Day 1 at the U.N. – Obama wants progress on nuclear weapons
September 23rd, 2009 by Cara Bautista from Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West » Nuclear WeaponsI’m looking forward to major speeches and lots of news on nuclear weapons this week with both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton at the U.N. Check out the schedule:
- 9/23: President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly
- 9/24: President Obama will chair a head of state-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council focusing on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The U.S. plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution on nonproliferation and disarmament.
- 9/24-9/25: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will represent the U.S. and deliver a statement at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) being held at the U.N.
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