On October 8, 2013, the Permanent Mission of Hungary to the United Nations in Vienna, in cooperation with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Nonproliferation (VCDNP), organized the second Seminar on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Security, entitled “Developing a Comprehensive Security Culture.”
According to the Minister of State heading the Prime Minister’s Office, the Government will discuss the Russian-Hungarian agreement on maintaining the capacity of the Paks nuclear power plant next week. The intention is to keep it the cheapest source of electricity in the coming decades and to increase Hungary's energy independence.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán paid a working visit to Moscow to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
H.E. Balazs Gábor Csuday, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Hungary to the International Organizations in Vienna presented his credentials to Martin Kreutner, Dean and Executive Secretary of IACA.
Hungary just completed the transfer of its high enriched uranium (HEU) research reactor fuel to the Russian Federation, becoming the ninth nation to completely remove such fuel from its territory since the Tripartite (IAEA-US-Russian Federation) Initiative known as the Russian Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) programme which began in 2002.
Ambassador Csuday held a presentation on the CTBT entry into force process and the Article XIV co-ordinatorship for the Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Working Group of the NATO-Russia Council at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels
The Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group countries (V4) held talks in Budapest today, for the first time since Hungary took over the V4 Presidency.
The exhibition is part of a series of events organized in the framework of the ART VIENNA-BUDAPEST program.
Hungary is currently hosting the United Nations’ World Water Summit, taking place on October 8-11 in Budapest. The prestigious event is co-organised by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Rural Development. In 2013, the world celebrates the International Year of Water Cooperation with a series of international events.
The Permanent Mission of Hungary to the UN in co-operation with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-proliferation (VCDNP) organized the second seminar about this topic on the 8th of October at the Hungarian Embassy entitled „Developing a comprehensive security culture”.