PNA strongly supports a new Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty. The U.S. needs to endorse a treaty cutting off the production of highly-enriched, weapons-grade fissile material with proper inspections. One problem is that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty allows the production of low-enrichment fissile material for energy. This can then be upgraded, in violation of the Treaty, into fissile material for weapons. PNA endorses a solution which would internationalize the control of such material by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which would then have to approve any use of it for peaceful purposes.
Make the 1968 Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Effective. The U.S. should use every pressure to ensure that non-nuclear countries do not go nuclear. We have the cases of Libyan disarmament by agreement, in 2003, and the voluntary nuclear disarmament of Ukraine and Kazakhstan under Pres. Bill Clinton, as good examples of what can be done with persistence, in collaboration with NATO and other allies. For its part, the U.S. and other nuclear powers, under the Treaty, need to dispose of their nuclear weapons far more rapidly. One way is by making the Moscow Treaty, which calls upon the U.S. and Russia to radically reduce their arsenals, far more effective by instituting inspections and timelines.
U.S. Senate Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. The United States has not tested nuclear weapons for fourteen years. Now is the time to move from the 1963 Limited Test Ban to a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty which would include underground testing. >Those few other nations which have not signed off on the CTBT, would follow the US lead, and with this move, the development of new nuclear powers could be prevented. The U.S. should insist that all other nations, including Russia, China, Israel, India, Iran, and Pakistan adhere to the treaty. Treaty ratification is a constitutional function of the United States Senate-- tell your Senator, "We need a test ban, now."
The Rule of Law. When we respect treaties, we are respecting the Rule of Law as a guiding principle over international anarchy or lawlessness. When we disregard treaties, we are not only breaking our word-- we are weakening the Rule of Law and giving excuses for others to take the law into their own hands.
The 1967 Treaty on Outer Space. We should honor this treaty, which outlaws WMD in space. We should also strengthen it, to outlaw all space weapons.
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