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US President Barack Obama walking out onto stage to address Nuclear Security Summit2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\"This evening, I can report that we have seized this opportunity, and because of the steps we have...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. US President Barack Obama walking out onto stage to address Nuclear Security Summit\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This evening, I can report that we have seized this opportunity, and because of the steps we have taken, as individual nations and as an international community, the American people will be safer and the world will be more secure.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Cutaway of Obama\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Today we are declaring that nuclear terrorism is one of the most challenging threats to international security. We also agreed that the most effective way to prevent terrorists and criminals from acquiring nuclear materials is through strong nuclear security - protecting nuclear materials and preventing nuclear smuggling.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Cutaway of Obama\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I am very pleased that all the nations represented here have endorsed the goal that I outlined in Prague one year ago: to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials around the world in four years'' time.  This is an ambitious goal and we are under no illusions that it will be easy, but the urgency of the threat and the catastrophic consequences of even a single act of nuclear terrorism demand an effort that is at once bold and pragmatic. And this is a goal that can be achieved.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Cutaway of audience\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I want to thank all who participated in this historic summit - 49 leaders from every region of the world. Today''s progress was possible because these leaders came not simply to talk, but to take action. Not simply to make vague pledges of future action but to commit to meaningful steps that they''re prepared to implement right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Pan of audience to Obama\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Canada agreed to give up a significant quantity of highly enriched uranium. Chile has given up its entire stockpile. Ukraine and Mexico announced that they will do the same.  Other nations, such as Argentina and Pakistan, announced new steps to strengthen port security and prevent nuclear smuggling.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Close of official\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In a major and welcome development, Russia announced that it will close its last weapons grade plutonium production reactor.  After many year of effort, I am pleased that the United States and Russia agreed today to eliminate 68 tonnes of plutonium for our weapons programmes, plutonium that would have been enough for about 17,000 nuclear weapons.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Cutaway of Obama\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (English) Barack Obama, US President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Chinese have sent official representatives to negotiations in New York to begin the process of drafting a sanctions resolution.  That is part of the P5+1 effort, and the United States is not moving this process alone; we''ve got the participation of the Russians, as well as the other members of the P5+1, all of whom believe that it is important for us to send a strong signal to Iran that their consistent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, as well as their obligations under the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty), have consequences.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Obama leaving the stage\u003cbr/\u003eWorld leaders concluded a 47-nation nuclear security conference on Tuesday in Washington, DC by endorsing U.S. President Barack Obama''s call for securing all of the globe''s vulnerable nuclear materials within four years.\u003cbr/\u003eObama declared \"the American people will be safer and the world will be more secure\" as a result of the agreement.\u003cbr/\u003eObama had called the summit to focus world attention on keeping dangerous materials out of extremists'' hands.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Today''s progress was possible because these leaders came not simply to talk, but to take action,\" Obama told reporters at the closing news conference.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Not simply to make vague pledges of future action but to commit to meaningful steps that they''re prepared to implement right now.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn a joint work plan spelling out specific actions to be taken, the summit countries said they would \"work together to achieve universality\" of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, but there was no mention of specific additional countries'' formally ratifying the convention. \u003cbr/\u003eThey also underscored the importance of a 2005 amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.\u003cbr/\u003eThe United States declared that the Obama administration had submitted to Congress legislation to bring U.S. laws into line with the two treaties.\u003cbr/\u003eThe summit countries said they would cooperate more intensively with the United Nations and its watchdog arm, the International Atomic Energy Agency. \u003cbr/\u003eThey also said they would share information on nuclear detection and ways to prevent nuclear trafficking.\u003cbr/\u003eAs an example of the collective action called for by Obama, officials of the U.S., Canada and Mexico announced an agreement, in conjunction with the U.N.''s nuclear watchdog agency, to convert the fuel in Mexico''s research reactor from highly enriched uranium to a lower-enriched fuel that would be much harder to use in the manufacturing of a nuclear weapon.\u003cbr/\u003eMexico further agreed that once the fuel was converted, it would dispose of all its highly enriched uranium.\u003cbr/\u003eThat commitment followed Ukraine''s announcement on Monday that it, too, would ship all its highly enriched uranium to protected storage outside its borders, possibly to Russia or the U.S.\u003cbr/\u003eU.S. officials touted their completion of a long-delayed agreement with Russia on disposing of tons of plutonium from Cold War-era weapons.\u003cbr/\u003eEach country will complete and operate facilities to dispose of at least 34 tons of plutonium by using it as fuel in civilian power reactors to produce electricity, although it will not start until 2018; monitors and inspectors will ensure against cheating.\u003cbr/\u003eObama said the combined 68 tonnes of U.S. and Russian plutonium represents enough for about 17-thousand nuclear weapons. \u003cbr/\u003eThe deal was signed earlier on Tuesday at the summit by US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the summit focused on the threat from extremists, attention was also given to Iran, North Korea and other nations who are seeking or have succeeded in obtaining or developing nuclear weapons.\u003cbr/\u003eIn a news conference at the conference conclusion, Obama said he was confident China would join other nations in pressing for tough new sanctions on Iran for continuing to defy the international community in seeking such weapons.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Chinese have sent official representatives to negotiations in New York to begin the process of drafting a sanctions resolution,\" Obama added.  \u003cbr/\u003eChinese President Hu Jintao met Obama on Monday, then on Tuesday gave a speech to the group calling for \"effective\" measures to safeguard nuclear weapons and materials. \u003cbr/\u003eBut he stopped short of mentioning Iran''s programme.\u003cbr/\u003eIran, which was not invited to the conference, denies it intends to build an atomic bomb, and despite widespread concern about its intentions, Obama is having difficulty getting agreement on a new set of U.N. sanctions against the country. \u003cbr/\u003eHe said on Tuesday that Hu had assured him that China would participate in drafting sessions at the United Nations on strong sanctions.\u003cbr/\u003eSpeaking about the push for further sanctions against Iran, Obama said Washington was not alone in calling for this.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We''ve got the participation of the Russians, as well as the other members of the P5+1 (comprising Germany, US, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China), all of whom believe it is important for us to send a strong signal to Iran that their consistent violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, as well as their obligations under the NPT (Non-Proliferation 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