Safeguards Noncompliance: A Challenge for the Iaea and the Un Security Council
Arms Control Today › Vol. 40 Nbr. 1, January 2010
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[...] states should discuss and agree on legally binding generic procedures for to noncompliance. Because of the Security Council would not which states might be involved in the such discussions should be easier and acrimonious than they would be during the heat of a crisis.
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Safeguards Noncompliance: A Challenge for the Iaea and the Un Security Council
Compliance with safeguards obligations is a fundamental part of a country's participation in the global nuclear nonproliferation regime. The issue of compliance was central to the contentious discussions at the 2005 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference and is likely to play a similar role at the 2010 conference.
The main objective of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as set out in its statute, is to promote "the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health, and prosperity throughout the world" while ensuring that nuclear material, equipment, facilities, and information are not used for any military purpose.1 The IAEA carries out the latter part of this mandate by establishing and implementing safeguards.In fulfilling its nonproliferation mandate, the most important task of the IAEA is the prompt detection and reporting of unauthorized nuclear work in any nonnuclear-weapon state that is a party to the NPT. This unauthorized work may involve the diversion of nuclear material from declared facilities as well as undeclared nuclear material and activities.IAEA inspections are designed to ensure that countries are complying with their commitments under their safeguar...See the full content of this document
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