Friday, March 30, 2012

Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

Seoul nuclear security summit was held on 26-27 March 2012 in South Korea. It was the second nuclear security summit. 53 heads of state and government, as well as representatives of the United Nations (UN), International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), European Union (EU) and INTERPOL, attended the 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit.

Compared to the 2010 Washington Summit, there were seven new participants: Azerbaijan, Denmark, Gabon, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania and INTERPOL. The EU was represented by both the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, making the number of participating leaders 58 in total.

The next Nuclear Security Summit will be held in 2014 in the Netherlands. The first nuclear security summit was held in Washington, USA in April 2010.

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