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The Associated Press: New nuclear commission set to meet in Sydney

New nuclear commission set to meet in Sydney
By ROD McGUIRK 27/9/08 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — India and Pakistan will attend an international nuclear disarmament conference for the first time in Sydney next month, Australia’s government said Friday, even though the nuclear-armed foes have consistently shunned a nonproliferation treaty.The 15-member International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament will meet Oct. 19-21 to “shape a global consensus” on improving the 28-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty before it is reviewed in 2010, the government said in a statement.”The commission’s two-year mandate is to reinvigorate the global debate on the need to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons and for nuclear disarmament,” Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was quoted as saying……………………

The 190-nation nonproliferation treaty was established to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology and to further the goal of nuclear disarmament. It is reviewed every five years.

Under the treaty, only countries that tested nuclear weapons before 1967 are allowed to remain nuclear powers. India and Pakistan would have to disarm if they were to join.

The Associated Press: New nuclear commission set to meet in Sydney

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September 30, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war