IAEA

UN nuclear chief’s recipe for safer world: development not weapons

26 May 2006
As the world reaches a fork in the road over nuclear weapons, it is up to the new generation to develop an alternative system of collective security based not on the build-up of armaments but on addressing root causes of insecurity ranging from poverty and repression to unresolved conflicts, according to the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

UN nuclear agency chief discusses Iran’s programme with US Secretary of State Rice

25 May 2006
The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog agency is in Washington for talks with senior United States officials on a raft of issues ranging from Iran’s controversial nuclear programme to the recent US-Indian cooperation deal to new ways of containing sensitive nuclear technology.
Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

Global security demands human solidarity, not nuclear deterrence – UN atomic chief

17 May 2006
Noting that many of the world’s ills could be eliminated for less than a third of the global annual expenditure on armaments, the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has dismissed the current global approach to security as dysfunctional and called for a new emphasis on universal freedoms to eliminate extremism and terrorism.

Airlines, regulations delaying transport of lifesaving medical isotopes, UN meeting told

11 May 2006
Deliveries of lifesaving radioactive isotopes to hospitals across the globe are too often held-up or blocked during international transport, with patients potentially missing critical medical treatment or diagnosis due to skittish airlines or national regulations, experts have warned a United Nations-sponsored meeting convened to tackle the issue.
Hussein Al Gezairy, (l) and Massoud Samiei

UN nuclear and health agencies team up to fight cancer in Eastern Mediterranean

8 May 2006
With cancer rates anticipated to increase in the Eastern Mediterranean by as much as 180 per cent in the next 15 years, the United Nations atomic watchdog agency - better known for its efforts to combat the spread of nuclear weapons - is teaming up with the UN World Health Organization (WHO) to fight the scourge on several fronts.