Ban for re-examination of global security regime
Making it clear that "setbacks" in the field of disarmament are "unacceptable", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has suggested a re-examination of the foundations of the global security regime.
By PTI |
UNITED NATIONS: Making it clear that "setbacks" in the field of disarmament are "unacceptable", UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has suggested a re-examination of the foundations of the global security regime.
"Unfortunately, we seem to be in a rut where setbacks in the field of disarmament have become the norm, not an exception," Ban said yesterday, addressing the UN Disarmament Commission.
The current unacceptable situation, he said, is evidenced by the failure of the 2005 review conference of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the deadlock in the Conference on Disarmament and the need for new impetus for the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
"The threat of weapons of mass destruction and the daily suffering inflicted by small arms and light weapons, anti-personnel mines, and cluster ammunitions have to give us pause.
They should prompt a re-examination of the foundations of our international security regime," he said. Although nuclear weapons threaten mass destruction, he also warned that of the "devastating cumulative damages" inflicted daily by conventional weapons, such as small arms, anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions. To counter such dangers, multilateral cooperation is essential, and existing treaties must be strengthened, he told the Commission, a subsidiary body of the General Assembly established in 1952.
"Unfortunately, we seem to be in a rut where setbacks in the field of disarmament have become the norm, not an exception," Ban said yesterday, addressing the UN Disarmament Commission.
The current unacceptable situation, he said, is evidenced by the failure of the 2005 review conference of parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the deadlock in the Conference on Disarmament and the need for new impetus for the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
"The threat of weapons of mass destruction and the daily suffering inflicted by small arms and light weapons, anti-personnel mines, and cluster ammunitions have to give us pause.
They should prompt a re-examination of the foundations of our international security regime," he said. Although nuclear weapons threaten mass destruction, he also warned that of the "devastating cumulative damages" inflicted daily by conventional weapons, such as small arms, anti-personnel mines and cluster munitions. To counter such dangers, multilateral cooperation is essential, and existing treaties must be strengthened, he told the Commission, a subsidiary body of the General Assembly established in 1952.
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