Leading experts and members of the 2005 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty will examine challenges to current nonproliferation regime
"The existing nuclear nonproliferation regime, which has been quite successful for many years, is facing new challenges," according to E. James Reinsch, president of American Nuclear Society. "This panel gives ANS members a rare opportunity to hear first-hand perspectives on the contentious issues, as well as possible paths to solutions."
Monday afternoon's ANS President's Special Session Emerging Nuclear Nonproliferation Issues will address the nonproliferation policy of the Bush Administration, the results of the 2005 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and non-U.S. views on nuclear nonproliferation.
Panelists include Ambassador Linton F. Brooks, Under-Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, who served as special adviser to the U.S. delegation to the 2005 Review Conference on the NPT and has more than four decades of experience in national security and arms control.
Ambassador Sergio Duarte of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry served as President of the 2005 Review Conference and finalized formation of three subsidiary bodies to look into practical steps toward disarmament, regional issues including the Middle East, and the issue of withdrawal from the NPT.
Mr. Richard J.K. Stratford is the director of State Department's Bureau of Nonproliferation, Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs. Mr. Stratford is a frequent delegate to the IAEA and specializes in international nuclear affairs, nuclear safeguards, nuclear export control policies, nuclear cooperation agreements and international initiatives on nuclear energy technology.
This year's NPT Review Conference, held every five years, failed to reach consensus on a final declaration for the fourth time since its inception in 1975. The final declaration is intended to "assess the implementation of the Treaty's provisions and make recommendations on measures to further strengthen it," according to the United Nations web site.
The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Mohammed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency, the body charged with ensuring the nations of the world uphold the NPT in exchange for access to nuclear power technologies.
