PM-NUCLEAR 2LST

Those gathered at the Summit "commit to strengthen
nuclear security and reduce the threat of nuclear terrorism.
Success will require responsible national actions and
sustained and effective international cooperation," the
communique said.
It commits the participating countries, including
Pakistan, to cooperate effectively to "prevent and respond to
incidents of illicit nuclear trafficking" and agree to share,
subject to respective national laws and procedures,
information and expertise through bilateral and multilateral
mechanisms in relevant areas such as nuclear detection,
forensics, law enforcement and the development of new
technologies.
"Maintaining effective nuclear security will require
continuous national efforts facilitated by international
cooperation and undertaken on a voluntary basis by the
(participating) states.
"We will promote the strengthening of global nuclear
security through dialogue and cooperation with all states," it
said.
Significantly, it said that the member countries
recognise that highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium
require special precautions and agree to promote measures to
secure, account for, and consolidate these materials
appropriately.
It also commits countries to convert reactors from
highly enriched to low enriched uranium fuel and minimisation
of use of highly enriched uranium, where technically and
economically feasible.
The communique also commits the countries to endeavour
to fully implement all existing nuclear security commitments
and work toward acceding to those not yet joined, consistent
with national laws, policies and procedures.
In a clause significant in the context of India, the
communique says that the participating countries would support
implementation of strong nuclear security practices which
would "not infringe upon the rights of States to develop and
utilise nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and technology
and will facilitate international cooperation in the field of
nuclear security." PTI