{"id":99183,"date":"2017-09-25T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=99183"},"modified":"2017-09-24T16:28:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T15:28:31","slug":"iran-implementing-its-nuclear-commitments-un-atomic-agency-chief-stresses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/09\/iran-implementing-its-nuclear-commitments-un-atomic-agency-chief-stresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Implementing Its Nuclear Commitments, UN Atomic Agency Chief Stresses"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>18 Sep 2017 \u2013<\/em> Iran is implementing its commitments under \u201cthe world\u2019s most robust nuclear verification regime,\u201d the United Nations atomic agency head said today, while at the same time voicing \u201cgrave concern\u201d at the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea\u2019s (DPRK) nuclear programme.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Iran under the JCPOA are being implemented,\u201d UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA<\/a>) Director General Yukiya Amano told the opening of the Agency\u2019s annual General Conference<\/a> in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Endorsed unanimously by the UN Security Council in 2015, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), between its five permanent members (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States), plus Germany, the European Union (EU) and Iran, set out rigorous mechanisms for monitoring<\/a> limits on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme, while paving the way for lifting UN sanctions against the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran is now subject to the world\u2019s most robust nuclear verification regime,\u201d said Mr. Amano, who was appointed by acclamation<\/a> today to another four-year term as Director General of the 168-member Agency.<\/p>\n

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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano addresses delegates at the 61st IAEA General Conference. Photo: Dean Calma\/IAEA<\/p><\/div>\n

Turning to the DPRK, he called upon it to comply fully with its obligations under all relevant Security Council and the IAEA resolutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe nuclear test by the DPRK on September third, its sixth and largest to date, is extremely regrettable<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Agency is working to maintain its readiness to return to the DPRK when political developments make this possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

On 11 September, the Security Council unanimously imposed tighter sanctions on the DPRK, including limits on oil exports to it, banning its textile exports and its access to gas liquids, and more closely inspecting cargo ships going in and out of its ports.<\/p>\n

The Council has passed eight resolution over the DPRK\u2019s nuclear programme since it withdrew from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2003, many involving increasingly severe sanctions.<\/p>\n

Turning to other matters within the Agency\u2019s remit, Mr. Amano stressed its unique role in transferring nuclear technology to developing countries, and its work in supporting countries achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals in energy, food and agriculture, industry, water management and health.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Agency will continue to deliver high-quality programmes and respond promptly to Member State needs,\u201d he said, noting that the modernization of the IAEA nuclear applications laboratories near Vienna was making excellent progress and the new Insect Pest Control Laboratory would be inaugurated in a week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen completed in a few years\u2019 time, the expanded laboratory complex will greatly increase our capabilities as a technology holder,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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18 Sep 2017 \u2013 Iran is implementing its commitments under \u201cthe world\u2019s most robust nuclear verification regime,\u201d the United Nations atomic agency head said today, while at the same time voicing \u201cgrave concern\u201d at the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea\u2019s (DPRK) nuclear programme. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weapons-of-mass-destruction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}