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Ahmedinejad, Clinton to Speak at UN Nuclear Conference

   VOA News 03 May 2010
   Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad (File)

Photo: AP

   Iran's President Mahmoud Ahamdinejad (File)

   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to make the case for
   his country's nuclear program during an address at the opening session
   of a conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty .
   Mr.  Ahmadinejad  arrived  in  New  York  early  Monday morning and is
   expected  to  present  a proposal for changes to the treaty as well as
   deride  US-led  efforts  to  impose  a  new  round of sanctions on his
   country for their uranium enrichment.
   US  Secretary  of  State  Hillary  Clinton  suggested  Sunday that the
   Iranian  leader  would  try  to  deflect  attention from his country's
   failure to comply with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
   She  is  also  expected  to  address  the conference's opening session
   Monday at United Nations headquarters in New York.
   The  189  signatories  to the NPT gather every five years  to discuss
   compliance and strengthening the treaty, which aims to halt the spread
   of nuclear weapons.
   The conference ends May 28.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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