Chairman Shays to Hold September 26 Hearing on Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges
Washington,
Sep 21 -
Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations will convene an oversight hearing to examine the importance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and appropriate steps to strengthen the nonproliferation regime.
Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman, The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission (WMDC) will discuss the findings and recommendations of the WMDC covered in the Commissions book entitled, Weapons of Mass Terror: Freeing the World of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Arms. Dr. Blix will focus on nuclear proliferation and enforcement of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
The hearing will examine the importance of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the appropriate steps needed to strengthen the NPT regime. Witnesses from the Departments of State and Defense, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), as well as experts in the field of nuclear nonproliferation will address the following questions:
· What steps should be taken to strengthen compliance under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?
· Why has the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty failed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons?
· Why do some countries lack confidence in the non-proliferation regime?
· How does unilateralism versus multilateralism approaches to global security affect prospects for the abolition of nuclear weapons?
· To what extent have non-proliferation sanctions affected the policies of rogue regimes?
The hearing, Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges is
scheduled for Tuesday, September 26 at 2:00 pm in room 2154 Rayburn House Office
Building in Washington, DC.
WITNESS LIST
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges
September 26, 2006
PANEL ONE
Dr. Hans Blix, Chairman
The Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
PANEL TWO
Mr. William H. Tobey
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Proliferation
National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Department of Energy
Mr. Andrew K. Semmel
Deputy Assistant Secretary
International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN)
Department of State
Mr. Jack David
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction and Negotiations Policy
Department of Defense
Mr. Gene Aloise, Director
Natural Resources and Environment
Government Accountability Office
PANEL THREE
Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Chairman
Bipartisan Security Group
Global Security Institute
Mr. Baker Spring
F.M. Kirby Research Fellow for National Security Policy
The Heritage Foundation
Mr. Jonathan Granoff, President
Global Security Institute
Mr. Henry D. Sokolski
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Professor Frank von Hippel, Co-Chairman
International Panel on Fissile Materials
