UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- A rare meeting of U.N. Security Council heads of state, led for the first time by a U.S. president, adopted a resolution Thursday focused on stopping the spread of nuclear weapons.
President Obama is the first U.S. leader to head a United Nations Security Council meeting.
President Obama challenged the gathering, which included leaders of nuclear powers including Russia, China, Great Britain and France, to overcome cynicism against the goal of ridding the planet of nuclear arms.
"We harbor no illusions about the difficulty of bringing about a world without nuclear weapons," Obama said, adding that Thursday's meeting signaled a significant step forward in cooperative global action.
The resolution, which was adopted unanimously, calls for tighter controls on nuclear materials to prevent them from being stolen or used for military purposes. It also encourages enforcement of international treaties and U.N. resolutions regarding nuclear non-proliferation, particularly when nations such as Iran and North Korea are in violation.
"The world must stand together," Obama said. "We must demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise."
It was the first Security Council summit chaired by a U.S. president, and only the fifth time that Security Council heads of state have met. Obama led the meeting because the United States holds the revolving presidency of the Security Council in September.
Both Obama and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, who spoke later, said the world's two nuclear superpowers were working on reducing their stockpiles in advance of a global nuclear summit scheduled for next year.
"It's obvious that an effective solution , depends on the constructive engagement of all parties," Medvedev said, adding that he expected the Russia-U.S, leadership on the issue to be backed by "all nuclear powers."
Security Council resolution 1887 calls for "locking down vulnerable nuclear weapon materials in four years" while minimizing civilian use of weapons-grade uranium. It encourages full compliance with all international treaties and resolutions on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, including Security Council resolutions that cite North Korea and Iran for failing to adhere to international commitments.
In addition, the resolution supports the peaceful use of nuclear energy, a theme backed by Chinese President Hu Jintao. China seeks to expand its nuclear energy capacity as part of an economic development plan that holds down greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown also cited the role of nuclear power as a clean energy source that should be part of the solution to the global warming affecting every nation. Brown and other leaders spoke of the need to prevent nuclear weapons or the materials to make them from ending up in the hands of terrorist groups.
"The biggest risk the world faces today is of extremists getting hold of nuclear materials," said Mohammad ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who criticized the Security Council on Wednesday in a rambling speech to the U.N. General Assembly, failed to arrive for the start of the meeting.
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Brown earlier called for sanctions against Iran for its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
On Wednesday, Medvedev signaled that Russia -- which previously has opposed such move -- also could support sanctions against Iran.
"Russia's position is clear. Sanctions rarely lead to productive results, but in some cases sanctions are inevitable," Medvedev said in a joint appearance with Obama after they met in New York.
The statement bolsters U.S.-led efforts for increased international pressure on Iran to adhere to non-proliferation agreements in pursuing the development of nuclear energy.
Iran claims its nuclear program is intended for peaceful purposes, but the international community accuses it of continuing to try to develop nuclear weapons capability.
The United States and Russia previously have disagreed over Iran, and over possible steps the Security Council may take -- including imposing sanctions -- to push Tehran to comply with U.N. demands concerning its nuclear program.
Last week, Obama announced that the United States was dropping plans to base a missile defense shield system in Poland and the Czech Republic, a proposal that had rankled Moscow. He has denied the change was directly linked to Russia's position regarding sanctions on Iran, but said any Russian shift in that direction would be a bonus.
continue to say nonsense, did you hear what IBB said. IBB is on it too. He knows he made a mistake. And for you to know, we send out the information to every northern senator of the federal republic of Nigeria. and with IBB looking possible. continue to say nonsense. Ibb have to modify is position and support all the northern senators, who are on our side as we make this history move to the republic of Benin.
You would be shock by the number of northerner who are interested in this move. We are sure 90% of northener would vote yes. Udezue. It would be history in some weeks time. Go and fight IBB and others.
You people sit on black behind abroad and say nonsense why the lifes of nigerian living in nigeria is at risk. You put your ethnics and tribe over the security of others. You would rather put your selfish, tribalist ego over the the risk of 15,000,000 people. You are heartless wicked and evil people.
Take your ethnics and tribalitic and throw it into river niger.
You people are the most selfish, wicked and tribalitic people i have ever seen. Is the lifes of 15,000,000 nigerian not more important than your ethnics ego.
Do this picture not remember you of some family members that were killed in the first civil war. How stupid can you people to want another one.
Which of you can tell me you did not loss family members. And to save event like this, You call yorubas, edo, delta and bayelsa state coward for wanting to join the republic of benin . So you need your family to dies before you see the danger ahead.
One said he is married to someone from a different group. who care about your sexual life for God sake. Do we risk the lifes of 15,000,000 people because your mojo under your underware is supply by someone of a different group. For God sake who care for your genital part. Is 15,000,000 lifes less important than your genital part.
You people are just heartless and wicked people. You are children of Satan.
it is not that I am tribalist, but it is an issue of national security and danger. Rwanda had 9 million and 1,000,000 die. Nigeria have 15 times of more.
if a civil war happens
1,000,000 X 15 = 15,000,000 that would die.
And the nigeria army would have at least 20 ethnics, religion army group.
That why I am doing, trying to save 15,000,000 and avoid over flow in other africa
countries.
let look at Jigawa state.
You would see from satellite pictures
picture 1. that town where the arrow is the largest afer rom 7 others hadeija is the
largest.
now if i zoom in ( get closer) pictures, verify that it is the same town. We pick the
largest town in the picture.
Picture 3 I measure the width 0.37 picture 4 I measure the length 0.36
Area length X width = 0.37 X 0.36 = 0.1332
Now picture 5 and 6 is Akure length= width = 14.12 X 7.44 = 105.0528
If you find out how many of that town in jigawa state in akure.
105.0528 divide 0.1332 = 788.685
So that largest town in jigawa state , you need 788.685 of that town to make one Akure.you
do not have that in the satellite picture.
From the satellite picture, Jigawa does not have 788 towns
Now let look at Katsina state.
Picture 7,8,9,10 show you how katsina looks like and daura . and we pick the biggest town.
not the average.
we zoom in picture 8 and find the length and width in picture 9. which are 0.34 and 0.40
find area = 0.34 X 0.40 = 0.136
if we now compare to akure
105.0528 divided 0.136 = 772.447 times
772.447 is the number of times that largest city in katsina would make up one akure.
From the satellite picture, katsina does not have 600 towns
Now let look at Kano state.
Picture 11,12,13 show you how kano looks like and dambarta . and we pick the biggest town.
not the average.
we zoom in picture 8 and find the length and width in picture 9. which are 0.48 and 0.46
find area = 0.48 X 0.46 = 0.2208
if we now compare to akure
105.0528 divided 0.2208 = 475.782 times
475.782 is the number of times that largest city in kano would make up one akure.
From the satellite picture, kano does not have 475.782 towns
But the Nigeria government claimed
Kano state 9,383,682 Katsina State 5,792,578 Jigawa State 4,348,649 Ondo State 3,441,024 ( Akure is in Ondo state)
Kano city only 7 picture, but makama claim 9 million. This other 30 cities above are the 30 most populated cities in kano state, compare to oyo state and lagos state or delta or ondo state,
