The EU Must Start Negotiations with Turkey

Negotiations on maritime transport had been suspended until the start of the new round of services negotiations.

We must start negotiations as soon as possible.

Thus we believe that the linkage between the start of the negotiations on an FMCT and the progress of other issues must be abandoned, and that the Conference should start the FMCT negotiations immediately.

Nevertheless, the preparatory work on the conference could start alongside such negotiations.

Activities preparatory to the start of the negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty

Australia continues to press for a start to negotiations for such a treaty.

We welcome their agreement, among other things, setting out the basic components of START 3 negotiations.

Immediately after Russian ratification of START II, the United States and the Russian Federation will begin negotiations regarding lower levels within the framework of a START III Treaty.

The consequence was that, between the time the suggestion was made to start negotiations on services and the actual beginning of the negotiations, at least four years were wasted in discussions about the scope of those negotiations.

(d) The early entry into force of START II and the early commencement and conclusion of negotiations for START III by the Russian Federation and the United States of America

The Protocol to the START II Treaty increases the possibility that the agreed reductions will take place and that START III negotiations will begin.

It is now crucial that negotiations start without delay in order to seize the momentum of the reform.

If and when they start, we cannot prohibit the raising of relevant issues before the commencement of negotiations, can we?

Norway hopes to see an early start of further negotiations on substantial cuts in the arsenals of tactical nuclear weapons.

Negotiations on an FMT, whenever they start, must cover existing stockpiles and an effective verification mechanism.

The joint call by the United States of America and the Russian Federation to conclude START II and to engage in immediate negotiations thereafter toward START III is most welcome.

In light of the June 2002 statement by the Russian Federation de linking START II and tying the conclusion of negotiations on START III to the entry into force of START II, Argentina proposes that, in order to maintain the momentum achieved under START, the parties should consider, as a minimum, extending START I until 2009.

Nor do I pretend that we have discovered the magic formula that would kick start the negotiations.

It was agreed that Russia and the United States will embark on negotiations for the START 3 agreement immediately after the START 2 Treaty enters into force.

In part, our two Presidents agreed that after START II enters into force, the United States and Russia will immediately begin negotiations on a START III agreement.

Of equal importance was the start of negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty which would include a robust verification regime.

To fail to follow through on this fact and to start negotiations to this end would be a dereliction of duty.

This would undoubtedly increase the number of delegations wishing to start negotiations on this item, thus bring us closer to consensus.

It is important for the CD to be able to start real negotiations from the very beginning of the 1998 session.

The Conference on Disarmament should establish an ad hoc committee on anti personnel landmines and start serious negotiations.

While we do not start the real negotiations in Vienna, we will try to help to prepare them.

Finally, negotiations on agriculture will start earlier than the other negotiations. It is imperative that the UNCTAD trade policy simulation model for agriculture be brought up to date in order for it to be of assistance to developing countries in these negotiations.

It also considers essential a prompt start to the negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons.

We are convinced that the start of negotiations on an FMCT will be a significant step towards nuclear disarmament and non proliferation.

5. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall start the negotiations on a draft convention at its third session

In the meantime, we urge the Russian Federation to ratify START II and that efforts be made by the parties concerned to commence negotiations on START III without undue delay.

The United States continues to support the immediate start of negotiations on a fissile material cut off treaty in the Conference on Disarmament.

12. Israeli settlement activities carried out during 1996 will create new geographical and demographic realities before the start of the final stage of peace negotiations.

(d) The early entry into force of the Treaty on Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II) and the early commencement and conclusion of negotiations for START III by the Russian Federation and the United States of America

However, our priority is to start negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament without preconditions, rather than prolonging discussions on the mandate.

The Union hopes that another important step forward will soon be made with the ratification of the START II Treaty by Russia, and that the way will thus be open for negotiations to begin on START III.

Japan ardently hopes that the sense of urgency to recommence negotiations, widely shared by members of the CD, results in the start of substantive work this year.

Last March, at the Helsinki summit, Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin agreed that after the START II Treaty enters into force, the United States and Russia will immediately begin negotiations on a START III agreement.

I urge the Conference to find a way to build on this positive start and to begin negotiations as soon as possible.

Nor, notwithstanding the remarks of the South African Ambassador on this point, has anyone, to my knowledge, set preconditions to the start of negotiations on an FMCT.

We look forward positively to a very early commencement of START III negotiations preferably including, at the soonest possible time, all five of the nuclear weapon States.

11. Urges the Russian Federation and the United States of America to commence negotiations on a START III agreement immediately after START II enters into force, thereby realizing the understandings they reached in the joint statement issued at Helsinki

It was also imperative to end the deadlock at the Conference on Disarmament and start negotiations on prohibiting the production of fissile material for weapons purposes.

The CD should now start negotiations on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, the cut off.