Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, attended a roundtable discussion in Dublin\u00a0today,\u00a0on nuclear disarmament which was organised the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) in conjunction with the Irish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (ICND).<\/p>\n
Speaking after the event Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI was delighted to be invited to and to take part in the engaging and insightful discussions that took place.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in firmly believes in worldwide nuclear disarmament and that no State should have access to this weapon of massive and unparalleled destruction.<\/p>\n
\u201cNuclear proliferation is back on the agenda at the moment because of negotiations on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIran has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its Government has repeatedly stated their disdain for nuclear weapons and that they do not seek to develop nuclear weapons. They have of course a right, like all signatories to the NPT, to create nuclear energy for peaceful civilian purposes only.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever other countries, including many of \u00a0those involved in the negotiations, do have nuclear weapons. I believe all States should sign the NPT, open their nuclear facilities to inspection, and put their nuclear doomsday weapons beyond use.<\/p>\n
\u201cNuclear weapons have\u00a0also recently\u00a0become\u00a0part of the current Scottish independence debate. The pro-independent parties in Scotland are all in favour of removing the controversial \u2018Trident\u2019 nuclear submarines from\u00a0 Scotland if they vote for independence later this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNuclear doomsday\u00a0weapons have no place in modern society and all these States\u00a0need to by\u00a0pressurised by\u00a0world opinion to \u00a0put their nuclear stockpiles beyond use.<\/p>\n
“We know from Hiroshima and Nagasaki the reality of weapons of mass destruction.\u00a0We owe it to their memory to collectively make sure these weapons are\u00a0destroyed and this very real\u00a0threat to mankind’s\u00a0 very existence is removed”<\/p>\n
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