By I-ICAN, Disemba 9, 2021
Umthetho ophelele owamukelwa uMkhandlu Wedolobha LaseNew York ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuZibandlela wezi-2021, ucela i-NYC ukuthi ihlukane nezikhali zenuzi, usungula ikomiti elibhekele izinhlelo nenqubomgomo ehlobene nesimo se-NYC njengendawo engenazo izikhali zenuzi, futhi ucela uhulumeni wase-US. ukujoyina iSivumelwano Sokuvinjelwa Kwezikhali Zenuzi (TPNW).
Namuhla, iNew York City ijoyine amakhulukhulu amadolobha ase-US nasemhlabeni jikelele acele ohulumeni bawo kazwelonke ukuthi bajoyine i-TPNW. Lokhu kuzibophezela kubaluleke kakhulu uma kubhekwa ifa le-NYC njengedolobha lapho kwaqala khona izikhali zenuzi, futhi ngenxa yomthelela oqhubekayo i-Manhattan Project kanye nemboni yezikhali zenuzi eqhubeka nokuba nawo emiphakathini kuzo zonke izindawo ze-NYC.
Kodwa le phakheji yomthetho enamandla ihlanganisa i-ICAN Cities Appeal nezibopho zomthetho ezibalulekile ze-New York, isibonelo:
- Isinqumo 976 icela uMlawuli we-NYC ukuthi ayalele izikhwama zempesheni zabasebenzi bakahulumeni ukuthi zihlukane nezinkampani ezibandakanyekayo ekukhiqizeni nasekugcinweni kwezikhali zenuzi. Lokhu kuthinta cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-475 wesikhwama samaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-266.7.
- I-Resolution 976 iphinde iqinisekise i-NYC njengendawo Yezikhali Zenuzi, esekela isinqumo sangaphambilini SoMkhandlu Wedolobha esasinqabela ukukhiqizwa, ukuthutha, ukugcinwa, ukubekwa, kanye nokusatshalaliswa kwezikhali zenuzi ngaphakathi kwe-NYC.
- Isingeniso 1621 isungula ikomidi lokweluleka ukuze lifundise umphakathi futhi lincome inqubomgomo ezindabeni eziphathelene nokuqedwa kwezikhali zenuzi.
The umxhasi oholayo womthetho, iLungu loMkhandlu uDaniel Dromm, yathi: “Umthetho wami uzothumela umyalezo emhlabeni wonke wokuthi abantu baseNew York ngeke bahlale bengenzi lutho ngaphansi kosongo lokuqothulwa kwenuzi. Sifuna ukulungisa amaphutha ezingozi zenuzi edolobheni lethu ngokukhipha izimali, sigcine umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, futhi silungise umonakalo owenziwe yi-Manhattan Project. "
“Kuyangijabulisa ukuthi lo mthetho uvumelanisa izimpesheni ze-NYC nezindinganiso zethu ezithuthukayo,” kusho u-Robert Croonquist, uthisha wasesikoleni sikahulumeni osethathe umhlalaphansi e-NYC, nomsunguli we-ICAN Partner Organisation Youth Arts New York/Hibakusha Stories. “Angizange ngichithe impilo yami yobudala ngitshala imali ekusaseni lentsha yaseDolobheni lethu ngaze ngatshala impesheni yami ekucekeleni phansi kwayo.”
Umlando waseNew York ngezikhali zenuzi
I-Manhattan Project, lapho i-US yakha khona amabhomu e-athomu asetshenziselwa ukubulala abantu abangu-200,000 e-Hiroshima naseNagasaki ngo-1945, yasungulwa esakhiweni samahhovisi esibhekene neHholo Ledolobha lapho lo mthetho wamukelwa khona. Phakathi nemisebenzi ye-Manhattan Project, Ibutho Lezempi Lase-US lahlomisa uhlelo locwaningo lwenuzi e-Columbia University, laze lacindezela nethimba lebhola lenyuvesi ukuthi lihambise amathani e-uranium.
Ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi, amasosha ase-US akha izisekelo zezikhali ezicitshwayo zezikhali zenuzi e-NYC nasezindaweni ezizungezile, zahlala cishe ama-warheads angu-200, okwenza i-NYC yaba inhloso yokuhlasela.
