2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
The
summit on nuclear safety will become the largest summit in the field
of nuclear safety. It will be in Seoul at the end of March in 2012.
Chapters of 53 states will discuss the international measures for
protection of nuclear materials and nuclear objects from terrorists.
The North Korean nuclear problem will become the main theme of
discussion.
Participating states are: Republic of Korea, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Great Britain, Ukraine, USA, Vietnam.
The heads of such international organizations as United Nations, IAEA, EU will take part in the summit too.
Background: The President of the USA Barack Obama in his speech in Prague in 2009 declared that nuclear terrorism is a serious threat for the international security. The first summit on nuclear safety took place in Washington in April in 2010. 47 leaders of the countries of the world and 3 international organizations (the United Nations, IAEA, EU) including 5 nuclear powers and the countries which have not signed the NNPT – India, Pakistan, Israel took part in the summit.
The Republic of Korea as the country organizer will coordinate carrying out the summit and the leader in discussions on key questions. Election of Korea as the country organizer reflects recognition by the world community of observance by Korea of conditions of the NNPT and use of nuclear energy in the peace purposes.
Expected results: The summit serves in Seoul as possibility for Korea to earn the international authority. Besides the summit will help to provide stability on Korean Peninsula by involvement thef world leaders to discussion of measures for strengthening of nuclear safety. The summit will serve as a forum for discussion not only nuclear security questions but also nuclear safety. After the accident in Fukushima the problem of nuclear safety became the main point for discussion. [21]
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