This week Barack Obama became the first sitting US President in history to chair the UN Security Council. Now, that's pretty special in itself, but even better - Obama used the occasion to highlight the importance of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament.
It's great to see that Obama is willing to work with other countries to come to an agreement. President Bush threw away his chance to strengthen the non-proliferation treaty - we can't let that happen again. The non-proliferation treaty is in a fragile state. Countries which were supposed to disarm haven't done so and a number of new countries have developed weapons since the treaty was signed. If nothing is done it's likely that the non-proliferation treaty will crumble and more and more countries will feel the need to develop nuclear weapons.
It's clear that Obama's approach is working - the UN Security Council unanimously adopted his resolution calling for nuclear disarmament. The US and Russia have annouced plans to cut down their nuclear stockpiles and earlier on this week UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that he would be cutting down on the number of British nuclear submarines. These are all steps forward, but there are many more to go.
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