The 2024 International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS-2024) will be held in Vienna, Austria from May 20th to 24th. The conference is being organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and will be jointly chaired by Kazakhstan and Australia.
The forum will bring together more than 2,000 nuclear security experts from 178 IAEA member states, as well as the heads of foreign services and relevant ministries. Kazakhstan and Australia’s representatives to the International Organizations, Mukhtar Tleuberdi and Ian Biggs, held a briefing in the United Nations Office in Vienna on February 5th.
The conference will showcase the achievements of IAEA member states in nuclear security, and strengthening control over nuclear and other radioactive materials.
Kazakhstan and Australia will play key roles in developing the conference’s final document, the ICONS-2024 Ministerial Declaration, which will become a roadmap for further promoting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, making nuclear facilities more safe, and encouraging the effective exchange of international experience and knowledge.
