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Clinton, at U.N., Signs Treaty Banning All Nuclear Testing [1]
['Alison Mitchell']
Date: 1996-09-25
President Clinton signed a treaty today that would ban all nuclear weapons testing and called on world leaders to take further steps to limit weapons of mass destruction. He also urged them to show ''zero tolerance'' for international drug smuggling and for terrorism.
In an address to the 51st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Clinton noted that it was the second year in a row that he had asked diplomats and world leaders to take a strong stand against what he calls the ''new threats'' of the post-cold-war era: Drug traffickers, terrorists and unsafeguarded weapons materials. ''Frankly, we have not done that yet,'' Mr. Clinton said.
''Real zero tolerance requires us to isolate states that refuse to play by the rules we have all accepted for civilized behavior,'' he said. ''As long as Iraq threatens its neighbors and people, as long as Iran supports and protects terrorists, as long as Libya refuses to give up the people who blew up Pan Am 103, they should not become full members of the family of nations.''
Mr. Clinton's annual visit to the United Nations was unusually brief -- less than two hours long -- and was coupled with a campaign rally later in New Jersey. It came at a time when the Administration has said it would use its Security Council veto to keep Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who the United States says has not initiated enough reform at the United Nations, from serving a second term as Secretary General.
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