The cessation of the nuclear arms race is a reality.

There can be no going back to the nuclear arms race of the twentieth century.

But arms control skeptics take issue with this.

The Conference establishes for the duration of the current session, an Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear Disarmament under agenda item 1 entitled Cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament .

Iranians think such an attack unlikely if they do not cross the red line of actual weaponization.

Indeed, acceptable solutions today would open the way for an unprecedented nuclear arms agreement in 2013.

It fully pertains to the scope of article VI of the NPT since it clearly relates to cessation of the nuclear arms race.

The old Cold War world order was based on the nuclear arms race between the two superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union.

Arms control and disarmament is a grinding, unglamorous business that brings few quick returns.

The situation is the same with respect to global growth, energy, resource management, climate change, environment, nuclear proliferation, arms control, and terrorism.

Halting and reversing the nuclear arms race in all its aspects is essential in order to avert the danger of war involving nuclear weapons.

BERLIN As the recent UN and Washington summits have demonstrated, nuclear arms control and disarmament are among the top issues on the world s political agenda.

This is not just about Iran, but also about the threat of a nuclear arms race across the entire Middle East.

The phrase balance of terror is usually, but not invariably, used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

First, the Islamic Republic of Iran reaffirms its previously and repeatedly stated position that, in accordance with our religious principles, the pursuit of nuclear weapons is prohibited.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to initiating a trilateral dialogue is Chinese resistance to formal nuclear arms control agreements, which is rooted in the memory of Cold War era nonproliferation initiatives aimed partly at preventing China from developing its own nuclear deterrent.

Many years ago, when I was a young congressman, I spent an awful lot of time dealing with the challenge of nuclear arms control the nuclear arms race.

After all, the prospect of a nuclear armed Iran would most likely exacerbate violent conflict and a nuclear arms race in the region.

Indeed, Israel insists that it is, after all, Iran, not Israel s supposed nuclear capabilities, that triggered the current Middle East nuclear arms race.

3. Calls upon all States to comply fully with commitments made regarding nuclear disarmament and nuclear non proliferation and not to act in any way that may be detrimental to either cause or that may lead to a new nuclear arms race

Calls upon all States to comply fully with commitments made regarding nuclear disarmament and nuclear non proliferation and not to act in any way that may be detrimental to either cause or that may lead to a new nuclear arms race

Indeed, the goal of a nuclear free world was incorporated in the US administration s arms control and disarmament agenda.

Moreover, nearby states are likely to launch or further their own nuclear programs in response, leading to a protracted nuclear arms race in one of world s most volatile regions.

In that context, we support the Group's position that a verifiable treaty on fissile materials is a sine qua non for the effective cessation of a nuclear arms race.

Mindful of the solemn obligations of States parties, undertaken in article VI of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, particularly to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament,

Mindful of the solemn obligations of States parties, undertaken in article VI of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, particularly to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament,

Negotiations on a fissile material treaty should form part of talks and action on nuclear disarmament, prevention of an arms race in outer space, and negative security assurances.

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Ending the Financial Arms Race

The administration describes these lower ceilings, and its pursuit of other arms control measures, as meeting America s non proliferation and disarmament obligations under the NPT.

The States parties reaffirm their commitment to fulfil with determination their obligations under article VI, in particular the nuclear weapon States, to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament.

But there is also a clear view that Arab Persian, Sunni Shia, or more straightforward regional power anxieties would make a nuclear arms race inevitable.

On the contrary, a cross party consensus exists in Israel concerning Iran s possible nuclear armament and regional hegemony.

Europe and Asia s Arms Race

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Article VI of the Treaty calls on the Contracting Parties to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control .

Some Japanese politicians talk about revising Article 9 of the constitution, which restricts Japan s forces to self defense, and a few have spoken of nuclear armament.

The Conference is further concerned that recent trends in nuclear weapon States suggest an indication of resumption of nuclear arms race, and calls for a diminished role for nuclear weapons in security policies of the nuclear powers.

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