Costa Rica Calls On NZ
Support For UN Nuclear Plan
Costa Rica's president elect has called for
the New Zealand Government to join it and
other countries supporting a United Nations
proposal to abolish nuclear weapons.
Laura Chinchilla said in a letter to Prime
Minister John Key and Minister for
Disarmament Georgina te Heuheu that both
Costa Rica and New Zealand were "active in
advancing cooperative security, human
rights, disarmament and development
internationally at the United Nations and
other key forums".
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for
negotiations over the prohibition of nuclear
weapons in a plan for nuclear disarmament
supported unanimously last year by the 150
parliaments, including New Zealand's,
comprising the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Mr Ban has also circulated a draft nuclear
abolition treaty to all governments as a
guide to negotiations.
A group of experts led by New Zealander Alyn
Ware prepared the draft convention, which
was presented to Mr Ban by the Costa Rican
and Malaysian governments.
Mr Key is attending a Nuclear Security
Summit hosted by US President Obama this
week, following Mr Obama's new policy
restricting United States use of nuclear
weapons.
The meeting of about 46 leaders would be
very important as more countries sought to
arm themselves with nuclear weapons, Mr Key
said last week. |
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