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High time that the Conference on Disarmament established an ad hoc committee to start its negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention

March 1, 2011 Invited to speak in front of delegates at the Conference on Disarmament Aliakbar Salehi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Iran, told the Conference that it was regrettable that long after the end of the Cold War, military alliances based on nuclear umbrellas existed, nuclear sharing continued and deployment of nuclear weapons in the territory of non-nuclear weapons States was exercised. It was high time that the Conference on Disarmament established an ad hoc…

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Afghanistan’s security is "at its lowest point since the departure of the Taliban" after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

Photos: Action Press/Virot Text P. Virot with CP February 23, 2011-03-08 UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for Afghanistan and Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan Robert Watkins said during a press conference at the Palais des Nations that Afghanistan’s security is “at its lowest point since the departure of the Taliban” after the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. He said the United Nations rarely can enter 40 per cent of the country, including Kandahar and southeast regions where…

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