IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei meets with Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary_General, before the start of the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: United Nations).

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei confer with Oscar Arias Sanchez, President of Costa Rica, before the start of the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: IAEA/S. Akbaruddin).

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei meets with Foreign Minister Lavrov of Russia, before the start of the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: IAEA/S. Akbaruddin).

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei meets with Ambassador Patricia Espinosa Cantanellano, Foreign Minister of Mexico. Aslo seen on the background is Ambassador Yukio Takasu, Japanese Permanent Representative on the United Nations. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: IAEA/S. Akbaruddin).

Security Council Summit on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Barack Obama (right), President of the United States of America, converses with Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), prior to the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten).

IAEA Director General Addresses Security Council Summit. Mohamed ElBaradei (first row left), Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), addresses the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe).

IAEA Director General Addresses Security Council Summit. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), addresses the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe).

IAEA Director General Addresses Security Council Summit. Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), addresses the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. (UN New York, 24 September 2009, Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe).