The Seoul Communiqué to Discard Nuclear Substance

The main goal of the Nuclear Security Summit is to prevent nuclear terrorism by safely managing and removing nuclear substances such as highly enriched uranium(HEU) and plutonium. Today, enough HEU and plutonium to create 126,500 nuclear weapons exist in this world. According to IAEA, 1800~2000 reports of stolenㆍmissingㆍaccroachingㆍtrafficing of nuclear substances have been made since 1993. Bargaining agents of the summit agreed on minimizing weapon-grade nuclear substances and strenghthening physical protection of nuclear facilities as well as blocking illegal business of nuclear substances. This will be accepted as a Seoul Communiqué on 27th. The most important part is minimizing HEU in the private sector. According to Nuclear Security Summit Planning Team, Kazakhstan has 10t, Canada 1500kg, Japan 1200~1400kg, Germany 950kg, and other non-nuclear nations 16~17t of HEU in the private sector. It takes 25kg of HEU to create 1 nuclear weapon, so if all HEU in private sector is removed, 640~680 potential nuclear weapon is being destroyed. Argentina, Australia, Czech, and 7 other nations who promissed to discard all HEU in the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit Washington have kept their promises. US and Russia each reduced 7t and 48t of HEU. Korea is expecting that more nuclear substance will be removed from this summit.

Expecting the Summit to act as a catalyst to North Korean nuclear talks

This summit is expected to get the North Koran nuclear talk moving. North Korean nuclear issue is not an official agenda in the summit; however, since the summit is taking place is the Korean Peninsula, there is a great possibility that Norh Korean nuclear issue will be dealt in one form or another. Ban Ki-moon UN secretary general said "Since world leaders are participating in the summit, North Korean nuclear problem will surface." Some are discussing ways to indicate one's stance after Korea-US bilateral meeting. As the participating nations of the summit welcomes North Korea's denuclearizing preliminary steps and urge North Korea to take forward-looking measures, there is an analysis that six-party nuclear talks will soon resume.

Preparation Activities for 2012 NSS

'Tree of Hope' Event for 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit

2012 Nuclear Security Summit Site Visit Event

To Successfully Host the Summit, Which Part Are You Focusing On?

"The government is striving to make this summit 'The Summit with the public'. Hereafter, we will notify people and help them recognize the relevance of nuclear security to our daily lives. Also, I think our ability of hosting large scale global summits have been proved by successfully hosting G-20 Summit(2010) and Busan Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness(2011). We will discuss on and on to the end with other participating countries for more fruitful result.

What Kind of Effects Can We Expect From Hosting 2012 Nuclear Security Summit?

"Korea played an important role for the global economy by hosting 2010 G-20 Summit successfully. Hosting this Nuclear Security Summit, which is one of the most high-ranking summit in the world, means that now Korea is also playing a leading role in the field of global security. By playing an important role in the process of establishing new solutions to problems which global society now faces, Korea will be able to strenthen its diplomacy, and ultimately its national prestige will soar."