2012 Nuclear Security Summit
| 2012 Nuclear Security Summit | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 South Korea
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| Date | March 26–27, 2012 |
| Venue(s) | COEX Convention & Exhibition Center |
| Cities | Seoul |
| Participants | 58 representatives |
| Follows | 2010 Nuclear Security Summit |
| Precedes | 2014 Nuclear Security Summit |
| Website | thenuclearsecuritysummit |
The 2012 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, South Korea, on March 26 and 27, 2012. It was the second time the conference was held after the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit.
The summit series discusses international cooperative measures to protect nuclear materials and facilities from terrorist groups. Fifty-eight world leaders from 53 states and four international organizations, including the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, the European Union and INTERPOL, participated. The main issues discussed were:
At the summit, the leaders discussed nuclear terrorism threats and nuclear security preparedness. They also reviewed the implementation of agreements and voluntary commitments. Then the leaders focused on major nuclear security issues, mostly brought up at the Washington summit, such as the minimization and management of highly enriched uranium, ratification of nuclear security conventions, strengthening information and transportation security, IAEA’s role, preventing illicit nuclear trafficking, nuclear security culture, and international cooperation and assistance.
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in March 2011, Korea added the new issues of radiological security and nuclear security-safety interface to the agenda. The Washington summit had focused on nuclear terrorism with explosive nuclear devices, perceiving that as the biggest threat to international security. The 2012 Seoul summit also discussed protection against dirty bombs and the sabotage of nuclear facilities.
Some states opposed the two new items, saying that they would dilute the focus of the summit.
The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington D.C., USA on April 12 and 13, 2010. U.S. President Obama, who proposed the Nuclear Security Summit in his April 2009 Prague speech, invited 47 heads of states and three representatives of international organizations. In the Prague speech, President Obama announced his vision for a ‘world without nuclear weapons’ and proposed nuclear security as one of three strategic goals for this vision together with nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. President Obama also announced a nuclear security goal to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years.
During the Washington summit, Korea was proposed as the second summit host by Present Obama, which was accepted.
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