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The Global Citizen: CTBT
The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference has just wrapped up its 3rd day in what has been a highly charged arena: the place of a showdown between the U.S. and Iran and historic announcements from the U.S. and Indonesia.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) no longer opposes the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). McCain did not commit to voting in favor of CTBT but if he does, the U.S. will be one vote closer to finally becoming party to the CTBT. McCain influences the Republican Party significantly. If McCain supports CTBT, it will likely convince the six additional Republicans necessary to vote in favor of CTBT (Read more here).
The White House released its list of treaty priorities for the 111th Congress last week. Here is the complete list of treaties that the administration supports immediate action on:
Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty, done at New York September 10, 1996 and signed by the United States on September 24, 1996 (Treaty Doc. 105-28); submitted to the Senate on September 23, 1997.
North Korea tested a long range nuclear rocket over the weekend, following talks last Wednesday between President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev about reducing their countries' nuclear stockpiles. This act violates United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718, which prohibits North Korea from manipulating ballistic missile technologies. It was adopted unanimously in October 2006 as a result of claims that the country had performed successful nuclear tests in the beginning of the month.
Last Friday, World Public Opinion.org released a poll exploring American and Russian opinion on nuclear weapons policy. Results reveal that the public strongly favors steps towards the elimination of nuclear weapons; 73 percent of Americans and 63 percent of Russians support the elimination of nuclear weapons under the auspices of an effective international system.
Next Monday, August 6th, marks the 62nd anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. The U.S. dropped the atomic bomb, Little Boy, in 1945, which killed over 150,000 people either directly or due to injuries or radiation.
I have little doubt that readers of this blog have noticed our more-than-occasional rants about insufficient U.S. funding for multilateral activities and institutions. Global poverty and U.N. peacekeeping have been the areas I've pushed for hardest, but there's another that's just as much in need and even less noticed.
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