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At 7:57pm on July 8, 2011, Sharon Taphorn said…
At 3:42pm on December 15, 2009, Chetana said…

At 1:56pm on September 16, 2009, Rene Wadlow said…
Dear Colleague,

For a number of years now, the UN has set 21 Sept as Peace Day. While we would like every day to be peace day, it is useful to have one common day during which many people and organizations reflect on a common theme. This 21 Sept the UN has set disarmament as the theme of the day. Also during Sept. the US President will chair a session of the UN Security Council devoted to disarmament which should attract some attention to the subject. Thus, I am sending my recent article on disarmament. While it says nothing new, it is up-to-date concerning UN negotiations. Thus, I thought that you could share it as a world citizen contribution with other groups marking the day. I am also sending it as an attachment as there are times when it is easier to copy an attachment. With all best wishes, Rene Wadlow

New Energy for a Nuclear-weapon-free World

Rene Wadlow*



Peace is the only battle worth waging. - Albert Camus



Almost from the moment that the first atomic bomb was detonated in New Mexico in July 1945, the menace of the nuclear age inspired visions of a world free of nuclear weapons. However, the efforts of Governments and popular anti-nuclear weapon movements have gone in cycles with some milestones such as the Russell-Einstein Manifesto in 1955, the 1970 ratification of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and the 1982 2nd UN General Assembly Special Session on Disarmament.



There have also been long periods when attention focused only on USA-USSR nuclear issues, with short periods of attention given to India-Pakistan nuclear tensions or more recently the nuclear potential of North Korea and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Even in non-nuclear arms control, there have been long barren periods. The Vienna conventional-forces-reduction talks continued for 16 years from 1973 without results until an improvement in relations between the Soviet Union and the United States led to the conclusion of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe in late 1990.



For over a decade, the UN disarmament body, the Conference on Disarmament, has been inactive, starved of resources, attention and serious human capital. Since the end of the Cold War in 1990 and thus the end of the danger of a Soviet-American nuclear conflict, the arms control emphasis of Governments have been on non-proliferation and on the danger of nuclear arms in the hands of non-State enemies such as terrorists. However, on 29 May 2009, the Conference on Disarmament was able to adopt at least a programme of work for negotiations to ban fissile material production for nuclear weapons, security assurances for non-nuclear-weapon States, and the prevention of an arms race in outer space. While negotiations will be difficult and easily blocked by using the “rule of consensus”, the programme is an important step forward. The programme shows a certain shift in the attitudes of Governments. This shift is also seen in the relatively favourable atmosphere in the most recent preparatory meeting for the 2010 Review Conference on the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the joint disarmament statements made by Russia and the USA in July 2009. Taken together, these measures suggest that Governments are slowly building momentum toward real progress in a multi-State framework.



With these steps on the part of Governments, it is crucial that the broader civil society, as structured through non-governmental organizations (NGOs), devote new energies to the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free world. There have always been NGOs which have had nuclear disarmament or general and complete disarmament as an important part of their mandates. Many NGOs would meet at an annual world conference in August in Hiroshima, and many have participated in the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conferences starting in 1975.



Nevertheless, there has been relatively little impact of NGOs on the over-all strategic doctrines of Governments. The NGO impact has been most felt in the lead up to the Treaty banning anti-personnel mines and the convention on cluster munitions. In both these efforts, humanitarian and human rights organizations, largely absent from earlier arms control efforts, played important roles. The same holds true for efforts to control the “small arms” conventional arms trade as conventional arms often assist in the perpetration of serious violations of human rights such as torture, the excessive use of force by security personnel, extrajudicial executions, and disappearances.



Now, it is an appropriate time to build a broad coalition of people and organizations to develop a world security framework and to review the strategic and arms policy of each State in the light of a world security framework. The renewed efforts of the Conference on Disarmament and the 2010 NPT Review can provide a focus for new civil society energies for a nuclear-weapon-free world.



* Rene Wadlow, Representative to the UN, Geneva, Association of World Citizens
At 4:43am on July 13, 2009, Linda Rene Parker said…
Hello my sister and thank you for adding me as a friend peace is my constant prayer and I know God hears me.Photobucket
At 12:21pm on July 11, 2009, Hans-Joachim KNOLL said…


Hello Apostle Dr. Carol J. SHERMAN Ph. D. Th. D. !!!
I hope, you re fine and healthy and send you the most cordial greetings.
I hope, we all find a good way for peace and freedom for all the people and for all the creatures on this wonderful blue planet. YES, WE CAN !!!
Wish yourself and your family a peaceful and funny weekend and all the very best for you.
Your Hans-Joachim KNOLL
At 9:07am on July 11, 2009, Kalsi : We are all one . said…
Respected Dr. Caol J....greetings and best wishes ! It's nice to see your page here...Excellent ..
At 10:19pm on July 8, 2009, Kerry Echo Kiefer said…
Why Dr. Sherman, You are a native of the great State of Illinois? I am and very proud of it. I am proud of our former Senator and now President.
At 2:08pm on July 8, 2009, Sharon Taphorn said…

At 11:41am on July 8, 2009, s <3 said…
Glad that we're friends xxx

At 10:40am on July 8, 2009, Rashad said…
Thank you so much for your friendship I really feel blessed.
Rashad.
At 9:15am on July 8, 2009, Kerry Echo Kiefer said…
Hello to you, Dr. Sherman,

You have a wonderful, beautiful face, no doubt because you are doing good in the world. I expect we will have miraculous correspondence here. I look forward to it.

Sincere regards,

Kerry Echo
At 9:04am on July 8, 2009, Motorcycle Hippy Al said…

Carol,

At 7:51am on July 8, 2009, Chetana said…

Love and Peace from India
At 7:50am on July 8, 2009, Chetana said…

On your birthday I wish you much pleasure and joy;
I hope all of your wishes come true.
May each hour and minute be filled with delight,
And your birthday be perfect for you!
At 7:39am on July 8, 2009, Rashad said…
Hi it’s good to know you & your thoughts. Stay blessed.
Regards, love and peace.
Rashad.
Chairman: Hope development organization.
Email: chairman@hopedevelopment.org
www.hopedevelopment.org
At 10:01am on July 7, 2009, s <3 said…
At 12:39pm on March 4, 2009, Hans-Joachim KNOLL said…


Hello APOSTLE DR. CAROL J. SHERMAN PH.D, TH.D., D.D. !!!
I hope, you are fine and healthy and send you the most cordial greetings.
I hope, we all find a good way for peace and freedom for all the people and for all the creatures on this wonderful blue planet.
Wish yourself and your family a quite, peaceful and happy week and all the very best for you.
YOUR Hans-Joachim KNOLL
At 11:47am on March 3, 2009, esoldier said…
HI
i'm jash from india
i am a film student

i have made a video on world peace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly4bDl0ulf4

Plz watch it and comment and rate it!!!

please add this video to your blog/website/myspace/facebook account


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At 12:08am on February 10, 2009, Heimo Grimm said…

Hello Carol! A warm welcome to the community of IPeace and thank you for adding me as your friend. I am very pleased to be one of your first friends on your page - nice to see you and your gorgeous smile here among friends from all over the world. I wish you all the love, peace and light you can imagine. May the sun always shine brightly in your heart and may our common dream of worldwide peace become true. I am sure you will soon have many like minded friends here and hope you will enjoy sharing with all these wonderful people. Blessings, all good wishes and a welcome hug coming to you over the ocean to Chicago with this little dove as an ambassador of peace from your new Austrian friend Heimo

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