Dhaka seeks nuke protection

[TopCat]

Dhaka, May 05 (bdnews24.com)— Bangladesh has demanded security assurance for the non-nuclear states if there is a threat from nuclear powers.

Foreign minister Dipu Moni made the demand while delivering her speech at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Tuesday in New York.

"The foreign minister of Bangladesh reminded the nuclear-weapon States of their obligation to provide security assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons," said a foreign ministry press statement issues Wednesday.

"She also demanded that the 2010 NPT Review Conference came up with a legally binding framework in this regard," it said.

Moni said Bangladesh was a non-nuclear state by choice and it was the first country in South Asia to have ratified the CTBT (comprehensive test ban treaty).

She, however, referred to the potentials of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes that included meeting growing energy needs and fighting climate change.

The foreign minister also condemned the ongoing arms race and the global spending estimated at $1.5 trillion a year, while the poor countries had been fighting to meet their basic needs.

Dhaka seeks nuke protection | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

 

[deckingraj]

^^^^^^^^^^
I support this demand..A very legitimate one...World Body should ensure that a nuclear power cannot use nuclear weapons on non-nuclear state even if they are loosing a conventional war with them... This can be the only way to keep bullying away and lust to get nukes...

 

[jagjitnatt]

^^I too support this.

As far as Bangladesh is concerned, I don't think it will ever see nuclear conflict. India would never use nuclear weapons until and unless attacked by nuclear weapons and since Bangladesh doesn't have any, there's no way for it to happen.

Pakistan has nothing to do with Bangladesh and there are no other neighbors with nuclear weapons.

I don't even think Bangladesh would even see a conventional war, let alone a nuclear war.

India and Bangladesh are brothers, Burma is no threat either.

 

[bc040400065]

yes bangladesh does not have any nuclear threat but i think BD wants this protection because there is a 0.01% chance of indo pak nuclear war and nuclear weapons might have effect on the neigbouring countries like some climate change or some kind of diseases etc... BD might face some side effect of this if there is nuclear war between india and pakistan which i hope never happens.

 

[deckingraj]

yes bangladesh does not have any nuclear threat but i think BD wants this protection because there is a 0.01% chance of indo pak nuclear war and nuclear weapons might have effect on the neigbouring countries like some climate change or some kind of diseases etc... BD might face some side effect of this if there is nuclear war between india and pakistan which i hope never happens.

But how come any body gives an assurance of that??? If pakistan and India go nuts and exchange nukes how come world body stop the nuclear ash going into BD??? I think they are more of asking for some sort of consensus and assurance that nuclear states cannot exchange nukes over non-nuclear states at the time of conflict...

 

[TopCat]

But how come any body gives an assurance of that??? If pakistan and India go nuts and exchange nukes how come world body stop the nuclear ash going into BD??? I think they are more of asking for some sort of consensus and assurance that nuclear states cannot exchange nukes over non-nuclear states at the time of conflict...

Well in CTBT there is a clause which gurantee non nuclear states having a nuclear umbrella by 5 declared nuclear states. the FM wants that clause to be legally binding.

 

[deckingraj]

Well in CTBT there is a clause which gurantee non nuclear states having a nuclear umbrella by 5 declared nuclear states. the FM wants that clause to be legally binding.

As said very legal demand...However an interesting question...What if nuking party is one of these so called permanent members??? Then will the nuclear umbrella still holds true???

 

[TopCat]

As said very legal demand...However an interesting question...What if nuking party is one of these so called permanent members??? Then will the nuclear umbrella still holds true???

YOu got to put faith on something. There is a consensus among 5 nuclear armed members not to let others to acquire nukes. Yet there are other people who never signed NPT. And again there are who abandoned nuclear weapon with the guarantee from these 5 members. South Africa and Brazil are among those.

 

[deckingraj]

YOu got to put faith on something. There is a consensus among 5 nuclear armed members not to let others to acquire nukes. Yet there are other people who never signed NPT. And again there are who abandoned nuclear weapon with the guarantee from these 5 members. South Africa and Brazil are among those.

That's the whole bloody problem my dear friend...because NPT is discriminatory... the thing you are calling faith blew apart when one of these so called permanent nuclear members are your adversary..There is nothing binding that they will not use nukes against you...Here are three members who are non-signatory to NPT

India - Pak - Israel...

India's reason - China can be a potential adversary so unless the until we are not at Par with the status there is no way we can be a part to it...

Pakistan reason - India is an arch rival. Unless and Until India is not party to it we can never be a party to it...

Israel - I am all surrounded with countries who if given a chance would not stop before complete annihilation...So we can never be a party to NPT since once we join it we cannot go after nukes...


The problem is 5 so called winners of World War II have the right to keep nukes whereas everyone else should give up their nukes.. Now tell me how on earth can someone accept this discriminatory treaty??? Either the whole world should be nuke free or everyone should be allowed...Hypocracy at its best...

 

[TopCat]

That's the whole bloody problem my dear friend...because NPT is discriminatory... the thing you are calling faith blew apart when one of these so called permanent nuclear members are your adversary..There is nothing binding that they will not use nukes against you...Here are three members who are non-signatory to NPT

India - Pak - Israel...

India's reason - China can be a potential adversary so unless the until we are not at Par with the status there is no way we can be a part to it...

Pakistan reason - India is an arch rival. Unless and Until India is not party to it we can never be a party to it...

Israel - I am all surrounded with countries who if given a chance would not stop before complete annihilation...So we can never be a party to NPT since once we join it we cannot go after nukes...


