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Nuclear Nonproliferation

  • Myanmar Vows to Upgrade IAEA Safeguards
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012

    Myanmar will take steps to give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) greater access to the country’s nuclear facilities, the office of Myanmar President Thein Sein said in a statement Nov. 19, the day of President Barack Obama’s arrival in the Southeast Asian country.
  • Meeting on Middle East WMD Postponed
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012

    A conference scheduled for December on creating a zone free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East is being postponed, the conveners said late last month in separate statements that suggested disagreement among them on when the conference could take place and why it was postponed.
  • Post-2014 Nuclear Security Mulled
    Arms Control Today
    December 4, 2012

    Nuclear security summits held in 2010 and this year have achieved a great deal by focusing world leaders’ attention on the issue of securing nuclear materials, but there are ways to preserve much of that focus once the series of summits ends, a senior U.S. nuclear policy official said last month.
  • WMD-Free Middle East Proposal at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    November 29, 2012

    November 2012
  • Iran Nuclear Brief: The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
    Threat Assessment Brief
    November 25, 2012

    The new quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program finds that Tehran has continued to install more centrifuges for uranium enrichment at its underground complex at Fordow, although the total number of operating centrifuges at Fordow has not yet increased, according to the Agency
  • Scots Seek Legal Ban on Nuclear Weapons
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The Scottish National Party (SNP) will seek a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons if a scheduled 2014 referendum on Scottish independence is successful, Scottish First Minister and leader of the SNP Alex Salmond said last month.
  • Iran Says Talks to Resume in November
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    Iran’s foreign minister said negotiations between Tehran and six world powers over Iran’s controversial nuclear program would resume in late November, but a spokesman for the six-country group’s lead negotiator was less specific.
  • Arab States Look to WMD Meeting in 2012
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The Arab League reaffirmed its commitment to holding a conference in December on the establishment of a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction and called on all countries in the region to participate.
  • Israel Raises Doubts About WMD Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    The head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission last month offered a bleak assessment of the prospects for holding a long-planned conference on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East, citing the “somber realities” in the region.
  • Mongolia Recognized as Nuclear-Free Zone
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    At a ceremony in New York Sept. 17, representatives from the five original nuclear-weapon states and Mongolia signed parallel political declarations that formally recognize Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status.