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Mongolia to host meeting for nuclear weapons free zone

Mongolia Web 2 March 09 Mongolia will hold a regional meeting of nations to discuss issues related to maintaining the area as a nuclear weapons free zone. Announced by the Ministry of External Relations, the meeting will be held in Ulaanbaatar on April 27 and 28. Specifically, attendees will discuss preparations for the third preparatory committee for the 2010 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) review conference as well as for the second Conference of the States parties and signatories to the nuclear weapons free zone treaties, which is scheduled in 2010. Nearly 120 nations have declared themselves members of the nuclear weapons free zone. The creation of such zones are considered important regional measures of strengthening international peace and security, reinforcing the nuclear non-proliferation regime and effective means for achieving nuclear disarmament.

March 2, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, weapons and war