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STORY: UN / NON PROLIFERATION
TRT: 02:45
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 02 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, exterior United Nations headquarters
02 APRIL 2019, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. Wide shot, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, walks up to the Security Council dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs:
“The disarmament and arms control framework upon which the gains of the post-Cold War era were made is eroding, but we have nothing else yet with which to replace it. As a result, the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons is higher than it has been in generations. Together, these developments are placing the NPT under increasing stress and are exacerbating the fault lines that have been clearly evident between States parties for some time now.”
5. Med shot, delegates
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs:
“2020 - the fiftieth anniversary of the NPT’s entry into force and the twenty-fifth anniversary of its indefinite extension - presents a golden opportunity to make the practical gains that will ensure the Treaty s continued viability. A strong, political level re-affirmation by all to the Treaty will be important.”
7. Wide shot, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano walks up to the Security Council dais
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“The Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of nuclear material declared by Iran under its NPT Safeguards Agreement. Evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran continue. The implementation in Iran of the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, Additional Protocol, and additional transparency measures under the JCPOA amounts to the most robust verification system in existence anywhere in the world.”
9. Med shot, delegates
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
“The IAEA closely follows international developments on the DPRK nuclear issue. We hope that these processes will lead to an agreement and to the implementation of concrete denuclearization measures. The Agency does not have a role in political negotiations
among countries concerned. However, it is important that any agreement on denuclearization is accompanied by an effective and sustainable verification mechanism.”
12. Wide shot, Council
Briefing the Security Council today (2 Apr) on the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, said the post-Cold War disarmament and arms control framework “is eroding,” and as a result, “the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons is higher than it has been in generations.”
These developments, Nakamitsu told the Council, are placing the NPT “under increasing stress and are exacerbating the fault lines that have been clearly evident between States parties for some time now.”
The fiftieth anniversary of the NPT’s entry into force in 2020, she said, “presents a golden opportunity to make the practical gains that will ensure the Treaty s continued viability,” adding that “a strong, political level re-affirmation by all to the Treaty will be important.”
Also addressing the Council, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano, said the Agency “evaluations regarding the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iran continue,” and noted that “the implementation in Iran of the Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement, Additional Protocol, and additional transparency measures under the JCPOA amounts to the most robust verification system in existence anywhere in the world.”
Turning to current negotiations between the United States and the DPRK, Amano expressed hope that they “will lead to an agreement and to the implementation of concrete denuclearization measures.”
Amano said “the Agency does not have a role in political negotiations among countries concerned. However, it is important that any agreement on denuclearization is accompanied by an effective and sustainable verification mechanism.”
The Council issued a press statement reaffirming Council members “commitment to advance the goals of the NPT as the cornerstone of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the foundation for the pursuit of nuclear disarmament and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.”
The members of the Security Council concurred that the 2020 NPT Review Conference, which marks the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the NPT, provided an opportunity for the NPT States Parties to unambiguously reaffirm their commitment to this landmark treaty, to commemorate its historic achievements and, by further advancing its goals, strengthen the nuclear-disarmament and non-proliferation regime.
The members of the Security Council expressed their readiness to work together and join efforts to achieve a successful outcome at the 2020 NPT Review Conference.
