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UNCLAS STATE 092659 
 
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SUBJECT: IAEA: GUIDANCE FOR USDEL TO IAEA BOARD OF 
GOVERNORS (BOG) MEETING, SEPTEMBER, 2009 
 
REF: A. REF A: UNVIE 397 
     ¶B. REF B: U.S. POSITION PAPERS EMAILED TO UNVIE BY 
        IO/GS ON 09/03/2009. 
 
¶1.  Department appreciates Missions analysis and 
recommendations for the September 2009 International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) BOG meeting (Ref A). 
Instructions for USDEL are provided in paragraphs 2-10 
below and follow the IAEA provisional agenda in 
GOV/2009/58.  Cleared U.S. position papers, which may 
include statements (Ref B), unless otherwise noted below, 
have been emailed separately by IO/GS (formerly IO/T) to 
UNVIE on 09/03/2009. 
 
¶2.  AGENDA ITEM 1  STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR GENERAL (DG) 
 
The DGs statement will cover all issues on the agenda and 
frame the Iran report.  UNVIE reported that ElBaradei 
plans to use his General Conference (GC) opening address 
for a major overview of global issues, and expects his 
Board remarks to be comparatively low-key.  USDEL will be 
particularly attuned to how the DG characterizes Iranian 
cooperation and what emphasis he gives issues related to 
possible military dimensions.  USDEL will also listen for 
comments by the DG on the importance of nuclear security, 
which could reinforce this as a core IAEA function. 
 
The statement will be available after delivery.  No U.S. 
action necessary.  USDEL should fax or scan/e-mail the DG 
s statement to IO immediately following delivery. 
 
¶3.  AGENDA ITEM 2  APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE 
AGENCY 
 
ISSUE: The Board will be requested to consider one 
application for IAEA membership  Cambodia.  Cambodia 
joined the IAEA in 1958, but withdrew in 2003 owing over 
200,000 euros in assessed contributions.  In rejoining the 
Agency, Cambodia has agreed to repay its previous arrears. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus to recommend 
that the GC approve Cambodias application for membership 
and submit the respective draft resolutions for the 
Conferences consideration.  USDEL is authorized to 
deliver the brief statement contained in the U.S. position 
paper (Ref B) welcoming Cambodia and urging it to adopt 
the highest international standards for nuclear 
safeguards, safety, and security. 
 
¶4.  AGENDA ITEM 3  MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL 
COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR, RADIATION, AND TRANSPORT SAFETY 
AND WASTE MANAGEMENT 
 
ISSUE: The Board will have before it the report by the DG, 
contained in GOV/2009/48, providing updates on IAEA 
activities in nuclear, radiation, transport, and waste 
safety.  The BOG will be asked to take note of the report 
and forward it to the GC. 
 
The Report updates the BOG and the GC on Agency activities 
undertaken pursuant to GC resolutions on measures to 
strengthen international cooperation in nuclear, 
radiation, transport, and waste safety.  In addition, the 
Report includes a number of cross-cutting areas, including 
support for Member States embarking on nuclear power 
programs, regulatory effectiveness, knowledge, networks, 
civil liability for nuclear damages, the Agencys safety 
standards, and education and training. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus in taking note 
of the DGs Generals Report Measures to strengthen 
international cooperation in nuclear, radiation, and 
transport safety and waste management.  USDEL is 
authorized to deliver the statement contained in the U.S. 
position paper (Ref B), modified as USDEL views 
appropriate, regarding the global nuclear safety regime. 
 
¶5.  AGENDA ITEM 4  NUCLEAR SECURITY: MEASURES TO PROTECT 
AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM 
 
ISSUE: The Board will have before it two documents: the 
Nuclear Security Report 2009 (GOV/2009/53) and the Nuclear 
Security Plan 2010-1013 (GOV/2009/54).  The Board will 
also review a third, much longer document intended for 
publication on the internet, titled, Implementation of 
the IAEA Nuclear Security Plan 2006-2009: Progress 
Report. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus in the 
following BOG actions as recommended in the report: take 
note of the report; transmit the report to the GC with a 
recommendation that Member States contribute on a 
voluntary basis to the Nuclear Security Fund (NSF); call 
upon states to ratify the 2005 CPPNM Amendment and promote 
its early entry into force; request the IAEA strengthen 
its relationship with the 1540 Committee and include a 
section in next years report on its agreed approach; 
implement the noted international nuclear security 
instruments, paramount among which is INFCIRC/225/rev.4; 
underscore the vital importance of revising 
INFCICR/225/rev.4 by early 2010; invite states to make 
full use of the assistance available for this purpose by 
participation in the Agencys nuclear security program; 
and invite all states to participate in the Illicit 
Trafficking Database program on a voluntary basis.  USDEL 
should also reiterate the U.S. commitment to the IAEAs 
nuclear security program. 
 
