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Ceremony to mark the accession of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland
to NATO: Left to right: Mr. J. Buzek (Polish Prime Minister); Mr.
M. Zeman (Czech Prime Minister); NATO Secretary General, Dr. J. Solana;
Mr. V. Orban (Hungarian Prime Minister). Source: NATO
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The establishment of a Central
and Eastern European NWFZ has been proposed several times, beginning
when Polish Foreign
Minister Adam Rapacki broached the idea in 1958. During the Cold War, the
realization of his proposal was prevented by the strategic nuclear deterrence
policies of NATO and Warsaw Pact states. The possibility of a Central and
Eastern European NWFZ was revived in 1990, when Belarus submitted a
proposal to the UN General Assembly. Obstacles remain, however, as NATO states
still generally oppose a NWFZ in this region. In November 2000, Belarus withdrew a draft resolution
it had sponsored on the subject due to a lack of consensus.
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