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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1358 

Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 

to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training the 

next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely 

information and analysis. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2010 

Mr. FARR (for himself, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. 

THOMPSON of California, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. 

MCNERNEY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. STARK, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. HONDA, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COSTA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 

DREIER, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. BECERRA, Ms. CHU, Ms. WATSON, Ms. WATERS, Ms. HARMAN, Ms. RICHARDSON, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Mr. BACA, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. ISSA, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. FILNER, and Mrs. DAVIS of California) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the contribution made by the James Martin 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to combat the spread 

of weapons of mass destruction by training the next 

generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analysis. 


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Whereas the national security of the United States is enhanced by reducing the role and numbers of nuclear 

weapons and other weapons of mass destruction; 

Whereas in Prague, Czech Republic, on April 13, 2009, the 

United States called for a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in 

four years and proposed a comprehensive agenda to reduce the global nuclear arsenal and stop the spread of 

nuclear weapons to achieve the ultimate goal of a world 

without nuclear weapons; 

Whereas the United Nations Security Council unanimously 

passed Resolution 1887 endorsing this comprehensive 

agenda, including the goal of securing all nuclear materials; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 

reaffirmed that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and their means of delivery, constitutes a 

threat to international peace and security; 

Whereas United Nations Security Council Resolution 1887 

called for further progress on all aspects of disarmament 

to enhance global security; 

Whereas President Barack Obama stated in his opening remarks to the Plenary Session of the April 2010 Nuclear 

Security Summit in Washington, DC, ‘‘Two decades after 

the end of the Cold War, we face a cruel irony of history—the risk of a nuclear confrontation between nations 

has gone down, but the risk of nuclear attack has gone 

up’’; 

Whereas Russia and the United States possess 95 percent of 

the world’s nuclear warheads and enhancing their own security and demonstrating their commitment to reducing 


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nuclear weapons globally is a key element of strengthening the global stand against Iran and other 

proliferators; 

Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty cuts the 

deployed weapons limits of Russian and United States 

nuclear weapons by 30 percent; 

Whereas the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty relies on 

human resources educated and trained in the policy and 

practice of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction; 

Whereas a trained, educated, capable cadre of academics and 

practitioners are necessary to reduce the risk of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and improve the 

global capacity to eliminate nuclear weapons; 

Whereas Dr. William Potter established the James Martin 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in 1989 with a handful 

of Institute students and today has over 50 graduate student research assistants and a full-time staff of more 

than 40 specialists located in offices in Monterey, Washington, DC, and Almaty, Kazakhstan; 

Whereas since its founding, the James Martin Center for 

Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of 

International Studies has worked to reduce the threat 

posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

and to educate and build communities of nonproliferation 

specialists worldwide; 

Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 

strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction by training the next generation of nonproliferation 


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specialists and disseminating timely information and 

analysis; 

Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is 

the largest nongovernmental organization in the United 

States devoted exclusively to research and training on 

nonproliferation issues; 

Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 

publishes the highly influential refereed journal, ‘‘The 

Nonproliferation Review’’, concerned with the causes, 

consequences, and control of the spread of nuclear, chemical, biological, and conventional weapons; 

Whereas, on May 6, 2010, Deputy Director Leonard S. 

Spector of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation 

Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies testified before the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade in a hearing entitled 

‘‘The Future of U.S. International Nuclear Cooperation’’; 

Whereas for two decades, published reports, analyses, and 

public testimony from the specialists at the James Martin 

Center for Nonproliferation Studies have informed nonproliferation policy as well as broader United States foreign policymaking; and 

Whereas the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies 

consists of interrelated activities organized to address five 

major areas of concern to nonproliferation, including the 

Chemical and Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program, the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, the Education Program, the International Organizations and 


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Nonproliferation Program, and the Newly Independent 

States Nonproliferation Program: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) recognizes the contribution made by the 

3 James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies 

4 at the Monterey Institute of International Studies to 

5 combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction 

6 by training the next generation of nonproliferation 

7 specialists and disseminating timely information and 

8 analysis; and 

9 (2) commends the James Martin Center for 

10 Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute 

11 of International Studies on its 20th anniversary. 

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