US-UK Mutual Defence AgreementMutual Defence Agreement • July 18th, 2018
Contract Type FiledJuly 18th, 2018A sixty year-old nuclear agreement between the United Kingdom and United States of America was last renewed in 2014 with no parliamentary debate or vote. The British public and parliamentarians initially found out about that latest extension and ratification of the Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA) when President Obama informed the United States Congress. CND maintains that the terms of the MDA are in contravention of the UK’s legal commitments as signatories to the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
US-UK Mutual Defence AgreementMutual Defence Agreement • March 11th, 2015
Contract Type FiledMarch 11th, 2015A fifty-six-year-old nuclear agreement between the United Kingdom and United States of America was again renewed in 2014 with no parliamentary debate or vote. The British public and parliamentarians initially found out about the latest extension and ratification of the Mutual Defence Agreement (MDA) when President Obama informed the United States Congress. CND maintains that the terms of the MDA are in contravention of the UK’s legal commitments as signatories to the nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT).