Monday, October 22, 2007
Scotland Doesn't Want Trident
Scottish Government First Minister Alex Salmond has written to the representatives of 189 countries signed up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, seeking support in his campaign against the deployment by the UK government of Trident nuclear warheads at Faslane on the Clyde.
He is asking them to back his bid for Scotland to have observer status at future treaty talks.
"In May, for the first time since the nuclear age began in 1945, the people of Scotland elected a government that is opposed to nuclear weapons," he declared.
The Scottish government was planning to do "all that we can" to persuade UK ministers to change their mind on Trident, said Salmond. "The majority of Scottish people and their elected representatives oppose these deployments."
An anti-Trident summit organised by the Scottish Government will be opened today by the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and will focus on how devolved powers could be used to block the replacement of the current nuclear missile system.
"This bold and timely initiative deserves to succeed," said Dr Ian Davis, director of the British American Security Information Council in London. "The Scottish people have long held the moral high ground on nuclear disarmament and having them represented at the NPT would be a real fillip to the majority world - currently 184 states - committed to a non-nuclear weapon future."
Salmond wants nuclear treaty role
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He is asking them to back his bid for Scotland to have observer status at future treaty talks.
"In May, for the first time since the nuclear age began in 1945, the people of Scotland elected a government that is opposed to nuclear weapons," he declared.
The Scottish government was planning to do "all that we can" to persuade UK ministers to change their mind on Trident, said Salmond. "The majority of Scottish people and their elected representatives oppose these deployments."
An anti-Trident summit organised by the Scottish Government will be opened today by the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and will focus on how devolved powers could be used to block the replacement of the current nuclear missile system.
"This bold and timely initiative deserves to succeed," said Dr Ian Davis, director of the British American Security Information Council in London. "The Scottish people have long held the moral high ground on nuclear disarmament and having them represented at the NPT would be a real fillip to the majority world - currently 184 states - committed to a non-nuclear weapon future."
Salmond wants nuclear treaty role
Salmond: help us get rid of Trident
Go park it at your place, Gordon.
Labels: Politics, Scotland, SNP, Trident
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