NONPROLIFERATION AGENDA AGREED

In: Arms control today, Band 20, Heft 5, S. 31

Abstract

THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION HAVE AGREED TO A BROAD AGENDA ON CURBING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND OF MISSILE DELIVERY SYSTEMS. IN A NEW AGENDA ITEM, BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE ADVOCATED REGIONAL APPROACHES TO STEM THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPON, MISSILE, AND CHEMICAL WEAPON TECHNOLOGY. THE MIDDLE EAST WAS SINGLED OUT AS A PARTICULARLY VOLATILE AREA WHERE ALL THREE PROLIFERATION PROBLEMS INTERACT.