At the annual Treaty Event on the sidelines of the 66th IAEA General Conference today, Cambodia, Mauritania, and Mozambique deposited legal instruments with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi expressing consent to be bound by two multilateral treaties and an amendment, respectively.
Multilateral treaties under IAEA auspices cover a range of subjects, including strengthening nuclear safety and security as well as developing nuclear science and technology. This year, Cambodia acceded to the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency, Mauritania accepted the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology, and Mozambique ratified the 2005 Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.
“It is of key importance for me at each General Conference to highlight the countries that are taking concrete steps in their legal commitments that are critical in the areas of nuclear cooperation,” said Mr Grossi. “We have legal instruments in many areas, such as nuclear safety and security but also technical cooperation, and this is a significant part of our work.”