Biggest obstacle
to nuclear
non-proliferation
is lack of
progress in
nuclear
disarmament:
Costa Rica
UNITED NATIONS -
Costa Rica on
Wednesday said
one of the
biggest
obstacles to a
nuclear
non-proliferation
has been the
lack of progress
in nuclear
disarmament.
This statement
came as Jorge
Urbina-Ortega,
the Costa Rican
ambassador to
the United
Nations, was
addressing the
conference to
review the
Nuclear
Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT),
which entered
its third day
here Wednesday.
"We all know
that one of the
biggest
obstacles for
the
consolidation of
the nuclear
non-proliferation
regime has been
the lack of
progress in
nuclear
disarmament," he
said.
Urbina-Ortega
said while
advances have
been made in the
reduction of
nuclear weapon
have been
"almost
irrelevant,"
trillions of
dollars were
spent on
vertical
proliferation.
"What was
originally
conceived as a
symbolic process
aimed at
simultaneously
invigorating
disarmament and
non-proliferation
has in effect
become a source
of weakness for
both processes,"
he said.
He added that
the
justification of
governments and
military
establishment in
their possession
of weapons are a
"greater threat
than any other
they intend to
confront."
Voicing Costa
Rican support in
the
strengthening of
the non-
proliferation
regime, Urbina-Ortega
said it was
important to
better promote
the principles
of transparency,
irreversibility
and verification
of disarmament
activities to
the table.
"The growing
reluctance of
some states to
accept
unrestricted
verification
must move the
international
community to
adopt procedures
that build trust
between nations
while giving
precedence to
the interests of
all," he urged. |
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