United for Peace and Justice is pleased to invite you to join an international webinar organized by the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, Thursday, January 17, 2019: 10 – 11:30 am California; 1 – 2:30 pm New York; 6 – 7:30 pm.

Presenters from the U.S., Russia, Germany and the UK will discuss the history and significance of the INF Treaty and the importance of working to preserve it. Click here to register.

On October 20, 2018, President Trump announced his intent to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF). Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that the U.S. will suspend implementation of the treaty in early February

The INF Treaty is an historic agreement reached in 1987 between the United States and the Soviet Union to eliminate all of their nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers, and to utilize extensive on-site inspections for verification of the agreement.

If the Treaty is dissolved, it opens the door for nuclear-armed missiles returning to Europe, and could further stimulate the current nuclear arms race.

Join this webinar to learn more about the INF Treaty, the risks if we lose it, and what civil society can do to protect the Treaty and prevent the development and deployment of new nuclear weapons.

Presenters:

• Andrew Lichterman (USA), Western States Legal Foundation
• Regina Hagen (Germany), Abolition 2000 Germany Section
• Dave Webb (UK), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
• Pavel Podvig (Russia), United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Thursday, January 17, 2019: 10 – 11:30 am California; 1 – 2:30 pm New York; 6 – 7:30 pm UK;
7 – 8:30 pm Central Europe. (international time zone converter)

Click here to register.
Contact: Jackie Cabasso wslf(at)earthlink.net

Background documents:

Renew Nuclear Arms Control, Don’t Destroy It. By Andrew Lichterman and John Burroughs. http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/01/renew-nuclear-arms-control-dont-destroy/

Parliamentary action to preserve the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. http://www.pnnd.org/article/parliamentary-action-preserve-intermediate-nuclear-forces-inf-treaty

U.S. citizens: Tell Congress to Save the INF Treaty

International actions to be announced

Quelle:  www.unitedforpeace.org/2019/01/11/international-webinar-to-preserve-the-inf-treaty/