Is the nuclear weapon taboo? The nuclear weapon is useless and expensive. Let us not leave the nuclear weapon as an inheritance
Creators
- 1. Le Mouvement de la Paix, 9 rue Dulcie September, 93400 Saint-Ouen (France)
- 2. Armee de l'Air (France)
- 3. Forces terrestres (United Kingdom)
- 4. Affaires etrangeres (United Kingdom)
- 5. Ministere de la Defense (France)
- 6. Premier Ministre (France)
- 7. UK Army (United Kingdom)
Description
Starting with the definition of the word taboo as stated in a dictionary (a topic it would be unbecoming to evoke, under social and moral proprieties), the author of the first article discusses the status of the nuclear weapon, outlining that it is expensive, useless and monstrous. She notices that conventions on chemical weapons seem to be more efficient than the NPT, that, even if the reasons for abolition are known as well as ways to reach it, it seems difficult to actually address this issue. She evokes different voices coming from different countries or international bodies calling for this abolition. She also states that the nuclear weapon is not a deterrent weapon but a weapon of domination, and calls for the mobilisation of the civil society throughout the world. A second article states that the nuclear weapon is useless and expensive, and that we have to get rid of this hazard for the sake of the planet. Former ministers, Prime ministers, and generals consider that we can and must give up nuclear weapons, notably because the strategic context has completely changed since the fall of the Berlin wall, and support the action of Global Zero
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Additional details
Additional titles
- Original title (French)
- L'arme nucleaire est-elle taboue? L'arme nucleaire est inutile et couteuse. Ne laissons pas l'arme nucleaire en heritage
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 8 p.
- Report number
- INIS-FR--18-0191
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 49009927
- Subject category
- S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARMS CONTROL; COST; HAZARDS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; MILITARY STRATEGY; NATIONAL DEFENSE; NATIONAL SECURITY; NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY; NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; NUCLEAR DETERRENCE; NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT; POLITICAL ASPECTS; SOCIOLOGY; WARFARE
- Descriptors DEC
- INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; SECURITY; TREATIES; WEAPONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS web site for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org/inis/Contacts/