SAFEGUARDS INSPECTIONS IN THE DPRK

IAEA PRESS RELEASE 94/25 13 JUNE 1994

SAFEGUARDS INSPECTIONS IN THE DPRK

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), consisting of 35 Member States, met in Vienna from 6 to 10 June 1994 and reviewed developments concerning IAEA inspections int he Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The rreview was conducted also in the light of a report presented by the Director General of the IAEA, Dr. Hans Blix. The DPRK was represented at the meeting.

At the conclusion of its discussion on this mattter the Board of Governor adopted the text of a resolution which is attached for information. As indicated therein, the Board found that the DPRK is continuing to widen its non-compliancewith its safeguatds agreement by taking actions which prevent the Agency from verifying the history of the core of its 5 MWe experimental reactor and rom ascetaining whether nuclear material from the reactor had been diverted in past years.

The Board of Governors decided in conformity with the provisions of Article XII.C of the IAEA Statute, to suspend non-medical Agency assistance to the DPRK.

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 (INFCIRC/4O3)

Resolution adopted by the Board on 10 June 1994

The Board of Governors,

(a) Recalling its resolutions GOV/2636 of 25 February 1993, GOV/2639 of 18 March 1993, GOV/2645 of 1 April 1993, GOV/2692 of 23 September 1993 and GOV/2711 of 21 March 1994 and General Conference resolution GC(XXXVII) RES/624 of 1 October 1993 finding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to be in non-compliance with its safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/403),

(b) Taking account of the fact that the DPRK remains a party on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and is therefore bound by its safeguards obligations,

(c) Recalling also that on 1 April 1993 and 22 March 1994, in accordance with the Agency's Statute and the safeguards agreement between the DPRK and the Agency, it reported the DPRK's non-compliance to the United Nations Security Council as the organ bearing the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, (d) Noting with deep regret the Director General's written and oral reports of 2 June 1994 and 3 June 1994 and his statement to the Board on 7 June 1994, in which he reported that the limited opportunity which remained for the Agency to select, segregate and secure fuel rods from the DPRK's five megawatt reactor for later measurements in accordance with Agency standards had been lost and that the Agency's ability to ascertain, with sufficient confidence, whether nuclear material from the reactor had been diverted in the past had also been lost,

(e) Recalling further the 30 My 1994 statement by the President of the Security Council, and particularly the request to the Director General to keep Agency inspectors in the DPRK in order to monitor activities at the five-megawatt reactor, and

(f) Noting also that the Agency has been able to perform certain safeguards activities in the DPRK and the Director General's reaffirmation that the Secretariat remains available to conduct inspection activities as required by the safeguards agreement with the DPRK or as requested by the United Nations Security Council,

1. Deplores the DPRK's failure to implement essential elements of resolutions of the Board and the General Conference concerning its non-compliance with its safeguards agreement (INFCIRC/403);

2. Finds that the DPRK is continuing to widen its non-compliance with its safeguards agreement by taking actions which prevent the Agency from verifying the history of the reactor core and from ascertaining whether nuclear material from the reactor had been diverted in past years;

3. Strongly supports and commends the tireless efforts of the Director General and the Secretariat to implement the safeguards agreement;

4. Calls on the DPRK immediately to extend full co-operation to the Agency's Secretariat, in particular by providing access to all safeguards-relevant information and locations;

5. encourages the Director General to continue his efforts to implement fully the safeguards agreement, and in particular to retain all Agency safeguards measures effectively in place and make available inspectors and equipment for safeguards in the DPRK as requested by the United Nations Security Council;

6. Decides, in conformity with the provisions of Article XII.C of the Statute, to suspend non-medical Agency assistance to the DPRK; 7. Requests the Director General to transmit this resolution to all Members of the Agency and to the Security Council and the General Assembly of the United Nations; and

8. Remains seized of the matter and requests the Director General to report promptly to the Board on all relevant developments regarding this issue. .