“U.S One-Sided Foreign Policy, Negative Impact on Disarmament”

Debates regarding America`s `one-sided` foreign policy took place at U.N Conference on Disarmament (CD) which was held at Geneva, Switzerland on the 7th amid growing international criticism against the speech regarding `axis of evil` of George.W.Bush, U.S. President.

Hu Saodi, Ambassador for Disarmament in China, who was the first speaker, criticized the U.S by showing examples such as one-sided withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, denial of verification protocol of Biological Weapon Convention (BWC), denial of ratification of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and said, "Multilateral Arms Regulation and Disarmament Agreements (MARDA) is facing a challenge that is unparalleled in history."

Anna Lind, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden said, "I am worried that America`s one-sided establishment of the Missile Defense system (MD) and decision on the ABM Treaty might negatively affect MARDA and the effort to prevent nuclear expansion. A general regulation for prevention of missile expansion should be established."

David Brousher, Minister of Disarmament in England, which is identified as the most friendly nation to the U.S after the 9.11 attack mentioned, "New times and new challenges require new response." and stressed the importance of MARDA. He added, "The previous response, however, was not without merit."

Regarding this, Erick Jabiz, the new U.S. minister of disarmament protested that some criticizers analyze that U.S`s decision of secession from ABM was one-sided foreign policy, but that "this analysis is wrong."

Mr. Jabiz insisted, "There is no doubt that the U.S considers the role of Conference as very important since it is the only organization for MARDA." and listing the treaties that the U.S. has signed on such as the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Outer Space Treaty (OST), Biological Weapon Convention (BWC), Chemical Weapon Convention (CWC).