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Safeguards
Working paper submitted to Main Committee II by Australia, Austria,
Canada,
Denmark, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway
and Sweden
1. The Conference reaffirms the conviction that IAEA safeguards
provide assurance that States are complying with their undertakings
and assist States to demonstrate this compliance. IAEA safeguards
thereby promote further confidence among States and, being a fundamental
element of the Treaty, help to strengthen their collective security.
Such safeguards play a key role in preventing the proliferation
of nuclear weapons and other nuclear explosive devices. Accordingly,
the Conference recognizes that IAEA safeguards are an important,
integral part of the international regime for nuclear non-proliferation
and play an indispensable role in ensuring the implementation of
the Treaty.
2. The Conference stresses that the non-proliferation and safeguards
commitments in the Treaty are also essential for peaceful nuclear
commerce and cooperation and that IAEA safeguards make a vital contribution
to the environment for peaceful nuclear development and international
cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.
3. The Conference reiterates the call by previous Conferences of
the States Parties, for the continued pursuit by States Parties
of the principle of the universal application of IAEA safeguards
to all peaceful nuclear activities in all States Parties in accordance
with the provisions of the Treaty. The Conference notes with satisfaction
that, since 1995, 28 States have concluded safeguards agreements
with IAEA in compliance with Article III, paragraph 4, of the Treaty.
It notes with concern that 52 States Parties to the Treaty have
yet to conclude such agreements, and urges that they do so and bring
these agreements into force as soon as possible. It calls on those
States Parties that have not yet done so to complete the negotiation
of subsidiary arrangements with IAEA. The Conference also calls
on all States not party to the Treaty to submit all their nuclear
activities, both current and future, to IAEA safeguards.
4. The Conference notes that, in the case of States without significant
nuclear activities, the conclusion of
safeguards agreements involves simplified procedures.
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