High-level meeting on nuclear safety and security
The high-level meeting will take place on 22 September 2011, and will be held according to the following schedule:
- • 8-8.45 a.m. Opening plenary meeting (GA Hall)
- • 9-12.00 p.m. Two parallel interactive ministerial sessions, both of which will address "Strengthening Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Disaster Risk Preparedness". (CR 2 & CR 4 (NLB))
- • 12.15-1.00 p.m. Closing plenary meeting (CR-2 (NLB))
The opening plenary meeting will be held in the General Assembly Hall. The opening plenary meeting will be chaired by the Secretary-General and the provisional list of invited speakers includes the Heads of States or Government of Brazil, France, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Ukraine and United States as well as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The two parallel interactive ministerial sessions will be held in Conference Rooms 2 and 4 (North Lawn Building) and will be co-chaired by Member States as designated by the Secretary-General. The sessions will each address the theme "Strengthening nuclear safety and nuclear disaster risk preparedness" and will each include three to four lead discussants as designated by the Secretary-General.