IAEA board passes resolution criticizing Iran:

GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Important International Institutions.   Context: The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has passed a resolution calling on Iran to fully cooperate with the UN inspectors’ investigation into three undeclared sites. The resolution was submitted by the UK, France, Germany and the US to the IAEA and was backed by …

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will head an assistance mission to the now-defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine aimed at stepping up efforts to help prevent the danger of a nuclear accident in …

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: Russia has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its military forces have taken control of the territory around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The IAEA continues to closely monitor developments in Ukraine, with a special focus …

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

GS Paper 2: Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: Permanent UN Security Council members China, France, Russia, the U.K. and U.S. have pledged to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict. The statement was issued after the latest review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of …

Nuclear site images won’t be shared with IAEA: Iran:

GS Paper 2 Topics Covered: Important International institutions, agencies and fora, their structure, mandate.   Context: The EU and the U.S. have urged Iran to allow inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to access a nuclear site, while Tehran argued the facility was exempt from a recent agreement with the UN watchdog.   Background: …