57 86. Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements

It also acceded to the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty in September 1990.

A bill amending the Arms Act has been tabled and is currently before the House of Representatives. Through this bill, the Government is seeking to limit domestic arms trade and prevent the transfer of arms to third States.

Algeria signed the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty in January 1995, and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention In August 2001, Algeria acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention.

Reducing access to certain methods, such as firearms or toxins reduces the risk.

Deciding to do without cluster weapons would mean accepting a substantial reduction in States' terrestrial defence capabilities.

Arms control and disarmament are not ends in themselves. They are tools to enhance security.

7. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty ninth session an item entitled Compliance with arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements .

The agreement on Syria s chemical weapons struck by Russia and the US could one day be remembered as a spectacular breakthrough in the field of arms control.

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies so as to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

Also welcoming the universal recognition of the critical importance of the question of compliance with and verification of arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements, and other agreed obligations,

Recognizing, in the light of the threat of international terrorism, that it is especially important that States parties comply with arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation obligations and commitments,

(g) The achievement of concrete agreed measures to reduce further the operational status of non strategic nuclear weapons systems so as to reduce the risk of use of non strategic nuclear weapons

(v) A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize the risk that these weapons will ever be used and to facilitate the process of their total elimination

1. Urges all States parties to arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements to implement and comply with the entirety of all provisions of such agreements

7. Also calls for concrete agreed measures to reduce further the operational status of non strategic nuclear weapons systems so as to reduce the risk of use of non strategic nuclear weapons

Further US Russia arms reduction negotiations ground to a halt long before the American presidential election season began.

New START builds on a legacy of strategic nuclear arms limitation that goes back to the 1970 s.

6. Notes the contribution that effective verification procedures for arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements frequently can make in enhancing confidence in the compliance with those agreements

Welcoming the contribution to international peace and regional security that full compliance by States parties with verification provisions of arms limitation and disarmament and non proliferation agreements provides,

The purpose of this practice was to reduce potential losses of arms to the naval task force operations.

Arms monitoring plays a major role in preventing legal weapons from ending up in the hands of those who might use them irresponsibly and thus raise the risk of unacceptable humanitarian consequences.

In addition to those measures which address the supply, particular attention should also be devoted to promoting a culture of non violence in order to reduce the demand for small arms.

The Group recommends that all weapons involved in the demobilization and brassage processes be adequately stockpiled and inventoried.

Recalling that the provisions of the Treaty are intended as a contribution to the creation of more favourable conditions for further negotiations on limiting strategic arms,

The US should capitalize on this situation, leveraging Russian concerns and interests to induce China to join strategic arms control efforts.

Recalling that the provisions of the Treaty are intended as a contribution to the creation of more favourable conditions for further negotiations on limiting strategic arms,

Our objective is to introduce minimum common international controls on small arms and light weapons transfers within the United Nations Programme of Action at the United Nations review meeting on small arms in 2006.

Nigeria, however, shares the view of the vast majority of Member States that reduction in deployments and in operational status cannot substitute for irreversible cuts in, and the total elimination of, nuclear weapons.

However, in late autumn of 1984, the U.S. and the Soviet Union did agree to resume arms control talks in early 1985.

To achieve such a treaty would fix the high water mark of nuclear weapons usable fissile material and set the stage for further reductions in future.

America s tentative steps toward reducing the role of nuclear weapons in its overall security strategy, including defending its regional allies, will be harder to implement.

We also consider that regional and subregional arms control and disarmament agreements can promote the peaceful settlement of disputes and conflicts.

4. Urges States to comply strictly with all bilateral, regional and international agreements, including arms control and disarmament agreements, to which they are party

Nigeria has acknowledged the importance of bilateral efforts by the two major nuclear powers in setting in motion the process of reducing strategic offensive nuclear weapons as a positive step towards nuclear disarmament.

The new strategic arms reduction treaty, which is still a work in progress, and the CTBT have already aroused skepticism from opposition legislators and opinion makers.

Both countries leaders should acknowledge what should now be obvious nuclear weapons reduction can no longer serve as a reliable basis for bilateral relations.

Similarly, Bolivia firmly supports international efforts for arms control and disarmament and the non proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, which represent a threat to international and regional peace and security.

Protocol V has a major role to play in reducing the possible impacts of certain weapons, whether cluster weapons or not, on civilian populations.

Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration consists not only of reducing weapons circulation and disbanding armed groups, but also involves the reintegration of combatants into society.

Seized of the danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, in terrorist acts and the urgent need for concerted international efforts to control and overcome it,

Seized of the danger of the use of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear weapons, in terrorist acts and the urgent need for concerted international efforts to control and overcome it,

Noting the critical importance of, and the vital contribution that has been made by, effective verification measures in arms limitation and disarmament agreements and other similar obligations,