This will be my last speech to the General Assembly as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Since I first spoke to the Assembly in 1998, the Agency has moved from being a relatively unknown technical organization, whose work was of interest mainly to specialists in the …
We meet at a time of heightened anxiety and insecurity in the world. The global financial crisis is hitting rich and poor countries alike, but the poorest of the poor — the so-called bottom billion — are particularly vulnerable. Concern about the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the possibility …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was created 50 years ago in an atmosphere charged with both concern and hope regarding the future of atomic science. The IAEA was entrusted with ensuring that nuclear energy would not become a cause for human destruction, but would be, rather, a vehicle …
In the coming year, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will commemorate its fiftieth anniversary. There is much to be learned by looking back on this half century of Atoms for Peace in its many applications, from the days of the first power reactor operations, safeguards inspections and s…
I am grateful to you, Mr. President, for your kind words about the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and me. As you rightly stated, the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Agency highlights the serious challenges we face in curbing the proliferation of nuclear weapons, protecting ourselves agai…
The Millennium Summit in early September focused the attention of the world on a number of objectives for the new millennium: the establishment of enduring world peace, the eradication of poverty, the fight against disease and the protection of the environment. In the efforts to realize these object…
The annual report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for 1998 describes the Agency's major achievements in fulfilling its mandate during the year. I will describe some of these achievements and also identify some of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
I would like to begi…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was established with two objectives: to seek to enlarge the safe use of nuclear energy for peace and development, and to ensure, so far as it is able, that nuclear energy is used exclusively for peaceful purposes.
The pursuit of these twin objectives is…
