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Joint statement by 39 Right Livelihood Laureates and World Future Council members
http://rightlivelihood.org/news.html
2014-03-20
For nuclear weapons, there are no right hands
In a joint statement, 39 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the World Future Council are calling on world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit to acknowledge that, for nuclear weapons, there are no right hands.
During the Nuclear Security Summit, held between the 24th and the 25th of March in The Hague, 58 world leaders will be debating nuclear industry control issues. NSS Secretary-General Renée Jones-Bos made clear the limited focus of the Summit which “is not about non-proliferation. It’s about rogue nuclear material. It’s about ensuring that such material does not fall into the wrong hands.”
Responding to this, the signatories of this statement point out that world leaders avoid discussing the adoption of common standards for all by focusing on only one small part of the problem.“Of course, it is an imperative to prevent the spread of nuclear materials to non-state actors. But why aren’t similar resources being dedicated to eliminating the current arsenals of nuclear weapons to ensure that nuclear weapons will never again be used by accident, miscalculation or intent?” states Alyn Ware.
Read the press release.
2014-03-20
For nuclear weapons, there are no right hands
In a joint statement, 39 recipients of the Right Livelihood Award and members of the World Future Council are calling on world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit to acknowledge that, for nuclear weapons, there are no right hands.
During the Nuclear Security Summit, held between the 24th and the 25th of March in The Hague, 58 world leaders will be debating nuclear industry control issues. NSS Secretary-General Renée Jones-Bos made clear the limited focus of the Summit which “is not about non-proliferation. It’s about rogue nuclear material. It’s about ensuring that such material does not fall into the wrong hands.”
Responding to this, the signatories of this statement point out that world leaders avoid discussing the adoption of common standards for all by focusing on only one small part of the problem.“Of course, it is an imperative to prevent the spread of nuclear materials to non-state actors. But why aren’t similar resources being dedicated to eliminating the current arsenals of nuclear weapons to ensure that nuclear weapons will never again be used by accident, miscalculation or intent?” states Alyn Ware.
Read the press release.
