Russia submits a White Book of recommmendations to the UN

The Moscow Center for political studies has submitted to the UN, a White Book containing recommendations on how to solve the issue of nuclear nonproliferation. The presentation is part of the ongoing Review Conference on nonproliferation of nuclear weapons, reports ITAR-TASS from New York. Victor Enikeyev looks at the nonproliferation treaty and the Russian recommendations.The  recommendations which are widely circulated in the Russian Center, are a kind of  invitation  to countries and public bodies for a  dialogue, a  point mentioned by Vladimir Orlov, president of the Center.

The Preface to the recommendations is written by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and that has strengthened the relevance of the project. In the Preface, Mr. Lavrov points out that Russia has interest in the keeping of the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons treaty, as well as in the balanced approach to the treaty’s 3 basic components- nonproliferation, nuclear disarmament and the use of atomic energy exclusively for peaceful purposes.In view of this, it is important to know which are exactly the obstacles hindering a reliable nonproliferation.

They include in part, the need for a  scrupulous implementation of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. The U.S has signed the treaty and respects it, but has not ratified it. India, Pakistan and a number of other countries have refused to sign the nuclear test ban treaty, and India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel are not signatories to the nonproliferation of nuclear arms treaty, and in addition, the nuclear problem of Iran and North Korea remains acute. Israel has neither admitted nor denied having nuclear weapons.The issue of nonproliferation presently dominates global politics, especially as terrorists want to lay their hands on nuclear arms.

That is  why Russia believes that it is necessary  for the world community to do everything possible to solve the issue of nonproliferation, a point stressed by the  Russian President, Dmitry Medvedev, in his speech at the Nuclear Security Summit, held in Washington in April this year. The new START treaty signed by Russia and the United ‘States in Prague, should bolster efforts at solving the issue of nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. Hence the Russian and American delegations attending the New York review conference had jointly appealed to all nuclear powers to team up with both countries to reduce the numbers of nuclear arms, and to ultimately rid the  world of them in order to promote the security and  stability of  our planet.  Russia is working hard both  at the  governmental and nongovernmental levels  toward achieving the cherished goal.