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Nuclear Proliferation: Call In The UN
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World Press Review, December 1991
Nuclear Proliferation: Call in the UN
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<p>From "New Vision" (government-owned), Kampala, Uganda.
</p>
<p> The proliferation and use of nuclear, tactical, and high-
technology weapons have wrought havoc in the last 40 or so
years. This is a deplorable state of affairs. The nuclear
countries--the U.S., the Soviet Union, Britain, France, and
China--should all come forward and push very strongly to
reduce the weapons of mass destruction.
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<p> But these members of the United Nations Security Council
should also reduce the manufacture of less-deadly weapons. In
the major conflicts that have taken place after the Second
World War, conventional weapons were used. The proliferation of
arms traffic encouraged by the big players has made it very easy
for small states to indulge in wars that have brought untold
hardships to their peoples.
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<p> It is time that the UN came in and monitored the reduction of
those arsenals. To deter bellicose states, members of the UN
should seriously consider having the UN act as the only
repository of the remaining weapons of mass destruction. The UN
would then extend its role in peace-keeping and arm-monitoring
to all nations.
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