U.S. Opening Statement, Conference on Disarmament Plenary by Ambassador Laura E. Kennedy, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament and U.S. Special Representative for Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Issues. Geneva. January 22, 2013.
More: Background Briefing on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Today, Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland issued a press statement on bilateral talks between the United States and North Korea. The text of her statement follows:
A U.S. delegation has just returned from Beijing following a third exploratory round of U.S.-DPRK bilateral talks. To improve the atmosphere for dialogue and demonstrate its commitment to denuclearization, the DPRK has agreed to implement a moratorium on long-range missile launches, nuclear tests and nuclear activities at Yongbyon, including uranium enrichment activities. The DPRK has also agreed to the return of IAEA inspectors to verify and monitor the moratorium on uranium… more »
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"Iran has the choice to remain isolated outside the norms of the international community, or to take a new path that would bring Iran back into the community of nations as a member in good standing with its obligations. Full transparency and cooperation with the IAEA would be a solid first step. We urge Iran to take that step without delay."
Nuclear Test Inspection Exercise Approved
In October a meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) took place in Vienna, Austria. States who signed the treaty decided to provide funding for a CTBTO field exercise which will take place in 2014. This video provides some impressions from the meeting, some footage from the CTBTO monitoring system and past field exercise, and features a short interview with the U.S. Mission’s Arms Control Counselor.
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller delivered the Sidney Drell Lecture at Stanford University on October 27, 2011.
US Interagency Team will Meet North Korean Delegation in Geneva October 24-25
In Geneva, the U.S. and North Korean delegations will continue discussions to determine if North Korea is prepared to implement its obligations under UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and its commitments under the 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks, including concrete steps toward denuclearization. More
Ellen Tauscher, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, delivered remarks to Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Nuclear Initiative Conference at the Columbus Club at Union Station, Washington D.C., October 3, 2011
Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance addressed the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) of the UN General Assembly on October 4, 2011
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton issued a statement on U.S. commitment to the complete destruction of U.S. chemical weapons on October 3, 2011.
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