HL Deb 15 July 1996 vol 574 cc40-1WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether it was agreed among the G8 at the Moscow Summit to work more closely to keep nuclear materials from falling into the "wrong hands"; and, if so, did the list of "wrong hands" include India, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Libya, North Korea, Pakistan, South Korea or Taiwan.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

At the Moscow Nuclear Safety Summit the G8 and Ukraine endorsed a programme for preventing and combating illicit trafficking in nuclear materials. Adherents agreed to improve co-ordination between their governments in all aspects of prevention, detection and prosecution of cases involving nuclear smuggling.

The summit did not identify those countries considered to be of particular proliferation risk.

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