Ban welcomes new arms pact between Russia and the United States

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United Nations, New York, 26 March 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed today's agreement reached between Russia and the United States to reduce their arsenals, hailing it as an important milestone in global efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
Negotiations between the two nations on a successor agreement to the 1991 Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, better known as START, wrapped up today.

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