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Following the predictably conten-
tious NATO summit in Brussels July
11th-12th, the office of Prime Minister
Katrín Jakobsdóttir announced that
Iceland would host the organisation’s
fourteenth annual Weapons of Mass
Destruction (WMD) Conference on
October 29th-30th in Reykjavík.
The purpose of the yearly meeting is
to coordinate efforts on WMD nonpro-
liferation and eventual disarmament.
Much of the rancour at the summit was
about defence spending. NATO Secre-
tary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a
report showing an increase in spending
across the alliance, but the U.S. Presi-
dent wanted more. The United States,
already the alliance’s biggest spender,
has substantially upped its defence
expenditures since Trump took office.
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir,
meanwhile, is the leader of Iceland’s
avowedly pacifist Left-Green party.
This is a very unusual position for
the leader of a NATO member state,
which is reflected in the prime minis-
ter's statement issued to The Reykjavík
Grapevine:
“I would say that a crucial element
in security is not only active, ongoing,
and productive conversations between
nations and heads of state but also
between grassroot organisations such
as Nobel Peace Prize Winners ICAN
(International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons) and organisations
such as NATO. This is why I believe
we would all benefit from a side event
with the participation from organisa-
tions such as ICAN on the margins of
this upcoming NATO summit on WMD
in Iceland. I would also like to add that
Iceland is a nation without a mili-
tary and we will always advocate for a
peaceful solution to conflict.”
Against chemical weapons
The foreign ministry is expect-
ing around one hundred attendees,
including senior government officials,
experts in WMD, and directors-general
of international organisations, such as
the Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons and the Compre-
hensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Organisation. The agenda has not been
finalised, but sessions will focus on
how NATO can help stop the spread of
WMD and facilitate disarmament in
accordance with the Non-Proliferation
Treaty. There will also be discussions
on developments in the use of chemi-
Words:
Colin Arnold
Dalrymple
Photo:
Adobe
Stock &
Alþingi
Setting an
Affirmative
Agenda
Iceland to host 14th Weapons of Mass
Destruction Conference in October
A fog looms over NATO
12 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 13— 2018