{"id":22468,"date":"2020-12-24T11:34:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T16:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=22468"},"modified":"2021-01-26T03:09:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T08:09:56","slug":"nuclear-deterrence-gives-false-sense-of-security-vatican-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=22468","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear deterrence gives \u2018false sense of security,\u2019 Vatican official says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DISARMAMENT & SECURITY .<\/p>\n

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The goal of a nuclear-free world can only be achieved through a renewed sense of unity and solidarity among nations that breaks the dynamic of mistrust, said Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister.<\/p>\n

Addressing a webinar Dec. 16 on nuclear disarmament, Archbishop Gallagher highlighted the Vatican\u2019s support of political dialogue that goes \u201cbeyond the theory of fear\u201d and of the need to \u201cemphasize how nuclear deterrence represents a false sense of security and of stability.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Holy See reaffirms its unwavering commitment in this direction as demonstrated by its ratification of all the main nuclear treaties and its continuous efforts to promote a concrete culture of peace based on the dignity of the human person and on the primacy of law, fostering responsible honest and consistent cooperation with all members of the family of nations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The webinar, titled \u201cA world free from nuclear weapons,\u201d was co-sponsored by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Georgetown University, Notre Dame University and the Catholic Peacebuilding Network.<\/p>\n

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The event coincided with the launch of a new book that features Pope Francis\u2019 address in November 2017 in which he spoke out against nuclear weapons, as well as \u201ctestimony from Nobel Peace Prize laureates, religious leaders, diplomats, and civil society activists,\u201d according to Georgetown University Press.<\/p>\n

In a Dec. 14 statement, the dicastery said the goal of the event was to stress the link between peace, disarmament and health security during a time of pandemic.<\/p>\n

In his talk, Archbishop Gallagher cited the pope\u2019s video message to the U.N. General Assembly in late September. In his message, the pope said the current pandemic can lead to two paths: one that shifts toward a \u201crenewed sense of global co-responsibility\u201d or one of \u201cself-sufficiency, nationalism, protectionism, individualism and isolation\u201d that \u201cexcludes the poor, the vulnerable and those dwelling on the peripheries of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Vatican foreign minister said the pope\u2019s perspective also applies to the issue of nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence.<\/p>\n

He also expressed concern that \u201cnuclear powers often seem to continue turning inward away from multilateralism,\u201d such as the uncertainty regarding the renewal of the New START treaty, a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation that seeks to reduce and limit the use of nuclear warheads, ballistic missiles and other strategic offensive arms.<\/p>\n

However, he also cited the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the possession and use of nuclear weapons, as a step toward a \u201cnuclear weapons-free world.\u201d<\/p>\n

To achieve a lasting peace, Archbishop Gallagher said the international community must look beyond nuclear deterrence.<\/p>\n

\u201cInternational peace and security cannot be founded on the threat of mutual destruction or total annihilation or maintaining a balance of power or regulating relations by substituting the rights of the power to power of right,\u201d the archbishop said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeace and security must be built on justice, integral human development, respect for fundamental human rights, the protection of creation, the building of trust among peoples, the promotion of educational and health structures, dialogue and solidarity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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