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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at the Heart of the Global Nuclear Debate

IN THIS ISSUE: Alistair Burt on the NPT Review Conference, US shift on Iran, China wants "drastic" US and Russia nuke cuts, UN panel prepares to expand N. Korea sanctions, states seek court action on Yucca nuclear-waste dump, Obama's nuclear plan tangled in election politics.

Published on May 1, 2012
 

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - At the Heart of the Global Nuclear Debate

Alistair Burt | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis

UN Vienna

As my first overseas duty as a UK Foreign Office Minister I attended the NPT Review Conference at the UN in New York. The outcome was a significant boost to multilateralism. All States Parties agreed to support the Treaty to meet new and existing threats.

A five year action plan was agreed by consensus, spanning the three so-called "pillars" of the NPT – progress toward disarmament by existing nuclear weapon states, measures to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons to others and, a crucial part of the bargain struck in 1968, supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy for those that want it.

Agreement to the action plan represented the start of a process. The real test will be through delivery of the action plan to meet our commitments by the next Review Conference in 2015.     Full Article



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