AUSTRIA: HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) IS PLEASED THAT IRAN HAS ALLOWED IAEA INSPECTION OF ITS ATOMIC SITES

Record ID: 647385

  • Title: AUSTRIA: HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) IS PLEASED THAT IRAN HAS ALLOWED IAEA INSPECTION OF ITS ATOMIC SITES
  • Date: 26th November 2003
  • Summary: (W5) VIENNA, AUSTRIA (NOVEMBER 26, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 0.13 2. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) MOHAMED ELBARADEI, HEAD OF INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) SAYING: "It's a good day for peace, it's a good day for multilateralism, it's a good day for non-proliferation it's a good day for peace, because the board have decided to continue to make every effort to to resolve the issue through verification and diplomacy. It's a good day for multilateralism because the international community stood as one, in addressing what could be a very serious issue with major implications. It's also a good day for non-proliferation because the board sent a very powerful message on the need to respect fully the integrity of the non-proliferation regime and the non-proliferation treaty." 0.59 3. VARIOUS/ CUTAWAYS PRESS 1.09 4. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELBARADEI SAYING: "I am very pleased with today's resolution it strengthens my hand in fulfilling our task in ensuring that Iran's programme is exclusively for peaceful purpose. It again as i mentioned, strengthens the case of non-proliferation in deploring the breach by setting out the marker for what needs to be done in the future by making it very clear that any serious violations will not be tolerated. I hope again that the new chapter that Iran have started in the last few weeks will be sustained. I think this is the best way to resolve that issue through full cooperation and transparency on the part of Iran. I think if we do then it will be a win win situation for everybody," 1.59 5. VARIOUS CUTAWAYS OF PRESS 2.06 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELBARADEI SAYING: "We are going to start approaching the countries involved in the next few weeks. We now have a clear idea of exactly where to go and we have a lot of work to do in terms of fingerprinting to make sure that the Iranian statement that these are in fact contaminations from importing outside equipment is in fact the case. So we are going to engage fully on addressing this issue." 2.33 7. VARIOUS CUTAWAYS OF PRESS 2.43 8. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) ELBARADEI SAYING: "I made it clear during our discussion that every country in the Middle East including Israel will benefit from establishing a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East as part and parcel of a comprehensive peace in the region." 2.58 9. VARIOUS CUTAWAYS OF PRESS 3.08 10. WIDE OF PRESS CONFERENCE 3.16 (W4)VIENNA, AUSTRIA (NOVEMBER 26, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 11. WIDE OF INTERIOR OF IAEA CHAMBER 3.22 12. CLOSE-UP OF SIGN ON DESK SAYING "IRAN- ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF" 3.24 13. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRAN'S REPRESENTATIVE TO IAEA ALI AKBAR SALEHI SAYING: "Certainly we have committed ourselves to sign the Additional Protocol and that's what we are going to do." 3.29 14. WIDE OF SALEHI WITH JOURNALIST 3.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: VIENNA, AUSTRIA
  • Country: Austria
  • Reuters ID: LVA9QKPK3QZ28S6T0RFHE5Q1BVTL
  • Story Text: Head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says he is pleased with IAEA resolution
    on Iran's nuclear programme


    The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on
    Wednesday (November 26) he was pleased with a resolution
    from the agency's board of governors that condemned Iran
    for past breaches of nuclear non-proliferation but welcomed
    Iran's new openness.

    "I am very pleased with today's resolution it
    strengthens my hand in fulfilling our task in ensuring that
    Iran's programme is exclusively for peaceful purpose. It
    again as i mentioned, strengthens the case of
    non-proliferation in deploring the breach by setting out
    the marker for what needs to be done in the future by
    making it very clear that any serious violations will not
    be tolerated. I hope again that the new chapter that Iran
    have started in the last few weeks will be sustained. I
    think this is the best way to resolve that issue through
    full cooperation and transparency on the part of Iran. I
    think if we do then it will be a win win situation for
    everybody, Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International
    Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

    ElBaradei hailed the new IAEA resolution as a positive
    step towards non-proliferation and peace.

    "It's a good day for peace, it's a good day for
    multilateralism, it's a good day for non-proliferation it's
    a good day for peace, because the board have decided to
    continue to make every effort to to resolve the issue
    thr
    ough verification and diplomacy. It's a good day for
    multilateralism because the international community stood
    as one, in addressing what could be a very serious issue
    with major implications. It's also a good day for
    non-proliferation because the board sent a very powerful
    message on the need to respect fully the integrity of the
    non-proliferation regime and the non-proliferation treaty."
    Iran's representative to the IAEA, Ali Akbar Salehi,
    said earlier in the day Iran was committed to signing the
    Additional Protocol.

    "Certainly we have committed ourselves to sign the
    Additional Protocol and that's what we are going to do,"
    Salehi said.
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