Security Council committee urges greater effort on weapons of mass destruction
Committee Chairman Ambassador Mihnea Ioan Motoc of Romania told the Council today that he has sent two notes to the relevant Member States reminding of their requirements since the Council adopted the resolution on 28 April.
That resolution aims to prevent WMD being acquired, manufactured or used by "non-State actors," such as terrorists and dealers on the black market. Nations are obliged to make sure they have effective laws prohibiting the practices and the means to enforce such laws.
Mr. Motoc said the committee had recently started examining the reports from Member States after spending its first months becoming fully operational.
During an open debate in the Council, speakers from 12 nations stressed the urgency and importance of the committee's work. Emyr Jones Parry, Ambassador of the United Kingdom, said the prospect that WMD might reach the hands of terrorists was "the ultimate nightmare."
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