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| Presentations and Sessions: The NPT and the Law--A Presentation by Peter Weiss to the 2000 Review Conference of the NPT Roundtable Discussion on the 2000 NPT Review Conference Newsletters and Articles: US Must Keep its Word on Nuclear Weapons--op-ed by Peter Weiss Contradictory Actions on Nuclear Weapons--op-ed by John Burroughs and Jacqueline Cabasso The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Rule of Law, March 2000 NPT Conference Shadowed By Defiance of Article VI by John Burroughs and Jim Wurst Nuclear Disarmament Commentary Vol. 2, No. 3, May 2000 Nuclear Disarmament Commentary Vol. 2, No. 2, May 2000 Nuclear Disarmament Commentary Vol. 2, No. 1, April 2000 Regular updates on NPT events can be found at these web sites: Conference Documents can be accessed at: British American Security Information Council ABM Treaty Talking
Points-- As the states parties to the NPT debate whether the United States
and Russia are fulfilling their obligations to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, the US is
pushing ahead on several fronts to deploy a National Missile Defense (NMD) - nonexistent
technology that would violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. In an attempt to convince
Russia that the system would not be designed to protect the US from an overwhelming
Russian nuclear attack, the US has presented to Moscow a "talking point"
document including a proposed protocol to the ABM Treaty that would permit deployment of a
NMD. Among other points Washington is making is that Russia could overpower the US even
after START II and III cuts are in place "over the next decade and thereafter."
The US is also apparent at ease with the fact that "Russia now keeps its strategic
arsenal on constant alert and apparently will do so even at START III levels." This
document was leaked to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in Chicago, which place the
entire talking points, proposed protocol and annex on its website.
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