Los ntawm Tim Wallis, Nuclear Ban.Us, Kaum Hlis 11, 2022
October 5, 2022: US Representative Jan Schakowsky of Illinois has today become the 15th Member of Congress to co-sponsor the Norton Bill, NWS 2850, hu rau US kos npe thiab pom zoo rau Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW) and eliminate its nuclear arsenal, along with the nuclear arsenals of the other 8 nuclear-armed nations. Three additional Members of Congress have signed the ICAN cog lus (but not yet co-sponsored the Norton Bill) which also calls on the US to sign and ratify the TPNW. Teb Chaws Asmeskas Rep Don Beyer of Virginia has also publicly called for the US to sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty but not yet signed on to either of these.
Ntau tshaj 2,000 tus neeg tsim cai lij choj los ntawm thoob plaws ntiaj teb txog tam sim no tau kos npe rau ICAN cog lus, hu rau lawv lub teb chaws koom nrog Nuclear Ban Treaty. Ntau ntawm cov no yog los ntawm lub teb chaws xws li lub teb chaws Yelemees, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden thiab Finland - lub teb chaws uas koom nrog NATO los yog yog ib feem ntawm lwm US nuclear alliances thiab tseem tsis tau koom nrog lub Treaty. All of these countries, however, were in attendance as observers at the first review meeting of the Treaty in June of this year.
Tawm ntawm 195 lub xeev ntawm UN, tag nrho ntawm 91 lub tebchaws tau kos npe rau Nuclear Ban Treaty thiab 68 tau pom zoo rau nws. Ntau yam ntxiv yuav ua li ntawd nyob rau lub hlis thiab xyoo tom ntej, suav nrog Asmeskas cov phooj ywg nyuam qhuav sau npe. Lub ntiaj teb tab tom thov kom tshem tawm tag nrho cov kev tshem tawm-theem riam phom ntawm kev puas tsuaj loj ua ntej nws lig dhau lawm. Nws yog lub sijhawm rau Asmeskas hloov cov chav kawm thiab txhawb nqa qhov kev siv zog no.
The US government is already legally committed to negotiating the total abolition of its nuclear weapons under Article VI of the Cov Uas Tsis Txiav Txim Siab (NPT) – which is US law. Signing the new Nuclear Ban Treaty, therefore, is nothing more than re-affirming a commitment it has already made. Before the Treaty is ratified and any disarmament actually takes place, there is ample time to negotiate protocols with the other nuclear armed nations to ensure tag nrho cov riam phom nuclear raug tshem tawm ntawm tag nrho cov countries, in accordance with the aims of the Treaty.
NOW IS THE TIME to urge more Members of Congress and the Biden Administration to take this new Treaty seriously. Please write to your Members of Congress HNUB NO!
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Let’s commit America to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. We must not just participate in this commitment, but help lead the way.
Kuv yaum kom koj thov kos npe rau Nuclear Ban Treaty raws li lwm lub tebchaws muaj. Nuclear riam phom txhais tau tias qhov kawg ntawm peb ntiaj chaw. Kev tawm tsam hauv ib feem ntawm nws nws thiaj li kis tau thiab tua txhua yam muaj sia thiab ua rau ib puag ncig puas tsuaj. Peb yuav tsum tsom mus rau kev sib haum xeeb thiab kev sib haum xeeb. Kev thaj yeeb yog ua tau. Amelikas yuav tsum yog tus thawj coj hauv kev siv zog los xaus kev siv riam phom uas tuaj yeem rhuav tshem lub neej raws li peb paub.