FOREIGN AND
COMMONWEALTH OFFICE News Release issued by COI News Distribution
Service. 8 December 2008
Today the Foreign
Secretary commented on Global Zero, the international campaign for
nuclear disarmament. He said:
"In Paris today a new international campaign on nuclear
disarmament is being launched. Global Zero will campaign for a
world free of nuclear weapons. The UK already supports this aim,
and the issue needs our urgent attention.
"We have to stop the spread of nuclear weapons - Iran's
nuclear ambitions, for example, could be massively destabilising
in a region that could do without a nuclear arms race. But, if we
want the international community to work together to stop other
countries getting nuclear weapons, we need to show them we are
serious about multilateral nuclear disarmament. This is why the UK
wants to help build a global coalition around the shared vision of
a nuclear weapon-free world. I set out six key steps we need to
take to achieve this in my article in the Guardian Online."
Notes to Editors
The Foreign Secretary's article will be
published on the Guardian Online website at 18.00, 08.12.08.
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