used to work on UK nuclear weapons said it won’t bid on any contracts related to the nuclear weapons industry due to their inability to raise funds if they do. • We shifted the first two nuclear-umbrella states when Norway and Germany, committed to observe the first meeting of States Parties to the TPNW. Of course, the treaty’s entry into force alone has not fixed all global tensions, or immediately forced the nuclear armed states to stop their reckless arms race. The global security situation is worsening and the risk of nuclear use is increasing. This makes the work with this treaty all the more important, we have the legal basis for pushing these countries towards disarmament. So there’s good reason to celebrate. We expect the impact in all these different sectors to keep growing. Nuclear weapons are illegal and unacceptable and each individual action makes that message stronger and increases the treaty's influence. The more we spread the word about the progress of this treaty - the more it will contribute to make this world safer. We hope you will join our actions to celebrate the #nuclearban today.  Finland tog efter andra världskriget en försiktig men framgångsrik relation till Sovjetunionen, en s k 'finlandisering'. Samtidigt utvecklades landet till en demokratisk välfärdsstat med många handels- och turistkontakter över gränsen. En möjlig väg för Ukraina idag?
 ICAN peppar oss inför 2022 med att berätta om fortsatt ökat stöd för FN:s konvention om förbud mot kärnvapen. Många städer, de senaste i USA är Boston, New York City och Minneapolis, har gått med i ICAN:s Cities Appeal och förklarat att de stöder TPNW (FN:s förbud mot kärnvapen). Alltfler pensionsfonder jorden runt, de senaste fonder i Australien och i Finland, stöder TPNW och avstår från att investera i företag som är associerade till tillverkning av kärnvapen. 86 länder har signerat och 59 har även ratificerat TPNW. Pandemin har tyvärr gjort att både signering och ratificering har försenats i en rad länder, men vi hoppas att alltfler länder kommer till under 2022. I mars 2022 hålls TPNW:s första möte mellan anslutna stater. Mötet hålls i Wien. Österrike anslöt sig till konventionen redan i maj 2018.  Are We Sleepwalking into Thermonuclear World War III?En granskning av läget mellan USA/Nato och Ryssland av Schillerinstitutet som i detalj redogör för utvecklingen fram till idag. Måtte Joe Biden leva upp till Bob Kennedys förmåga att förhandla fram en lösning på Kubakrisen genom att lova ta bort missiler från Turkiet mot att Sovjetunionen backade från Kuba i de förhandlingar som kommer att starta efter helgerna. Likaså kan vi bara hoppas att Ann Linde använder sin roll som ordförande för OSCE för att förmedla, inte hetsa till ytterligare markeringar mot Ryssland.  New York, platsen där vägen mot kärnvapen startade med Manhattan-projektet, tar ett stort steg genom att ansluta sig till ICAN's City Appeal och uppmanar USA:s regering att ta ställning för FN:s förbud mot kärnvapen.
 Peru gav oss en julklapp genom att ratificera FN-konventionen de 23 december 2021. 59 stater har nu ratificerat konventionen. Mongoliet den 10 december och Guinea-Bissau den 15 har ratificerat konventionen 58 stater har nu ratificerat FN-konventionen som förbjuder kärnvapen.
Vi saknar fortfarande Sverige bland de staterna. I sin regeringsförklaring sade Magdalena Andersson att: Sverige fortsätter att vara en stark röst för kärnvapennedrustning. En signering av konventionen vore ett första steg som regeringen kan ta vilken dag som helst.  Annalena Baerbock ger inget stöd till tpnwTysklands utrikesminister, Annalena Baerbock, som representerar De Gröna i den nya regeringen deltog i Stockholmsinitiativets möte i Stockholm i tisdags.
Hon är tydlig med att Tyskland kommer att fortsätta att ha USA:s kärnvapen på sitt område och därmed delta i den upprustning av kärnvapen som nu sker. Hennes uttalande om en kärnvapenfri värld betyder i handling en fortsatt satsning på NPT, icke-spridningsavtalet, och den översynskonferens som hålls i New York i början på nästa år. Det är också Stockholmsinitiativets uppdrag, att satsa på NPT. Därmed nämndes FN:s konvention om förbud mot kärnvapen överhuvudtaget inte vid Stockholmsmötet. Här nedan en rapport från en representant för Läkare mot kärnvapen i Tyskland, Xanthe Hall. On the occasion of yesterday's ministerial meeting on the Stockholm Initiative, co-chaired by German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Xanthe Hall, Disarmament Officer of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, comments: "The ministers of the so-called Stockholm Initiative emphasise that they are committed to a results-oriented Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon) in January. But without even factually acknowledging that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) exists, there will be no meaningful outcome to the NPT RevCon. The nuclear-weapon-free states have a need for security and do not want to be threatened with nuclear weapons by nine states - only five of which are members of the NPT. The joint statement of the Stockholm Initiative makes no mention of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The “nuclear ban treaty” is an initiative of 122 nuclear-weapon-free states, which entered into force in January this year. 57 states have already joined, 86 have signed. According to the coalition agreement, Germany will participate in the first conference of states of the TPNW from 22 to 23 March in Vienna. Yesterday, before her trip to Stockholm, Annalena Baerbock spoke of the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons. At the same time, she maintains the "obligation" to nuclear sharing as a NATO state. This task means that Germany must take part in a new arms build-up to replace aging nuclear weapons and delivery systems. New US nuclear bombs have gone into serial production for these purposes, as stated by the US agency NNSA. By 2025, these nuclear weapons are to be stationed in Europe. In order to deploy the new bombs, Germany is to buy new nuclear bombers. The cost of procurement: about 8 billion euros. This is also in the coalition agreement. It seems that Annalena Baerbock sees no contradiction between the goal of a nuclear-free world and this planned nuclear armament. Adherence to nuclear deterrence means accepting the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of their use. The willingness to continue to deploy nuclear weapons in Germany also implies the willingness to expose millions of people to unparalleled humanitarian suffering. Is Annalena Baerbock prepared to bear this responsibility? As International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, we demand a "realistic" view of the relationship between a nuclear arms race and the unwillingness of nuclear weapon states to disarm. You don't ask a smoker to stop smoking by smoking yourself. There’s no logic to that. As a medical peace organisation, we therefore appeal to the federal government to stop this arms build-up and not to procure new nuclear bombers. Instead, it should invest the millions saved in climate protection. The IPPNW is sending a delegation to Vienna from 20 to 25 March and will organise actions during the TPNW Conference of States and carry out media work.  Du kan delta i ett internationellt möte om Nato inför mötet i Madrid nästa år. Språk engelska eller spanska. Lördag den 4 december, kl. 15.00 svensk tid.
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