The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, along with Fisipol UGM, held a seminar regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Five competent speakers were present at the seminar on Friday (08/02) in the Auditorium of Fisipol UGM.
The treaty, which was launched on September 2017, is an international legal framework that comprehensively administers regarding the ban of the use, development, production, transfer and acquisition of nuclear weapons. At the moment, 122 states have approved, 1 state have refused and 1 state abstained on this treaty. Most states that have approved this treaty are states that do not possess nuclear weapons.
“Indonesia has signed the treaty, as it fulfils our national interests. Indonesia should participate in establishing world peace, as stated in the 1945 Constitution,” stated by Laurentius Amrih Jinangkung, the Director of Law and Economic Treaties Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“One of the ways to eradicate the production of nuclear weapons is by developing nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, as it can also help national economic growth,” as stated by Falconi Margono, the chairman of the National Nuclear Energy Agency of Indonesia (BATAN).
Campaigning the importance of the eradication of nuclear weapons is also another method that can be used. Muhadi Sugiono, lecturer at the Department of International Relations Fisipol UGM emphasized on humanitarian issues to convince that nuclear weapons should be eradicated.
In 2018, the estimation of the nuclear inventory of several states, such as; the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Israel, Pakistan, India, China and North Korea have been published. This estimation shows the dynamics of geopolitical strategy in the future.