- Nuclear apartheid
Nuclear Apartheid refers to the idea that only a select few states (particularly the member-nations of the
United Nations Security Council ) are able to acquirenuclear technology and that they can use their power to prevent other states from research and development of nuclear technology. In theory, only states that are allied with states that already have nuclear power would be able to acquire nuclear technology themselves.In the news
Iran
Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been a frequent critic of the concept of nuclear apartheid as it has been put into practice by several countries, particularly theUnited States . In an interview withCNN 's Christiane Amanpour, Ahmadinejad said thatIran was "against 'nuclear apartheid,' which means some have the right to possess it, use the fuel, and then sell it to another country for 10 times its value. We're against that. We say clean energy is the right of all countries. But also it is the duty and the responsibility of all countries, including ours, to set up frameworks to stop the proliferation of it." Hours after that interview, he spoke passionately in favor of Iran's right to develop nuclear technology, claiming the nation should have the same liberties. [ [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/09/17/ahmadinejad/index.html Iranian president: No 'nuclear apartheid'] ,CNN ]Iran is a signatory of the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and claims that any work done in regards to nuclear technology is related only to civilian uses, which is acceptable under the treaty. [ [http://www.state.gov/t/vci/rls/rpt/51977.htm Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments] ,Bureau of Verification and Compliance ,U.S. Department of State , August 30, 2005] Iran violated the treaty by performinguranium-enrichment in secret, after which theUnited Nations Security Council ordered Iran to stop all uranium-enrichment. [ [http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N06/681/42/PDF/N0668142.pdf?OpenElement UN Security Council Resolution 1737] ]India
India has also been discussed in the context of nuclear apartheid. India has consistently attempted to pass measures that would call for full international disarmament, however they have not succeeded due to protests from those states that already have nuclear weapons. In light of this, India viewed nuclear weapons as a necessary right for all nations as long as certain states were still in possession of nuclear weapons. India stated that nuclear issues were directly related to national security.Years before India's first underground nuclear test in 1998, the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was passed. Some have argued that coercive language was used in an attempt to persuade India to sign the treaty, which was pushed for heavily by neighboring China. [ [http://www.indianembassy.org/pic/js/js(foreignaffairs).html Against Nuclear Apartheid] ,Jaswant Singh ] India viewed the treaty as a means for countries that already had nuclear weapons, primarily the five nations of the United Nations Security Council, to keep their weapons while ensuring that no other nations could develop them. [ [http://web.ebscohost.com.proxy.lib.uiowa.edu/ehost/viewarticle?data=dGJyMPPp44rp2%2fdV0%2bnjisfk5Ie46bFKrqaxULCk63nn5Kx95uXxjL6qrU%2btqK5ItpavUq%2bouEm2ls5lpOrweezp33vy3%2b2G59q7TrCvtEqzq69PpOLfhuWz44ak2uBV5KvmPvLX5VW%2fxKR57LO3Tq%2bnsEmwqLFKpNztiuvX8lXk6%2bqE8tv2jAAA&hid=108 Options] ,Mike Moore ,The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ]ee also
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