Time for Nuclear Weapons Convention Is Now

By: Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer Eastern Europe is in flames and the bogus war on terror launched by nuclear-armed regimes across the Middle East and North Africa has only produced one thing: instability and chaos – not only in the region but across the globe.

Date: 22 February 2015 - 20:21

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The situation on the ground is so dire that the international civil society has to do something about it before the nuclear-armed regimes start the long-dreaded nuclear war – Ukraine is still in flames.
Just about all developing nations have also started to sour on the present push by the self-styled world powers to control the lucrative business of nuclear technology through dominating international bodies such as the United Nations Security Council and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
There is an emerging rift between the world's developing countries and the big powers as regards NPT-illegal punitive measures against peaceful nations such as Iran.
For many countries, which have questioned the legality of the sanctions regime, Iran's ill-treatment at the hands of arrogant world powers seeking to control access to vital and lucrative technologies is starting to resonate.
True to form, the developing nations don’t trust the Western powers given their double-standard approach toward Iran’s civilian nuclear program and that of the Zionist regime which possesses over 200 nuclear warheads.
This obviously indicates that the developing nations are not comfortable with the idea of solely relying on others to provide them with the nuclear technology. Any doubters should ask the United Nations General Assembly.
Interestingly, they are reflecting on the comments made by Iranian government officials that: no country can solely rely on others to provide it with the technology and materials that are becoming so vital for its development and for the welfare of its people. Nations have lost their trust in the Security Council and see it as the instrument of a few nuclear-armed powers to advance their own agenda.
And to steer clear of similar future disputes for other nations seeking the peaceful technology at the IAEA and the Security Council, a complete ban of all nuclear weapons through an intercontinental convention could be proposed.
This is because as long as the U.S., China, Russia, France, Britain, India, Pakistan and Israel make no definitive moves to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, the danger of nuclear war fighting will never go away and hence there will be simply no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world.
As anticipated, it is about time the civil society banned and eliminated nuclear weapons since they are illegal and their illegality should be recognized through a legally binding nuclear weapons convention at the UN.
To start with, the international initiative can deal with the issue and conclude the convention. The body can also establish an ad hoc committee with a mandate to begin all-party talks to this end.
In the interim, the self-appointed members of the UN Security Council will have to bear the primary responsibility in the talks, pending the conclusion of the convention - if they have genuine concerns about the nuclearization of the world.