Obama's Pledge To Cut Nuclear Weapons Wins Praise From China, Developing Countries At UNW

Opening Session of the Preperatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the State Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. (NTP Prepcom), 2008 in Geneva. Photo from Wikimedia.

From L.A. Times:

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Barack Obama's pledge to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons won praise Monday from China and key developing countries, and spurred hope that Washington's policy shift and new U.S.-Russian cooperation will end a long deadlock on global disarmament efforts.

But at the start of a U.N. meeting to prepare for a 2010 conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, country representatives tempered their welcome by saying they want to see results.

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My Comment: The whole point of President Obama's world tour was to get everyone to "like us". But saying one thing .... and then implementing it .... these are two totally different situations. I expect the implementation part is going to disapoint a lot of people.