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WGVU interview with Shelley Irwin
WGVU
Shelley Irwin
April 23, 2013 | WGVU This Sunday at 5 pm, WGVU TV presents In My Lifetime, a documentary that asks whether nuclear disarmament can ever be achieved. We speak with filmmaker Robert Frye.
radio interview
Doomsday Clock Moves 1 minute closer to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: It is Now 5 Minutes to Midnight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 10, 2012 — Faced with inadequate progress on nuclear weapons reduction and proliferation, and continuing inaction on climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) announced today that it has moved the hands of its famous “Doomsday Clock” to five minutes to midnight.
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Working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons –
Intl Red Cross
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COUNCIL OF DELEGATES
OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS
AND RED CRESCENT MOVEMENT
Geneva, Switzerland
26 November 2011
Working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons
CTBTO PRESS RELEASE:
International organizations to
re-assess nuclear emergency response framework
Vienna, 25 March 2011
“The CTBTO stands ready to further cooperate with and provide expert advice to the IAEA and other relevant organizations and for its global monitoring system to continue contributing to disaster prevention and mitigation,” the Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Tibor Tóth said today. He made this pledge during a video conference called by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to re-examine the international emergency response framework in case of nuclear accidents.
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CTBTO contributes to tsunami warning following the devastating earthquake in Japan
Vienna, 11 March 2011
Monitoring stations belonging to the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) contributed to the rapid alerts issued by tsunami warning centres in the Pacific region following the devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japanon Friday 11 March. The data from about 20 seismic and hydroacoustic stations were sent directly and in real time to seven warning centres in the region, including in Japan and the United States (Hawaii).
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North Korea Nuclear Test Explosion
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WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota – “The John Hines Show” with John Hines
WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Interview with John Hines
The John Hines Show
April 11, 2013
Entry into force of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty brought closer by Indonesia’s ratification –
CTBTO Executive Secretary Tibor Tóth
Report On Iran Nuclear Safeguards Sent to IAEA Board
An IAEA report on nuclear verification in Iran was circulated on 8 November 2011 to the Agency’s Board of Governors and the UN Security Council.
The Agency’s 35-member Board of Governors will consider the report at its next meeting in Vienna from 17 November 2011. The document’s circulation is currently restricted to IAEA Member States and unless the IAEA Board decides otherwise the Agency cannot authorize its release to the public.
The report, Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, was issued by the IAEA Director General. It covers developments since the last report on 2 September 2011, as well as issues of longer standing.
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Daily Update from Japan
Tatsujiro Suzuki
Suzuki is a member of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs in Japan. Over the upcoming days, the goal of this personal column is to inform the public for better and accurate understanding of what is happening in Japan. The situation at the nuclear power stations in Japan is changing rapidly, and these updates reflect what the understanding of the tragedy is at the time of publishing; the statements are likely to change as more information is understood.
February 19 – 2014 Screening of In My Lifetime @ The Uranium Film Festival
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Adult
Cold War, Atomic Bombs, Nuclear Testing, World History
Reviewed by Andrew Jenks, California State University, Long Beach
Date Entered: 8/3/2012
People often say we live in the “nuclear age,” but what that means is never entirely clear. This documentary captures the spirit, or rather spirits, of that era – from its beginnings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the present.
Read full review HERE
2011
Distributed by The Video Project, PO Box 411376, San Francisco, CA 94141-1376; 800-475-2638
Produced by Robert E. Frye
Director n/a
DVD, color, 109 min.
College – General
WJCT, Jacksonville, Florida – “First Coast Connect” with Melissa Ross
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Interview with Melissa Ross
WJCT
Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.ondemand.wjct.org./audio/april-11-2013
Global Red Cross movement acts on nuclear weapons
Monday November 28, 2011
Australian Red Cross has spearheaded a decision taken on the weekend in Geneva by the supreme governing body of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to work towards a legally binding international agreement to ensure nuclear weapons are never used again and are ultimately eliminated.
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CTBTO PRESS RELEASE:
CTBT needs to be in force to free the world of nuclear weapons
New York, 23 September 2011
On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) opening for signature, world leaders affirmed their commitment to the Treaty. They recognized that the CTBT had established an international norm against nuclear testing which needed to become international law. Entry into force of CTBT long overdue Foreign ministers and high-level representatives from ratifying States participated in the conference. There were also a number of representatives of States Signatories including China, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Israel and the United Statesas well as Pakistan as a non-signatory State. States considered the CTBT an important element of the international security architecture and a crucial instrument for moving towards a world free of nuclear weapons. It was stressed that the entry into force of the CTBT was long overdue.
By Hugh Gusterson | 16 March 2011
from The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
As an anthropologist, I am always interested in what humans learn from their mistakes. Can humans change their behavior, thereby improving their chances of survival, not just through natural selection, but also through cultural learning? Or are we hardwired to repeat our mistakes over and over, like humanoid lemmings?
In My Lifetime: The Nuclear World Project is nowpart of The United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs Education Video Library as featured in the Spotlight
“In My Lifetime” takes on the complex realities of “the nuclear world”, and searches internationally for an answer to the question is there a Way Beyond Nuclear Weapons? This documentary is part wake up call, part challenge for people to engage with the issue of ridding the world of the most destructive weapon ever invented.