In my view, the Nuclear Summit has only further legitimized the existence of a reality that will be dominated by nuclear power and energy, thus reinforcing an existing status - quo and sidelining what I believe is one of the most important issues to be addressed: the need for
complete nuclear disarmament by nuclear weapon states.
Not exact matches
Decides that, in order to begin to comply with its
disarmament obligations, in addition to submitting the required biannual declarations, the Government of Iraq shall provide to UNMOVIC, the IAEA, and the Council, not later than 30 days from the date of this resolution, a currently accurate, full, and
complete declaration of all aspects of its programmes to develop chemical, biological, and
nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and other delivery systems such as unmanned aerial vehicles and dispersal systems designed for use on aircraft, including any holdings and precise locations of such weapons, components, subcomponents, stocks of agents, and related material and equipment, the locations and work of its research, development and production facilities, as well as all other chemical, biological, and
nuclear programmes, including any which it claims are for purposes not related to weapon production or material;
As Ian Leslie pointed out in a recent essay in the New Statesman, most people would love to see a world free from
nuclear weapons, but
disarmament — even in the
complete fantasy world in which it is mirrored by all other world powers — wouldn't create this in a meaningful way.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disar
Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of
nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disar
nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of
nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disar
nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving
nuclear disarmament and general and complete disar
nuclear disarmament and general and
complete disarmament.
Both Mr Obama and Britain's hopes of
complete disarmament are stymied by the unclear
nuclear objectives of Iran and the belligerence of North Korea.
The difficulty of verification means and the ease with which
nuclear weapons could be're - acquired» by hostile powers means that all talk of
complete disarmament is unhelpful.
In 1990, de Klerk gave orders to end South Africa's
nuclear weapons programme; the process of
nuclear disarmament was essentially
completed in 1991.