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Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008
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Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative,
May 28, 2008
Members of the international community are gathered in Washington, DC, today on the fifth anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Since former Polish President Kwasniewski and I first announced the initiative on May 31, 2003, in Krakow, Poland, PSI partner nations have been taking cooperative action to stop the proliferation trade and to deny terrorists, rogue states, and their supplier networks access to weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials.
Five years ago, the world became aware that an international black market network, headed by A.Q. Khan, had for many years supplied a clandestine nuclear weapons program in Libya. Recently, the discovery of Syria’s covert nuclear reactor demonstrated that proliferators are capable of pursuing dangerous objectives even as the world becomes more vigilant. And today, in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, Iran continues to enrich uranium and develop missile systems that could eventually deliver WMD. These proliferation activities undermine peace and security and remindus of the continued need for cooperative action.
The PSI has responded to this challenge and achieved a solid record of success. Beginning in 2003 with only 11 states, the PSI has grown to more than 90 nations from every region of the world committed to conduct interdictions and deter those engaged in this dangerous trade. As a result of the collaborative efforts and training it sponsors, PSI is an increasingly effective tool to carry out real-world WMD-related interdictions, from shutting down front companies to disrupting financial networks, prosecuting proliferators, and stopping shipments of sensitive materials from reaching their intended destination.
I commend all PSI partners for the work they have undertaken and pledge continued U.S. leadership and support for the effort. I urge all responsible nations to join this global initiative to end WMD proliferation.
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Chicago:
George W. Bush, "Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative, May 28, 2008," Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:762-763 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UV8SHF4ED5NX1QX.
MLA:
Bush, George W. "Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative, May 28, 2008." Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:762-763, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UV8SHF4ED5NX1QX.
Harvard:
Bush, GW, 'Statement on the Fifth Anniversary of the Proliferation Security Initiative, May 28, 2008' in Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, May 30, 2008 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008), 44:762-763. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UV8SHF4ED5NX1QX.
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