Angela Kane, Senior Fellow, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

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The strategic elimination of nuclear weapons: an alternative global agenda for nuclear disarmament

Notes

1 Bruce I. Turner, “Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe: Remarks at the Fifth Review Conference,” Vienna, September 27, 2016, <https://osce.usmission.gov/treaty-conventional-armed-forces-europe-remarks-fifth-review-conference/>.

2 Under Article VI, “Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.”

3 “Statement by Ambassador Matthew Rycroft, UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the nuclear weapons ban treaty,” March 27, 2017, <www.gov.uk/government/speeches/a-step-by-step-approach-to-global-nuclear-disarmament-is-what-we-need-to-build-trust-and-confidence>.

4 Joint Press Statement from the Permanent Representative to the United Nations of the United States, United Kingdom, and France Following the Adoption of a Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons, New York City, July 7, 2017, <https://usun.state.gov/remarks/7892>.