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| Egypt welcomes IAEA resolution placing nuclear safeguards on Israel |
| 2006-09-25 |
| Egypt on Saturday welcomed a decision by the International Atomic Energy Agency to endorse a draft resolution "affirming the urgent need for all states in the Middle East to accept full-scope IAEA safeguards on all their nuclear activities". Egypt, according to a statement by Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abulgheit, "welcomes the 89-vote majority endorsement of the draft resolution." The draft resolution, submitted by Egypt is also aimed at turning the Middle East into a nuclear arms-free zone, the statement said. Abulgheit called on IAEA's Chairman Mohammad El-Baradei and the leaders of nations using the nuclear energy, to "assume their responsibility and take adequate steps leading to the implementation of the resolution, that was endorsed by the committee. "It is unthinkable that such countries continue to ignore the serious health risk associated with atomic and nuclear energy," the minister said. He called on Western states to "safeguard their credibility" if they are really determined to prevent nuclear proliferation." He urged those countries, for the benefit of all concerned, to review their policies regarding this topic. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #11 The NPT btw does not obligate non-treaty members like Israel to accept full scope safeguards. It only obligates members that they should not supply fuel unless it is safeguarded. |
| Posted by: john 2006-09-25 14:45 |
| #10 Now "full-scope safeguards" are another story. To accept these is to disarm unilaterally, something Israel or India will never do. |
| Posted by: john 2006-09-25 14:43 |
| #9 Oh, yea, and Israel has vowed to wipe all the ME counties off the map....right? Only if attacked first with weapons of mass destruction or overwhelming force. A very different scenario from what the Arabs have planned for Israel. Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East really need to pressure Iran about their intent to "wipe Israel off of the map". It could result in the Muslim holocaust. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-25 14:21 |
| #8 Interesting, John. That provides (even more) insight into the uselessness of the IAEA and the UN in general. And, Cap'n...you're downright diabolical. I'd settle for all ME countries, but you want all the counties wiped off the face of the map? You're hardcore, dude, lol! |
| Posted by: BA 2006-09-25 14:12 |
| #7 Actually Israel, if it wanted to build up a civilian nuclear program, could accept the sort of limited safeguards like what India negotiates with the IAEA. Reactors designated as civilian stay that way. A reactor, in the very same compound, designated as military is off limits to the IAEA. Most interesting are the "campaign safeguards". India uses these at its Uranium fuel production and Plutonium reprocessing plants. When supplies of safeguarded imported fuel are being processed, IAEA inspectors are allowed inside the plant. When the plants go into bomb material making mode, ElBaradei's men are escorted off the compound. |
| Posted by: john 2006-09-25 12:38 |
| #6 ElBaradei never ran any nuclear program. He is a lawyer, not a scientist. Dr. ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1942, son of the late Mostafa ElBaradei, a lawyer and former President of the Egyptian Bar Association. He gained a Bachelor´s degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo, and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He began his career in the Egyptian Diplomatic Service in 1964, serving on two occasions in the Permanent Missions of Egypt to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, in charge of political, legal and arms control issues. From 1974 to 1978 he was a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. From 1981 to 1987 he was also an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the New York University School of Law. |
| Posted by: john 2006-09-25 12:32 |
| #5 Oh, yea, and Israel has vowed to wipe all the ME counties off the map....right? /sarcism off |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-09-25 08:08 |
| #4 This is the same Egypt that just last week announced it intends to "pursue nuclear power"? The same Egypt that got the head of its nuclear program put in charge of the IAEA? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-09-25 05:26 |
| #3 It [Israel] is not an exporter of nuclear technology. If the Arabs keep this shit up, that could change in a real big bad way. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-25 04:27 |
| #2 Israel doesn't fall under the IAEA. It's not a member of the IAEA nor has it signed any protocols with IAEA. It is not an exporter of nuclear technology. Pound Sand. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-09-25 04:13 |
| #1 How rich; "Since none of us Islamic countries have nuclear weapons, neither should Israel ... even though we all want to kill the Jews." What sort of brain-dead morons fall for this puerile bullshit? Well, besides the UN, that is. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-09-25 04:01 |