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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 STATE 088798 
 
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TAGS: PREL PARM UNSC MNUC KSUM KNNP
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION FOR SEPTEMBER 24 
UNSC SUMMIT 
 
REF: STATE 86082 
 
¶1. (U) This is an urgent action request.  Ambassadors are 
requested to deliver President Obama's invitation to UN 
Security Council (UNSC) Member State heads of state/government 
to participate in the September 24 UNSC summit meeting to 
discuss nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.  Invitations 
should be delivered at the highest appropriate level.  No 
signed original will be forthcoming.  Posts are requested to 
stress to their interlocutors that, in order to have a 
manageable, productive summit, participating leaders' remarks 
should be limited to no more than five minutes. 
 
¶2. (SBU) Background for post use only: 
 
The attached invitation is to a nuclear non-proliferation 
and nuclear disarmament summit by the UNSC that will occur 
during the United States' September presidency of the Council. 
President Obama will represent the United States.  Issues of 
manageability have mandated a closed speakers list; only the 
President's invitees (i.e., representatives from current 
Security Council member states, in addition to UN Secretary- 
General Ban) will speak.  Given the time constraints of what 
will be limited to a two-hour sessions, we ask that all 
leaders' remarks be limited to five minutes.  UNSC Member 
States will be advised separately in New York by the US 
Mission to the United Nations on size of delegation and other 
logistical details.  A concept paper detailing the particular 
aims and objectives of this summit has been distributed to all 
Security Council Members (REFTEL, and para. 4).  We expect 
there to be an outcome product from this summit which will be 
negotiated in New York in the coming weeks. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Begin invitation: 
 
Mr. (President/Prime Minister), 
 
Preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons is 
fundamental to the security of nations and to the peace of the 
world.  On September 24, at 9:15 a.m., I hope that you will 
join me at a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss 
nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament. 
 
This Security Council Summit is intended to draw attention 
to the nuclear dangers confronting the international community 
and to the urgency of taking concrete steps to address them. 
The Summit will focus on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear 
disarmament broadly and not specific countries. 
 
The goal is to underscore the global reach of proliferation 
threats, the broadly shared obligation to respond, the 
positive steps taken to reduce nuclear dangers, and the 
essential role of the Security Council in addressing growing 
and pressing nuclear threats. 
 
Three key and related nuclear threat reduction topics will 
be discussed:  arms control and nuclear disarmament, 
strengthening the international nuclear nonproliferation 
regime, and denying and disrupting illicit trafficking in 
materials of proliferation concern and securing such materials 
wherever they might be located. 
 
The threats are urgent and real, and the role of the Security 
Council in addressing these dangers is unique and 
indispensable.  I hope that you will be able to attend this 
critical meeting. 
 
President Barack Obama 
 
End invitation. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Begin concept paper: 
 
UN Security Council Summit on Nuclear Nonproliferation and 
Nuclear Disarmament Concept Paper 
 
Preventing the spread and use of nuclear weapons is 
fundamental to the security of nations and to the peace of the 
world.  As President Obama noted earlier this year, "One 
nuclear weapon exploded in one city -- be it New York or 
Moscow, Islamabad or Mumbai, Tokyo or Tel Aviv, Paris or 
Prague -- could kill hundreds of thousands of people.  And no 
matter where it happens, there is no end to what the 
consequences might be -- for our global safety, our security, 
our society, our economy, to our ultimate survival."  With the 
recent G8 statement in L'Aquila on Non-Proliferation, the 
 
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upcoming Nuclear Security Summit in March 2010 and the Nuclear 
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to follow, there is 
an opportunity for 
important global attention and focus on this critical 
security issue. 
 
On September 24th, the United States will convene the 
Security Council at the level of heads of state and government 
to discuss nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament. 
This Security Council Summit will be chaired by President 
Obama and is intended to draw attention at the highest levels 
of government to the nuclear dangers confronting the 
international community and the urgency of taking concrete 
steps to address them. 
 
The Security Council Summit will focus on nuclear 
nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament broadly and not focus 
on any specific countries.  The goals will be to underscore 
the global reach of proliferation threats; the broadly shared 
obligation to respond; the positive steps taken to reduce 
nuclear dangers; and the essential role of the Security 
Council in addressing growing and pressing nuclear threats. 
 
Three key and related nuclear threat reduction topics will 
be discussed:  arms control and nuclear disarmament, 
strengthening the international nuclear nonproliferation 
regime, and denying and disrupting illicit trafficking in 
materials of proliferation concern and securing such 
materials wherever they might be located. 
 
Specifically, the Summit can highlight and bolster 
international support for multilateral nuclear arms control 
treaties and ongoing nuclear disarmament efforts, 
including a reaffirmation of the commitment to the Nuclear 
Nonproliferation Treaty and to work toward a world without 
nuclear weapons. 
 
The Summit is also intended to be an opportunity to build 
support for Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty negotiations, 
the International Atomic Energy Agency Additional Protocol, 
entry into force and universal adherence to the Comprehensive 
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,and strategic arms control, including 
new START negotiations. 
 
With a goal of strengthening the existing international 
nuclear nonproliferation regime, the Summit can facilitate 
support for technical assistance and access to peaceful 
uses of nuclear energy, multilateral approaches to the 
nuclear fuel cycle, and efforts to improve and ensure 
compliance with nonproliferation and safeguards 
obligations and to prevent abuse of the NPT withdrawal 
provision. 
 
The Summit is an opportunity to explore means to enhance 
States' abilities to counter proliferation financing and 
eliminate procurement networks.  Furthermore, the Summit 
can reinforce implementation of UNSCR 1540, including 
through continued funding to assist states in implementing 
the resolution's key provisions. 
 
Finally, the Summit is intended to underscore the 
importance of an accelerated effort to secure nuclear 
weapons materials around the world and to build support 
for establishing and sharing best practices for nuclear 
security. 
 
All of these elements are part of a comprehensive approach 
to reducing global nuclear dangers and risks posed by 
terrorist acquisition of nuclear weapons or materials. 
The threats are urgent and real, and the role of the 
Security Council in addressing these dangers is unique and 
indispensable.  The Summit meeting will help bring renewed 
international attention and determination to address these 
issues. 
 
End concept paper. 
CLINTON