[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                  DECISION TO EXTEND NPT INDEFINITELY

 Mr. PELL. Mr. President, international efforts to curb the 
spread of nuclear weapons were given a tremendous boost today with the 
decision by more than 170 nations to extend indefinitely the Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty. The U.S. Arms Control Agency and Ambassadors 
Ralph Earle II and Thomas Graham, Jr., deserve our deep appreciation.
  The decision by the participants in the NPT extension conference 
demonstrates their willingness to trust us and the other nuclear powers 
to continue with the effort in SALT and START to reduce our strategic 
nuclear arsenals, to strive eagerly and effectively to bring about an 
end to nuclear testing, and to be unflagging in efforts to spare the 
world from nuclear war and the threat of nuclear war. We have today 
incurred a renewed obligation to prove to those who trust us that their 
trust is not misplaced.


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