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United Nations (AFP) May 14, 2010 The first draft agreement designed to free the planet from nuclear arms was circulated here at a conference on the 189-nation Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The draft, a copy of which was obtained by AFP, proposes a 26-point action plan to establish peace and security in a nuclear weapons-free world. It was prepared by Zimbabwe's UN Ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku. The proposal reaffirms the validity of NPT including Article VI, which commits nuclear states to eventually getting rid of these weapons. But it underlines that his should be done to a predefined calendar. It calls on nuclear states to begin talks no later than in 2011 with the aim of speeding up the nuclear disarmament process. That would lead to a 2014 UN conference to draw up a plan for the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, said the document. The five original nuclear weapon states -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- pledged to move towards disarmament. Non-weapon states forswore the bomb in return for access to peaceful nuclear energy. But since the treaty came into force in 1970, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea have all acquired a nuclear weapons capability.
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White House sends new START treaty to SenateWashington (AFP) May 13, 2010 The White House Thursday sent a new START arms treaty to Senate, backed by a call for 80 billion dollars to help modernize the US nuclear stockpile, in a first step towards ratifying the historic deal with Russia. "The treaty will enhance the national security of the United States," President Barack Obama said in a message transmitting the treaty to senators. "It mandates mutual reductio ... read more |
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