Republic of Turkey
Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan
Turkey has been a member of the UN since October 24, 1945. Its two-year term as an elected member of the UN Security Council expires on December 31, 2010. Ertugrul Apakan has served as Turkey’s Permanent Representative to the UN since August 2009. The following is excerpted from Ambassador Apakan’s statement during UN Security Council debate on June 9, 2010. Turkey is fully committed to its responsibilities in the field of nonproliferation, and as such is a party to all major international nonproliferation instruments and regimes. We do not want any country in our region to possess nuclear weapons. Such…
