VIENNA / BOARD OF GOVERNORS

International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors meets to discuss the Agency's work on nuclear verification, safety, security and peaceful use of nuclear technologies. In his opening remarks, head of IAEA Yukiya Amano expresses concerns about the nuclear agendas of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran and Israel. IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:54
• Production Date: 7 June 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; IRAN; ISRAEL
• MAMS Id: U100607d

Description

STORY: VIENNA / BOARD OF GOVERNORS
TRT: 1.54
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 7 JUNE 2010, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Shotlist

FILE – RECENT, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. Wide shot, IAEA Headquarters exterior

7 JUNE 2010, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

2. Zoom out, IAEA DG Yukiya Amano and of Board Chairman Dato´ Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob to participants of the Board of Governors
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“The recent increase in tension on the Korean Peninsula reminds us that the security situation in this region remains extremely sensitive and underscores the need to address the nuclear issue as early as possible. I urge the DPRK to fully implement all relevant nuclear non-proliferation obligations. I also call on all parties concerned to make concerted efforts for a resumption of the Six-Party Talks.”
4. Med shot, delegates seating in the Board of Governors meeting room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement requires the Agency to seek to verify both the non-diversion of nuclear material from declared activities and the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. I also need to mention that Iran is a special case because, among other things, of the existence of issues related to possible military dimensions to its nuclear programme.”
6. Med shot of senior IAEA staff in the Board of Governors meeting room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“As the Board is aware, the General Conference last year adopted a resolution expressing concern about the Israeli nuclear capabilities and called upon Israel to accede to the NPT and place all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards. The General Conference requested me to work with the concerned States towards achieving that end and report to the Board and the General Conference.”
8. Med shot, delegates
9. Pan left, participants of the Board of Governors

Storyline

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, today (7 June) reported on a number of issues during the Agency’s 35-nation Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria on its work on nuclear verification, safety, security and the peaceful use of nuclear technologies.

In his opening statement to the Board, Amano addressed the recent increase in tension on the Korean Peninsula.

SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“The recent increase in tension on the Korean Peninsula reminds us that the security situation in this region remains extremely sensitive and underscores the need to address the nuclear issue as early as possible. I urge the DPRK to fully implement all relevant nuclear non-proliferation obligations. I also call on all parties concerned to make concerted efforts for a resumption of the Six-Party Talks.”

He also reported on the implementation of nuclear safeguards in Syria and Iran and provided an update on discussions on the supply of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor. He referred to Iran as a “special case.”

SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“Iran’s Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement requires the Agency to seek to verify both the non-diversion of nuclear material from declared activities and the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. I also need to mention that Iran is a special case because, among other things, of the existence of issues related to possible military dimensions to its nuclear programme.”

He also expressed the concern of the General Conference over to the issue of Israeli nuclear capabilities.

SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General:
“As the Board is aware, the General Conference last year adopted a resolution expressing concern about the Israeli nuclear capabilities and called upon Israel to accede to the NPT and place all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive IAEA safeguards. The General Conference requested me to work with the concerned States towards achieving that end and report to the Board and the General Conference.”

The Board, which meets five times a year at the IAEA headquarters, is the Agency's policymaking body.