New US lead on nuclear disarmament

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Updated September 22, 2009 11:09:23

The United States has drafted a UN Security Council resolution calling on all countries with nuclear weapons to get rid of them.

Washington hopes the text will be approved by a special session on September 24 when the 15-nation council meets on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, where President Obama makes his UN debut appearance. Diplomats say the US draft is yet another example of the sharp shift on disarmament policy from the previous Bush administration.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Kawasaki Akira, executive director of the NGO, Peace Boat; Dr Tilman Ruff, Australian chair of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

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