20 April 2007
The seventeenth plenary meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group took place in
Cape Town on 19 and 20 April 2007. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Abdul
Samad Minty, Special Representative for Disarmament, who also delivered a
message from Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on behalf
of the Government of the Republic of South Africa.
The aim of the NSG, which currently has 45 participating governments, and
the European Commission as a permanent observer, is to prevent the
proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation on a national basis
of export controls of nuclear and nuclear-related material, equipment, software
and technology, without hindering international co-operation on peaceful uses
of nuclear energy.
The next regular plenary meeting of the NSG will take place in 2008 in the
Federal Republic of Germany.
Participating governments: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,
Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Republic Of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian
Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States.
Issued by: Department of Foreign Affairs
20 April 2007
