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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Nonproliferation Update: UAE warns of regional arms race over Israel

Al-Assad is shooting himself in the foot
CNN (blog)
By Bilal Y. Saab, Special to CNN Editor's note: Bilal Y. Saab is visiting fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of ...
UAE warns of regional arms race over Israel
The National
Israel's continued refusal to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty could lead to a regional arms race, the UAE has suggested in a paper submitted on behalf of the Arab League to a conference in Vienna. The statement was delivered by the UAE ...
A nuclear clash could starve the world
CNN
Editor's note: Jayantha Dhanapala is a former ambassador to the United States from Sri Lanka, UN under-secretary general for disarmament and chairman of the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference.
In UN-backed meeting, countries reaffirm their commitment to ban nuclear testing
UN News Centre
A total of 111 Member States, five international organizations and 60 non-governmental organizations took part in the first session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Review Conference.

UN News Centre
Iraq underlines universality of NPT
Kuwait News Agency
VIENNA, May 11 (KUNA) -- The international efforts to counter proliferation of nuclear weapons could prove successful if all countries accepted to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iraq's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...
NPT members seek safer world, without nuclear arms
Kuwait News Agency
VIENNA, May 11 (KUNA) -- Member states of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Treaty reaffirmed commitment to NPT and underlined their resolve to seek a safer world, achieve peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.
Critical Threshold in the Iran Crisis
New York Times
Both sides agreed in Istanbul to adopt the standards of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as the framework for negotiations. This was regarded as a victory for Iran since a nuclear fuel cycle is allowed by the treaty. Meanwhile, ahead of the Baghdad ...
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