[00:45.35]So I think it’s gonna contribute to regional and international peace and security and it will promote economic development in the process.”
[00:50.98]Only three countries voted against the treaty—Iran, Syria and North Korea, while 23 abstained.
[00:57.27]Critics doubt the treaty will make any difference to the black market in weapons.
[01:01.07]The United States has called on China and Russia to try to rein in North Korea after it announces it will restart a dormant nuclear reactor.
[01:09.61]Within the past few minutes the U.S Secretary of State John Kerry said such a move would be a provocative and serious move.
[01:16.49]He was speaking at a news conference with his South Korean counterpart.
[01:19.60]Earlier the U.N Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that North Korea was on a collision course that could lead to war.
[01:26.55]President Obama has unveiled details of a bold new US initiative to study the human brain.
[01:33.18]Mr. Obama described the program which he compared in scope to mapping the human genome as enormous mystery waiting to be unlocked.
[01:41.59]He said the aim would be to find treatments and cures for a number of disorders including Alzheimer’s and post-traumatic stress disorder known as PTSD.
[01:50.99]“Think about what we could do once we do crack this code.
[01:56.10]Imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of Parkinson’s or struggle in the grip of epilepsy.