Reuters: Tightened global nuclear security measure takes effect in May - officials
Starting in May more than 150 countries will be legally bound to strengthen their protection of nuclear facilities and to cooperate in finding and recovering stolen or smuggled nuclear material, security officials said on Friday.
An amendment to the decade-old Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material was ratified after Nicaragua and Uruguay became the 101st and 102nd signatories, reaching the two-thirds of convention members required to make it legal.
Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a statement that the amendment "will help reduce the risk of a terrorist attack involving nuclear material, which could have catastrophic consequences."
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Update #1: UN treaty to protect nuclear materials from terrorists takes effect in May (DW)
Update #2: UN hails nuclear terrorism accord (AFP)
WNU Editor: As international conferences go .... in my opinion this was a success. But others are underwhelmed .... The World's Nuclear Security Is Important — But Also Kind of a Pain (Ryan Faith, VICE News).
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