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Kazakh Students in Austria Want to Spread The ATOM Project’s Message
VIENNA, Oct. 31, 2013. – The Kazakhstan Student Society in Austria is eager to help spread the news about the efforts of The ATOM Project among their peers, its leaders said today after meeting with Karipbek Kuyukov, the project’s Honorary Ambassador, at the Kazakhstan Embassy here. There are about 300 Kazakhstan students currently studying in…
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The ATOM Project Presented During the 41st Session of the CTBTO Preparatory Commission
VIENNA, Oct. 28 – The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the International Organizations in Vienna, in cooperation with the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), today presented the ATOM Project – an initiative of President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The event, which took place on the margins of the 41st session of the CTBTO Preparatory…
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My Experience of Nuclear Horror
By Karipbek Kuyukov, Special to CNN Karipbek Kuyukov is an armless artist, nuclear weapons testing survivor and Honorary Ambassador of The ATOM Project, a global campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons testing. This editorial can also be found on CNN.com at http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/09/25/my-experience-of-the-nuclear-horror/) As world leaders gather for the United Nations High-level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament in…
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ATOM Project Participates in Carnegie Event
Nuclear disarmament and Kazakhstan’s role in the process discussed at Carnegie Institute for International Peace Leading American experts in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation met Thursday at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC to discuss the state of the process, the role of Kazakhstan in it and the next steps…
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Atom Project Presented to American Students, Scholars
The ATOM Project and Art of Karipbek Kuyukov Presented to American Scholars and Students The Kazakhstan Embassy in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Institute Of Public Service held a roundtable on Sept. 10 concerning “Prospects for a Nuclear-free World and Saying No to Nuclear Testing.” The ATOM Project and…
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The ATOM Project Presented at The United Nations
On Sept. 4, 2013, at the United Nations headquarters in New York within the framework of celebrating the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United Nations in cooperation with the UN Department of Public Information organized a presentation of The ATOM Project and an exhibition of…
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Atom Project Calls for Minute of Silence on Aug. 29
ASTANA, Aug. 6 – The ATOM Project calls on all people of the world to observe a minute of silence on Aug. 29, the UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests, in memory of all victims of nuclear weapons testing. The moment of silence is proposed for 11.05 a.m. local time across the world. When clock…
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ATOM Project Amb. Karipbek Kuyukov Comments on Japan Bombings Anniversaries
Message from The ATOM Project Ambassador Karipbek Kuyukov on the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings Today, we note the positive role the international antinuclear movement The ATOM Project has played in helping the international community understand the need to fight the nuclear weapons threat and how that threat continues to hang over all…
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Kuyukov Named Among Most Influence in Violence Reduction
ATOM Project Honorary Ambassador Named One of World’s 100 Most Influential People in Reducing Armed Violence ASTANA, JULY 1, 2013 – Honorary ATOM Project Ambassador and artist Karipbek Kuyukov, a victim of Soviet nuclear testing at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site who was born without arms and who paints with his feet and mouth, has…
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Saudabayev Holds Series of Meetings with Norwegian and International Politicians and Experts in Non-proliferation
OSLO, March 5 – During his visit to Norway, Kanat Saudabayev, Chairman of the Commission on Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Director of the Nazarbayev Center, held a series of bilateral meetings with Norwegian and international politicians and experts in the sphere of nuclear non-proliferation…