| ID | 127987 |
| Title Proper | Arctic |
| Other Title Information | top of the world to be nuclear-weapon-free |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Prawitz, Jan |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) have emerged as an important but largely unnoticed
approach towards a nuclear-weapon-free world, overshadowed by the more visible Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Zones established so far cover some 50% of
the world's land areas, including 99% of all land south of the equator and 74% of all land outside
nuclear-weapon states1
(NWSs). Altogether, NWFZs include 119 states and 18 other territories,
with some 1.9 billion inhabitants. Several more NWFZs are currently under discussion-
one of which is a proposed zone to cover the circumpolar Arctic. Such a zone has been
discussed since the mid-1960s, but it has recently become politically feasible following global
warming and the gradual melting of the polar ice-cap. |
| `In' analytical Note | Disarmament Forum vol. , No.2; 2011: p.27-37 |
| Journal Source | Disarmament Forum vol. , No.2; 2011: p.27-37 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Weapon Free Zones ; Nuclear Weapon Free World ; NPT ; Arctic ; Global Warming |