VIENNA / IAEA BOARD

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, said today (Monday) that in the absence of cooperation from Iran, he could not confirm that the country’s nuclear activities are peaceful. IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:54
• Production Date: 3 June 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: DISARMAMENT
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; IRAN
• MAMS Id: U130603b

Description

STORY: VIENNA / IAEA BOARD
TRT: 0:54.
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 03 JUNE 2013, GENEVA

Shotlist

03 JUNE 2013, GENEVA

1. Wide shot, IAEA meeting
2. SOUNDBITE (English) IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano:
"Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. The agency therefore cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities."
3. Cutaway, delegates
4. SOUNDBITE (English) | IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano:
"I reiterate my call for the DPRK to fully comply with then NPT and to cooperate completely and fully with the agency."
5. Wide shot, delegates

Storyline

The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, said today (3 June) that in the absence of cooperation from Iran, he could not confirm that the country’s nuclear activities are peaceful.

Amano told a meeting of the IAEA board of governors, “Iran is not providing the necessary cooperation to enable us to provide credible assurance about the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities. The agency therefore cannot conclude that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.

He also called on the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK) to comply with the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

He said, “I reiterate my call for the DPRK to fully comply with then NPT and to cooperate completely and fully with the agency."

He also announced that this year’s IAEA Scientific Forum in September will focus on protecting the coastal and marine environment.

Amano provided an update on the IAEA's post-Fukushima activities, which include a comprehensive Agency report on the Fukushima Daiichi accident that will be finalised by the end of 2014.

The 35-nation Board is meeting to discuss the IAEA's work on nuclear verification, safety, security and the peaceful use of nuclear technologies. The Board, which meets five times a year at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, is one of the IAEA's main policymaking bodies.