U.S. Set to Support Brazilian as Nonproliferation Conference Chairman

The Unites States said yesterday it plans to support having a Brazilian official lead the 2005 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review conference, despite Brazil’s refusal to allow thorough inspections of its nuclear facilities, Reuters reported yesterday (see GSN, April 20).

“We are going to support Ambassador [Sergio] Duarte,” said Undersecretary of State John Bolton. Brazil, though, should resolve its differences with the International Atomic Energy Agency so that “it doesn’t cast a pall over the review conference next year,” he added (Carol Giacomo, Reuters, April 27).

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