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Mar 27, 2012

nuclear security summit 2012 world leaders pledge to secure Nuke weapons by 2014

Considering nuclear terrorism as one of the greatest threats facing the world,US President Barack Obama reminded the world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit
that "the security of the world depends on the actions that we take."

As the matter stands,middle east has virtually exploded  and the world leaders are seriously engaged in securing its stability and security and the importance of safeguarding nuclear assets cannot be ignored.For that  leaders of  53-nations pledged to secure all vulnerable nuclear material by 2014.
The pivotal point at the Seoul Summit is to improve the global nuclear security  and to strengthen the global capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to nuclear terrorism-how to ensure that nuclear material around the world does not fall into the wrong hands.

Obama,said the international community had made progress in removing nuclear materials and improving security at nuclear facilities around the globe. he assured that  world's nuclear materials won't fall into the hands of terrorists.

Aware of the  repercussions of a nuclear attack are bound to be on global scale the world 's economy, tourism and civil liberties would all be affected. The NSS in 2010 was a good initiative in overcoming international inertia  to such consequences which  resulted in specific commitments by countries to bring nuclear materials under control.

World leaders agreed  that nuclear terrorism will remain a potent threat as long as there are terrorists seeking to gain access to atomic material and technologies, asserting that the best guarantee for nuclear security is a world free of such weapons.But calling for closer co-operation to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism , Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the group to work together on the issue.

Indian  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at  second Nuclear Security Summit "Noting that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi put forward an Action Plan for global nuclear disarmament in a time-bound framework almost 25 years ago.which remains the most comprehensive and elaborate proposal to achieve this objective."
   
Adding that "India is party to the main international legal instruments on nuclear security - the Convention on Physical Protection and its 2005 amendment, as well as the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. We support the universalisation of these instruments."


At the meeting, world leaders discussed measures to fight the threat of nuclear terrorism, including the protection of nuclear materials and facilities, as well as the prevention of trafficking of nuclear materials.


South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said nuclear terrorism remained a ''grave threat'', while US President Barack Obama said action remains  the main objective.


Bad factors
US President BarackObama warned ``there are still too many bad actors in search of these dangerous materials and these dangerous materials are still vulnerable in too many places.''


Obama is seeking a  goal of ridding the world of nuclear weapons despite disagreements with Russia over the next phase of a disarmament program he views as a central part of his foreign policy agenda.

 President Barack Obama told Russia's Outgoing  President Dmitry Medvedev that he would have more flexibility after the November election to deal with the contentious issue of missile defense

Tensions over missile defense have threatened to upend the overall thawing of relations between the US and Russia in recent years.
Iran and North Korea

Without mentioning of Iran and North Korea, Nuclear Security Summit cannot achieve its aim, Obama warned  North Korea and Iran of the few options available "Your provocations and pursuit of nuclear weapons have not achieved the security you seek, they have undermined it.Instead of the dignity you desire, you are more isolated."Obama said.

As North Korea decision of  a long-range missile test scheduled for  next month, overshadowed an international nuclear security summit
   
Seoul declared  that it might shoot down parts of a North Korean rocket if that happened to violate South Korean territory. After North Korea's military has elected  Kim Jong-Un as its new leader ,international community is looking for a change in its foreign and military policies.

Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao, Pyongyang's main ally to use his country's influence over North Korea to push the isolated country to meet its international obligations.


   
, Obama directly challenged North Korea's leaders, imploring them "to have the courage to pursue peace." Hu indicated that China was taking North Korea's planned rocket launch seriously and letting its concerns be known to the North's leaders.

It is indicated that Beijing  will work  with Washington to renew  six-party talks members "to make clear to the North Koreans the very grave concerns that the international community has if they go forward with this provocative act".
   
The -stalled six-party talks(consisting two Koreas,Russia, China, the US and Japan) has been trying since 2003 to negotiate an end to the North's atomic weapons programme.

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