St. Joseph Church
Bristol, Connecticut

Deacon Robert M. Pallotti, D. Min.
Pastoral Minister

Five declared NWSs adopt NFU policies.

Threefold nuclear states:

• Resolve nuclear issues between Israel and Pakistan
  
• Create NWF-zone in South Asia.

Reinforcing measures:

• Efforts to build and maintain highly capable detection mechanisms.
  
• Assess adequacy of interim level of 200 for all NWSs.
  
• Mideast peace efforts, and Israeli commitment to 200 warhead level.
  
• Agreement on positive security assurances.
  
• Discussions of response mechanisms for violations.
  
• Discussions of cut-off of fissile material production for military purposes.
  
• Discussion of CTB.
  
• Study of desirability/feasibility of global ban on intermediate and long-range land-based ICBMs.

Denuclearization agreement between Russia and Ukraine

Russian progress toward democratization, internal stability, non-confrontational foreign policy.

• Cooperative security environment among industrialized democracies including Japan and Germany.
  
• Continued Russian progress toward democracy, internal stability
  
• Adoption on NFU by 5 declared nuclear powers.
  
• Strengthened non-proliferation regime.
  
• Agreement to reassess and halt reductions if "rogue" is detected to have built or be near to building nuclear weapons.
  
• Agreement by Israel, India, Pakistan to a level not exceeding 200, and commitment that nuclear weapons are "defensive last resort".
  
• Acceptance of START Verification procedures

• High-confidence in procedural safeguards and response capabilities against proliferation.
• Additional NWF zones.
  
• Monitored ban on fissile material
  
• Ban on nuclear testing.
  
• Elimination of land-based ballistic missiles.
  
• Tactical ballistic missile defense as safeguard against breakout/cheating.
  
• Rigoursly enforced nonproliferation regime.