{"id":15364,"date":"2020-10-03T20:55:08","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=15364"},"modified":"2020-10-03T20:55:08","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T20:55:08","slug":"president-kenyatta-roots-for-full-nuclear-disarmament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/president-kenyatta-roots-for-full-nuclear-disarmament","title":{"rendered":"President Kenyatta roots for full nuclear disarmament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Author: PSCU<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Full implementation of international conventions and treaties aimed at achieving global nuclear disarmament must remain a priority for all nations, President Uhuru Kenyatta told a UN meeting on Friday evening.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President regretted that five decades after the 1968 Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), an alarming number of nuclear weapons were still in existence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe continue to witness an increasing nuclear rivalry, modernization of\u00a0nuclear weapons\u00a0including their delivery mechanisms; and weakening of inter-governmental arrangements aimed at curtailing nuclear arsenals and their ultimate elimination,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President&#8217;s message was conveyed in a recorded video statement delivered during the virtual\u00a0High-Level Plenary Meeting\u00a0of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>President Kenyatta reiterated Kenya\u2019s longstanding commitment to the total elimination of nuclear weapons for a safer nuclear-free world.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kenya is a state party to the\u00a0African Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone\u00a0Treaty and the 1996 Comprehensive\u00a0Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Head of State said the use of nuclear weapons is reprehensible and cannot be justified in any way as it goes against the basic tenets of humanity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAs we approach the 10th Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty\u00a0 (NPT) in 2021, we call for renewed momentum among all our states to implement their disarmament commitments,\u201d President Kenyatta said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>While commending the progress in the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, the President called on nuclear states to join in the universalization of the NPT treaty and to commit to complete nuclear disarmament.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres\u00a0said the Non-Proliferation Treaty remains the cornerstone of the global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Guterres expressed concern that some of the programmes towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons have either stalled or are at risk of backsliding.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For the sake of security, the\u00a0UN Secretary-General\u00a0stressed that the world must return to a common path towards nuclear\u00a0disarmament.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cAnd states possessing nuclear weapons have a responsibility to lead in this endeavor including by fulfilling their disarmament commitments and by taking practical steps to reduce nuclear risks,\u201d the UN Secretary General said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The President of the 75th Session of UNGA, Mr Volkan Bozkir, said the only way to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons is by eliminating the weapons themselves.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: PSCU AfricaPress-Kenya: Full implementation of international conventions and treaties aimed at achieving global nuclear disarmament must remain a priority for all nations, President Uhuru Kenyatta told a UN meeting on Friday evening. 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