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Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty badly in need of reform

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“..………In order to reform or re-write the NPT, President Obama needs to study the following existing global nuclear weapons inventory very carefully. As of 2010 there are approximately 23.400 nuclear weapons located at 111 different sites in 14 countries. Half of which is trigger ready or deployable in short time. Russia (13.000) and United states (9.400) possess 96 % of these weapons. The other nuclear club members Britain (180), Chine (240), France (300) along with de Facto countries India (80), Israel (100), Pakistan (90) are also added this monumental list. In addition, non- nuclear NATO allies like Belgium, Turkey, Germany, Italy, and Holland, house about 200 U.S nuclear bombsSystematic and progressive efforts of the President Obama and President Meyedev to reduce nuclear weapons globally, with the ultimate goal of eliminating those weapons, may no longer be possible in an increasingly complex world situation
Since the beginning of the nuclear age, the nature of war and peace has changed dramatically soon after formation of the nuclear club, United States, Britain, France, Russia and China, not only they assumed critical role in military nuclear superiority, they also created legal frame work know as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which dictates existing rules and norms of use of nuclear power in every shape and form.In order to implement NPT guidelines and verify that the signatories of NPT are complying with its tenets, a nuclear watch-dog organization, known as International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA was established in the United Nation. Ironically, in 2005 IEAE was also awarded for the Nobel Peace Prize. I was surprised and disturbed that the Noble peace committee awarded the peace prize to an organization that is responsible for promoting nuclear technology and nuclear reactors which became breading grounds for nuclear weapons all over the world. As I have suggested at that time that it was a wronginvestment on an organizations like IAEA, which has been directly or indirectly involved creating more and more nuclear weapon players while promoting nuclear technology………….

So far the NPT Treaty has failed to meet its four major objectives:

1. The nuclear weapons states have not met their Article VI obligations, because no time-frame was given for compliance. Instead they are continuing to develop modernize and deploy nuclear weapons.

2. It has failed to attract ‘threshold’ countries outside the Treaty (India, Pakistan, and Israel) to join the Treaty and has not prevented parties wishing to acquire the means to develop nuclear weapons from doing so (Iran, Iraq, North Korea).

3. The promise of nuclear power technology has not met the needs of most NPT parties and has itself legitimized the proliferation of nuclear weapons-usable material and technologies.

4. The fundamental dynamic undermining the Treaty is that it is perceived as being discriminatory, both in words and in implementation. It has favored the nuclear weapons states by not imposing any major burden on them, while not offering any significant benefits to non-nuclear weapons states. Moreover, the nuclear weapons states have provided better access to nuclear technology for some countries than others.

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty?

May 19, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons