Arms Control

U.S. Statement to the 2012 Conference on Disarmament

The international community has previously agreed on the importance of FMCT, and on pursuing FMCT in the Conference on Disarmament.

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State’s Gottemoeller Interviewed by International Herald Tribune

Interview with Judy Dempsey from the International Herald Tribune and special contributor to the Munich Security Conference

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Space Security – An American Perspective

Based on the U.S. National Space Policy and other Presidential guidance, we in the United States associate “space security” with the pursuit of those activities that ensure the sustainability, stability, safety, and free access to outer space in support of the vital interests of all nations.

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Fact Sheet: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Program in Iraq

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The United States has invested more than $209 million in Iraq since 2003 toward the clearance and safe disposal of landmines, unexploded ordnance, and excess conventional weapons and munitions.

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Assistant Secretary of State Gottemoeller Delivers U.S. Opening Statement at Conference on Disarmament

Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller

“We recognize that this is a crucial year for the CD as an institution and that the UN General Assembly is monitoring our progress closely. Let’s seize the opportunity to make real progress here and restore the vibrancy of this once vital institution. Business as usual is a recipe for disaster.”

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U.S. Continues to Work Globally to Tighten Constraints on Assad Regime

Excerpt from State Department Noon Briefing covers Arab League Monitors, efforts for a strong security council resolution.

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From Telegraph to Twitter: Arms Control Diplomacy in the Information Age

For better or for worse, diplomacy now often happens more in the open, and at comparatively break-neck speeds.

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U.S. Pleased With Outcome of 7th Review Conference of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention

Final document focuses on issues at the intersection of public health and international security that will help all the nations of the world confront some serious challenges in the years ahead.

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White House Fact Sheet: Successful Conclusion of BTWC Review Conference

The conference ended on a high note by endorsing a multinational work program for the next five years that promises to revitalize global efforts to reduce biological threats and advance objectives set forth in the President’s National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats.

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U.S. Highlights International Assistance, Need for Coordinated Preparedness and Response

In an age when people and diseases cross borders with growing ease, bioweapons are a transnational threat, and the United States is taking steps to protect against them with transnational action. Along the margins of the BWC Review Conference, the U.S. Delegation hosted three events that provided an overview of the U.S. approach to several critical BWC areas.

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