Disarmament Quotes

With North Korea reneging on a key issue of the new disarmament agreement, U.S. negotiators are trying to keep the six-party talks going because nuclear brinksmanship makes all nations nervous. - Pamela Falk

Why should the entire architecture of agreements in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation, and its cornerstone, the 1972 ABM treaty, be put under threat? - Alexander Yakovenko

While peaceful efforts to bring about the disarmament and repatriation of the FDLR are crucial, the time has come to increase the military pressure against them. - Gareth Evans

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all. - Ludwig Quidde

We've got a professional job to do; we do it on the basis of evidence. You really want that light at the end of the tunnel to get larger, to get out of sanctions? There is only one way down that tunnel and that is on the track of disarmament. - Richard Butler

We welcome Iraq's readiness to resume cooperation with disarmament inspectors ... but it must cooperate fully and unconditionally with the United Nations. - Wolfgang Schuessel

We understand that many, especially victims and their families, will be skeptical. ... They will want to be certain that this terrorism and criminality are indeed things of the past. - Scott McCellan

We have still not secured any commitment (on IRA disarmament) that would be recognized by unionists. We consider that the guarantees are weak. - David Trimble