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		</div><p>World leaders declared progress over safeguarding nuclear materials sought by terrorists, even as President Barack Obama admitted the task was far from finished.</p>
<p>Ending a nuclear security summit in Washington, Mr Obama warned of a persistent and harrowing threat from terrorists getting their hands on a nuclear bomb.</p>
<p>He urged fellow leaders not to be complacent about the risk of catastrophe, saying that such an attack by the Islamic State or a similar group would &#8220;change our world&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the first to acknowledge the great deal of work that remains,&#8221; Mr Obama said.</p>
<p>He accepted the vision of nuclear disarmament he laid out at the start of his presidency may not be realised during his lifetime, adding: &#8220;But we&#8217;ve begun.&#8221;</p>
<p>Despite their calls for further action, the roughly 50 leaders assembled announced that this year&#8217;s gathering would be the last of this kind.</p>
<p>This year, deep concerns about terrorism were the focus, as leaders grappled with the notion that the next Paris or Brussels could involve an attack with a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no doubt that if these madmen ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material they most certainly would use it to kill as many innocent people as possible,&#8221; Mr Obama said.</p>
<p>So far, no terrorists have obtained a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb, he said, crediting global efforts to secure nuclear material.</p>
<p>But it was not for lack of the terrorists trying, as al-Qaida has sought nuclear materials, IS has deployed chemical weapons, and extremists linked to the Brussels and Paris attacks were found to have spied on a senior Belgian nuclear official.</p>
<p>The two-day summit held other, more positive signs of the world coming together to confront the broader nuclear threat.</p>
<p>The UN Security Council members who brokered a sweeping nuclear deal with Iran last year held up that agreement as a model for preventing nuclear proliferation.</p>
<p>On the global front, a strengthened nuclear security agreement was finally poised to take force, extending safeguards for nuclear materials being used, stored and transported while requiring criminal penalties for nuclear smuggling.</p>
<p>The changes were approved in 2005 but have sat dormant awaiting ratification from a critical mass of nations, reached only in the past few days.</p>
<p>Still, frustration over the slow pace of reducing nuclear stockpiles overshadowed the summit.</p>
<p>The absence of key players, especially Russia, further underscored the lack of unanimity confronting global efforts to deter nuclear attacks.</p>
<p>Mr Obama has held four such summits, hoping to advance the disarmament goals he set at the start of his presidency, when he declared in Prague that nuclear weapons were &#8220;the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War&#8221;.</p>
<p>Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands said: &#8220;This summit is not the end of our quest to make the world safe from nuclear terrorism.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said the assembled leaders were passing the baton to international organisations: &#8220;Should the need arise, I know that everybody here will be ready to return.&#8221;</p>
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