Non-Proliferation

U.S. Votes Against Measure on Reducing High-Alert Status of Nukes in U.N. Commission Session

By Photo of Todd Jacobson

Brian Bradley
NS&D Monitor
10/31/2014
The United States unsuccessfully opposed a draft resolution calling for steps to reduce the high-alert status of nuclear weapon systems during a meeting of the First Committee of the U.N. General Assembly. The United…

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