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| November 28, 2005 |
Lecture by Dr.Zia Mian: "Nuclear Proliferation - India, Pakistan, Iran to Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Japan" |
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| Dr. Zia Mian, pictured with Peace Boat staff member Akira Kawasaki |
In a powerful lecture co-organised in Tokyo by Peace Boat, Citizens Nuclear Information Center, Greenpeace Japan and Gensuikin (Japan Congress Against A- and H- Bombs) Dr. Zia Mian, professor and researcher from the Program on Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in Princeton University, drew links between the current situations in India, Pakistan and Iran and Japan's own plans for a nuclear reprocessing plant in Rokkasho.
A physicist from Pakistan, and a peace and anti-nuclear activist, Dr. Mian described the process of the proliferation of nuclear weapons over the past 60 years, and pointed out the close connection between nuclear energy programmes and nuclear weapon development. With the exception of the cases of the United States and the Soviet Union, Dr. Mian pointed out that all those countries who possess nuclear weapons programmes or capability developed this from technology that was initially intended for their nuclear energy programmes. |
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Noting that a reprocessing plant such as the one planned for Rokkasho could be used to produce weapons-usable plutonium, Dr. Mian argued that Rokkasho's operation will trigger a new phase of nuclear proliferation, saying that other countries would use Japan's action as an excuse to develop and possess the same technology in their own country. Dr. Mian finished his lecture by urging Japanese citizens to recognize the danger posed by the Rokkasho construction and advocated action at a national and international level to draw attention to the crisis.
An appeal to Japan for leadership toward strengthening of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime >>read more |
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| Summary of recent Peace Boat actions on Nuclear Disarmament
August 2005
Seven youth activists from the Nuclear Weapons States invited onboard Peace Boat's 50th voyage as "Youth Ambassadors for Nuclear Disarmament"
July 2005
Steering Committee member for "No More Hiroshima and Nagasaki International Citizens Conference"
July 2005
Released a statement "Solve the crisis peacefully, work towards a Nuclear-Weapons Free Northeast Asia"
May 2005
Attended the Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT) at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and organised a youth workshop in cooperation with other NGOs
Submitted an appeal for "the indefinite postponement of the operations of the Rokkasho plutonium reprocessing plant" to the Japanese government
February 2005
Participated as Executive Committee member in Tokyo's Civil Society Forum on the NPT Review Conference
In 1998, following nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, Peace Boat's anti-nuclear "Atom Team" held a travelling photo exhibition in India and Pakistan on the reality of the suffering caused by Hiroshima and Nagasaki. |
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