Global Zero: Nuclear Disarmament Initiatives

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Global Zero: Nuclear Disarmament

Initiatives

K S

VENKATARAMAN

The arms race among the countries thus perpetuates

the conflicts in various parts of the world. This diverts the resources to be

used for peace and prosperity towards arms production. Once in the possession

of nuclear arms these countries live in wide-spread fear and distrust. They

have to live with strong suspicion of other parties who might opt for attacking

first. This is so because, in the nuclear context the country that starts the

attack first could cause irreparable damages to the other country. But experts

agree that once such a full-fledged nuclear war begins, all the countries

including those non-participating ones would be destroyed. The humankind, if at

all survives, will have to begin with Paleolithic age!

Do you know there are over 23,000 nuclear weapons in nine countries around the

world? Many of them are programmed to launch in minutes! A nuclear

conflict-or accident-could cause millions to die in a flash and create an

environmental catastrophe that would last for generations.

I just watched an amazing interactive online video about the nuclear

threat that makes the case for the elimination of all nuclear

weapons worldwide, or "global

zero." I think you should watch it too! Click on the link below, it

takes less than three minutes:

Terrorists have been trying to buy, build, or steal nuclear weapons, and in the

last two decades there have been at least 25 instances of nuclear explosive materials being lost or stolen.

The only way to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and make sure they

are never used is to get rid of them. With Presidents Obama's and Medvedev's

recent commitment to this goal (their countries have 96% of the word's nuclear

weapons) we have a real opportunity to do it. Please take a look at the Global

Zero interactive map and use it to get the word out to your own friends and

family:

It is perhaps for the first time since

the danger of nuclear weapons became a reality in

this world, that powerful and sincere leadership has emerged to save the world

from this grave danger. The leadership from Presidents Obama and Medvedev; and growing support from governments around

the world — there cannot be a better opportunity than this to bring about total

avoidance of the threat of nuclear weapons.

Let us be with them in word and spirit; and help them to make a peaceful world a real thing for us and for our children

and their children.

Please consider this request, follow this link, learn more and commit

yourself by signing the declaration for bringing down nuclear weapons in this

world to zero.

http://www.globalzero.org/map

Thanks!

K S Venkataraman

Associate Editor, Dynamic Youth Online Magazine

www.dynamicyouth.org