IAEA
The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA)
The role of The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna is to enhance Safeguards and Monitoring of the use of Nuclear Energy and Radioactive substances for peaceful purposes in the Member States which total 138 (2005). The Agency engages itself in manyfold technical and scientific co-operation aiming at increased safety in this field. The Agency undertakes the setting up of legally binding international Agreements on the safety regarding Peaceful use of Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Substances aswell as taking different measures in orer to combat illegal trade and theft of radioactive substances and waste. The IAEA also promotes increased technical know- how in the developing countries regarding the use of irradiation i.a. in medicine, agricultural production and industry.
Ambassador Sveinn Björnsson presented Mohamed EiBaradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), with his letter of credentials as a Permanent Representative of Iceland to the IAEA on the 20th of August 2004.
Speaches and statements:
Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly. Report of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency:
http://www.utanrikisraduneyti.is/frettaefni/ymis-erindi/nr/3249
