The new treaty is designed to follow the Kyoto protocol, the world's existing treaty to regulate greenhouse gases, the first phase of which expires in 2012.

新条约旨在跟随《京都协议书》的步伐，后者是世界上现有的控制温室气体排放的条约，其第一阶段计划将于2012年到期。

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Concluding this treaty would be a real achievement for Mr Obama - but it would follow three previous nuclear disarmament deals and it would not visibly alter the balance of power in the world.

签署了这个协议，奥巴马就有了实际的成就——但它排在前三个核装备协议之后，世人无法明显地看到权力的分布到底倾斜了没有。

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Meanwhile the promises made by the NPT's members to stand by the treaty will likewise count for nothing without the will to hold to account Iran, Syria and the others that may follow them.

同时，如果不情愿让伊朗，叙利亚以及以后跟风的其他国家承担责任的话，由《不扩散核武器条约》成员国作出遵守条款的承诺，同样毫无价值。

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Last July President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitri Medvedev,agreed to work on a follow-on treaty to START-One.

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Miller says Moscow wants to have less intrusive verification procedures put into the follow on START-One treaty whereas Washington wants stronger measures.

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Initial expectations for Copenhagen have been scaled back to try to reach political agreement on a framework, with a detailed, binding treaty to follow.

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This so-called Strategic Arms Reduction (START) follow-on treaty will be ballyhooed as an important step towards the realization of Mr. Obama's goal of a nuclear weapons-free world.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Stopping START

The New York Times reported that it required 150 interagency meetings, including 30 by the National Security Council, to produce the new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and START follow-on treaty.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Obama, unilateral Denuclearizer-in-Chief

Yet, a Kremlin spokesman has already served notice that Moscow will feel free to abrogate the START follow-on treaty if it believes that U.S. missile defenses in Europe are a threat to its deterrent.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: False START