GUIDANCE: CONCEPT PAPER FOR UNSC SUMMIT ON

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SUBJECT: GUIDANCE: CONCEPT PAPER FOR UNSC SUMMIT ON
NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT


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UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation and
Nuclear Disarmament
Concept Paper

Preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons is
fundamental to the security of nations and to the peace of
the world. As President Obama noted earlier this year, "One
nuclear weapon exploded in one city -- be it New York or
Moscow, Islamabad or Mumbai, Tokyo or Tel Aviv, Paris or
Prague -- could kill hundreds of thousands of people. And no
matter where it happens, there is no end to what the
consequences might be -- for our global safety, our security,
our society, our economy, to our ultimate survival." With
the recent G8 statement in L'Aquila on Non-Proliferation, the
upcoming Nuclear Security Summit in March 2010 and the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to follow,
there is an opportunity for important global attention and
focus on this critical security issue.

On September 24th, the United States will convene the
Security Council at the level of heads of state and
government to discuss nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear
disarmament. This Security Council Summit will be chaired by
President Obama and is intended to draw attention at the
highest levels of government to the nuclear dangers
confronting the international community and the urgency of
taking concrete steps to address them.

The Security Council Summit will focus on nuclear
nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament broadly and not
focus on any specific countries. The goals will be to
underscore the global reach of proliferation threats; the
broadly shared obligation to respond; the positive steps
taken to reduce nuclear dangers; and the essential role of
the Security Council in addressing growing and pressing
nuclear threats.

Three key and related nuclear threat reduction topics will be
discussed: arms control and nuclear disarmament,
strengthening the international nuclear nonproliferation
regime, and denying and disrupting illicit trafficking in
materials of proliferation concern and securing such
materials wherever they might be located.

Specifically, the Summit can highlight and bolster
international support for multilateral nuclear arms control
treaties and ongoing nuclear disarmament efforts, including a
reaffirmation of the commitment to the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty and to work toward a world without
nuclear weapons.

The Summit is also intended to be an opportunity to build
support for Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty negotiations, the
International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol,
ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,
and strategic arms control, including new START negotiations.

With a goal of strengthening the existing international
nuclear nonproliferation regime, the Summit can facilitate
support for technical assistance and access to peaceful uses
of nuclear energy, multilateral approaches to the nuclear
fuel cycle, and efforts to improve and ensure compliance with
nonproliferation and safeguards obligations and to prevent
abuse of the NPT withdrawal provision.

The Summit is an opportunity to explore means to enhance
States' abilities to counter proliferation financing and
eliminate procurement networks. Furthermore, the Summit can
reinforce implementation of UNSCR 1540, including through
continued funding to assist states in implementing the
resolution's key provisions.

Finally, the Summit is intended to underscore the importance
of an accelerated effort to secure nuclear weapons materials
around the world and to build support for establishing and
sharing best practices for nuclear security.

All of these elements are part of a comprehensive approach to
reducing global nuclear dangers and risks posed by terrorist
acquisition of nuclear weapons or materials. The threats
are urgent and real, and the role of the Security Council in
addressing these dangers is unique and indispensable. The
Summit meeting will help bring renewed international
attention and determination to address these issues.

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