Japan seeks rejuvenated U.N. talks to realize nuke-free world
Sep. 27, 2010
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara called Friday on the U.N. Conference on Disarmament to be resuscitated to move forward negotiations to promote nuclear disarmament and eventually realize a nuclear-free world.
Maehara said in a speech to a high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament hosted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon that the negotiation body, which has been almost dormant since 1996 due to the failure to reach a consensus among its members, should be immediately reactivated.
He said Japan hopes to see progress in negotiations at the Geneva-based body on such issues as a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the idea of banning the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, or retaining nuclear weapons solely for the purpose of deterring others from using such weapons.
The proposed cut-off treaty mainly aims at banning production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium, which could be used in producing nuclear arms.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on Sept. 24, 2010)
Maehara said in a speech to a high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament hosted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon that the negotiation body, which has been almost dormant since 1996 due to the failure to reach a consensus among its members, should be immediately reactivated.
He said Japan hopes to see progress in negotiations at the Geneva-based body on such issues as a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and the idea of banning the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, or retaining nuclear weapons solely for the purpose of deterring others from using such weapons.
The proposed cut-off treaty mainly aims at banning production of highly enriched uranium and plutonium, which could be used in producing nuclear arms.
(Distributed by Kyodo News on Sept. 24, 2010)
