With eye on terrorism, countries discuss nuclear security
AFP, July, 2005
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VIENNA (AFP) — International experts gathered in Vienna to discuss tightening restrictions on material that could be used for nuclear bombs, with Russia and the United States warning of the danger of nuclear terrorism.
Meeting chairman Alec Baer of Switzerland said delegates would aim to "tear down" the current agreement, known as the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (CPPNN), and rebuild it with a view to preventing attacks using weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear arms.
"We intend to tear it down, because it's inadapted, and build it up again, keeping the roof and the walls, and put it up to the current level of the threats posed by nuclear terrorism," he told a news conference.
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Delegates from 91 of the 111 nations which have signed the CPPNN were expected to endorse a series of amendments to the charter to improve the security of nuclear ...
