ATHENS, Ga. — Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn received the Kazakhstan government’s highest honor today (Oct. 20) during the Richard B. Russell Symposium at the University of Georgia. The Order of the Dostyk was awarded to senators Nunn and Richard Lugar by President Nursultan Nazarbayev in recognition of their efforts through the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction program to help Kazakhstan destroy nuclear weapons inherited from the Soviet Union. Kazakhstan Ambassador to the United States Kanat B. Saudabayev presented the senator with the award. Nunn, currently cochair and CEO of the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative, was a participant in the biennial Russell Symposium, which focused on weapons of mass destruction and the threat to the American homeland; Sen. Saxby Chambliss served as the keynote speaker.senator with the award. Nunn, currently cochair and CEO of the nonprofit Nuclear Threat Initiative, was a participant in UGA’s biennial Russell Symposium, which this year focused on weapons of mass destruction and the threat to the American homeland; Sen. Saxby Chambliss served as the keynote speaker.
