{"id":26035,"date":"2021-12-26T04:50:59","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T09:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26035"},"modified":"2021-12-26T04:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T09:52:52","slug":"peace-dividend-signatories-over-50-nobel-laureates-and-presidents-of-learned-societies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=26035","title":{"rendered":"Peace Dividend Signatories: Over 50 Nobel laureates and presidents of learned societies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . .<\/p>\n

Text and illustration from the website of Peace Dividend<\/a><\/p>\n

World military spending has doubled since 2000. It is approaching 2 trillion US dollars per year, and is increasing in all regions of the world.<\/p>\n

Individual governments are under pressure to increase military spending because others do so. The feedback mechanism sustains a spiralling arms race \u2013 a colossal waste of resources that could be used far more wisely. Past arms races have often had the same outcome: deadly and destructive conflicts.<\/p>\n

We have a simple proposal for humankind: the governments of all UN member-states should negotiate a joint reduction of their military expenditure by 2% every year for five years.<\/p>\n

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The rationale for the proposal is simple:<\/p>\n

Adversary nations reduce military spending, so the security of each country is increased, while deterrence and balance are preserved.<\/p>\n

The agreement contributes to reducing animosity, thereby decreasing the risk of war.<\/p>\n

Vast resources \u2013 a \u2018peace dividend\u2019 of as much as 1 trillion USD by 2030\u00a0<\/p>\n

We propose that half of the resources freed up by this agreement are allocated to a global fund, under UN supervision, to address humanity\u2019s grave common problems: pandemics, climate change, and extreme poverty.<\/p>\n

The other half remains at the disposal of individual governments. All countries will therefore have significant new resources. Some of these can be used to redirect the strong research capacities of military industries towards urgently needed peaceful applications.<\/p>\n

History shows that agreements to limit the proliferation of weapons are achievable: thanks to the SALT and START treaties, the United States and the Soviet Union have reduced their nuclear arsenals by 90% since the nineteen eighties. Such negotiations can succeed because they are rational: each actor benefits from its adversaries\u2019 armaments reduction, and so does humanity as a whole.<\/p>\n

Humankind faces risks that can only be averted through cooperation.<\/p>\n

Let us cooperate, instead of fighting among ourselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Question for this article:<\/div>\n
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How can we ensure that science contributes to peace and sustainable development?<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The signatories: over 50 Nobel laureates and presidents of learned societies:<\/p>\n

Hiroshi Amano (Nobel Physics)
\nPeter Agre (Nobel Chemistry)
\nDavid Baltimore (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nBarry C. Barish (Nobel Physics)
\nMartin L. Chalfie (Nobel Chemistry)
\nSteven Chu (Nobel Physics)
\nRobert F. Curl Jr. (Nobel Chemistry)
\nJohann Deisenhofer (Nobel Chemistry)
\nJacques Dubochet (Nobel Chemistry)
\nGerhard Ertl (Nobel Chemistry)
\nJoachim Frank (Nobel Chemistry)
\nSir Andre K. Geim (Nobel Physics)
\nSheldon L. Glashow (Nobel Physics)
\nCarol Greider (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nHarald zur Hausen (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nDudley R. Herschbach (Nobel Chemistry)
\nAvram Hershko (Nobel Chemistry)
\nRoald Hoffmann (Nobel Chemistry)
\nRobert Huber (Nobel Chemistry)
\nLouis J. Ignarro (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nBrian Josephson (Nobel Physics)
\nTakaaki Kajita (Nobel Physics)
\nTawakkol Karman (Nobel Peace)
\nBrian K. Kobilka (Nobel Chemistry)
\nRoger D. Kornberg (Nobel Chemistry)
\nYuan T. Lee (Nobel Chemistry)
\nJean-Marie Lehn (Nobel Chemistry)
\nJohn C. Mather (Nobel Physics)
\nEric S. Maskin (Nobel Economics)
\nMay-Britt Moser (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nEdvard I. Moser (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)Erwin Neher (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nSir Paul Nurse (Nobel Physiology or Medicine and Past President, Royal Society)
\nGiorgio Parisi (Nobel Physics)
\nJim Peebles (Nobel Physics)
\nSir Roger Penrose (Nobel Physics)
\nEdmund S. Phelps (Nobel Economics)
\nJohn C. Polanyi (Nobel Chemistry)
\nH. David Politzer (Nobel Physics)
\nSir Venki Ramakrishnan (Nobel Chemistry and Past President, Royal Society)
\nSir Peter Ratcliffe (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nSir Richard J. Roberts (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nMichael Rosbash (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nCarlo Rubbia (Nobel Physics)
\nRandy W. Schekman (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nGregg Semenza (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nRobert J. Shiller (Nobel Economics)
\nStephen Smale (Fields Medal)
\nSir Fraser Stoddart (Nobel Chemistry)
\nHorst L. St\u00f6rmer (Nobel Physics)
\nThomas C. S\u00fcdhof (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nJack W. Szostak (Nobel Physiology or Medicine)
\nOlga Tokarczuk (Nobel Literature)
\nSrinivasa S. R. Varadhan (Abel Prize)
\nSir John E. Walker (Nobel Chemistry)
\nTorsten Wiesel (Nobel Medicine)
\nMohamed H. A. Hassan (President, World Academy of Sciences)
\nAnnibale Mottana (President, Italian National Academy of the Sciences)
\nRoberto Antonelli (President, Italian Lincean Academy)
\nPatrick Flandrin (President, French Academy of Sciences)
\nAnton Zeilinger (President, Austrian Academy of Sciences)
\nCarlo Rovelli and Matteo Smerlak (Organizers)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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