The problem is 5 so called winners of World War II have the right to keep nukes whereas everyone else should give up their nukes.. Now tell me how on earth can someone accept this discriminatory treaty??? Either the whole world should be nuke free or everyone should be allowed...Hypocracy at its best...

Yes India has a case there.
But for Bangladesh and like many countries who could feel safe under a security gurantee from declared states who could face adversary from non NPT countries who posses or in the process of possessing nuclear weapons.

 

[Mauryan]

Bangladesh is standing next inline after Maldives who are at the risk of being flooded due to rise in sea level.
hmm....whats happening in Sundarbans?
And B`Desh is of high population density.Any nuclear war in the bu-continent is a virtual threat to B`Desh.Even if himalays completely melt down due to a nuclear cloud passing by,or excessive melting down or arctic and antarctic ice,.........

I see a valid concern in B`Desh words.Its not just B`Desh,but whole world should give up nuclear weapons.and this happens only when there is high level of trust between different countries.

If a chinese naval ship passes thrgh IOR,it concerns India.If India moves its solider to Afghan ,it concerns Pak.If US employs its BMD in CIS,it concerns Russia.Lol.....we are infact living in a world full of concerns,where a small regional war has the potencial to turnout into a world war.
Infact, these are the days when concerns get nobodies concern

 

[TopCat]

Bangladesh is standing next inline after Maldives who are at the risk of being flooded due to rise in sea level.
hmm....whats happening in Sundarbans?
And B`Desh is of high population density.Any nuclear war in the bu-continent is a virtual threat to B`Desh.Even if himalays completely melt down due to a nuclear cloud passing by,or excessive melting down or arctic and antarctic ice,.........

I see a valid concern in B`Desh words.Its not just B`Desh,but whole world should give up nuclear weapons.and this happens only when there is high level of trust between different countries.

If a chinese naval ship passes thrgh IOR,it concerns India.If India moves its solider to Afghan ,it concerns Pak.If US employs its BMD in CIS,it concerns Russia.Lol.....we are infact living in a world full of concerns,where a small regional war has the potencial to turnout into a world war.
Infact, these are the days when concerns get nobodies concern

Bangladesh will never go under sea. You better worry about yourself in India going under.. Just for your recipie..

Even as many worry Bangladesh will shrink in size because of global warming, a new study shows that the country has actually grown in landmass equal to five times the size of Dhaka city.

The new land has emerged in the Meghna estuary, where sediments flow down from the Himlayas and collect into charlands. The study found that the 8.5-magnitude 1950 Assam Earthquake increased the sediment flow and has added a net increase of 1,790 square kilometers to the country’s land mass.

“More charlands have emerged than we have lost due to river erosion over the years,” said Dr. Maminul Haq Sarker, a geo-morphologist who conducted the study at the Center for Environment and Geographical Information System (CEGIS).

The new land, which emerged mostly in Noakhali, was discovered when Sarker and his research team analyzed satellite pictures and other data from 1943 to 2008 tracking sediments coming from the Himalayas and flowing down the Padma (Ganges in India) and Jamuna (Brahmaputra) rivers. The rivers deliver about one billion tons of silt a year from India, Nepal, China , and Bhutan to the Megnha estuary within the Bay of Bengal.

The study found that the 1950 earthquake accelerated the sediment flow by causing huge landslides in the Himalayas, dumping an estimate 45 billion cubic meters of earth into the rivers. Within a few years after the 1950 earthquake, silt and clay began to rapidly accumulate in the estuary. In all, the sediment added 2970 square kilometers in new charland while 1180 square kilometers were erodeda net gain of nearly 1800 square kilometers.

Beside Noakhali, new land has accumulated at the Patuakhali, Shariatpur, Barisal and Chittagong districts.

The findings, formally released yesterday, shines a ray of hope on otherwise dire predictions by groups such as the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that Bangladesh will lose about 17 percent of its land area because melting polar ice daps will increase sea levels.

But Sarker cautioned more research is needed.

“This is an indicative study,” he said. “We need to continue our research to say something concrete.”

“Now we might think to battle the climate change challenge in different way if we can use the sediment in planned way,” he said. “We can recover certain amount of our land mass from the aggression of rising sea level.”

Citing a recent study of two American scientists, Saker said that the research suggests that one-third of this sediment is deposited on the floodplain and tidal plain of Bangladesh, thus continuously raising the land. One-third of the sediment is deposited on the estuary thus building new islands. The final third is lost in the deep ocean, he said.

The research also found the main reason behind the erosion of 230 square kilometers at Bhola Island, which many regard as an victim of rising sea levels due to climate change, was instead caused by the shifting flow of the Meghna channel. The shift also eroded a total of 195 square kilometers of land from Sandwip and Hatiya islands.

Country gets new land Bangladesh Economic News

 

[gogbot]

Bangladesh will never go under sea. You better worry about yourself in India going under.. Just for your recipie..

You know it is not as if it was an Indian study , we are just quoting the global warming science presented to us.

Even the rate f glacier melt had been exaggerated.

But no matter how much we may argue over the padantics of the issue.

Fact is glaciers are melting and receding.

Ocean levels are rising.

All coastal regions around the world are under threat..

And to be honest , whatever happens to indian in the Bay of Bengal will happen to Bangladesh as well.

But you know you get to have your opinion.

you want to believe sedimentary deposits , can keep pace with rising sea level's , go right ahead

 

[idune]

Dipu moni a worthless peice of junk who can not utter a single word for protection of Bangladeshi citizens who are getting killed every other day by india. She is calling for protection from nuclear attack; what a joke!!!!!!!

 

[IBRIS]

^^^^I detect an attention seeker.