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At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control.

We have to get rid of those nuclear weapons.

The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.

I think we ultimately ought to look to put all uranium enrichment and fuel reprocessing, if any is done, under multinational control. Those are the two technologies by which nuclear energy can be translated into nuclear weapons programmes.

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished.

While nothing is certain, I firmly believe our nation is on the verge of a nuclear energy renaissance.

All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would open the way to the gradual, mutual reduction of nuclear arsenals, down to zero.

Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry.

For the sake of future generations, we must continue to work together to realise a world without nuclear weapons.

We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.