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NEW PROGRESS DEVELOPS OPTIMISM OF NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT PROGRAM, ICNND
Jakarta, Nov 17 (ANTARA) - Chairman of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation And Disarmament (ICNND) Gareth Evans expressed optimism that he will see the abolition of nuclear weapons in the world.
"New commitment of the United States under the Obama administration is to develop a nuclear-free world is one of encouraging progress which contributes to a nuclear weapons disarmament," Evans said here on Tuesday.
Interviewed after attending the 7th general conference of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) at Grand Hyatt hotel in Jakarta, Evans mentioned the US contribution to improvements in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and expected to influence other countries to make a similar commitment which, in the end, would ultimately abolish the dangerous weapon once and for all.
Other factors which contributed to the optimism, Evans added, also came from people`s changing ways of thinking towards nuclear weapons.
People began to realize that nuclear no longer guarantees international security. Instead, it only created extra risk to world peace.
"If you put those two factors together with the political leadership of all of world leaders, they could be reason for optimism to see the world committed to Non-Proliferation Treaties (NPT) in the future," Evans said.
Also former Australian Foreign Minister Evans said the new progress was a manifestation of a more cooperative environment in the run up to the NPT Review Conference in 2010.
However, Evans reminded all related parties to make every effort to make a success of the NPT. He suggested several ways to achieve the goal such as the strengthening of the NPT regime and the atomic energy agency to go with previous commitment in a whole variety of ways and setting an agreed statement on disarmament for major nuclear states that they would be serious about it.
However, Senior Fellow from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Wiryono Sastrohandoyo mentioned ways toward the NPT with its many complex issues such as nuclear production in Iran and North Korea where the two countries were suspected to produce nuclear arms.
Other obstacles facing the NPT was the US unilaterally annulling the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and developing a National Missile Defense System in eastern Europe. As a result, the country`s negotiations with Russia (and other major powers of nuclear weapons) on disarmament had practically stopped since the latter took it as a strategic threat.
"These are just some of the important issues which the international community needs to resolve in the NPT Review in 2010," said Wiryono.
The ICNND was established on August 2008 under the initiative of Australian`s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Japanese counterpart Fukuda.
The commission will promote awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons to the world.
The first meeting of the commission in Sydney, Australia, on October 2008 launched its activities and succeeded in underlining the linkage between three main pillars of nuclear energy namely non-proliferation, disarmament and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
"New commitment of the United States under the Obama administration is to develop a nuclear-free world is one of encouraging progress which contributes to a nuclear weapons disarmament," Evans said here on Tuesday.
Interviewed after attending the 7th general conference of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) at Grand Hyatt hotel in Jakarta, Evans mentioned the US contribution to improvements in nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament and expected to influence other countries to make a similar commitment which, in the end, would ultimately abolish the dangerous weapon once and for all.
Other factors which contributed to the optimism, Evans added, also came from people`s changing ways of thinking towards nuclear weapons.
People began to realize that nuclear no longer guarantees international security. Instead, it only created extra risk to world peace.
"If you put those two factors together with the political leadership of all of world leaders, they could be reason for optimism to see the world committed to Non-Proliferation Treaties (NPT) in the future," Evans said.
Also former Australian Foreign Minister Evans said the new progress was a manifestation of a more cooperative environment in the run up to the NPT Review Conference in 2010.
However, Evans reminded all related parties to make every effort to make a success of the NPT. He suggested several ways to achieve the goal such as the strengthening of the NPT regime and the atomic energy agency to go with previous commitment in a whole variety of ways and setting an agreed statement on disarmament for major nuclear states that they would be serious about it.
However, Senior Fellow from the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Wiryono Sastrohandoyo mentioned ways toward the NPT with its many complex issues such as nuclear production in Iran and North Korea where the two countries were suspected to produce nuclear arms.
Other obstacles facing the NPT was the US unilaterally annulling the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and developing a National Missile Defense System in eastern Europe. As a result, the country`s negotiations with Russia (and other major powers of nuclear weapons) on disarmament had practically stopped since the latter took it as a strategic threat.
"These are just some of the important issues which the international community needs to resolve in the NPT Review in 2010," said Wiryono.
The ICNND was established on August 2008 under the initiative of Australian`s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Japanese counterpart Fukuda.
The commission will promote awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons to the world.
The first meeting of the commission in Sydney, Australia, on October 2008 launched its activities and succeeded in underlining the linkage between three main pillars of nuclear energy namely non-proliferation, disarmament and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
