The United States will host the fourth Nuclear Security Summit in 2016. As President Obama remarked at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit, preparations are currently underway.
“I’m looking forward to hosting all of you in the United States, in 2016. We had a good discussion this afternoon about how we should conceive of this summit two years from now. The consensus, based on what I heard, was that we should recognize this next summit will be a transition summit in which heads of state and government are still participating, but that we are shifting towards a moresustainable model that utilizes our ministers, our technical people, and we are building some sort of architecture that can effectively focus and implement on these issues and supplement the good work that is being done by the IAEA and others.
So I see two tasks before us over the next two years. Number one is we have to set very clearly what are the actionable items that we’ve already identified that we know can get done if we have the political will to do them, and let’s go ahead and get them done so that in 2016 we can report out that we have made extraordinary progress and achieved many of the benchmarks and targets that we had set at the very first Nuclear Security Summit. In other words, I think it is important for us not to relax, but rather accelerate our efforts over the next two years, sustain momentum so that we finish strong in 2016.
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Goals of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
There are twin goals for the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit: advancing tangible improvements in nuclear security behavior, and strengthening the global nuclear security architecture. As was the case at previous Summits, countries will announce significant nuclear security commitments and accomplishments, both through national statements or in association with multilateral Gift Baskets. Action Plans will be endorsed for five key international organizations and institutions (International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations, INTERPOL, Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, and Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction) that will reflect the intent of Summit countries, in their roles as members of these organizations, to strengthen their contributions to nuclear security. The 2016 Summit will provide a forum and the opportunity for leaders to engage with each other and to reinforce at the highest levels our commitment to securing and eliminating nuclear materials, and preventing nuclear smuggling.
For more: http://www.nss2016.org
- Countries and International Organizations Attending NSS 2016
- NSS 2016 Schedule
- 2010 Communiqué of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit
- 2010 Washington Workplan
- 2012 Seoul Communiqué
- 2014 The Hague Communiqué
- 2004 UN Security Council Resolution 1540
- 1980 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
- 2005 Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, 2005 Amendment
- 2005 International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
- Nuclear Security Recommendations on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and Nuclear Facilities
- Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
- Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction: Statement of Principles
- 3/29/16 FACT SHEET: The Nuclear Security Summits: Securing the World from Nuclear Terrorism
- 3/30/16 WP Op-Ed by Pres. Obama: How we can make our vision of a world without nuclear weapons a reality
- 3/31/16 United States National Progress Report – 2016 Nuclear Security Summit
- 3/31/16 FACT SHEET: Transparency in the U.S. Highly Enriched Uranium Inventory
- 3/31/16 FACT SHEET: United States Military Nuclear Material Security
- 3/31/16 FACT SHEET: Feasibility of Low Enriched Uranium Fuel in Naval Reactor Plants
- 3/31/16 Joint Announcement of the United States and Republic of Kazakhstan Cooperation in the Sphere of Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security
- 4/1/16 Remarks by President Obama at the P5+1 Meeting
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Eliminating All Highly Enriched Uranium from Argentina
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Eliminating All Highly Enriched Uranium from Indonesia
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Nuclear Material Removal from Germany
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Highly Enriched Uranium Minimization Activities since March 2014
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Insider Threat Mitigation
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: U.S. Ratification of Nuclear Security Treaties
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Status of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: ‘Gift Basket’ on Sustaining Action to Strengthen the Global Nuclear Security Architecture
- 4/1/16 FACT SHEET: Countering Nuclear Smuggling
- 4/1/16 Nuclear Security Summit 2016 Communiqué
- 4/1/16 Fact Sheet: U.S. Participation in the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
- 4/1/16 Fact Sheet: U.S. Participation at the United Nations on Nuclear Security Issues
- 4/1/16 Fact Sheet: U.S. Support to the International Atomic Energy Agency for Nuclear Security
- 4/1/16 Nuclear Security Summit 2016 Action Plan in Support of the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
- 4/1/16 Nuclear Security Summit 2016 Action Plan in Support of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
- 4/1/16 Nuclear Security Summit 2016 Action Plan in Support of the International Criminal Police Organization
- 4/1/16 Nuclear Security Summit 2016 Action Plan in Support of the United Nations
- 4/1/16 Joint Statement on Sustaining Action to Strengthen Global Nuclear Security
- 4/1/16 Remarks by President Obama at the Closing Session of the Nuclear Security Summit
- 4/2/16 Weekly Address: Securing the World from Nuclear Terrorism
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THURSDAY, MARCH 31
Heads of Delegation Arrivals to the White House, Greeting by Ambassador Chief Peter Selfridge, Chief of Protocol of the United States
The White House, South Lawn
Heads of Delegation Working Dinner hosted by The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States: Nuclear Security Threat Perceptions
East Room, The White House
Dinner hosted by The Honorable John F. Kerry, Secretary of State and The Honorable Ernest J. Moniz, Secretary of Energy
U.S. Department of State, Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room
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FRIDAY, APRIL 1
President Obama meets with members of the P5+1
Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Opening Plenary: National Actions to Enhance Nuclear Security
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Second Plenary Session
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Third Plenary Session
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Heads of Delegation Family Photo
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
Working Lunch: International and Institutional Actions to Strengthen NuclearSecurity
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Scenario-Based Policy Discussion and Closing Remarks
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Closing Press Briefing by The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
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March 31-April 1, 2016
President Obama hosts Nuclear Security Summit 2016
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C
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