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Pursue a Nuclear Weapons Convention

Governments should seek to advance disarmament by agreeing to begin work on a legally binding, irreversible and verifiable Nuclear Weapons Convention banning and eliminating all nuclear weapons.

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Pursue a Nuclear Weapons Convention
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States are legally obliged to negotiate a Nuclear Weapons Convention
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Minimalist approach to disarmament has proven inadequate
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Widespread, popular support for a Nuclear Weapons Convention
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A NWC would would make the world safer
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Pursuit of a NWC would draw the global community together
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Similar conventions have successfully outlawed other WMD
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Can't legislate for security
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Conditions necessary to enable a ban aren't in place
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Legislation prohibiting the use of nuclear weapons already exists
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Pursuit of a NWC would hamper progress on other key treaties
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Treaty banning the use of nuclear weapons
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Steps to prevent further State proliferation?
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Objectives of NPT RevCon 2010?
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Bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into force
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Substantive bilateral arms reductions by the US and Russia
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Reduce national nuclear weapon stockpiles to absolute minimum
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Adopt a less aggressive nuclear weapons posture
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Agree a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
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Declare the Middle East a "weapons of mass destruction free region"
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Establish a Global Monitoring and Advocacy Centre
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