The US-drafted UN Resolution 1887 on non-proliferation and disarmament passed unanimously today at the Security Council meeting chaired by President Obama. In attendance were the heads-of-state for fourteen nations, the UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and a high level diplomat from Libya as well as some celebrity observers.  The passage of this resolution demonstrates great political will to address the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation, a new era of American engagement, and a belief in multilateral institutions such as the UN to get things done.  This meeting also demonstrates a follow through by President Obama and his administration about his vision in Prague this spring of a nuclear weapons free world.

I’m looking forward to major speeches and lots of news on nuclear weapons this week with both President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton at the U.N. Check out the schedule:

• 9/23: President Obama addresses the U.N. General Assembly
• 9/24: President Obama will chair a head of state-level meeting of the U.N. Security Council focusing on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament. The U.S. plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution on nonproliferation and disarmament.
• 9/24-9/25: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will represent the U.S. and deliver a statement at the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) being held at the U.N.