USDEL should state that the IAEA should continue to 
emphasize the need for a cohesive approach to safety, 
security, and safeguards as critical enabling factors in 
the peaceful use of nuclear energy.  This is an issue of 
global importance.  USDEL should also urge the IAEA to 
continue consideration on how concomitantly to ensure 
appropriate levels of physical protection and safety. 
 
USDEL is authorized to deliver statement contained in the 
U.S. position paper (Ref B), which takes note of these 
reports and underscores the importance of international 
cooperation and nuclear security. Delegation may make 
modifications it views as appropriate, so long as the 
points identified above are delivered. 
 
¶6.  AGENDA ITEM 5  STRENGTHENING THE AGENCYS ACTIVITIES 
RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND APPLICATIONS 
 
ISSUE: The Board will have before it and be asked to send 
to the GC a report by the DG (GOV/2009/49) on a number of 
Agency activities related to nuclear science, technology, 
and applications. 
 
At the March 2006 Board meeting, the United States joined 
the other members of the Friends of Nuclear Energy (FONE) 
Group (Russia, Japan, South Korea, China, India, and 
Canada) in calling for the Nuclear Technology Review to be 
divided into two new documents, one dealing with nuclear 
energy and the other with non-energy applications.  These 
documents represent the Secretariats response to the GC 
requests. 
 
NUCLEAR POWER APPLICATIONS, STATUS, AND PROSPECTS OF 
NUCLEAR POWER 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus in the BOG to 
send the report to the GC.  During Board discussion, the 
USDEL should reaffirm United States support for nuclear 
power as an important and clean energy source and for the 
expansion of nuclear power in developing countries, and it 
should note President Obamas call for a new framework for 
peaceful nuclear cooperation. 
 
Non-Power Nuclear applications for health, agriculture, 
food, and environment 
 
U.S POSITION: These programs are non-controversial, and 
the USDEL may join in consensus to approve this part of 
GOV/2009/49 and send it to the GC. 
 
USDEL is authorized to deliver statement contained in the 
U.S. position paper (Ref B), modified as USDEL views 
appropriate, which underlines the importance of developing 
peaceful nuclear power without increasing the risks of 
proliferation, while highlighting the positive uses of 
non-power applications. 
 
¶7.  AGENDA ITEM 6  NUCLEAR VERIFICATION 
 
(A) THE CONCLUSION OF SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS AND OF 
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS 
 
ISSUE: The BOG will have before it for approval a 
Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement (CSA) (GOV/2009/46) and 
an Additional Protocol (AP) (GOV/2009/47) for Vanuatu, a 
CSA (GOV/2009/60) and an AP (GOV/2009/61) for the Republic 
of the Congo, and a CSA (GOV/2009/68) and AP (GOV/2009/69) 
for Kenya.  All conform to the standard texts contained in 
GOV/INF/276/Mod.1 and INFCIRC/540(Corrected), 
respectively.  The safeguards agreements for all three 
states also contain a small quantities protocol, which 
conforms to the new model adopted by the Board in 2005. 
USDEL should support safeguards agreements and Additional 
Protocols, provided they conform to the respective 
models.  Mission should advise if other safeguards 
agreements and Additional Protocols are submitted in 
advance of the BOG. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus in approving 
any safeguards agreements or Additional Protocols that 
conform to the standard models, and is authorized to 
deliver the statement contained in the U.S. position paper 
(Ref B) urging all NPT states that have not yet done so to 
conclude and bring into force the required safeguards 
agreements and Additional Protocols, which represent the 
new safeguards standard.  In advancing the position that a 
comprehensive safeguards agreement plus an additional 
protocol is necessary for effective implementation of 
safeguards, Post should be careful not to suggest that 
adoption of an Additional Protocol is legally required 
under the NPT.  USDEL may also address the slow pace in 
adoption of the revised Small Quantities Protocol (SQP), 
which as of the end of 2008 was in force in only 19 of 80 
countries with SQPs. 
 
