Sign for Protest at UN on May 3rd

by Julie JIgsawnovich

Something we all can agree on? Here's my new slogan. Feel free to print it out and bring it to the park across from the United Nations headquarters 10am-12noon tomorrow--at 47th Street and 1st Avenue, in Manhattan. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak in the morning as part of the summit on nuclear non-proliferation. There are many reasons to strongly dislike Ahmadinejad, and these will surely be expressed at the UN--and at the Millennium Hotel if he does indeed stay there.

Israel Nukes? Iran Nukes? U.N. Review of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Opens Next Week

Haaretz reports: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will likely be granted a visa to attend the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference that opens in New York next week, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

The "May 3-28 conference at U.N. headquarters…is intended to assess compliance with the landmark arms control pact."

"Egypt and other Arab states are demanding that any final declaration that might come out of the conference include a renewed call for the creation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East - meaning that Israel, which is assumed to have nuclear weapons - would have to disarm."

Israel is widely believed to have a sizable nuclear arsenal although it has not acknowledged it.

Egypt is also demanding the convening of an international conference next year with Israel's participation to discuss that issue. Diplomats said the United States and Russia are trying to find a way to satisfy Egypt's demands."