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Mass destruction has been proposed for many years. Progress has been hindered by agreements both about terms and , steps to promote the zone, mainly by regional players. Cns has worked for many years on the zone issue. We explored the logical and legal aspects of how we can expand the zone. In november 2019, the unit u. N. General assembly adopted a resolution asking the secretarygeneral to convene a conference about weapons of mass destruction free zone from starting in 2019 and continuing until there is a legally binding treaty. The first conference will be is being planned for november 2019 in new york. We are delighted that dr. Ford agreed to speak about it today. Dr. Ford has an impressive career. Before becoming assistant secretary, he was the special assistant to the president and senior director of mass weapons. He had a position in capitol hill and is an Intelligence Officer at the international reserve. He went to Harvard University and yale law school. A less known fact abou
Talking about the we are very delighted to be here to have an indepth discussion about the prospects for progress on a weapon of mass destruction free zone in the middle east with stink list with speaker assistant secretary for nationaltal customer. Ford. Istopher organizationrgest dedicated to nonproliferation issues. We have headquarters in Monterey California as part of the mill Berry Institute of national affairs, which is a graduate school of middle barry affairs, of national which is a graduate school of middle barry institute. The ges it is normally understood that it is very difficult to make ingress on Security Issues the middle east because there are so many moving parts. In the middle east, there hasnt been a moving part for quite a few years. Hat may be about to change the gridlock may be coming under pressure because of recent developments we will be hearing about shortly. Podium over to the director of the James Martin Center Nonproliferation Program and she will east hav
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