{"id":10492,"date":"2012-05-04T20:34:03","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/05\/non-nuclear-states-lobby-big-powers-to-disarm-faster\/"},"modified":"2012-05-04T20:34:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T18:34:03","slug":"non-nuclear-states-lobby-big-powers-to-disarm-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/non-nuclear-states-lobby-big-powers-to-disarm-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-nuclear states lobby big powers to disarm faster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Developing, non-nuclear nations want faster action<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Nuclear-armed states say they make disarmament progress<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Say disarmament side of &#8220;NPT bargain&#8221; not yet reality<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Fredrik Dahl<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>VIENNA, May 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Non-nuclear states are urging<br \/>\nnuclear-armed nations to disarm faster, while nuclear powers say<br \/>\nthey are making &#8220;unprecedented progress&#8221; in doing so, a divide<br \/>\non display at this week&#8217;s meeting to discuss the<br \/>\nNon-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Under the pact, which most countries have acceded to, the<br \/>\nfive recognised atomic bomb &#8220;haves&#8221; agreed to work towards<br \/>\neliminating their bombs, and the &#8220;have-nots&#8221; pledged not to<br \/>\npursue them. A treaty review conference is scheduled for 2015.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Critics say there has been more emphasis on meeting the<br \/>\nnon-proliferation goal than getting the five major powers &#8211; the<br \/>\nUnited States, China, Russia, France and Britain &#8211; to fulfil<br \/>\ntheir part of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a quite a large distance between what the nuclear<br \/>\nweapons states say and what the rest of us think,&#8221; said one<br \/>\ndiplomat from a smaller European Union country.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the seven-nation New Agenda Coalition,<br \/>\nincluding Brazil, Mexico, Ireland and Sweden, South African<br \/>\nambassador Abdul Samad Minty told delegates: &#8220;Whereas the<br \/>\nnon-proliferation measures have been strengthened over the<br \/>\nyears, the nuclear disarmament side of the NPT bargain has yet<br \/>\nto be realised.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Developing, non-nuclear nations want faster action * Nuclear-armed states say they make disarmament progress * Say disarmament side of &#8220;NPT bargain&#8221; not yet reality By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, May 4 (Reuters) &#8211; Non-nuclear states are urging nuclear-armed nations to disarm faster, while nuclear powers say they are making &#8220;unprecedented progress&#8221; in doing so, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-10492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}