CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in Washington, D.C., United States on March 31 and April 1, 2016. It was the fourth edition of the conference, succeeding the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit.

Detailed explanation-2: -On April 1, 2016 local time, the fourth Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington D.C., capital of the US. President Xi Jinping attended the summit and delivered an important speech entitled “Strengthen Global Nuclear Security Architecture and Promote Global Nuclear Security Governance".

Detailed explanation-3: -Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) is an initiative that was announced by the United States in 2009. It is a global submit to check nuclear terrorism all over the world. There are four nuclear security summits as of 2021.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Hague in the Netherlands provided the setting on March 24th and 25th for the third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS).

Detailed explanation-5: -The nuclear security summit focus remained on nuclear material in the civil sphere and did not address the security of military nuclear material. There were four summits in total: in Washington, D.C. in 2010, Seoul, South Korea in 2012, the Hague, Netherlands in 2014 and Washington, D.C. again in 2016.