"No first use" removed from draft report at nuke disarmament confab

A call for states to adopt doctrines banning preemptive use of nuclear weapons has been removed from a draft report for an ongoing international disarmament conference, according to a version the chairman circulated Thursday.The watered-down draft also took out a reference to "the Russian Federation" in its call for the restoration of local control over a conflict-prone nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, a day before the end of the nearly monthlong review conference for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters.Through further behind-the-scenes negotiations, delegates …READ FULL ARTICLE