Iran: Expansion of atomic arsenals contradictory with powers slogans
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New York, Oct 30, IRNA -- Iran permanent representative at the United Nations said that allocating billions of dollars for expansion of atomic arsenals by big powers is contradictory with their slogans.
Speaking in disarmament committee of the UN General Assembly, Mohammad Khazaei said that thousands of existing nuclear warheads in some countries arsenals have caused continuation of shadow of fear on human life.
The committee, in its Friday session, considered signed agreement between the United States of America and Russia on decreasing their own nuclear weapons dubbed as “New Start”.
Considering proposed criticisms related to the aforementioned agreement by non-nuclear states, especially Non-Aligned Movement member states, the group presented a strong statement on its critical views on the issue.
In the statement, which was the first joint stance of the NAM member states concerning the agreement, measures in “ New Start” were considered “ inadequate” .
It also underlined necessity of the US and Russia obligations on Non-Proliferation Treaty to destroy all nuclear weapons.
It said that decreasing nuclear weapons cannot substitute their destruction.
The NAM member countries also expressed their deep concern about atomic states strategic policies, including strategic doctrine of NATO, which justifies using nuclear weapons.
Khazaei said that development program and modernization of atomic weapons by the aim of increasing life time of the nuclear warheads by the USA with a budget more than one billion dollars is contradictory with US slogans concerning a world free of nuclear weapons.
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