International Atomic Energy Agency
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GOV/2742
10 JUNE 1994
GENERAL Distr.
Original: ENGLISH
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RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF KOREA FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (INFCIRC/403)
(BOARD RESOLUTION DOCUMENT GOV/2742)
The Board of Governors,
(a) Recalling its resolutions GOV/2636 of 25 February 1993, GOV/2639 of
18 March 1993, GOV/2645 of 1 April 1993, GOV/2692 of 23 September 1993
and GOV/2711 of 21 March 1994 and General Conference resolution GC(XXXVII)
RES/624 of 1 October 1993 finding the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK) to be in non-compliance with its safeguards
agreement (INFCIRC/403),
(b) Taking account of the fact that the DPRK remains a party to the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and is
therefore bound by its safeguards obligations,
(c) Recalling also that on 1 April 1993 and 22 March 1994, in
accordance with the Agency's Statute and the safeguards agreement
between the DPRK and the Agency, it reported the DPRK's
non-compliance to the United Nations Security Council as the organ
bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international
peace and security,
(d) Noting with deep regret the Director General's written and oral
reports of 2 June 1994 and 3 June 1994 and his statement to the Board
on 7 June 1994, in which he reported that the limited opportunity which
remained for the Agency to select, segregate and secure fuel rods from the
DPRK's five megawatt reactor for later measurements in accordance with
Agency standards had been lost and that the Agency's ability to ascertain,
with sufficient confidence, whether nuclear material from the reactor had
been diverted in the past had also been lost,
(e) Recalling further the 30 May 1994 statement by the President of the
Security Council, and particularly the request to the Director General
to keep Agency inspectors in the DPRK in order to monitor activities at
the five-megawatt reactor, and
(f) Noting also that the Agency has been able to perform certain
safeguards activities in the DPRK and the Director General's reaffirmation
that the Secretariat remains available to conduct inspection
activities as required by the safeguards agreement with the DPRK or as
requested by the United Nations Security Council,
1. Deplores the DPRK's failure to implement essential elements of
resolutions of the Board and the General Conference concerning its
non-compliance with its safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/403);
2. Finds that the DPRK is continuing to widen its non-compliance with
its safeguards agreement by taking actions which prevent the Agency
from verifying the history of the reactor core and from ascertaining
whether nuclear material from the reactor had been diverted in past years;
3. Strongly supports and commends the tireless efforts of the Director
General and the Secretariat to implement the safeguards agreement;
4. Calls on the DPRK immediately to extend full co-operation to the
Agency's Secretariat, in particular by providing access to all
safeguards-relevant information and locations;
5. encourages the Director General to continue his efforts to implement
fully the safeguards agreement, and in particular to retain all Agency
safeguards measures effectively in place and make available inspectors
and equipment for safeguards in the DPRK as requested by the United Nations
Security Council;
6. Decides, in conformity with the provisions of Article XII.C of the Statute,
to suspend non-medical Agency assistance to the DPRK;
7. Requests the Director General to transmit this resolution to all Members
of the Agency and to the Security Council and the General Assembly of the
United Nations; and
8. Remains seized of the matter and requests the Director General to report
promptly to the Board on all relevant developments regarding this issue.
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