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IAEA board welcomes Iran`s positive cooperation with agency

IRNA

By: Behnaz H. Gholipour 
Vienna, Nov 20, IRNA -- Board of Governors of the International Atomic
Energy Agency`s (IAEA) on Thursday welcomed Iran`s decision to react 
positively to the demands made by the Board resolution of September 12
2003. 
The "Elements for a resolution on the implementation of the NPT 
safeguards agreement in Iran", the board welcomed Iran`s decision is 
proceeding on the basis that the letter dated October 21, 2003, sent 
to the Director General by Iran`s Vice-President Gholam-Reza 
Aghazadeh, and said that its attachments amounted to the correct full 
and final picture of Iran`s past and present nuclear program. 
It deplored the serious nature of the further Iranian failures to 
meet safeguards obligations identified in the Director General`s 
latest report, and the policy of concealment which has been pursued by
Iran. 
It called on Iran to continue to take all necessary measures, to 
give full and sustained cooperation to the Agency in implementation of
the country`s declared new policy of full disclosure and unrestricted 
access, and thus to provide the transparency and openness that are 
indispensable for the Agency to undertake the considerable work 
necessary to provide and maintain the assurances required by member 
states. 
It requested ElBaradei to take all steps necessary to confirm that
the information provided by Iran on its past and present nuclear 
activities is correct and complete as well as to resolve such issues 
remain outstanding. 
The board endorsed ElBaradei`s view that to achieve this the 
Agency must have a particularly robust verification system in place: 
An additional protocol, coupled with a policy of full transparency 
and openness on the part of Iran, is indispensable for such a system. 
The board noted with satisfaction the decision of Iran to conclude
an additional protocol to its Safeguards Agreement, and re-emphasises 
the importance of Iran moving swiftly to ratification and of Iran 
acting in accordance with the provisions of the additional protocol in
the interim, pending its entry into force, including by making all 
declarations required as a matter of urgency. 
It also welcomed Iran`s decision to suspend all enrichment related
and reprocessing activities, approving ElBaradei`s intention to verify
its implementation and requesting the director general to report 
periodically on that verification activity. 
216/215 
End