A/RES/58/8 GA

United Nations A/RES/58/8 General Assembly Distr.: General 19 November 2003 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 14 03 45339 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 4 November 2003 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.10 and Add.1)] 58/8. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency The General Assembly, Having received the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 2002,1 Taking note of the statement of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency,2 in which he provided additional information on the main developments in the activities of the Agency during 2003, Recognizing the importance of the work of the Agency, Recognizing also the cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency and the Agreement governing the relationship between the United Nations and the Agency as approved by the General Conference of the Agency on 23 October 1957 and by the General Assembly in the annex to its resolution 1145 (XII) of 14 November 1957, 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency;1 2. Takes note of resolutions GC(47)/RES/7A on measures to strengthen international cooperation in nuclear, radiation and transport safety and waste management, GC(47)/RES/7B on the code of conduct on the safety and security of radioactive sources, GC(47)/RES/7C on transport safety, GC(47)/RES/8 on nuclear and radiological security – progress on measures to protect against nuclear and radiological terrorism, GC(47)/RES/9 on strengthening of the Agency’s technical cooperation activities, GC(47)/RES/10A on strengthening the Agency’s activities related to nuclear science, technology and applications, GC(47)/RES/10B on nuclear knowledge, GC(47)/RES/10C on Agency activities in the development of innovative nuclear technology, GC(47)/RES/10D on the use of isotope hydrology for water resources management, GC(47)/RES/10E on a plan for producing potable water economically using small and medium-sized nuclear reactors, GC(47)/RES/11 on _______________ 1 International Atomic Energy Agency, The Annual Report for 2002 (Austria, July 2003) (GC(47)/2); transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General (A/58/312). 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-eighth Session, Plenary Meetings, 52nd meeting (A/58/PV.52), and corrigendum. A/RES/58/8 2 strengthening the effectiveness and improving the efficiency of the safeguards system and application of the Model Additional Protocol, GC(47)/RES/12 on implementation of the Agreement between the Agency and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, GC(47)/RES/13 on the application of Agency safeguards in the Middle East, GC(47)/RES/14A on staffing of the Agency’s secretariat and GC(47)/RES/14B on women in the secretariat, and decisions GC(47)/DEC/12 on implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions relating to Iraq, GC(47)/DEC/13 on Israeli nuclear capabilities and threat and GC(47)/DEC/14 on the amendment to article VI of the statute, adopted on 19 September 2003 by the General Conference of the Agency at its forty-seventh regular session;3 3. Affirms its support for the indispensable role of the Agency in encouraging and assisting the development and practical application of atomic energy for peaceful uses, in technology transfer to developing countries and in nuclear safety, verification and security; 4. Appeals to Member States to continue to support the activities of the Agency; 5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Director General of the Agency the records of the fifty-eighth session of the General Assembly relating to the activities of the Agency. 55th plenary meeting 4 November 2003 _______________ 3 See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Forty-seventh Regular Session, 15–19 September 2003 (GC(47)/RES/DEC(2003)).

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