IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Security starts in Vienna

This conference will not only provide a timely global forum in which the progress made in strengthening nuclear security worldwide can be reviewed and future developments discussed, but its results will also serve as important input in the preparation of the IAEA's next Nuclear Security Plan, for 2014-2017.

Opening the Conference Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Amano Yukiya said the risk that nuclear or other radioactive materials could be used in malicious acts remains high and is regarded as a serious threat to international peace and security.

The Kazakh Ambassador-at-large Barlybai Sadykov stressed that common and full nuclear disarmament, international non-proliferation regime strengthening, implementation of the legislative framework governing the activities in the field of nuclear safety are the conditions for nuclear security achievement.

He also pointed out that to achieve this goal Kazakhstan has initiated the adoption of the UN Universal Declaration of a nuclear-free world, the adoption within a zone free of nuclear weapons in Central Asia, the Agreement on cooperation in combating illicit trafficking of nuclear materials and combating nuclear terrorism.