THE LAST BOMB: Pathways to Nuclear Zero
QUOTES:"Washington and Moscow could easily reduce their nuclear forces to just 1,000 warheads apiece without any adverse consequences.... They could also de-alert their nuclear forces, diminishing the risk of an accidental or unauthorized launch."
New US/Russian report in Foreign Affairs
"We reaffirm our commitment to continuing the development of a new strategic relationship based on mutual trust, openness, predictability, and cooperation by following up on the successful negotiation of the New START pact ....and plan to coordinate closely on our respective efforts to secure its prompt ratification and entry into force."
Obama and Medvedev - Joint Statement
"The NPT Review provided a bridge between the partial non-proliferation approach of the NPT and the comprehensive abolition objectives of a nuclear weapons convention. It will no longer be possible for governments to dismiss calls for a comprehensive nuclear abolition treaty.
NPT Review, Rebecca Johnson - ACRONYM
"This is the first time in a very long time that we have had a wholesale review of UK nuclear weapons policy …It is high time it was subjected to rigorous analysis".
UK Lib Dem defence spokesman, Sir Menzies Campbell commenting on Trident commission review
"The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Turkey have US nuclear weapons situated on their soil”
US Diplomatic cables - Wikileaks
"US cables leaked by Wikileaks confirm that although French President Nicolas Sarkozy publicly claims leadership in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, behind the scenes his government vociferously opposes US President Obama’s vision for a nuclear weapons free world and any concrete steps to achieve this."
LE MONDE, Paris
"The history of U.S. nuclear weapon accidents is as old as their introduction into the American military arsenal....The paucity of publicly available data is largely the result of the highly classified nature of information regarding nuclear weapons and their location. To maintain this opacity, the U.S. military's policy is to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons in most accidents."
US NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACCIDENTS - New report by Jaya Tiwari and Cleve J. Gray
"New START is not just a step forward in reducing the unique destructive threat of nuclear weapons; it is a testament to the power of great cooperation on the global stage. The Senate has not passed a major multilateral treaty since the Chemical Weapons Convention was ratified 1997. While consideration of New START is the most important arms control treaty to come before the Senate in more than a decade, there is much more work to be done on eliminating nukes."
DON KRAUS - Citizens for Global Solutions
“LAST WEEK the Energy Department’s inspector-general cited 16 incidents in which agents driving trucks carrying nuclear weapons were intoxicated. Two were arrested at a bar. The astounding revelation that convoys carrying the world’s most lethal material could be so carelessly handled came in the week that Senator Jon Kyl dug in his heels to prevent a Senate vote on the New Start Treaty between the United States and Russia. Kyl’s refusal makes real the prospect that the nuclear reduction accord will not be ratified………
Republican nuclear madness now is total. Americans should be clear about what has happened. The Senate naysayers are drivers of trucks in a convoy whose cargo is the future of the planet. They are careening down a midnight mountain road, without headlights. And they are drunk.”
JAMES CARROLL - Editorial: Boston Globe
"The CTBT is needed because of the role of nuclear tests in the development and improvement of nuclear weapons. Such tests are also political symbols that have no place in a world determined to eliminate these abhorrent weapons of mass destruction. On an issue as important as this, voluntary promises not to test are simply not enough.
Other treaties are needed as well, especially one outlawing the production of fissile materials for use in nuclear weapons. We believe that non-nuclear-weapon states also deserve legally binding assurances against the threat or use of nuclear weapons. Moreover, there is merit in seeking additional treaties to outlaw weapons in space, establish agreed norms for missile defense, and make certain that nuclear materials and technologies are kept safe and secure.
Together, these steps will take us far down the road to a nuclear-weapon-free world – not as an act of faith, but as a prudent investment in the peace and security of all peoples. This would be perhaps the greatest legacy we could leave for future generations."
"Canada welcomes the will of the US and Russia to expand their reductions process to other Nuclear Weapons States. .. Multilateralization of this process must form the next stage and linchpin of disarmament."
Canadian Non-Proliferation Treaty presentation to UN
“Good News: US lifts nuclear secrecy. Bad News: We still have 5,113 hydrogen bombs ready to use. 1 can destroy a city."
Joe Cirincione. Ploughshares – Twitter
"Despair will only grow stronger around the world if the nuclear weapon states expect everyone else to wait patiently for another 40 years for the elimination of nuclear weapons. By refusing to commit to measurable actions on disarmament, the nuclear weapon states are not only jeopardizing the potential success of the Review Conference, they are also weakening the faith the world has in this Treaty."
Ray Acheson - Reaching Critical Will
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