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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

U.S. to reduce inventory of strategic nuclear weapons

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The U.S. will significantly reduce its inventory of strategic nuclear weapons over the long term, according to the recently released United States Defense and Security Report Q2 2013. The report details reductions in the size of the nation’s strategic nuclear … Read More…

Monday, May 20, 2013

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addresses U.N. lunchtime seminar

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Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, United Nations Under-Secretary-General, addressed a lunchtime seminar at the U.N. on Wednesday about exploring avenues to address the stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament on. “The prolonged stalemate in the Conference on Disarmament is a cause for deep … Read More…

Monday, May 20, 2013

OPCW Deputy Director-General Asirwatham visits Croatia

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Ambassador Grace Asirwatham, the deputy director-general of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, visited Croatia to inaugurate the 12th Regional Meeting of National Authorities in Eastern Europe on May 13 and 14. The OPCW is an intergovernmental organization … Read More…

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Hiroshima survivors present personal stories to U.N.

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Two atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima recently spoke with U.N. tour guides and interns in New York to share their personal stories of the horrors they witnessed in Japan in August 1945. The U.N. Office for Disarmament Affairs organized the … Read More…

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Battelle awarded contract to help eradicate chemical weapons

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Battelle was recently awarded a contract for $76 million from Bechtel National, Inc., to support chemical weapon destruction at its Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, Kentucky. The new Destruction Pilot Plant is part of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent facility. … Read More…

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