What are the risks of nuclear proliferation? (Part 1)
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About the video: ‘What are the risks of nuclear proliferation? (Part 1)’
Judge Weeramantry gives reasons why he believes nuclear disaster to be a real and present danger. Nuclear knowledge is now widespread and there is no effective control of fissile material. Meanwhile both can be bought and sold. Furthermore, international non-proliferation laws are largely disregarded by nuclear powers which at the same time attempt to dictate to non-nuclear states. Against this background there are few moral restraints to prevent further proliferation.
Total views: 1,146
Filmed: Geneva, Switzerland on 21 May 2006
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell, Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2006 Big Picture TV
About C.G. Weeramantry
Judge C.G. Weeramantry is the former Vice-President of the International Court of Justice. As a domestic judge in Sri Lanka, an international judge, a lawyer and legal educator his professional career has touched on a wide variety of topics relating to ethics, peace and cross-cultural understanding. In 2001 he founded the Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research (WICPER) and in 2006 he received the UNESCO Peace Education Prize.
He is the president of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms and a councillor of the World Future Council.
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