[Novella Islands]

At once, it had become Opthelia's turn to weigh in on the proposal, the council clerk's calling of the Opthelian Deputy Head of Mission by name startling him from his half-asleep state; the minutiae of nuclear safety were not exactly the most riveting of issues, for a man who had barely scraped a pass in his physics education as a child, after all. Nevertheless, he had an official government position to represent, and so adjusted his tie as he stood to speak on the proposal.

"The Empire of Opthelia supports both the broad concept of nuclear safety as an issue of international importance, and the specific form of the body put forward in this proposal. As a state that makes use of nuclear materials for both civilian purposes such as energy and medicine, and in their military form as the nuclear deterrent, we are acutely aware of the many issues possession and application of nuclear technology presents."

Opthelia was a relative late bloomer in the field of nuclear science, at least a decade behind that of other states, owing to their relatively recent industrialisation as a nation. It stood to reason that it would be best to learn from the mistakes of other states, and to grab any support they would offer with both hands. "We welcome the opportunity the contribute, in both material and technical form - and to receive assistance, if and when the need arises - to the advancement of nuclear safety."