Recognizes the contribution made by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analysis.
Commends the Center on its 20th anniversary.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1358 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1358
Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training
the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating
timely information and analysis.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 13, 2010
Mr. Farr (for himself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Levin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr.
Thompson of California, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. George Miller of
California, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. McNerney, Ms.
Speier, Mr. Stark, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. Honda, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California,
Mr. Cardoza, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Dreier, Mr. Waxman, Mr.
Becerra, Ms. Chu, Ms. Watson, Ms. Waters, Ms. Harman, Ms. Richardson,
Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Baca, Mr. Rohrabacher, Ms.
Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Issa, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Filner, and
Mrs. Davis of California) submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
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RESOLUTION
Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training
the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating
timely information and analysis.
Whereas the national security of the United States is enhanced by reducing the
role and numbers of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass
destruction;
Whereas in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 13, 2009, the United States called
for a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear
materials around the world in four years and proposed a comprehensive
agenda to reduce the global nuclear arsenal and stop the spread of
nuclear weapons to achieve the ultimate goal of a world without nuclear
weapons;
Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously passed Resolution 1887
endorsing this comprehensive agenda, including the goal of securing all
nuclear materials;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 reaffirmed that the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and their means of
delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security;
Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 called for further
progress on all aspects of disarmament to enhance global security;
Whereas President Barack Obama stated in his opening remarks to the Plenary
Session of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC,
``Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of
history--the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations has gone
down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone up'';
Whereas Russia and the United States possess 95 percent of the world's nuclear
warheads and enhancing their own security and demonstrating their
commitment to reducing nuclear weapons globally is a key element of
strengthening the global stand against Iran and other proliferators;
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty cuts the deployed weapons limits
of Russian and United States nuclear weapons by 30 percent;
Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty relies on human resources
educated and trained in the policy and practice of nonproliferation of
weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas a trained, educated, capable cadre of academics and practitioners are
necessary to reduce the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and improve the global capacity to eliminate nuclear
weapons;
Whereas Dr. William Potter established the James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International
Studies in 1989 with a handful of Institute students and today has over
50 graduate student research assistants and a full-time staff of more
than 40 specialists located in offices in Monterey, Washington, DC, and
Almaty, Kazakhstan;
Whereas since its founding, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
at the Monterey Institute of International Studies has worked to reduce
the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
to educate and build communities of nonproliferation specialists
worldwide;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies strives to combat the spread of
weapons of mass destruction by training the next generation of
nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and
analysis;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies is the largest nongovernmental
organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and
training on nonproliferation issues;
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies publishes the highly influential
refereed journal, ``The Nonproliferation Review'', concerned with the
causes, consequences, and control of the spread of nuclear, chemical,
biological, and conventional weapons;
Whereas, on May 6, 2010, Deputy Director Leonard S. Spector of the James Martin
Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of
International Studies testified before the House Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade in a hearing entitled ``The Future
of U.S. International Nuclear Cooperation'';
Whereas for two decades, published reports, analyses, and public testimony from
the specialists at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
have informed nonproliferation policy as well as broader United States
foreign policymaking; and
Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey
Institute of International Studies consists of interrelated activities
organized to address five major areas of concern to nonproliferation,
including the Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program,
the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, the Education Program, the
International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program, and the Newly
Independent States Nonproliferation Program: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) recognizes the contribution made by the James Martin
Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute
of International Studies to combat the spread of weapons of
mass destruction by training the next generation of
nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely
information and analysis; and
(2) commends the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation
Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies on
its 20th anniversary.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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