The Pros And Cons Of Nuclear Disarmament

Weapons of mass destruction and disarmament form one of the toughest challenges for the world. Priorities should be remedies to challenges that do not respect borders. A world free of nuclear weapons is what we need to implement for the sake of humanity.

Despite a longstanding taboo against using nuclear weapons, disarmament remains only an aspiration.

Countries make the key decisions concerned with nuclear, Most countries have chosen to forgo nuclear weapons, and have complied with their commitments under the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty). The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons

Australia and Japan have launched the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and

For establishing global co-operation all NPT parties, in particular the nuclear-weapon states, to fulfil their obligation under the treaty to undertake negotiations on effective measures leading to nuclear disarmament. They could agree on a framework of separate, mutually reinforcing instruments. Or they could consider negotiating a nuclear-weapons convention, backed by a strong verification system, as has long been proposed at the UN

The nuclear powers should actively engage with other states on this issue at the Conference on Disarmament Governments should also invest more in verification research and development. The United Kingdom's proposal to host a conference of nuclear-weapon states on verification is a concrete step in the right direction. the Security Council's permanent members should begin discussions on security issues in the nuclear disarmament process. They could unambiguously assure non-nuclear-weapon states that they will not be subject to the use or the threat of use of nuclear weapons Non-NPT states should freeze their own nuclear-weapon capabilities and make their own disarmament