Political Analysis

The Atomic Mirror provides ongoing political analysis of nuclear issues from an international perspective.

News Item: Janet Bloomfield to speak at European Parliament (14 September 2006)

Security and Hope through Nuclear Weapons Free Zones

The Atomic Mirror focusses on the positive vision of a Nuclear Free World invoked by the world's Nuclear Weapons Free Zones, which cover most of the Southern Hemisphere of our planet and include over 108 countries. With the current Secretary-General of OPANAL, Edmundo Vargas Carreño, we agree that "until an agreement is reached to abolish nuclear weapons, NWFZs are still the best way to continue the journey toward general and complete disarmament."

Further Information:

• Atomic Mirror at the UN - The Contribution of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones to Nuclear Disarmament
  and Non-Proliferation
• Atomic Mirror launches Valentines for a Nuclear Free World Campaign
• "Nuclear Weapons Free Zones - The Untold Success Story of Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation" Briefing Paper
• Nuclear Weapons Free Zones Conference in Mexico
• OPANAL meeting in Santiago Chile

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference 2005

The Atomic Mirror will be present throughout the 2005 NPT Review Conference. Janet Bloomfield and Pamela Meidell will be joined at the beginning of the Conference by a large delegation of colleagues who will participate in the activities of the Abolition Now campaign and Mayors for Peace. We will be also joined for most of the Conference by Motarilavoa Hilda Lini who is coming from Vanuatu to raise the voices of the people of the Pacific.Thank you to all who contributed to making her presence in New York possible. We are also honoured to bring the message of Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat, 1995 Nobel Peace laureate to the Conference.

News Item: Local Delegation Carries Message of Peace, OpEd in the Ventura County Star (Sunday 17 April 2005)

Exhortations

Our exhortations to the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting are available to download in pdf.

The Furies are Mad as Hell and They're Coming to Get You!! (443kb) - An Exhortation to the Nuclear Weapon States Attending the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting (26 April - 7 May 2004 New York)

Tearing Up the NPT: Pandora Would Not Be Pleased! (86kb) - An Exhortation to Delegates to the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting (28 April - 9 May 2003 Geneva, Switzerland)

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