The recent test of a u. S. Missile has heightened alarm among anti Nuclear Activists that a reckless new arms race threatens humankind the launch of the modified tomahawk missile on august the 18th came just 2 weeks after the u. S. Formally withdrew from a missile treaty with russia that was after 32 years but the actions of other countries are also fought with risk analysts say that a recent radioactive explosion in northern russia is a sign that more sco is developing new weapons that can evade a Missile Defense and differences between Nuclear Armed india and pakistan over kashmir have jangled nerves across south asia what can activists do to convince the World Leaders to abandon the bomb for more were joined today by Cicely Thompson williams hes executive director at beyond the ball thats a Grassroots Campaign to prevent nuclear or from geneva we have bit trist fin executive director of the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons or i can. The campaign won the Nobel Peace
Makers and talk about the stories that matter does iraq. Welcome to the stream my family ok a group of atomic scientists warns that the world stands at 2 minutes to midnight thats their way of showing how close the well it is to nuclear war kind of anti Nuclear Activity the Doomsday Clock centerfolds from twitter. The recent test of a u. S. Missile has heightened alarm among anti Nuclear Activists that a reckless new arms race threatens humankind the launch of the modified tomahawk missile on august the 18th came just 2 weeks after the u. S. Formally withdrew from a missile treaty with russia that was after 32 years but the actions of other countries are also fought with risk analysts say that a recent radioactive explosion in north of russia is a sign that more scope is developing new weapons that can evade a Missile Defense and differences between Nuclear Armed india and pakistan over kashmir have jungle across south asia what can activists do to convince the World Leaders to abandon
Mass destruction has been proposed for many years. Progress has been hindered by agreements both about terms and , steps to promote the zone, mainly by regional players. Cns has worked for many years on the zone issue. We explored the logical and legal aspects of how we can expand the zone. In november 2019, the unit u. N. General assembly adopted a resolution asking the secretarygeneral to convene a conference about weapons of mass destruction free zone from starting in 2019 and continuing until there is a legally binding treaty. The first conference will be is being planned for november 2019 in new york. We are delighted that dr. Ford agreed to speak about it today. Dr. Ford has an impressive career. Before becoming assistant secretary, he was the special assistant to the president and senior director of mass weapons. He had a position in capitol hill and is an Intelligence Officer at the international reserve. He went to Harvard University and yale law school. A less known fact abou
Secretary assistant secretary of state for International Security and proliferation, christopher ford. First put forth by iran and egypt in 1974 as a u. N. Resolution to be expanded to weapons of mass destruction in egypt, thefrom proposal has been discussed for many years. Cns has worked many years and we have publication on the zone issue. Most recently in november, 2018, the u. N. General assembly adopted a resolution asking the u. N. Secretarygeneral to convene a conference about weapons of mass destruction free zone starting from 2019 and continuing until there is a legal binding treaty. The first conference will be right now is being planned for november 2019 in new york, but the initiative has been received in the region with mixed results. We are very delighted that dr. Ford agreed to speak about it today. Let me introduce dr. Ford. Chris served as special assistant to the president and senior director of weapons of mass destruction at the nsc. And ased on capitol hill an intel
Talking about the we are very delighted to be here to have an indepth discussion about the prospects for progress on a weapon of mass destruction free zone in the middle east with stink list with speaker assistant secretary for nationaltal customer. Ford. Istopher organizationrgest dedicated to nonproliferation issues. We have headquarters in Monterey California as part of the mill Berry Institute of national affairs, which is a graduate school of middle barry affairs, of national which is a graduate school of middle barry institute. The ges it is normally understood that it is very difficult to make ingress on Security Issues the middle east because there are so many moving parts. In the middle east, there hasnt been a moving part for quite a few years. Hat may be about to change the gridlock may be coming under pressure because of recent developments we will be hearing about shortly. Podium over to the director of the James Martin Center Nonproliferation Program and she will east hav