(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday called for deeper global cooperation to strengthen nuclear security.
"My message to you now, today, is this: be the first mover. Do not wait for others to ac
The challenge is one of leadership,". Ban said in his remarks at the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit, in The Hague. "Let us work towards a safer world for all - a world free of nuclear weapons and threat of nuclear terrorism," he stressed, according to the kuwaiti news agency KUN
Meanwhile, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte speaking after the first day of the summit, said "it was a good first day." "As chairman of this NSS I'm very satisfied. This is only the halfway point, but I'm convinced we'll be able to continue in the same excellent atmosphere tomorrow,"' he sai
Following the opening speeches, the 53 participating countries today presented their national statements, a number of them in the form of video statements. The statements demonstrated a broad determination to ensure that the NSS process is successful, said Rutt
The leaders then proceeded to discuss, on the basis of a fictitious but realistic scenario, what they would have to do if there was indeed a threat of nuclear materials falling into the wrong hand
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