Annan praises Kazakhstan’s 15-year-old decision to close Semipalatinsk Proving Ground

    A message from UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrote some remarks to President Nazarbaev on the occasion of the 15-year anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk proving ground in the East Kazakhstani Oblast.     “We have mixed feelings as we mark this event, which reminds the entire world of horrors and danger...