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In 1961, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution sponsored by Ireland calling on all states to conclude an international agreement that would ban the aquisition and transfer of nuclear weapons. On 2002, the U.S. released a Nuclear Posture Review which shifted their prior perspective regarding nuclear weapons, signaling an unfortunate reversal of longstanding policy. This ended the taboo against nuclear weapons by including them in the full range of weapons to be used against countries which the U.S. has major disagreements. The NPR undermines the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT), which 187 countires have signed and that commits the five major nuclear weapons states(the U.S., Russia, China, France and the UK) to eventual nuclear disarmament. The Pentagon plan signals a new nuclear build-up that will undercut the U.S. diplomatic efforts focused on stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorists or hostile states. The few countries already developing nuclear weapons will become more determined to do so. Countries that have agreed not to develop nuclear weapons under the NPT, already distressed by a growing trend of U.S. unilateralism, may abandon the treaty in the face of a U.S. buildup. |
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