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Nuclear Agendas - Abolition
Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 08:08 Written by Bob Rigg Tuesday, 22 June 2010 15:22
Throughout this week Christchurch is hosting a meeting of a little known entity called the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). As many as 46 states will be represented at the meeting, which will be chaired by the New Zealand government, in response to a personal invitation from President Obama to Prime Minister John Key.
What is the NSG, and what role will New Zealand play in chairing its meeting?
The NSG was established by the US government in 1974, in response to India’s detonation of a nuclear device, with the stated aim of ensuring “that nuclear trade for peaceful purposes does not contribute to the proliferation of nuclear weapons or other explosive devices.” Unsurprisingly, Pakistan followed India’s example. India’s nuclear programme was supported by Canada and the US, while Pakistan received assistance from China. The NSG was an informal US initiative enlisting support from a small and unrepresentative group of nuclear weapons states and developed nations.
Nuclear Agendas - Abolition
Written by John Hallam Tuesday, 15 June 2010 16:42
A SLIGHTLY HERETICAL REPORT ON THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE NY, 3-28 MAY 2010
John Hallam
I attended the 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty for the second week (May9-16) of the four - week review, having attended the 2008 Preparatory Committee, in Geneva, and the 2009 Preparatory Committee meeting in New York (which I attended as an NGO adviser to the Australian Government diplomatic team together with Prof. Tilman Ruff of ICAN). For the first week, and for the last two weeks of the conference I have therefore relied on the irreplaceable work done by Reaching Critical Will, and Rebecca Johnson's Acronym blog. I am not sure, but I believe I may be the only person to have actually read nearly all the statements posted on RCW (over the years since 2000) that are in either English or French.
A major reason for my attendance at the 2010 Review Conference was of course to organise a panel and to present a paper on the apocalyptic issue of operating status of nuclear weapons systems. (Operational Readiness)
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