give a sense of security to nations and their international relations. the current international milieu seems far more challenging than previous decades. wars, acts of aggression, and above all, the shadow of threat resulting from the stockpiling of nuclear armaments, and even worse, unfair policies applied by a select group of expansionist states have obscured the prospect of international security. these states, communities, largely carry a sense of insecurity as a result. nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation have failed to materialize -- >> that's iran's president, mahmoud ahmadinejad at the united nations, as we open the 30-day summit on the nuclear