{"id":927,"date":"2009-04-07T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T17:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/digest\/?p=927"},"modified":"2010-08-09T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T19:09:52","slug":"obama-calls-for-talks-on-nuclear-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/ilj\/2009\/04\/obama-calls-for-talks-on-nuclear-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Calls for Talks on Nuclear Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Barack Obama committed to taking substantive steps toward nuclear nonproliferation during a recent 8-day diplomatic trip to Europe.\u00a0 The president said he and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had taken the first steps towards reducing nuclear weapons stockpiles during the G20 Financial Summit in London early this April and would negotiate a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.\u00a0 The current START-I Treaty between the two countries expires December 5, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In speech on April 5th in Prague the president condemned a recent North Korean rocket launch and called for global efforts to reduce nuclear weapons testing. Obama said, \u201cTo achieve a global ban on nuclear testing, my administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. After more than five decades of talks, it is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For further information, please click <a title=\"Obama Seeks World Free of Nuclear Weapons\" href=\"http:\/\/www.america.gov\/st\/peacesec-english\/2009\/April\/20090405150637DMslahrelleK0.8071558.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Barack Obama committed to taking substantive steps toward nuclear nonproliferation during a recent 8-day diplomatic trip to Europe.\u00a0 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