Non-Proliferation
Iran Day at the UN
Lots of goings on around the UN and Iran. As it happened, I attended a small press briefing with Ban Ki Moon at UN headquarters yesterday. He described the recent Brazil/Turkey fuel exchange deal as a potentially “positive step in building confidence if followed by broader engagement with the IAEA and international community.” Meanwhile, moments before the conference began, Secretary Clinton declared to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that all five members of the Security Council have agreed on a draft sanctions resolution on Iran.
U.S. To Boost Support for the IAEA (UPDATE: Video from Secy Clinton’s NPT Speech)
UPDATE II: The video of Hillary Clinton’s address at the NPT Revcon:
Everything You Need to Know about the NPT Review Conference
In this Bloggingheads conversation with Daryl Kimball, we preview the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty Review conference that kicks off at the United Nations today. Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association, discusses what is at stake, what the Obama administration is hoping will come out of the conference, and what role Iran might play as a spoiler in the negotiations.
Hillary Clinton to Lead U.S. Delegation to NPT Review Conference Next Week
The State Department just announced that the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will lead the United States delegation to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the UN next week. In UN terms, this means the United States will be represented at the “ministerial level,” which is a reflection of the importance to which a country places a particular meeting. (The only higher level is “head of state.”) In U.S.
Let’s Make the Nuclear Security Summit an Annual Confab (UPDATE: Biennial Works Too!)
Everyone agrees that the greatest single external threat facing the United States is terrorists potentially geting their hands on a nuclear weapon. The point of the Nuclear Security Summit underway in Washington, D.C. this week is to agree upon concrete measures to minimize that risk.
START Signed (Video)
A video of the historic arms reduction treaty between Russia and the United States, signed today in Prague.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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