无核国家敦促核国家加快去核化进程

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路透维也纳5月4日电（记者 Fredrik Dahl）---近日讨论《不扩散核武器条约》的会议出现分歧，无核国家敦促核国家加快去核化进程，而核国家则称去核化取得“前所未有的进展”。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 根据该条约，五个公认的拥有核武器的国家同意致力於去除核武器，而无核国家承诺不寻求拥有核武器。大多数国家已经接受该条约，2015年将举行条约评估会议。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 批评人士称，与要求五大核国家履行条约义务相比，外界更强调达到核不扩散的目标。这五个国家分别是美国、中国、俄罗斯、法国和英国。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 “核国家说的和我们想的差别很大，”一个欧盟小国的外交官表示。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 南非驻国际原子能机构代表明蒂（Abdul Samad Minty）代表新议程联盟（New Agenda Coalition）说道：“几年来，防止扩散的措施得到加强，而去核化却并未实现。”XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 明蒂称，新议程联盟反对任何继续保留核武器的理由。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 埃及代表团团长Sameh AboulEnein表示，“对去核化进程缺乏有效进展感到非常担忧”，并称这可能有损《不扩散核武器条约》的初衷。XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

(Reuters) - Non-nuclear states are urging nuclear-armed nations to disarm faster, while nuclear powers say they are making "unprecedented progress" in doing so, a divide on display at this week's meeting to discuss the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

Under the pact, which most countries have acceded to, the five recognized atomic bomb "haves" agreed to work towards eliminating their bombs, and the "have-nots" pledged not to pursue them. A treaty review conference is scheduled for 2015.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Critics say there has been more emphasis on meeting the non-proliferation goal than getting the five major powers - the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain - to fulfill their part of the deal.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 "There is a quite a large distance between what the nuclear weapons states say and what the rest of us think," said one diplomat from a smaller European Union country.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Speaking on behalf of the seven-nation New Agenda Coalition, including Brazil, Mexico, Ireland and Sweden, South African ambassador Abdul Samad Minty told delegates: "Whereas the non-proliferation measures have been strengthened over the years, the nuclear disarmament side of the NPT bargain has yet to be realized."XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The seven states reject "any justification for the continued retention" of nuclear weapons, Minty said.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The head of the Egyptian delegation, Sameh AboulEnein, expressed "deep concern at the continued lack of meaningful progress in the field of nuclear disarmament", and said this could undermine the purpose of the 189-nation NPT.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The United States, France, Russia, Britain and China issued a joint statement reaffirming their "enduring commitment" to meeting their NPT obligations.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 "We recall the unprecedented progress and efforts made by the nuclear-weapon states in nuclear arms reduction, disarmament, confidence-building and transparency," they said.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Stocks of nuclear weapons are now at far lower levels than any time in the past half century, the statement said.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 IRAN SEES NUCLEAR "HYPOCRISY"XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Britain's representative, Jo Adamson, said her country had a "strong record" of fulfilling its disarmament commitments and that it would reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile to no more than 180 by the mid-2020s.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The United States said it has been cutting its inventory of nuclear weapons for more than four decades, from a peak of 31,000 warheads in 1968 to 5,000 in 2009.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 When the new START arms treaty with Russia is fully implemented within seven years after it took effect in early 2011, the strategic nuclear forces of the two Cold War-era foes will reach their lowest levels since the 1950s, the U.S. said.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 But the non-aligned movement (NAM) of more than 100 developing and other states expressed concern that nuclear weapon modernization "undermines the minimal reductions" agreed in the START treaty.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 START will cut long-range, strategic nuclear weapons deployed by the United States and Russia to no more than 1,550 on each side, but they still have by far the most nuclear arms.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 The nuclear arsenals of China, Britain and France are in the low hundreds, well below those of the United States and Russia.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Shortly after taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama set the goal of eventually ridding the world of nuclear weapons as a central theme of his presidency.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Obama unveiled a revamped policy in 2010 renouncing development of new nuclear weapons and restricting use of those already in the U.S. arsenal. He followed that up by signing the new START landmark arms reduction deal with Russia.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 But momentum seems to have slowed on Obama's nuclear agenda and, with the November U.S. presidential election looming, chances for major new advances look doubtful.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Iran, accused by the West of seeking to develop nuclear arms itself, said the existence of nearly 23,000 nuclear warheads in the stockpiles of the five nuclear weapon states and their continued modernization posed a threat to mankind's survival.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 "Certain nuclear weapon states are expected to display sincerity and political will rather than hypocrisy with regard to their nuclear disarmament obligations," Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mahdi Akhondzadeh said.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语

 Pakistan and India, which both have nuclear weapons, have not signed the NPT. Israel, widely believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal, is also outside the voluntary pact. North Korea, believed to be preparing for a third nuclear test, withdrew from the NPT in 2003.XdYRainbow Mandarin 彩虹汉语