[Text Fw] Two Activist Organizations’ Texts on the NPT and Nuclear Posture Review

Peace Network

Nuclear Posture Review and North Korea
April 13, 2010

The significant part that draws attention from Nuclear Posture Review(NPR), which the Obama administration released on April 6th was that it will maintain the option of nuclear preemptive attacks on North Korea and Iran. NPR declares that ”The United States will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty(NPT) and in compliance with their nuclear nonproliferation obligations.”
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People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy

Has the Nuclear Security Summit Contributed to Nuclear Nonproliferation and Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism?

PSPD’s Statement on
the Nuclear Security Summit

2010 April 15

President Obama, advocating for “the nuclear weapon free world, hosted the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC on April 12-13. Obama is attempting to make “nuclear security” as a main agenda for the nuclear free world while arguing for the necessity to manage fissile materials to prevent it from the nuclear terrorism. However, it looks that the ambitious summit loses its balance even in the beginning.

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