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<p>The Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials Destruction
(the Global Partnership) was launched at the G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada in 2002
with a mandate to prevent terrorists and those that harbour them from acquiring weapons
and materials of mass destruction and their means of delivery. The Foreign & Commonwealth
Office holds the overall policy responsibility for the UK’s participation in the Global
Partnership. Under the Global Partnership, the Ministry of Defence has managed the
chemical weapon destruction and international biological security elements of the
UK’s contribution, while the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
delivers work, through the UK’s Global Threat Reduction Programme, to provide assistance
overseas to strengthen nuclear and radiological security. None of the programmes undertaken
since 2010 by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and its
predecessors, under the Global Partnership have had safety, environment or social
impact as their primary purpose.</p>
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