REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AT CLOSING SESSION OF THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 3:55 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good afternoon, everybody. If we could get started. If everybody could take…
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Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 10:17 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning, everybody. It is my privilege to welcome you to Washington and to formally convene our fourth Nuclear Security Summit. I convened our first summit —…
Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, D.C. 10:08 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here with our P5+1 partners, the European Union, and Director General Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Because…
As the biennial, leader-level meetings engendered by the Nuclear Security Summits come to an end, the international cooperation and focus on implementing the Nuclear Security Summits’ vision and agenda must continue. The Nuclear Security Contact Group envisioned by this Gift…
The Nuclear Security Summit process has led to significant achievements in nuclear security at national, regional, and global levels; but the work of building a strengthened, sustained, and comprehensive global nuclear security architecture – consisting of legal instruments, international organizations…
The United Nations’ (UN) universal membership gives it unique convening power. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Security Council (UNSC), in accordance with their respective responsibilities under the UN Charter, play significant roles in strengthening nuclear security globally.…
INTERPOL is the leading international organization for fostering law enforcement cooperation and has an important role in capacity development to counter terrorist and other criminal offences including those which might involve nuclear and other radioactive material. INTERPOL supports the NSS…
The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) supports the mission of the voluntary partnership of 86 countries and 5 official observer organizations to strengthen global capacity to prevent, detect, deter, and respond to nuclear terrorism by conducting multilateral activities…
The Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (Global Partnership or GP) contributes to development, coordination, implementation and finance of new or expanded cooperation projects in various areas including nuclear and radiological security, and the…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plays a central coordinating role for nuclear security activities involving both Member States and other international organizations and initiatives. Through implementing its Nuclear Security Plan, the IAEA also supports Member State efforts to effectively…
