What Is Non-Proliferation?

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1. In the case study, non-proliferation as well as disarmament of nuclear weapons means that countries are committed not to manufacture, acquire, test or/and possess nuclear weapons and that the usage of nuclear weapons by any means should be eliminated in order to maintain the peace and security of the world. Due to the usage of nuclear weapons during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, many have experienced extreme loss and even then, there are still 22,000 remain in the world today with 2,000 nuclear tests conducted to date. Looking at these issues, non-proliferation as well as disarmament are the best ways to protect and prevent the world from such dangers and chaos.

2. Due to the massive loss as well as the “gift” of global and regional
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Fukushima disaster: As Greenpeace International has limited resources (only accepts funds from individuals), thus their activities also are very limited. Nevertheless, the Greenpeace radiation experts went to Fukushima to investigate and expose the extent of radioactive contamination after 10 days of the explosion. Again, this year they went to the same place in order to follow-up on the case the continuing nuclear crisis. They found that the process of decontamination was only done by relocating it instead of removing it at once. From here, Greenpeace creates awareness by urging Governor Ito to and his officials in Kagoshima to keep Sendai close for public’s safety purposes. Although there are still no sound feedback about this yet, but Greenpeace will keep on updating the public on their effort on this as well as getting the public’s support to keep Sendai …show more content…
The global media play a vital role in eradicating the global usage of nuclear weapons once and for all. This is because the media represent the public’s voice in informing the big organizations as well as the authority that something is not right. There are many ways that the global media contribute to the elimination of nuclear weapons and one of it is to join the non-governmental (NGOs) in creating awareness to the public. There are many NGOs across the globe that support the nonproliferation and disarmament of nuclear weapons such as Greenpeace International, Human Rights Watch, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security and many others. The global media can create awareness to the public by reporting their cause such as petition signing to eradicate nuclear weapons, make public of any reports on how hazardous nuclear weapons can be, remembrance of the effects of chernobyls, Nagasaki, Fukushima, and many others. All of these reporting can increase the public awareness and if more people are joining in the cause as volunteers or even just signing petitions, sooner or later the authority would notice and big organizations would be required to shut down their

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