Women Leaders on Next Steps to Reduce Nuclear Threat

The Arms Control Association hosted their annual meeting on Tuesday, May 10th 2011. The theme of this year's event was "Reducing the Nuclear Danger: Next Steps on the Test Ban Treaty and Nuclear Arms Reductions."

Ellen Tauscher, Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security was one of the guest speakers.

You can hear Ellen's address here (she spoke at 12:30).

To read a transcript of the speech "The Case for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty" go here.

In an article published that same day by Reuters, Susan Cornwell writes:  "The Obama administration said on Tuesday it was preparing a push for approval of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, arguing that Washington no longer needs to conduct nuclear tests but needs to stop other countries from doing so.

Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher said a legally binding global ban on testing would help pressure states like Iran from engaging in illicit nuclear activities and discourage an arms race in Asia, where rivals India and Pakistan have conducted nuclear explosions." To read the entire article, please go here.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen also spoke at the event. Sen. Shaheen is a WAND/WiLL Woman in the Senate where she serves on both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Service Committee. She is the first woman to have been elected both a Governor (NH) and U.S. Senator. She spoke at our WAND WiLL National Conference in 2007 prior to her election to the U.S. Senate.

To read a transcript of her speech, please go here.

You can check out a video of her speech here.

WAND will continue to work on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in the coming months. Please check back often for more information as it becomes available.