Outlook for the 2015 NPT Review Conference and the Prague Agenda – Angela Kane
I wish at the outset to thank Petr Drulák for inviting me to address this conference on the Prague Agenda. It is always a pleasure to visit this beautiful city, especially for the purpose of speaking on some of my favourite disarmament issues. In the five years that have passed since President Obama’s speech at Hradcany Square outlining his vision of achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of International Relations, and their partners at Metropolitan and Charles Universities have organized several events to discuss the issues raised in that speech. Their combined efforts suggest a collective desire to ensure that that historic speech was not simply a single isolated event, but part of an evolving process. I welcome that approach and wish to contribute to that discussion today by addressing certain issues relating to the 2015 Review Conference of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, including some relevant regional issues. (UNODA)
[source: UNODA]