Why is Queen Noor discusses nuclear weapons destruction?”
Queen Noor has been making the media rounds for her great new cause — ridding the world of nuclear weapons. The Jordanian queen, who was born Lisa Najeeb Halaby to an Arab-American family in the U.S. and went on to marry the now-deceased King Hussein, works with Global Zero, a new international initiative working to eliminate the world’s nuclear weapons stockpiles. Hoping to spread the word, she appeared on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” last night, during which she touted Global Zero’s work — and knighted host Stephen Colbert leader of the Colbert Nation, but not after driving a hard bargain: she required him to sign onto the Global Zero initiative first. Nuclear proliferation is the “gravest security threat to the world today,” she said. Colbert tried to get at which country had the most weapons, but Noor kept her cool. “But how can we get rid of nuclear weapons — nuclear weapons are what keep us safe from other people’s nuclear weapons?” Colbert asked in his typical snarky st
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) – Jordan’s Queen Noor, a founder of an international initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons, called on the presidents of the United States and Russia to advance the cause at their Monday summit by agreeing to significant cuts in their arsenals. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in April issued a joint statement committing themselves to the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world. The two leaders are to meet Monday in Moscow for talks that many expect will lead to a framework agreement on new weapons cuts beyond the START-1 treaty that expires this year. “We’re so heartened that President Obama and President Medvedev have made that commitment. We pray they will build on that in the July 6th meeting, commit to deep reductions in their arsenals that will then help us to begin multilateral negotiations with the other nuclear countries that we hope will deter other countries aspiring to become nuclear … to see that the movement is going against
