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April 16, 2009 |
2009 Carnegie International
Nonproliferation Conference Highlights
President Obama called for a world free of nuclear weapons on April 5 in Prague. Over the following two days, 800 government officials and policy and technical experts from 46 nations addressed the critical challenges confronting the nonproliferation regime and the obstacles to achieving President Obama’s ambitious goal, including expiring arms control agreements, a nuclear energy renaissance unaccompanied by the necessary regulatory structure, and a nonproliferation treaty regime under serious strain, at the 2009 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference in Washington, D.C. | MORE>
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President Obama's Statement to the Conference
 "The United States is ready to lead an effort to secure our people and strengthen the global nonproliferation regime. I have stated clearly our commitment to a world without nuclear weapons. Now we are prepared to take several steps to pursue it." | MORE> |
 Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg expanded on President Obama’s speech in Prague, detailing the administration’s plans to renew the core NPT bargain by seeking immediate CTBT ratification, restarting long-stalled FMCT negotiations, and increasing the IAEA’s authority and funding.
 Anne Lauvergeon, CEO of AREVA, urged the nuclear industry and nonproliferation communities to engage in a dialogue about responsibly addressing global enthusiasm for nuclear power. |
Rose Gottemoeller, assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance, and Sergey I. Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to Washington, agreed that completing a START follow-on treaty by December, as Presidents Obama and Medvedev called for in London, is challenging but achievable.
Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre urged nuclear and non-nuclear states to act on the momentum provided by President Obama’s goal and multilateralize the fuel cycle to ensure that states contemplating civil nuclear programs do not feel compelled to develop their own capabilities. |
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 Negotiating with the Taliban at a moment when they are convinced military victory is within sight would fail to stabilize Afghanistan, warns Ashley J. Tellis. A long-term commitment to building an effective Afghan state is the only way to achieve victory and defend U.S. national security objectives.
 Three decades of unprecedented economic growth have transformed China, but led to critical environmental, social, and political challenges for the Chinese Communist Party. Li Jingtian, chairman of the China Reform Forum, spoke at Carnegie to outline a plan for meeting those challenges by 2049, when the People’s Republic celebrates its 100th birthday. |
Repeated violations of IAEA and UN Security Council nuclear safeguards have been met with ambiguous and inconsistent responses from the international community, warns Pierre Goldschmidt in a new report. He outlines concrete steps to strengthen the dangerously weakened nonproliferation regime.
After eight years of strong growth, Brazil has emerged as a key player in global trade negotiations. A Doha trade agreement or a major trade pact with other developing countries, including China, would provide a small boost to Brazil’s economy, according to a new report from the Carnegie Endowment, the International Labour Office, and the UN Development Program.
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