Disarmament

Issues

Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Weapons are weapons of mass destruction. About 200.000 people, almost all civilians, lost their lives when these weapons were used in the attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.

Iceland does not allow nuclear weapons to be situated in Iceland or the transport of such weapons through Icelandic territory. As a Member State of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Iceland supports the eradication of all nuclear weapons. 

Decisions to reduce the number of nuclear weapons have been taken both unilaterally and by agreement. The United States and Russia have reduced their stock of nuclear weapons by more than half since the end of the Cold War, nevertheless stock are still substantial.     

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty  (CTBT) was concluded on 24 September 1996, but has yet to enter into force. Iceland supports the conclusion of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT).

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has access to nuclear weapons, the purpose of which is to deter from launching attacks on its Member States, whether by using nuclear, chemical or biological or conventional weapons.

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