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UN Security Council urges engagement in review of resolution on nuke weapons

Xinhua, June 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Tuesday asked its member states to actively engage in the comprehensive review of the implementation of its resolution on nuclear weapons.

Resolution 1540, adopted in 2004, urges all states to refrain from providing any form of support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, transfer or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

A non-State actor refers to an individual or entity, not acting under the lawful authority of any State in conducting activities which fall within the scope of this resolution.

Affirming that proliferation of nuclear, chemical, biological weapons constitutes a threat to international peace and security, the resolution obligates all states to adopt and enforce effective laws which prohibit any non-State actor to manufacture, transfer or use nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

After hearing a briefing on the process of comprehensively reviewing the resolution, the 15-member Security Council said in a press statement that the review "should serve our common interest of preventing the ability of non-State actors to threaten us with nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in particular for terrorist purposes."

According to the council, the review had started on April 28 and must be completed no later than Nov. 30, 2016.

In Tuesday's Security Council meeting, Spanish ambassador Romfin Oyarzun Marchesi, chair of the Security Council committee overseeing Resolution 1540, reported to the council that the review will recommend specific, practical and appropriate actions for improving the resolution's implementation by drawing on the analysis of its implementation since 2009. Endi