Consider the following statements :
- 1.The Nuclear Security Summits are periodically held under the aegis of the United Nations.
- 2.The International Panel on Fissile Materials is an organ of International Atomic Energy Agency.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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Answer: D. Statement 1 is wrong: the Nuclear Security Summits (2010 Washington, 2012 Seoul, 2014 The Hague, 2016 Washington) were started by US President Obama. They were not held under the United Nations. Statement 2 is wrong: the International Panel on Fissile Materials is an independent group of non-governmental experts, based at Princeton University. It is not an organ of the IAEA. So neither is correct.
Watch for: Watch for the word 'International' in the panel's name. It makes the panel sound like an IAEA body.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the summits were a US-led initiative outside the UN.
- B. Wrong because IPFM is an independent expert group, not part of the IAEA.
- C. Wrong because both statements are false.
Source to check: Nuclear Security Summit archive (nss2016.org); International Panel on Fissile Materials (fissilematerials.org, 'About IPFM')
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