(B) STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFEGUARDS TO BE USED AS 
AGENCY INSPECTORS 
 
ISSUE: The Board is asked to approve, as safeguards 
inspectors, a number of staff members of the Agency listed 
in document GOV/2009/59.  The IAEA Secretariat is required 
to obtain Board approval for lists of Agency staff to be 
used as safeguards inspectors.  The list of proposed 
inspectors became available on August 28, 2009.  U.S. 
review of the list will not be complete before the Board 
meeting on September 7.  However, like all Member States, 
the United States has a separate opportunity after Board 
approval of the list to reject individuals on the list for 
designation as inspectors to the United States.  Objection 
within three months prevents designation, and the United 
States can also revoke designation at any time.  Hence, 
the timing of the lists release does not affect the U.S. 
ability to complete its internal reviews before acceptance 
of the inspectors named. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus on the adoption 
of the list.  No statement is needed. 
 
(C) REPORT BY THE DG ON THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS IN 
THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) 
 
ISSUE: The Board will have before it and be asked to send 
to the GC, in document GOV/2009/45, a report from the DG 
on verification and monitoring in the Democratic Peoples 
Republic of Korea.  The Secretariat will submit a written 
report on the implementation of safeguards in North Korea 
to the BOG and the GC.   The report will cover 
developments since the September 2008 session of the GC on 
the implementation of the ad hoc monitoring and 
verification arrangement in the DPRK, including the DPRKs 
notification on April 14, 2009, of its decision to cease 
all cooperation with the IAEA, request IAEA inspectors to 
remove containment and surveillance equipment from the 
facilities at Yongbyon, and require the inspectors to 
leave the DPRK.  Given the termination of the IAEAs 
monitoring and verification activities and the departure 
of IAEAs inspectors, we expect the DGs introductory 
remarks on the DPRK to be brief.  At the June Board, 
Director General ElBaradei had expressed deep regret 
regarding the DPRKs announcement of a second nuclear 
test, calling it a wrong step in the wrong direction and 
called on all parties to continue to work for a solution 
through diplomatic means that would bring the DPRK back to 
the NPT. 
 
U.S. POSITION: The United States will not accept North 
Korea as a nuclear-weapon state and remains committed to 
the September 2005 Joint Statement, the core objective of 
which is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean 
Peninsula in a peaceful manner.  The United States wants 
North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks and honor its 
commitments to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing 
nuclear programs and return to the NPT and IAEA 
safeguards.  The United States remains open to engaging 
North Korea, including bilaterally on the basis of the 
2005 Joint Statement and in support of the Six-Party 
Talks.  North Korea must commit to irreversible steps 
leading to complete and verifiable denuclearization.  The 
United States believes that the IAEA has an important role 
to play in that process. 
 
USDEL is authorized to deliver statement contained in the 
U.S. position paper (Ref B), which expresses regret at 
North Koreas refusal to return to the Six-Party Talks, 
reiterates U.S. commitment to those Talks, and to the 
objectives of the September 2005 Joint Statement under 
which North Korea committed to abandoning its nuclear 
weapons and existing nuclear programs, and returning to 
the NPT and IAEA safeguards. 
 
(D) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NPT SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND 
RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 1737 
(2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008,) and 1835 (2008) IN IRAN 
 
ISSUE: The Board will discuss the DGs latest report on 
the status of the implementation of the IAEAs Safeguards 
Agreement in Iran, Irans compliance with UN Security 
Council resolutions 1737, 1747, 1803, and 1835, and the 
Secretariats investigation into Irans nuclear activities. 
The DGs report will be contained in document GOV/2009/55. 
 
U.S. POSITION:  Instructions will be sent septel. 
 
(E) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NPT SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT OF 
SYRIA 
 
ISSUE: The Board will discuss the DGs latest report on 
the status of the implementation of the IAEAs Safeguards 
Agreement in Syria.  The DGs report will be contained in 
document GOV/2009/56. 
 
U.S. POSITION:  Instructions will be sent septel. 
 
¶8.  AGENDA ITEM 7  OTHER MATTERS ARISING FROM THE 
FIFTY-FIRST (2007) AND FIFTY-SECOND (2008) REGULAR 
SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE 
 
(a) Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle East 
 
ISSUE: The Board will take note of the DGs annual report 
on the Application of Safeguards in the Middle East 
(GOV/2009/44) prepared pursuant to the 2008 GC Middle East 
Safeguards (MES) resolution (GC(52)/RES/15). 
 
