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IAEA SPECIAL SESSION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY AND 30TH GENERAL
CONFERENCE
INTRODUCTION
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GUIDANCE TELNO 71 COVERED THE POST CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT REVIEW MEETING. THIS TELEGRAM, WHICH IS PRIMARILY FOR YOUR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, DEALS WITH THE SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) MINISTERIAL SESSION ON NUCLEAR
SAFETY IN VIENNA ON 24 26 SEPTEMBER AND THE REGULAR SESSION
OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE ON 29 SEPTEMBER 3 OCTOBER WHICH
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FORMED THE NEXT STAGE IN THE IAEA FOLLOW-UP TO CHERNOBYL.
LINE TO TAKE
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HMG WARMLY WELCOME THE SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE
SPECIAL SESSION INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF TWO CONVENTIONS ON
EARLY NOTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE IN THE EVENT OF A NUCLEAR
ACCIDENT. WE ARE PLEASED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
HAS RESONDED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY TO THE CHERNOBYL
ACCIDENT ACCIDENT. THE UK WILL PURSUE THROUGH THE IAEA THE.
PROPOSALS PUT FORWARD BY MR PETER WALKER IN HIS SPEECH
(VS 049) TO THE SPECIAL SESSION FOR COMPARING AND IMPROVING
NATIONAL REGULATORY AND INSPECTION REGIMES.
3.
THE GENERAL CONFERENCE CONFIRMED THAT THE IAEA SHOULD NOT
BE SIDETRACKED BY EXTRANEOUS POLITICAL ISSUES. THE UK BELIEVES
IN THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSALITY OF MEMBERSHIP OF AGENCIES IN
THE UN SYSTEM AND IS AGAINST ANY MOVE TO EXPEL COUNTRIES SUCH
AS ISRAEL OR SOUTH AFRICA ON POLITICAL GROUNDS FROM THE IAEA.
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