Sentences with phrase «free of nuclear weapons»

Robert Socolow, a member of the Science and Security Board, professor, of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and co-principal investigator, Carbon Mitigation Initiative, at Princeton University, USA, says, «Obstacles to a world free of nuclear weapons remain.

Jayantha Dhanapala, member of the BAS Board of Sponsors, former United Nations under - secretary - general for Disarmament Affairs and ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, adds, «Despite the promise of a new spirit of international cooperation, and reductions in tensions between the United States and Russia, the Science and Security Board believes that the path toward a world free of nuclear weapons is not at all clear, and leadership is failing.

The Not New Thing Physicist Sidney Drell and former secretaries of state Henry Kissinger and George P. Shultz have all endorsed a «world free of nuclear weapons» and urged governments to work «energetically on the actions required to achieve that goal» [see «A Need for New Warheads?»

If we choose to reduce our arsenal to what is viewed by many as a credible deterrent, maybe 300, 400 weapons, which is vastly fewer than 10,000, but would still inflict, you know, horrific damage to anybody foolish enough to challenge us on that front, well then we'll be living in a slightly different world; or we could, as George Shultz, et al argued, «Try to work towards a world free of nuclear weapons in their entirety and put this destructive genie back in the bottle.»

The Shadow Foreign Secretary issued this statement to ConservativeHome: «All states signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty have always been committed to a world free of nuclear weapons.

«The UK is working to build a broad coalition of governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and businesses which share the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons and to forge agreement on how we will work together to make it happen,» the department said.

We now need a brave and forward looking government that will act to deliver a world free of nuclear weapons.

Concern was also expressed at the 2010 Conference about the lack of progress made in the Middle East and it was decided that a conference should be convened in 2012 - to be attended by all States of the Middle East — «on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction.»

The Liberal Democrats oppose a like - for - like replacement of Trident, the SNP is committed to a Scotland free of nuclear weapons, Plaid Cymru and the Green party call for Trident to be scrapped, the Conservatives and Ukip support retaining Trident, while Labour appears to have no explicit policy.

But the key to abiding by the treaty and pursuing a world free of nuclear weapons is to downgrade our capabilities every generation.

«I accompany with prayer the positive success of the Inter-Korean summit last Friday and the courageous commitment assumed by the leaders of the two parts to carry out a path of sincere dialogue for a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons,» the Catholic Church leader told pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square on Sunday.

Not exact matches

The «fact» of nuclear weapons has been superseded by a more compelling fact: that human beings have a right to live free of the risk of mutual nuclear annihilation.

Plutonium technologies are judged a particularly unacceptable risk because of the extreme toxicity of plutonium, its capability for use in nuclear weapons, and the unusual safeguards necessary for its security and error - free use.

«Instead of spending # 250million of Scots taxpayers» cash a year on nuclear weapons, we can invest in a transformational increase in free childcare, to save hard - pressed families tens of thousands of pounds and give our children a better start in life.»

She was in favour of individual opportunity and choice, free market, strict monetary control, nuclear weapons and a vigorous NATO alliance.

For the sake of the whole of humanity and for the sake of generations still to come, we need to achieve a world free from nuclear weapons.

The 2007 vote on Trident did not give the Ministry of Defence a free hand to replace Trident nuclear weapons without any further parliamentary scrutiny and regardless of cost to the taxpayer.

Jeremy Corbyn has signalled he could give his MPs a free vote on renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system when the issue comes before the Commons this month.

However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - who gave his MPs a free vote on the issue - re-iterated his position that he would never authorise the use of Britain's nuclear weapons.

In asserting that the explosions on 11 and 13 May provide «enough data» to continue the country's nuclear weapons program without further testing, the two government experts hope to free up the hands of politicians who want India to join the 149 countries that have agreed to the ban.

The coming expansion of nuclear power can be a security as well as an environmental blessing (after all, nuclear energy is entirely free of greenhouse gas emissions and can help us deal with climate change), but only if it comes without a great increase in the risk of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

If an administration that has claimed the goal of a nuclear weapons free world refuses to commit to a last resort nuclear deflection strategy [as opposed to first resort], it portends poorly for the policy.