International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

In 2002, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continued to act as a catalyst for the development and transfer of peaceful nuclear technologies; to build and maintain a global nuclear safety regime; and to assist in efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. In November, it resumed inspections in Iraq, ending the stalemate that had lasted since 1998. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remained in non-compliance with the existing safeguards agreement pursuant to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, adopted by the General Assembly in resolution 2373(XXII) [YUN 1968, p. 17].

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