Namuhla, imiphakathi yase-NYC isaqhubeka nokuthinteka ngefa le-Manhattan Project. Izinto ezikhipha imisebe zaphathwa ezindaweni eziyi-16 kuyo yonke i-NYC, okuhlanganisa amalebhu asenyuvesi, izindawo zokugcina izimpahla zosonkontileka, nezindawo zokuhamba. Eziyisithupha zalezo zindawo, ezigxile emiphakathini enganakiwe, ziye zadinga ukulungiswa kwemvelo, futhi kwezinye izimo lokhu kulungiswa kuyaqhubeka.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, Izilinganiso ze-NYCAN ukuthi izikhwama zomphakathi ze-NYC namuhla zinemali elinganiselwa ku-$475 million etshalwe kubakhiqizi bezikhali zenuzi. Nokho, lokhu kumele ngaphansi kuka-0.25% wezimali zesikhwama sempesheni zeDolobha, kanti lezi zimali ngokuvamile aziwenzi kahle utshalomali olubhekelele umphakathi. Ngokuphawulekayo, u-Brad Lander, oqokwe njengoMlawuli, uxhaswe ngokubambisana ne-Res. 976 (ecela uMgqugquzeli ukuthi adive). Encazelweni yakhe yevoti, mhla ziyisi-9 kuZibandlela wezi-2021, wathi "Ngiyathembisa njengoMphathi weDolobha laseNew York ukusebenzisana nalo mphakathi futhi ngihlole inqubo yokuchithwa kwempesheni yaseNew York City ekuthengisweni nasekuhambeni kwezikhali zenuzi."
Sekungamashumi eminyaka, abantu baseNew York bebhikishela ukwenziwa kwezikhali zenuzi kwedolobha labo. I-akhawunti ka-John Hersey ka-1946 yomthelela wobuntu webhomu le-athomu, Hiroshima, yanyatheliswa okokuqala kuyi-New Yorker. UDorothy Day, umsunguli weCatholic Worker, waboshwa ngenxa yokungalaleli izivivinyo zokuvikela umphakathi. I-Women Strike for Peace imashi iphikisana nokuhlolwa kwezikhali zenuzi, bethula umsebenzi wezombangazwe wommeleli wesikhathi esizayo wase-US uBella Abzug. OwayeyiMeya ye-NYC uDavid Dinkins ujoyine izishoshovu ekuhlakazeni ngempumelelo izinhlelo zokwenza iStaten Island ibe yichweba leNavy elinamandla enuzi. Futhi ngo-1982, abantu abangaphezu kwesigidi bamashela ukuchithwa kwezikhali zenuzi e-NYC, omunye wemibhikisho emikhulu kakhulu yaseMelika. Ngo-1983, uMkhandlu Wedolobha Lase-NY waphasisa isinqumo sokuqala sokumemezela i-NYC njengeNdawo Yamahhala Yezikhali Zenuzi. Zonke izisekelo zezikhali zenuzi endaweni yazo seziyekiwe ukusebenza, kanti iNavy kubikwa ukuthi iyakugwema ukuletha imikhumbi ehlome ngezikhali zenuzi kanye nenamandla enuzi ethekwini.
Ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe mayelana nefa lenuzi le-NYC, bheka Ukusuka ku-Manhattan Project kuya ku-Nuclear Free, ebhalwe yilungu le-NYCAN uDkt. Matthew Bolton, we-International Disarmament Institute e-Pace University.
Umkhankaso we-NYCAN wokuhlehlisa ifa lenuzi le-NYC
Ngo-2018, amalungu asekelwe e-NYC e-ICAN umkhankaso Umkhankaso waseNew York Wokuqeda Izikhali Zenuzi (I-NYCAN). Isishoshovu se-NYC uBrendan Fay waxhuma uDkt. Kathleen Sullivan (Umqondisi we-ICAN Partner Hibakusha Stories) neLungu loMkhandlu uDaniel Dromm, owabe esesiza ukuhlela Incwadi, esayinwe ngokuhlanganyela Amalungu Omkhandlu engeziwe angama-26, kuMlawuli we-NYC uScott Stringer. Incwadi icele ukuthi u-Stringer "aqondise amandla ezezimali edolobha lethu namagugu ethu aqhubekayo" futhi aqondise izikhwama zempesheni ze-NYC ukuthi zihlukane nokutshalwa kwezimali ezinkampanini ezenza inzuzo ngezikhali zenuzi. I-NYCAN ibe isiqala imihlangano nehhovisi loMlawuli ukuze kudingidwe izindlela zezinyathelo ezilandelayo, ukushicilela. umbiko kule nqubo.
Ngo-July 2019, ILungu loMkhandlu u-Dromm wethula umthetho. Amalungu oMkhandlu u-Helen Rosenthal kanye no-Kallos bajoyina ngokushesha njengabaxhasi ababambisene, futhi, ngokumela kwe-NYCAN, lo mthetho washeshe wazuza iningi labaxhasi ababambisene namaLungu oMkhandlu.
