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| Clinton outlines nuke-free world |
| 2009-10-21 |
| US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to outline key steps Washington will take to fulfill President Barack Obama's vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. In a speech in Washington, Clinton will show how the world will be safer through a new US-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty as well as broader ratification of a treaty banning nuclear weapons tests, officials said. "It's going to be an important opportunity for the secretary to lay out our priorities to implement the president's vision at Prague," Clinton's spokesman Ian Kelly said. In a speech in the Czech capital on April 5, Obama pledged to lead a quest for a world purged of atomic weapons when he unveiled a plan to cut stockpiles, curtail testing, choke fissile production and secure loose nuclear material. "I think she'll touch on some of the steps that we're working hard on to get to that point, including a successor regime to the START treaty and also the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty), which is coming up," he said. A new review conference for the NPT is scheduled for next year. Washington and Moscow are pursuing negotiations for a successor to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which strictly limits US and Russian arsenals and is seen as a cornerstone of Cold War-era strategic arms control. The talks made little progress under former US president George W Bush. But Clinton said during talks in Moscow last week that US and Russian negotiators were on schedule to complete an agreement by the time the treaty expires on December 5. A new negotiating session, set to last two weeks, opened on Monday in Geneva, with the US side headed by Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, Kelly said. With the deadline drawing closer, "both sides are negotiating intensively and seriously," Kelly said. "I think that both sides exchanged drafts of an agreement... There's a lot of overlap in the agreement, so there's progress in that respect," the spokesman said. A senior State Department official said Clinton "will describe how taking steps," including those to secure a new START agreement, "will make our country safer and more secure and enhance international stability". The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said these also include ratification of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the start of work on a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty. Six countries - the United States, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, China and Egypt - have signed but not ratified the pact. North Korea, India and Pakistan have not signed it and all three have carried out nuclear tests since 1996. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #9 TOPIX > GEORGIAN MEDIAS: UNDAFE ARMENIAN ATOMIC/NUCLEAR POWER PLANT A THREAT TO GEORGIA, CAUCASUS. * SAME > BAKU: ARMENIANS WILL FLOCK TO TURKEY ONCE TURKEY-ARMENIAN TREATY IS SIGNED, + not-a-few Azeris??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-10-21 23:58 |
| #8 This is Administration and State Department drivel and much to do about nothing. Besoeker, if you had contacts in the agencies involved, you'd realize that a lot more than nothing is underway right now, under the radar. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-10-21 20:57 |
| #7 The US has been pretty safe since the end of WWII, but not since 9/11. |
| Posted by: HammerHead 2009-10-21 16:51 |
| #6 Barry's "quest".... etc. Something akin to my "quest" to begin collecting a fleet of Bentley MK VI's and Russian brides drivers. This is Administration and State Department drivel and much to do about nothing. Clearly the stuff politicians discuss when headlines are slow and a Christmas shopping trip overseas is much needed. If there were no nukes, they'd be discussing the proliferation of Maxim machineguns. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-10-21 16:23 |
| #5 Ed, I'd laugh, but that's just not funny. |
| Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-21 06:54 |
| #4 Sad to learn these dweebs have graduated from "KICK ME" signs to "NUKE ME". |
| Posted by: ed 2009-10-21 06:50 |
| #3 On the contrary, the evidence strongly suggests this administration is working hard to end our nuclear capability and is prepared to do so as unilaterally as they can without triggering a public outcry. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-10-21 06:44 |
| #2 yes, but this is just about outlining a "vision". A dream. A wish. For this administration, reality and vision need not intersect. |
| Posted by: Jumbo Slinerong5015 2009-10-21 06:33 |
| #1 Clinton will show how the world will be safer through a new US-Russia nuclear arms reduction treaty Didn't Russians announced that they are now prepared to use nukes in tactical situations against conventional forces (hard to blame them---having China for a neighbor, etc...)? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-10-21 03:20 |