The NPT-Review Conference: Chance and Challenge for the EU
- The European Union has identified the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as a key threat to its security and considers the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a cornerstone of it strategy of fighting the spread of WMD. A successful outcome of the next NPT Review Conference in May 2010 is thus of essential interest to the Union. - Why is NPT important in Europe? Because disarmament and arms control created the basis for European integration. Disarmament minimized the risk of armed conflict between participating countries and also founded a new sense confidence between European states. - The failure of NPT talks will foster the ambitions of states seeking nuclear weapons, which will then further undermine the existence of NPT. Member states should therefore renew their commitment to nuclear disarmament as stated in Article VI of the treaty. (...)
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Madrid, 09.04.2010