NgoJanuwari 2020, esigcawini esihlanganyelwe sayo yomibili le mithetho, amalungu omphakathi ayi-137 afakaza futhi athumela amakhasi angaphezu kuka-400 obufakazi obubhaliwe, eqinisekisa ukwesekwa okujulile kwezikhali zenuzi nokugqamisa amazwi abanikazi bempesheni be-NYC, abaholi bomdabu, abezenkolo. abaholi, abaculi, kanye ne-hibakusha (abasinda ekuqhumeni kwamabhomu e-athomu).
Ukwamukelwa komthetho
Umthetho uphelelwe amandla eKomidini phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021, ngenkathi i-NYC, njengamadolobha amaningi, izabalaza ukuphatha imiphumela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Kodwa i-NYCAN iqhubekile nokumela, isebenzisana nezinhlangano zozakwethu be-ICAN nezinye izishoshovu ze-NYC, okuhlanganisa neqembu lendawo eliqondile elithi Rise and Resist. Lezi zenzo zihlanganisa ukuhlonipha isikhumbuzo sokugubha usuku lokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Hiroshima nase-Nagasaki, ukuxhumanisa ukukhanya kwezakhiwo ze-NYC ukumaka ukungena kwe-TPNW, ukumasha embukisweni waminyaka yonke we-Pride, ngisho nokuzibandakanya nokugubha usuku loNyaka Omusha ukuchithwa kwezikhali olwandle olubandayo lwe-Atlantic Ocean e-Rockaway Beach.
Ukwamukelwa komthetho
Umthetho uphelelwe amandla eKomidini phakathi kuka-2020 no-2021, ngenkathi i-NYC, njengamadolobha amaningi, izabalaza ukuphatha imiphumela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Kodwa i-NYCAN iqhubekile nokumela, isebenzisana nezinhlangano zozakwethu be-ICAN nezinye izishoshovu ze-NYC, okuhlanganisa neqembu lendawo eliqondile elithi Rise and Resist. Lezi zenzo zihlanganisa ukuhlonipha isikhumbuzo sokugubha usuku lokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-Hiroshima nase-Nagasaki, ukuxhumanisa ukukhanya kwezakhiwo ze-NYC ukumaka ukungena kwe-TPNW, ukumasha embukisweni waminyaka yonke we-Pride, ngisho nokuzibandakanya nokugubha usuku loNyaka Omusha ukuchithwa kwezikhali olwandle olubandayo lwe-Atlantic Ocean e-Rockaway Beach.
Njengoba sekusele amasonto ambalwa kuseshini yomthetho, ngoNovemba 2021, uSomlomo woMkhandlu Wedolobha uCorey Johnson wavuma ukujoyina i-NYCAN edilini elincane elibanjwe uDkt. Sullivan, uBlaise Dupuy, kanye noFay, ukuze ahloniphe isikhulu sase-Ireland u-Helena Nolan, umholi obalulekile embuthanweni. Izingxoxo ze-TPNW, ngokuqokwa kwakhe okusha njengo-Irish Consul General e-NYC. Ethintwe izethulo ezenziwa yi-NYCAN ngalobo busuku, okuhlanganisa noDkt. Sullivan, Fay, Seth Shelden, no-Mitchie Takeuchi, uSomlomo wathi uzosiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi umthetho uzokwamukelwa.
Ngomhla ziyisi-9 kuZibandlela wezi-2021, lo mthetho wamukelwa iningi elikhulu loMkhandlu Wedolobha. Umthetho ugomela ngokuthi "Idolobha laseNew York linomthwalo wemfanelo okhethekile, njengendawo yemisebenzi ye-Manhattan Project kanye nexuku lokuxhasa ngezimali izikhali zenuzi, ukuveza ubumbano nazo zonke izisulu nemiphakathi elinyazwe ukusetshenziswa kwezikhali zenuzi, ukuhlola kanye nemisebenzi ehlobene".
Ngalesi senzo esiphusile, i-NYC idale imodeli yomthetho enamandla kwabanye ohulumeni basekhaya. Namuhla, i-NYC ayinikezi nje kuphela ukusekelwa kwezombusazwe ukuthi i-US ijoyine i-TPNW, kodwa futhi ithatha izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokudala idolobha kanye nezwe eliphephile ekusongweni kwalezi zikhali zokubhujiswa okukhulu.
