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More than 40 countries which export nuclear technology began a four-day meeting in Oslo Monday to dicuss ways of preventing nuclear proliferation. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is an informal organisation of 44 countries which export nuclear materials and technology, all of them signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. It includes major exporters such as Britain, France, Russia and the United States. Iran and North Korea are likely to be high on the agenda. "The discussions among the member states...are not public, but at the end of the session on Friday there will be a statement", Richard Ekwall, outgoing group president, said. The group works through strengthening export controls. "There are a lot of products which can be used to perfectly legitimate ends, but which can also be used to construct weapons of mass destruction", Ekwall said. The meeting in Oslo has taken on a special importance since the NSG could be a major instrument for cracking down on proliferation, particularly with the United States wanting to do more to monitor exports. All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse. Related Links SpaceWar Search SpaceWar Subscribe To SpaceWar Express 
UN Agency Sets Up Special Committee To Handle Nuclear Verification
Vienna, Austria (AFP) Jun 17, 2005The UN atomic agency set up Friday a special committtee to deal with difficult verification problems such as investigating Iran's nuclear program, a move US President George W. Bush had suggested last year. |
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