ON 40th ANNIVERSARY OF NPT, WORLD LEADERS CALL FOR VIGILANCE

摘要

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has played a large role in curbing the spread of nuclear weapons over the last four decades, but as the landmark treaty turned 40 last week, nonproliferation experts and politicians from around the world continued to call for increased efforts to thwart nuclear weapons proliferation. In New York July 1, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said "significant, deeper, irreversible and verifiable cuts" to the thousands of nuclear weapons that are deployed and stockpiled around the world is needed. "Nuclear proliferation-whether by States or non-State actors-threatens everyone, and therefore requires global cooperation in addressing non-compliance, in resolving concerns over nuclear programmes and in ensuring the most reliable controls over nuclear materials," Ki-moon said in a statement.