141 NATIONS SUPPORT 2ND URANIUM WEAPONS RESOLUTION IN UN VOTE
> Overwhelming majority of states support action on uranium weapons
> EU and NATO members split on the issue
> US, UK, Israel and France isolated
> UN Agencies forced to update their positions on uranium weapons by 2010
> 141 vote in favour, 34 abstain, four vote against.
The resolution, which had passed the First Committee stage on October 31st by 127 states to four, calls on three UN agencies - the World Health Organisation (WHO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to update their positions on uranium weapons. The overwhelming support for the text reflects increasing international concern over the long-term impact of uranium contamination in post-conflict environments and military ranges ... ( for the entire report, click here ...)
This is an important milesstone; but how can a progressive country like Sweden abstain from such a vote? And other abstentions and absences are puzzling also. Certainly the most important country in the EU that supports it is Germany; but why do the others lag? And what will Obama do? Will he continue with the official fiction about depleted uranium poisoning, or will he change the policy?
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