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CND condemns North Korea nuclear test - calls for progress on global disarmament |
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Monday, 25 May 2009 |
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament today condemned
North Korea's underground test of a nuclear weapon, saying it
underlined the urgency of efforts to agree the disarmament of all
nuclear states, both established and emerging.
Kate Hudson,
Chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said "This unnecessary
and provocative test will do nothing but harm prospects for a more
stable, denuclearised Korean peninsula. We hope that - as in the
aftermath of their earlier attempted test of a non-weaponised nuclear
device in 2006 - North Korea now feels that it has 'made its point' and
will pull back from the path of confrontation."
She continued,
"This launch cuts against the grain of efforts to secure the
denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula - a process that is vital to
proving that negotiations, not military attacks, are the correct way to
counter the spread of nuclear technologies. At a time when the US and
Russia may be on the way towards serious strides for a world with fewer
nuclear dangers, this is particularly unhelpful."
"North Korea's
test shows the urgent need for all countries to sign and ratify the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and for next year's review of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty to be the springboard towards a convention
banning all nuclear weapons. Decades of prevarication by the
long-established nuclear powers have shown that the lack of progress
towards disarmament does not create a static situation, but rather
encourages a slide towards further nuclear proliferation. The UK is
currently contributing to this problem by replacing Trident. The
British government should cancel its own next-generation weapons and
throw all its efforts into facilitating multilateral disarmament talks."
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1. For further information and interviews please contact Ben Soffa, CND's Press Officer, on 07968 420859
2. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is one of Europe's biggest single-issue peace campaigns, with over 35,000 members in the UK. CND campaigns for the abolition of all nuclear weapons everywhere
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