United Nations Disarmament Commission: Senior UN official calls for disarmament push amid uptick in global tensions
The UN disarmament chief today urged Member States to work actively and seek common ground on disarmament issues related to nuclear weapons and conventional arms amid a period of increasing global tensions and violence. Addressing the opening of the 2015 substantive session of the UNDC in New York, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane warned gathered delegates that efforts to reduce the global circulation of weaponry had stalled and that the prospects of nuclear disarmament were particularly “dim.” […] “I have never seen a wider divide between nuclear haves and nuclear have-nots,” declared Ms. Kane. […] Nonetheless, she continued, in the midst of “these dark clouds,” she had also seen some “genuine bright spots,” including the complete removal of all chemical weapons from Syria. […]
[source: Angela Kane, UNODA]