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Working Paper Submitted by the Chinese Delegation
Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
2002 Preparatory Committee for the 2005 NPT Review Conference
April 2002
1. To promote the
peaceful uses of nuclear energy and international
cooperation thereof is one of the important goals of the
NPT. Enhanced efforts in peaceful uses of nuclear
energy are conducive to a comprehensive realization of
the objectives of the NPT, including the nuclear
disarmament and the nuclear non-proliferation.
2. The economic and social development of countries
especially those of the developing countries must not be
obstructed by restraining their rights for peaceful uses
of nuclear energy. Unjust limits on transfer of nuclear
technology to developing countries must be lifted. The
exploration and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful
purposes should be supported, thus benefiting the whole
mankind. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
should provide more technical assistance to developing
countries.
3. The IAEA should, in strict observance with its
Statute, devote its work to ?accelerate and enlarge the
contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and
prosperity throughout the world?. The IAEA should
strengthen its efforts in peaceful uses of nuclear
energy, rather than excessively stressing its safeguards
functions at the expense of its promotional activities
in the international cooperation on peaceful uses of
nuclear energy.
4. The promotional activities and the technical
cooperation activities of the IAEA should be guaranteed
by enough resources. Technical Cooperation Fund (TCF)
is of great importance to international cooperation on
peaceful uses of nuclear energy. All Member States are
supposed to make their contributions to the TCF fully
and timely.
5. All States bear the primary responsibility for
physical protection on their nuclear material and
nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, it is imperative for all
states to strengthen international cooperation on
preventing and checking possible nuclear terrorism. The
efforts made by the IAEA in preventing nuclear terrorism
should be supported, and the resources it needs should
be acquired through specific channel rather than through
that for the implementation of its core activities,
especially the promotional ones. While actively
implementing the measures to fight against nuclear
terrorism, the IAEA should also increase technical
assistance to developing countries, so as to further
improve their capacity of sustainable development. This
will be conducive to truly protecting against and
preventing the emergence of nuclear terrorism.
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