Statement by National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice on the Entry Into Force of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2016.  Today marks an important step forward in the Obama Administration’s efforts to secure nuclear material globally.  Nicaragua and Uruguay deposited their instruments of ratification of the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials.  In doing so, they joined Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Kuwait, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Montenegro, New Zealand, Pakistan, Paraguay, and Serbia, which ratified the amendment just ahead of the Nuclear Security Summit.…