核兵器は,健康に対する継続的な脅威である

D Holdstock¹, L Waterston

¹Medact, London, UK. info@medact.org

Lancet (London, England)

|May 9, 2000

まとめ

グローバルな核兵器は,偶然の戦争のリスクと,新興の核国家やテロ集団からの新たな危険を伴う重大な脅威であり続ける. 核不拡散条約の見直し会議で廃絶の機会がある.

科学分野:

グローバル・セキュリティーグローバル・セキュリティー
公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
国際関係国際関係

背景:

32000以上の核兵器が世界中で存在し,莫大な破壊力を持っている.
偶然の核戦争のリスクは,新興核国家からの新たな脅威と,テロリストが核兵器を入手する可能性とともに,エスカレートしています.
過去の医療従事者の訴求は,核兵器の展開による深刻な健康上の影響を強調した.

研究の目的:

核兵器がもたらす継続的な脅威を強調するために.
核不拡散条約の見直し会議が提示する,世界的な軍縮の取組のための重要な時期を強調する.

主な方法:

現在の世界的な核兵器の状況の分析.
核拡散に関連する新たな脅威とリスクの見直し.
核軍縮を提唱する医療従事者の歴史的役割の検討.

主要な成果:

相当数の核兵器が依然として配備されており,深刻な世界的なリスクをもたらしています.
新しい地政学的要因と非国家主体により,核安全保障に新たな脅威がもたらされる.
核不拡散条約の現在の見直しは,核軍縮を進めるための重要な機会を提供します.

結論:

核兵器を廃絶するために,緊急の世界的な行動が必要である.
核兵器条約のような国際協力と政策イニシアティブは,核の脅威のない世界を実現するために不可欠です.
核不拡散条約の現在進行中の見直しは,包括的な核軍縮を追求する上で重要な瞬間である.

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