"Nuclear powers are urged to disarm; UN chief outlines plan to eliminate weapons stockpile" by Louis Charbonneau, Reuters | October 25, 2008
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the world's nuclear powers yesterday to take steps to abolish their atomic arsenals and outlined a set of proposals for eliminating all weapons of mass destruction.
The permanent members of the UN Security Council - the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China - signed the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, pledging to negotiate steps on scrapping their nuclear weapons. While most of the 192 UN member states have signed the pact, UN officials and signatories without atomic weapons have long complained that the five nuclear powers have yet to abandon their warhead stocks.
It is called BAD FAITH HYPOCRISY!
In the meantime, India, Pakistan, and Israel are widely seen as unofficial members of the nuclear club. North Korea held a nuclear test in 2006 and Western nations believe that Iran is following in Pyongyang's footsteps, a charge Tehran denies.
Nor have the U.S. ALLIES signed the NPT -- something IRAN has done!!
Also see: Iran is NOT Building a Nuclear Bomb
"Nuclear weapons produce horrific, indiscriminate effects. Even when not used, they pose great risks," the secretary general told a conference organized by the East-West Institute. "Accidents could happen any time. The manufacture of nuclear weapons can harm public health and the environment," he said. "Of course, terrorists could acquire nuclear weapons."
They ALREADY HAVE THEM!!
9/11 an INSIDE JOB, and besides: U.S. Has Already Dropped Nukes on Iraq, Afghanistan
While most countries have no plans to obtain atomic weapons, he said some still view possession of such weapons as a status symbol.
Like USrael!!!
Of course, others see it as a DETERRENT! After all, IRAQ was attacked, not North Korea!!!
"Some states view nuclear weapons as offering the ultimate deterrent of nuclear attack, which largely accounts for the estimated 26,000 that still exist," Ban said.
Depends on who you are: U.S already used them against Japan, and Israel threatening Iran!
Arms control specialists have also criticized the Bush administration for refusing to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and launching research on new types of atomic weapons. This, they say, sends the wrong signal to countries like Iran and North Korea, which feel threatened by Washington. --more--"
Now why would those nations feel threatened by USrael, huh?
