| ID | 129126 |
| Title Proper | Mexico hosts meeting on nuclear effects |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kimball, Daryl G |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For the second time in two years, diplomats and civil society representatives gathered last month for a two-day conference on the medical and societal impacts of nuclear weapons use, with many governments calling for "new international standards and norms, through a legally binding instrument," according to the chair's summary of the meeting. The agenda of the Feb. 13-14 conference in Nayarit, Mexico, included several presentations from survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and from experts on the effects of and responses to single nuclear detonations and large-scale nuclear attacks. "It is a fact that no State or international organization has the capacity to address or provide the short- and long-term humanitarian assistance and protection needed in case of a nuclear weapon explosion," concluded Juan Gómez Robledo, conference chair and undersecretary for multilateral affairs and human rights in the Mexican Foreign Ministry. The Nayarit gathering brought together 146 government representatives-more than the 127 that met in Oslo, Norway, in March 2013 for the first such conference. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.2; March 2014: p.33-34 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol.44, No.2; March 2014: p.33-34 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Effects ; Multilateral Affairs ; Nuclear Weapon Explosion ; International Standards ; Mexico ; Nuclear Weapons ; Nuclear Regime ; Humanitarian Assistance ; Nuclear Detonations ; Nuclear Attacks ; Nuclear Security ; Nuclear Arsenal ; Nuclear Detonator ; International Regime ; International Coordination ; International Cooperation - IC ; International Relations - IR ; International Organization - IO ; Nuclear Proliferation Treaty - NPT ; United States - US ; United Kingdom - UK ; United Nations - UN ; European Union - EU ; Arsenal Control ; Nuclear Security Summit - NSS 2014 |