BELGIUM: UNITED NATIONS AGREEMENT ON PEACEFUL USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY SIGNED BY E.E.C.

Record ID: 338121

  • Title: BELGIUM: UNITED NATIONS AGREEMENT ON PEACEFUL USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY SIGNED BY E.E.C.
  • Date: 6th April 1973
  • Summary: 1. GV Berlaimont building 0.06 2. LV INT Science Commisioner Dahrendorf addresses meeting (2 shots) 0.14 3. LV Delegates listen (2 shots) 0.18 4. SCU Dahrendorf listening 0.22 5. CU PAN Ambassador Ersboll signs for Denmark 0.29 6. Ambassador Sache signs for Germany 0.32 7. SCU Ambassador Vettor signs for Italy 0.37 8.
  • Embargoed: 21st April 1973 13:00
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  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
  • Country: Belgium
  • Reuters ID: LVA7TSTV6MQT2E84YV1H4H3ZZDUF
  • Story Text: In Brussels on Thursday (5 April), an agreement on the peaceful use of atomic nuclear materials was signed by the European Economic Community member countries.

    The Director General of the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency, and the Common Market Science Commissioner, Mr. Ralf Dehrendorf, signed the agreement which implements the means of control and verification set up under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

    The agreed controls will apply to all EEC members except Britain and France -- the only two EEC countries with nuclear weapons. The seven members affected will be required to send monthly reports to the European Commission on the technical aspects of nuclear materials in their possession. Information on quantities and storage locality will also have to be provided. EEC inspectors would be fr??? check on these reports, accompanied by U.N. Agency inspectors whose main role would be as observers.
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