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- Arms control helps
prevent war and arms races.

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And with the current world situation,

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those are pretty important things to do.

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Disarmament can only happen

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if we get at the causes of conflict.

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And the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

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is the only legitimate way the
whole world can work together

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to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

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At the same time, we have
to work together every day

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to eliminate all other
weapons of mass destruction,

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or WMD as we call it,

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so that no one else will have
to face attacks with chemical,

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biological, radiological,
or nuclear weapons.

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And we have to get rid
of the illicit small arms

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and light weapons that make the world

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a more dangerous place.

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On small arms and light weapons,

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NATO has destroyed more than 600,000 guns,

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tens of millions of rounds of ammunition,

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we've cleared hundreds of
hectares of land mines,

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and so much more.

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Nuclear weapons committed
to NATO's defense

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has been reduced by more than 95%

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since the height of the Cold War.

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And NATO has been involved in the drafting

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of just about every
significant arms control

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Non-Proliferation Treaty since the 1960s.

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Because allies knew instinctively

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that its mission was to deter
our enemies from attacking us

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but that an endless arms race
was of no one's interest.

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Allies also meet all the time

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at our headquarters here in Brussels

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in more than 10 different
dedicated committees

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to coordinate policies and implementation

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of arms control, disarmament,
and WMD non-proliferation.

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So arms control, disarmament,
and non-proliferation

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is all about making the world safer.

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It's just what we do.