"Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: A Blueprint for Progress"
The Argentine American Dialogue had the honour of organized a meeting with Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Non Proliferation.
The activity, developed last 27 of October at the University of Belgrano, counted with many people present, included diplomats, students, proffesors and especialists in nuclear non proliferation.
Amb. Burk is responsible for working with other States to strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the international nonproliferation regime. Ambassador Burk plays a lead role in preparing for the NPT Review Conference, and through international diplomacy promoting the United States’ goal of renewing and reinvigorating the NPT and the global regime.
Ms. Burk served as the first Deputy Coordinator for Homeland Security in the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
Prior to this assignment, Mrs. Burk served as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation where she led the Bureau’s efforts to support the Proliferation Security Initiative, and served as chief U.S. negotiator for the Statement of Interdiction Principles. She joined the Bureau of Nonproliferation in June 2002 as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation Controls. A career civil servant, Mrs. Burk joined the Department of State in April 1999 as the Director of the Office of Regional Affairs.
Ambassador Burk also served in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) as Chief of the International Nuclear Affairs Division. While in ACDA, she served as the Chief of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Extension Division leading U.S. preparations for the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference.
The Ambassador held a lively dialogue with students, diplomats, academics and other experts in the field of nuclear nonproliferation. At the end of the question and answer segment, Ambassador Burke said, "I would like to work alongside the delegation of Argentina during the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in May 2010 in New York to revise the Treaty. My government believes that both this review and the Treaty itself are vital to building global nonproliferation.
Photo: Amb. Susan Burk.
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