Shea, Thomas E.
[VerfasserIn]
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Rockwood, Laura
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik Hamburg
Beschreibung:
One year following the 1995 indefinite extension of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the NPT), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United States and the Russian Federation entered into a cooperative effort - the Trilateral Initiative - aimed at investigating the feasibility and requirements for a verification system under which the IAEA could accept and monitor nuclear warheads or nuclear warhead components pursuant to the NPT Article VI commitments of both States. (…) Although the Trilateral Initiative ended in 2002, the Model Verification Agreement produced as a result of those negotiations could still serve as the basis for bilateral or multilateral agreements between the IAEA and nuclear-weapon States. (…) This paper examines the potential role for international verification of fissile material in relation to nuclear disarmament, what was accomplished under the Trilateral Initiative and, more importantly, what should be done now to preserve its legacy and take concrete steps towards such verification. (Deep Cuts/Pll)