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Rudd’s nuclear-free agenda (October 5, 2008)

Australian Jewish News NEWs (october 5, 2008)Rudd’s nuclear-free agendaNAOMI LEVINPRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has used his trip to the United Nations to promote the Australian Government’s effort in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.While Rudd referred to Iran only once in his speech to the UN General Assembly, he used the trip to take concrete steps towards setting up the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, naming the 15 commissioners.“We remain concerned that states, such as Iran and North Korea, continue to defy the international community and fail to comply with demands for a full declaration and accounting of their nuclear programs,” Rudd told the General Assembly.“As a middle power and as a long-standing member of the NPT [Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty], Australia is committed to working with other nations towards the goal of the eventual abolition of nuclear weapons,” he said.

Rudd’s nuclear-free agenda (October 5, 2008)

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