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Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Conference not likely to get anywhere, really

The administration is likely to be criticized, however, for its failure to see progress on U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

US: Consensus unlikely at nuclear treaty meeting, SunHerald.com, By DESMOND BUTLER – Associated Press Writer 2 May 2010, WASHINGTON –– The United States already is acknowledging that delegates from 189 countries gathering next week to review a treaty designed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons are unlikely to reach consensus.

The Obama administration, nevertheless, is hoping to use the conference to build support for strengthening the treaty and to isolate Iran.U.S. officials have been tempering expectations for the U.N. conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty because all the treaty’s signatories must agree to any action. Those include Iran, which is flouting U.N. Security Council resolutions designed to force the country to curb nuclear energy programs that could lead to a bomb…….

The administration is likely to be criticized, however, for its failure to see progress on U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The administration now concedes that treaty is unlikely to be considered by the Senate for ratification this year. Its prospects for ratification already were uncertain and are unlikely to improve after expected losses in the Senate by Obama’s Democratic Party in November’s elections…..
While Iran can block action at the review conference, U.S. officials point out, it cannot block decisions against Iran by the Security Council or moves by U.N. nuclear inspectors at the International Atomic Energy Agency to be more aggressive. Perhaps overshadowing the conference, negotiations are intensifying among the five permanent Security Council members on new sanctions against Tehran for its nuclear defiance. US: Consensus unlikely at nuclear treaty meeting – Nation Wire – SunHerald.com

May 3, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, politics international | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons