The failure to reach a consensus agreement is 'terminally unserious and a total abdication of responsibility,' said BeaFihn of nuclearban.
The provision that Russia opposed states,"The Conference expresses its grave concern for the military activities conducted near or at nuclear power plants and other facilities or locations subject to safeguards under Ukraine's comprehensive safeguards agreement, in particular the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as well as the loss of control by the competent Ukrainian authorities over such locations as a result of those military activities, and their profound negative impact on...
"The Conference recognizes that the loss of control over nuclear facilities and other locations prevents the competent Ukrainian authorities and the [International Atomic Energy Agency] from ensuring that safeguards activities can be implemented effectively and safely," the provision adds. Russia said it wasn't alone in objecting to the final draft text. Igor Vishnevetsky, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department,The failure of NPT parties to reach a consensus deal is"terminally unserious and a total abdication of responsibility in the face of an unacceptably dangerous global situation," said Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons .
"At a time when an NPT nuclear-weapon state is using its nuclear weapons to facilitate an illegal invasion, when the nuclear-armed states have not only failed to make progress on their disarmament obligations but have spent over $82 billion on maintaining and upgrading their arsenals, when the risk of use of nuclear weapons is higher than ever, the failure of the review conference to take any action is inexcusable," said Fihn.
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