08/12/2010
Conference on Non-Proliferation - A Lot of Fruits for Thoughts
The conference could not have been more timely. Exactly 60 years after the begin of the Korean War the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty and the Jeju Peace Institute jointly gathered international experts to discuss the results of the Nuclear Security Summit, the 8th Review Conference on Non-Proliferation and the Nuclear Posture Review of the US-Administration.
Speaking for the South Korean Administration the Deputy Minister for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lee Yong-joon, welcomed the progress made at the Review Conference in the area of disarmament. “The signing of the New START Treaty between the US and Russia is a very promising step. But the North Korean issue represents one of the most serious challenges to the NPT”. It should be noted that the Review Conference has made progress on identifying an effective mechanism to address the issue of the withdrawal clause.
The participants agreed that the no first use declaration is needed and only further reduction of nuclear capacities of the US and Russia can change the political dynamics of many countries to go nuclear. By estimates, as many as seven ASEAN states would acquire some form of nuclear power generation capacity by 2025.
The NPT should become a core international centrepiece for peace and stability. It still faces some challenges, i.e. how to create incentives to bring all the nuclear players into the NPT regime in order to make it global and to develop an enforcement mechanism. On the way to a nuclear free world the NPT might become an effective tool to counter proliferation of nuclear material if it incorporates the fact that a one size fits all approach is not adequate to the various situations in the regions of the world.
If you would like to get an impression of our conferece, please take a look at our eventbox or follow the links below:
The 4th Jeju Peace Institute Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty Joint Workshop
"NPT - Global and Regional Implications"
LEE Yong-joon
Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea
Session I:
“The NPT and its Global Implications”
Presentations:
“The American Perspective on the Future of the NPT”
Prof. John E. ENDICOTT
Woosong University
USA
“European Perspective on the Future of the NPT”
Amb. Brian McDONALD
Delegation of the EU to the Republic of Korea
EU
“The Future of the NPT”
Prof. Brahma CHELLANEY
Centre for Policy Research
INDIA
“ASEAN’s Perspective on the Future of the NPT”
Dr. TANG Siew Mun
Institute of Strategic and International Studies
Malaysia
Discussion Session I:
“The NPT and its Global Implications”
Session II:
Presentations:
“Thinking about the Current Nuclear Issues: A Korean Perspective”
Dr. KO Bong-jun
Jeju Peace Institute
Republic of Korea
“Russian Perspective on Regional Implications of the NPT”
Dr. SHIN Beom-Shik
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
“Japanese Perspective on Regional Implications of the NPT”
Prof. TAKESADA Hideshi
National Institute for Defense Studies
Japan
Discussion Session II:
“The NPT and its Global Implications for East Asia”
For more information on the 2010 NPT Revue Conference check out "In Focus: NPT".
