Security Council urges world free of nuclear weapons during historic summit

Participants take part in the Summit on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament at the UN headquarters in New York,  the United States, Sept. 24, 2009. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons in a bid to seek a safer world for all, and to create conditions for a world without nuclear weapons.(Xinhua/Shen Hong)

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council on Thursday affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama.

The meeting -- only the fifth in the Council's history since 1946 to be held at the level of heads of State and government -- began with the unanimous adoption of a resolution by which the 15-member body voiced grave concern over the threat of nuclear proliferation and the need for global action to combat it.