During
his speech, he pointed out that this priority was identified by
the Non-Aligned Movement in the 16th Ministerial Conference held
in Bali, Indonesia, in May, 2011, the www.cubaminrex.cu Web site
reported.
He also highlighted that the recently created Community of Latin
American and Caribbean States acknowledged that importance, when
it issued, in December, a communique referred to their total
elimination.
Most states don’t have nuclear weapons. However, he asked: what
guarantee can this majority segment of actors in the
international community have that the states having nuclear
weapons will not use them against their populations?
Romero recalled that Article Six of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons establishes that each party
commits itself to hold negotiations in good faith about
efficient measures referred to the cessation of the arms race
(of this type of weapons) and disarmament.
Likewise, the Article establishes that each party should commit
itself to hold these
negotiations for a treaty of general and complete disarmament,
under strict and efficient international control.
The CD was created in 1979 as the only multilateral entity of
the international community to be in charge of negotiations in
the sphere of disarmament, following a proposal by the first
extraordinary session of the UN General Assembly in 1978, where
matters of this nature where discussed.
