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The Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism was created in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. The mandate of the Commission is to build on the work of the 9/11 Commission and complete a critical task: to assess our nation’s progress in preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism, and to provide a road-map to greater security with concrete recommendations for improvement. The Commission examines the government’s current policies and programs, identifying gaps in its prevention strategy and recommending ways to close them. These recommendations were recently released in a new report - World at Risk.

Here are some of the statements and recommendations from the report:

-Ours remains a world at risk and our margin of safety is shrinking, not growing. The Commission believes that unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is likely that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.

-Radically revamp our strategic policy on Pakistan. Conditions in that country pose a serious challenge to America’s short-term and medium-term national security interests.

-Develop a new blueprint to prevent biological weapons proliferation and bioterrorism.

-Reinvigorate the nuclear non-proliferation agenda. Nuclear terrorism is still a preventable catastrophe and it is our duty to stop nuclear trafficking and reaffirm the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.

The Commission's website: http://www.preventwmd.org/

Press Release on Report: http://www.preventwmd.gov/12_2_2008/

This report can be downloaded directly from http://documents.scribd.com/docs/2avb51ejt0uadzxm2wpt.pdf

The report can be viewed or downloaded as a whole as in its various parts at the following website: http://www.preventwmd.gov/report/

Post on GovDoc-L from: Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School
**Text taken from Commission's website and press release.**