Barack Obama ready to slash US nuclear arsenal: PHOTO
President Obama's decision to order a review comes as he takes the rare step of chairing a watershed session of the UN Security Council. Photograph: Reuters
UK ready to reduce nuclear deterrent: PHOTO
The prime minister is to tell the United Nations that he is willing to cut the UK's fleet of Trident missile-carrying submarines from four to three. Gordon Brown will make the offer at a meeting of the UN Security Council on halting the spread of Nuclear Weapons and reducing existing stockpiles.
New UN resolution aims at nuclear-free world - Yahoo! News
United Nations – With President Barack Obama presiding over a historic session, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution Thursday committing all nations to work for a Nuclear Weapons-free world. Russia , China and developing nations supported the measure, giving it global clout and strong political backing. The resolution calls for stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of Nuclear Weapons, promote disarmament and "reduce the risk of Nuclear Terrorism ."...
UN to give big boost to nuclear free world - Yahoo! News
United Nations – With U.S. President Barack Obama presiding , the U.N. Security Council is expected to give a big political boost to long-stalled efforts to move toward a world without Nuclear Weapons . Diplomats said the U.N.'s most powerful body will vote unanimously Thursday on a draft resolution calling for stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of Nuclear Weapons, promote disarmament and "reduce the risk of Nuclear Terrorism ." Obama is the first U.S. president to chair a...
Draft of U.N. Security Council Resolution on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament.
Draft of U.N. Security Council Resolution on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament.
There Is No Need Of Nuclear Weapons For Iran: Ahmadinejad
WASHINGTON: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday Tehran has no need of Nuclear arms, but in an interview with a US television did not explicitly
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Iran 'does not need' nuclear arms
The Iranian president has said his country sees no need for Nuclear Weapons, while insisting Iran will not abandon its pursuit of Nuclear energy. In an interview with US network NBC Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not explicitly rule out the possibility that Iran would acquire Nuclear Weapons.
Barack Obama and Bill Clinton Dine Together After Obama's Speech
ABC News is reporting that current President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton had lunch together earlier today after Obama’s speech on Wall Street. Earlier this afternoon, President Barack Obama gave a speech to the financial industry in New York City in an attempt to encourage an overhaul of the financial regulatory system and to discourage potential complacency in regards to making similar mistakes in behavior to the ones that put us in this economic crisis to begin with. With...
Gadhafi says UN failed to stop 65 wars
United Nations (AP) - In his first appearance at the world body, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi issued a slashing attack on the United Nations Security Council and chastised the world body on Wednesday for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars around the world since the world body was founded in 1945. Gadhafi called for reform of the Security Councilabolishing the veto power of the five permanent membersor expanding the body with additional member states to make it more...
Gadhafi slams Security Council in 1st UN visit
In his first U.N. appearance, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi issued a slashing attack on the Security Council and chastised the world body on Wednesday for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since the U.N. was founded in 1945. Gadhafi called for reform of the council - abolishing the veto power of the five permanent members - or expanding the body with additional member states to make it more representative. "It should not be called the Security Council, it should be called the "terror...
Gadhafi, in rambling U.N. tirade, slams Security Council, U.S.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday delivered a lengthy, rambling address in his first appearance before the United Nations -- slamming both the U.N. Security Council and the United States.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi slams Security Council, calls it 'terror council'
United Nations — In his first U.N. appearance, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi issued a slashing attack on the Security Council and chastised the world body on Wednesday for failing to intervene or prevent some 65 wars since the U.N. was founded in 1945. Gadhafi called for reform of the council — abolishing the veto power of the five permanent members — or expanding the body with additional member states to make it more representative. "It should not be called the Security...
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Gadhafi: Abolish U.N. Security Council United Nations, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi delivered a rambling speech Wednesday before the U.N. General Assembly, criticizing both the organization and the United States. In his 90-minute speech, Gadhafi also explored conspiracy theories, urged investigations into several Military actions and called for world unity in tackling global crises such as Climate Change and food shortages. Gadhafi, also president of the African Union, called...
Brazil urges UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on siege at embassy in Honduras
BRASILIA, Brazil — Brazil's government has asked the United Nations Security Council to convene an emergency meeting over a standoff in Honduras with the nation's deposed president taking refuge in the Brazilian Embassy. The official Agencia Brasil news agency says Brazil's U.N. ambassador, Maria Luiza Viotti, has urged the council to guarantee the safety of the embassy and ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Viotti sent a letter asking for the council meeting after baton-wielding...
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