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September 13, 2018
The interview with Richard Butler, conducted by Michal Onderco, examines Australia’s proactive role in nuclear arms control and disarmament during the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference. Butler discusses Australia’s bipartisan commitment to non-proliferation and the influence of its uranium resources and regional concerns, including French nuclear testing in the Pacific, on its policies. He highlights Australia’s diplomatic efforts, particularly engaging Israel to support the NPT’s objectives and collaborating with South Africa to advance disarmament proposals at the conference. Butler criticizes the U.S.-led push for an early pledge of indefinite extension as counterproductive and recounts his role in fostering consensus through private diplomacy. He concludes with reflections on the systemic issues of nuclear non-proliferation, the challenges of implementing NPT principles, and his cautious optimism during that period for eventual nuclear disarmament.
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April 4, 2018
Member of South Africa’s delegation to the 1995 NPT review conference.
October 12, 2016
Polish ambassador and chairman of the Drafting Committee at the 1995 NPT review conference.
November 14, 2016
Chairperson of the subcommittee for "Disarmament, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation" of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag.
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Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva (1999-2003)
October 20, 2016
One of the drafters of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
September 22, 2016
Co-founder of the Programme for Promoting Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PPNN) and director of the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies (MCIS
August 29, 2017
Deputy head of the nuclear non-proliferation section of the economic department in the German Federal Foreign Office.
June 20, 2017
Expert Advisor to Canada’s delegation to the 1995 review conference.
October 14, 2016
Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.