Anti-nuclear weapons campaigners rebuked the Biden administration on Wednesday over its opposition to Australia’s newly announced voting position on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which could signal the country’s willingness to sign on to the agreement.
"Hāʻawi ka TPNW i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka maluhia a me ka palekana o ka honua a me kahi palapala alanui maʻemaʻe no ka hoʻokuʻu kaua nuklea."
As ke Kahu hoike, the U.S. Embassy in Canberra warned Australian officials that the Labour government’s decision to adopt an “abstain” position regarding the treaty—after five years of opposing it—would obstruct Australia’s reliance on American nuclear forces in case of a nuclear attack on the country.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana o Australia i ka kuʻikahi pāpā nukili, i kēia manawa he 91 mau mea hōʻailona, "ʻaʻole e ʻae i nā pilina deterrence lōʻihi o ka US, i pono mau no ka maluhia a me ka palekana honua," wahi a ka ʻelele.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo ʻAmelika inā ʻae ke aupuni o ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Anthony Albanese i ke kuʻikahi e hoʻoikaika ia i nā "mahele" a puni ka honua.
"ʻAʻole pono ʻo Australia i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana mai nā mea i kapa ʻia he mau hoa ma lalo o ka mana o ka hui pale ʻana," wahi a Kate Hudson, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. "Hāʻawi ka TPNW i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka maluhia a me ka palekana o ka honua a me kahi palapala alanui maʻemaʻe no ka hoʻokuʻu kaua nuklea."
Ua pāpā ka TPNW i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, ka mālama ʻana, ka hoʻohana ʻana, a me nā hoʻoweliweli e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua nuklea.
ʻO ka mokuna Australia o ka International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) kaulana that Albanese’s vocal support for achieving nuclear disarmament puts him in line with the majority of his constituents—while the U.S., as one of nine nuclear powers in the world, represents a small global minority.
Wahi a an Ipsos poll taken in March, 76% of Australians support the country signing and ratifying the treaty, while only 6% are opposed.
Ua lanakila ʻo Albanese i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana mai nā mea hoʻolaha no kāna ʻōlelo kūʻē i ka nuklea ponoʻī, me ke kuhina nui i hala. haʻi ʻO ka Australian ka Peresidena Rusia Vladimir Putin nuclear saber-rattling "Ua hoʻomanaʻo i ka honua i ka noho ʻana o nā mea kaua nuklea he mea hoʻoweliweli ia i ka palekana honua a me nā loina a mākou i hele mai ai e lawe no ka ʻae ʻia."
"ʻO nā mea kaua nuklea ka mea luku loa, hoʻomāinoino, a me nā mea kaua ʻole i hana ʻia," Albanese mai la in 2018 as he introduced a motion to commit the Labour Party to supporting the TPNW. “Today we have an opportunity to take a step towards their elimination.”
Labour’s 2021 platform hookomoia he kūpaʻa i ke kau inoa ʻana a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke kuʻikahi "ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana" i nā mea e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi "hōʻoia kūpono a me ka hana hoʻokō."
ʻO ka hoʻoholo a Australia e hoʻololi i kona kūlana koho e like me ka US nā hoʻolālā e hoʻokau i nā pōkā B-52 hiki i ka nuklea i ka ʻāina, kahi e hoʻonoho ai nā mea kaua i kahi kokoke e hahau iā Kina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gem Romuld, ka luna hoʻomalu o ICAN o Australia, "ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ʻAmelika e hui pū me Australia i ke kuʻikahi pāpā akā pono ia e mahalo i ko mākou kuleana e lawe i kahi kūlana kanaka kūʻē i kēia mau mea kaua."
"Ua ʻike ka hapa nui o nā lāhui ʻo ka 'nuclear deterrence' he kumumanaʻo weliweli e hoʻomau wale nei i ka hoʻoweliweli nuklea a hoʻopaʻa i ke ola mau loa o nā mea kaua nuklea, kahi manaʻo hiki ʻole ke ʻae ʻia," wahi a Romold.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Beatrice Fihn, ka luna hoʻokele o ICAN, i nā ʻōlelo a ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa "he kuleana ʻole."
"ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kaua nuklea, no Russia, no North Korea, a no ka US, UK, a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe o ka honua," mai la ʻO Fihn. "ʻAʻohe 'kuleana' aupuni kaua nuklea. ʻO kēia nā mea kaua o ka luku nui a pono ʻo Australia e kau inoa i ka TPNW!
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