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UN chief optimistic on nuclear weapons free world

Ban vows to work for nuclear-free world India Today United Nations, January 11, 2010 UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday vowed to work towards a world free of weapons of mass destruction noting that there is a “new window of opportunity for disarmament and non-proliferation”.”I pledge to continue to do everything in my power to advance the goal of a world free of weapons of mass destruction,” he said at a meeting with the key UN agencies dealing with nuclear and chemical weapons.”Today there is a new window of opportunity for disarmament and non-proliferation. I am convinced there is much we can do to achieve our common goal,” Ban said at a meeting of officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBTO-PrepCom).He vowed to continue building support for an action plan for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The UN Secretary-General pointed out that several developments in 2009, including the “historic Security Council Summit” that discussed nuclear non-proliferation chaired by US President Barack Obama, indicated that a significant progress has been made towards attaining the goal.

The summit had witnessed the passing of a nuclear non proliferation resolution and Obama committed to a new agreement with Russia to reduce nuclear war heads. The resolution called upon all states to “refrain from conducting a nuclear test and to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

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January 11, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin