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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Study on banks involved in the financing of nuclear weapons
On October 10th, 2013 a study by ICAN und IKV pax christi[1] has been published listing 298 financial service providers from 30 countries that support 27 companys that develop, produce or maintain nuclear warheads, including rockets, bombers, submarines, electronic hardware and software on the scale of 235 billion Euro ($ 314 bn).[2]
Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Allianz, Unicredit (including HypoVereinsbank) and publicly owned banks (BayernLB, Helaba, KfW) place germany on 4th place after USA, UK and France. On the list of receivers are also german companies like EADS and ThyssenKrupp that deliver nuclear enabled submarines to Israel. The medical peace organization IPPNW, one of the founding members of ICAN, partner campaign of atomwaffenfrei jetzt!, claims a contract for a total stop of nuclear weapons.
While latest NATO strategy paper[3] about the reduction of nuclear weapons does not follow the path claimed by former foreign minister Guido Westerwelle who called nuclear weapons a "relic of the Cold War" and said they "no longer have a military purpose." some years ago, the german government denies to join a declaration by 124 countries[4] against the use of nuclear weapons "under no circumstances" as it is in violation of the principles of the NATO military treaty, the government justified on October 11th.[5]
Nuclear sharing
Wikipedia has more info on this topic.
Nuclear sharing is a concept in NATO's policy of nuclear deterrence, which involves member countries without nuclear weapons of their own in the planning for the use of nuclear weapons by NATO, and in particular provides for the armed forces of these countries to be involved in delivering these weapons in the event of their use.
As part of nuclear sharing, the participating countries carry out consultations and take common decisions on nuclear weapons policy, maintain technical equipment required for the use of nuclear weapons (including warplanes capable of delivering them), and store nuclear weapons on their territory. In case of risk of war the NPT treaty would cease , the sharing would end and the management of the nukes would pass totally below the hosting states.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "Das Geschäft mit der Massenvernichtung", atomwaffenfrei.de, (10.10.2013). German
- ↑
Susi Snyder (IKV Pax Christi, the Netherlands), Wilbert van der Zeijden (IKV Pax Christi, the Netherlands) (2013): Don't bank on the bomb! A Global Report on the financing of Global Weapons Producers, 978-90-70443-26-9 http://www.dontbankonthebomb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/DBOTB2013-FINAL.pdf
"DON’T BANK ON THE BOMB Deutsche Finanzinstitute und ihre Investitionen in Atomwaffenhersteller", FACING FINANCE für ICAN Germany, urgewald e.V., contact: IKV Pax Christi Niederlande, (October 2013). German - ↑ "NATO Strategy Paper: Nuclear Weapons Likely to Stay in Germany", spiegel.de, (11.10.2013).
- ↑ "124 states condemn unacceptable effects of nuclear weapons: “very survival of humanity depends on nuclear weapons never being used”", International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), (21.10.2013).
- ↑ "Atomare Akzeptanz – Bundesregierung weigert sich Atomwaffeneinsatz grundsätzlich zu verurteilen", facing-finance.org, (22.10.2013).
German
"Humanitäre Auswirkungen von Atomwaffen und die nukleare Teilhabe Deutschlands." (press release). Antwort der Bundesregierung auf parlamentarische Anfrage der Fraktion 'Die Grünen'. 11.10.2013. Retrieved 22.10.2013 German - ↑ Brian Donnelly, member of the British Diplomat Service (1995): The Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Articles I, II and VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons In: La No Proliferación: Puntos de Vistas de América Latina y el Caribe, http://www.opanal.org/Articles/cancun/can-Donnelly.htm
