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SUMMARY:The humanitarian imperative for nuclear disarmament: overcoming th
 e barriers - Dr Rebecca Johnson\, Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplom
 acy
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CONTACT:Jack Gibb
DESCRIPTION:As the world becomes increasingly interdependent\, our underst
 anding of security is undergoing fundamental change. A more complex idea o
 f human security is replacing out-dated paradigms based on national self i
 nterest and military defence. Strengthening human security lies at the cor
 e of modern arguments for prohibiting and abolishing nuclear weapons\, and
  this is pragmatic\, humanitarian and internationalist.  In recent years c
 oncerted action led by civil society and some enlightened governments stig
 matized landmines and cluster munitions as inhumane weapons to drive forwa
 rd negotiations to prohibit their use\, deployment\, manufacture and trade
 . As the "2010 Review Conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty":
 http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=NPT/CONF.2010/50%20%28VOL.
 I%29 (NPT) demonstrated\, growing numbers of NGOs and governments now want
  to apply humanitarian-based approaches to the problems of nuclear weapons
 \, widely considered the most inhumane of all\, while also carrying strate
 gic importance in current perceptions\, especially for the nuclear weapon 
 states.  Dr Rebecca Johnson's presentation will consider these development
 s and discuss strategies to recast nuclear armaments as inhumane and unusa
 ble liabilities\, with the objective of paving the way for negotiations on
  a treaty that would ban them\, as other inhumane weapons have been banned
 .\n\n_"Dr Rebecca Johnson":http://www.acronym.org.uk/biogrej.htm is the Ex
 ecutive Director and co-founder of the "Acronym Institute for Disarmament 
 Diplomacy":www.acronym.org.uk/ in London. From 2004 to 2006\, she served a
 s a senior advisor to the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission chaired b
 y Dr Hans Blix._\n
LOCATION:Castlereagh Room\, Fisher Building\, St Johns College\, Cambridge
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