Q+A: Debates surrounding U.N. anti-nuclear arms pact

Analysts do not expect a major overhaul of the treaty at the meeting but hope for better results than in 2005 when procedural wrangling by the United States, Egypt and Iran led to failure.

My Prediction ... Another Failure !

With Iran And Egypt already joining forces against the U.S. and Israel , And The man from Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Coming (Maybe) to New York , to speak out about whatever he Wants !
and that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , Speaking in opposition to him , I doubt they will get anything but more Hatred accomplished


(Reuters) - A month-long meeting of 189 countries to assess a 40-year-old global treaty against nuclear arms starts in New York on Monday.

Here are some of the main issues surrounding the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which calls on nuclear weapon states to reduce their arsenals and for countries without atomic arms to eschew developing them.

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE CONFERENCE?

Members of the NPT, forged during the Cold War, review the pact every five years to assess progress toward its goals and look at ways to improve it. Ideally a final declaration, agreed by consensus, should lay out steps for the next five years.

For the West, the atomic programs of Iran and North Korea have shaken the foundations of the treaty, while some countries argue that the failure of big powers to disarm has dented its credibility.

Analysts do not expect a major overhaul of the treaty at the meeting but hope for better results than in 2005 when procedural wrangling by the United States, Egypt and Iran led to failure.