Obama: World failing to deal with challenges Sep 24, 2009
The speech outlined four pillars for collective world focus -- nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, the pursuit of peace, combating climate change, and increasing economic development and opportunity -- and directly addressed long-standing issues such as the Middle East conflict as well as more recent challenges including the global economic recession. General Assembly speakers. (CNN -- World)
Nuke Proliferation Tops U.N. Summit Agenda Sep 22, 2009
Libya is also a non-permanent member of the Security Council and Gadhafi is expected to participate in Thursday's meeting on disarmament and nonproliferation. Mr. Obama plans to bring two opponents together: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (CBS News -- World)
Obama ready for UN visit Sep 20, 2009
Nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation will also loom large at a United Nations Security Council summit on the issue that Obama will chair on 24 September. Washington and its allies have threatened to slap a fourth set of UN sanctions on Iran if it does not demonstrate its willingness to engage in negotiations on its controversial nuclear program despite the objections of veto-wielding Security Council members Russia and China. (iAfrica.com)
SGI President Issues Five-Point Plan Toward Nuclear Abolition Sep 8, 2009
A vocal opponent of these inhumane weapons for more than 50 years, he stresses that we now have a unique opportunity to build grassroots solidarity, propel political processes and break out of the stagnation which has dogged nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation efforts. Ikeda targets the double standards operating in the world today regarding possession of nuclear weapons and states that no rational arguments for their retention remain. (PR Newswire)
NO MORE SECRETS May 17, 2009
We have repeatedly advised UN delegates that they have "good-faith" obligations in the disarmament field, including sincere negotiations, weapons transparency, real agreements on disarmament and nonproliferation and robust compliance mechanisms. It is time to stop the charade and join with other countries to build a strong and verifiable regime to end threats from weapons of mass destruction once and for all. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Obama calls for tougher nuclear treaty May 6, 2009
In a message to a two-week meeting helping to lay the groundwork for a 2010 conference to review the treaty, he called for dialogue and hard work to ensure that the NPT remains the cornerstone of global disarmament and nonproliferation efforts and ``continues to make an enduring contribution to international peace and security. . (India Times)
Barack Obama - The 2009 TIME 100 - TIME May 2, 2009
That week, Europe and the U.S. exchanged ideas and shared ways of reshaping the financial system, achieving nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation and tackling the crucible of terrorism on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Time and time again, people have talked of Barack Obama's talent for listening. (Time.com)
