UN high-level meeting on nuclear safety and security Sept. 22nd

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's "Reaching Critical Will" project is spreading the word about a United Nations high-level meeting on nuclear power safety and security taking place at UN headquarters in New York City on September 22nd, during the 66th session of the UN General Assembly. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for the high-level meeting in the wake of the ongoing Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the high-level meeting on nuclear power safety and security in June. On May 20th, Ban announced the launch of a "UN system-wide study on the implications of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant," to be published at delivered at the Sept. 22nd high-level meeting. Ban first announced the Sept. 22 high-level meeting during his remarks commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe, in which he also said "We must treat nuclear safety as seriously as we treat nuclear weapons."