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AND TO SAVING RIO DE JANEIRO, RIYADH, SANA'A, SAN JOSE, SANTIAGO AND TO SAVING SAO PAULO, SEOUL, STRASBOURG, SUVA, TEGUCIGALPA AND TO SAVING TEHRAN, TRIPOLI, TUNIS, ULAN BATOR, VALLETTA AND TO SAVING VICTORIA, VILA, UKDEL CSCE VIENNA

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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

2.

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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