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United Nations (AFP) Dec 22, 2010 UN chief Ban Ki-moon welcomed the US Senate's ratification Wednesday of a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, saying it would bolster non-proliferation efforts. "The secretary-general believes that the United States' ratification will help maintain the hard-won momentum in recent years for nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament," his spokesman said. "He hopes that the Russian Federation and the United States build upon this momentum and continue to engage in follow-on measures in order to achieve deeper reductions in their nuclear arsenals." The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) would restrict each of the former Cold War foes to a maximum of 1,550 deployed warheads, a cut of about 30 percent from a limit set in 2002, and 800 launchers and bombers. The treaty, which must still be ratified by Russia's parliament, would also resume mutual on-the-ground inspections of nuclear facilities, which lapsed when the accord's predecessor expired in December 2009.
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US Senate won't link START to seized HumveesWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2010 The US Senate on Tuesday defeated an effort to tie a demand that Russia return five US military vehicles seized by its forces in the 2008 Georgia conflict to a landmark nuclear arms control treaty. Lawmakers voted 61-32 to set aside an measure by Republican Senator James Risch calling on Moscow to give back the Humvees before the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) goes into force. ... read more |
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