2005 Algeria New Nuclear

President Jacques Chirac and his center-right coalition won the May 2002 elections. Chirac was first elected in 1995, and his party, the Rally for the Republic (RPR), won an absolute majority in the National Assembly. In Chirac's first term, a referendum was passed changing the presidential term of office from 7 to 5 years. During his first 2 years in office, President Chirac's Prime Minister was Alain Juppé, who also served as leader of Chirac's neo-Gaullist RPR Party. However, during the legislative elections of 1997, the left won a majority in the Assembly, and Juppé was replaced by Socialist Lionel Jospin. This right-left "cohabitation" arrangement, which ended with Jospin's resignation following his defeat in the first round of the May 2002 presidential elections, was the longest lasting government in the history of the Fifth Republic. Jean-Pierre Raffarin became Prime Minister in May 2002 following Jospin’s resignation. In June 2005, former Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin ... [Read More]

G8 Leaders Prepare To Discuss Climate Change, Africa - US Department of State

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2004 Treaty Actions (Updated January 2005)

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Key Officers - All

 APIA (E) Address: U.S. Embassy, 5th Floor, ACB House, Matafele, Apia, Samoa; APO/FPO: American Embassy, PSC 467 BOX 1, APO AP 96531-1034; Phone: (685) 21-631; Fax: (685) 22-030; Workweek: Monday to Friday, 0800 - 1630 OfficerNameAMB  Charles J. Swindells (Resident in Welllington)DCM/CHG  Timothy W. HarleyMGT  Ronna Pazdral (Wellington) [Read More]

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Colonel Charles D. Lutes, "New Players on the Scene: A.Q. Khan and the Nuclear Black Market" , eJournal USA: Foreign Policy Agenda, March 2005

CONTENTS About This Issue U.S. Firmly Committed to NPT Controlling the World's Most Dangerous Weapon How to Strengthen the NPT Taking Legislative Aim at Weapon ... [Read More]

Henry D. Sokolski, "After Iran: Keeping Nuclear Energy Peaceful" , eJournal USA: Foreign Policy Agenda, March 2005

CONTENTS About This Issue U.S. Firmly Committed to NPT Controlling the World's Most Dangerous Weapon How to Strengthen the NPT Taking Legislative Aim at Weapon ... [Read More]