U.S. POSITION:  The U.S. has been heavily engaged with EU 
and like-minded countries in pursuing a new consensus 
approach to Middle East issues in the BOG and GC.  The 
U.S. has also been reaching out to the G-77/NAM regarding 
this issue.  Instructions will be sent septel. 
 
(b) Personnel matters 
 
(i) Staffing of the Agencys Secretariat 
 
ISSUE: The DGs report is contained in GOV/2009/50. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL may join consensus in taking note of 
the information contained in this report.  USDEL should 
note that the forecast separations over the next seven 
years could become problematic and prevent the IAEA from 
efficiently and effectively accomplishing its stated 
goals.  The early identification of potentially critical 
staffing shortfalls, especially in the Safeguards area, 
should allow for the timely implementation of corrective 
solutions. 
 
(ii) Women in the Secretariat 
 
ISSUE: The DGs report is contained in GOV/2009/51. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL may join consensus in taking note of 
the information contained in this report; however, USDEL 
should require that the Secretariat include a section in 
future reports on specific IAEA initiatives and efforts to 
actively recruit women to rectify the gender imbalance and 
improve the representation of women in the Secretariat in 
the Professional and higher categories. 
 
USDEL should urge the IAEA to do more to appoint more 
well-qualified women into the Professional and higher 
categories.  USDEL should encourage the IAEA to raise the 
awareness of this important issue and improve its 
recruitment of women, especially at the senior staff 
level. 
 
¶9.  AGENDA ITEM 8  Tribute to the DG 
 
ISSUE: The Board is asked to recommend a Tribute to Dr. 
Mohammed ElBaradei resolution to the GC.  This hortatory 
resolution recognizes ElBaradeis contributions, recalling 
the award of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to the IAEA and 
DG, and confers on ElBaradei the title Director General 
Emeritus of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 
Previous DGs Eklund (in 1981) and Blix (in 1997) also 
received the title. 
 
U.S. POSITION: USDEL should join consensus on recommending 
the resolution to the GC and is authorized to deliver the 
North American regional group statement contained in the 
U.S. position paper (Ref B) expressing appreciation for 
the DGs service to the IAEA. 
 
¶10. AGENDA ITEM 9  ANY OTHER BUSINESS (AOB) 
 
ASSURANCE OF FUEL SUPPLY 
 
ISSUE: At the June 2009 BOG, proposals on multilateral 
fuel assurances were formally presented to the Board for 
the first time (Ref B).  At the Board, traditional critics 
of the fuel assurances concept pivoted from rhetoric in 
defense of rights to raising specific implementation-related 
concerns that needed to be addressed and specific changes that 
should be made in the proposals.  A number of G-77 countries 
expressed interest in the concept of fuel assurances. 
 
In order to maintain the forward momentum from the June 
Board, we have pursued a three-fold strategy: engaging key 
skeptical states, initiating consultations with donors to 
seek a common view on acceptable release criteria, and 
consulting with the IAEA Secretariat to plan realistic 
outcomes for the September BOG and beyond.  We have 
encouraged the Secretariat to table a discussion paper 
capturing implementation concerns raised to date, which 
would form the basis of continued discussions at the 
September Board.  We understand that the Secretariat will 
present such a paper.  Consultations with the IAEA 
Secretariat indicate it is not optimistic about a positive 
result at the September BOG.  The Secretariat failed to 
place fuel assurances on the September BOG agenda, and the 
issue is therefore relegated, once again, to Any Other 
Business. 
 
U.S. POSITION: It does not appear realistic to expect a 
favorable decision in September on either of the proposals 
submitted to the Board in June.  Indeed, we could not 
accept as written the Proposal by the Director General 
for the Establishment of an IAEA LEU Bank because its 
release criteria are inadequate.  Our goal is to keep the 
issue alive and to encourage continued discussion, with a 
view towards Board approval of the Russian LEU reserve at 
the November BOG and possible action on other concepts in 
¶2010.  We wish to make clear that we regard the assurance 
of supply issue as very much alive and want to deal with 
any misunderstandings by Member States.  USDEL is 
authorized to deliver the statement contained in the U.S. 
position paper (Ref B), modified as USDEL views 
appropriate, which welcomes the discussion to date on 
multilateral approaches to the fuel cycle, calls for 
agreement on the Russian proposal this year, and sets a 
target to adopt an amended IAEA fuel bank proposal in 
March 2010. 
CLINTON