News headlines in April 2019, page 11

STOCKHOLM / ROME, Apr 01 (IPS) - On March 19, 78 years old Nursultan Äbisjuly Nazarbayev unexpectedly announced his resignation as President of Kazakhstan, referring to the need for "a new generation of leaders". The same day the speaker of the nation´s parliament was appointed as interim president, awaiting presidential elections scheduled for 2020.

WASHINGTON DC, Apr 01 (IPS) - Daryll G. Kimball is Executive Director, Arms Control Association, Washington DC.

Fifty years ago, shortly after the conclusion of the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States and the Soviet Union launched the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT).