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RESOLUTIONS ANDOTHER DECISIONSOF THEGENERAL CONFERENCE

THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR SESSION

18-22 SEPTEMBER 1995

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

RESOLUTIONS ANDOTHER DECISIONSOF THEGENERAL CONFERENCE

THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR SESSION

18-22 SEPTEMBER 1995

GC(39)/RES/DEC/(1995)

Printed by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency in AustriaMarch 1996

INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

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GC(39)/RES/DEC/(1995)

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

AGENDA FOR THE THIRTY-NINTH REGULAR SESSION

RESOLUTIONS

Number

GC(39)/RES/1

GC(39)/RES/2

GC(39)/RES/3between the Agency and theDemocratic People's Republic ofKorea for the application ofsafeguards in connection withthe Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of NuclearWeapons

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Application by the Republic ofGeorgia for membership of theAgency

Application by the Republic ofBosnia and Herzegovina formembership of the Agency

Implementation of the agreement

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18

22

Dateadopted(1995)

September

September

September

Agendaitem

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24

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GC(39)/RES/4

GC(39)/RES/5

GC(39)/RES/6

GC(39)/RES/7

GC(39)/RES/8

GC(39)/RES/9

An African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

Implementation of UnitedNations Security Councilresolutions 687, 707 and 715relating to Iraq

Examination of delegates'credentials

The Agency's accounts for 1994

Regular budget appropriationsfor 1996

Technical Co-operation Fundallocation for 1996

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

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28

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11

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Number

GC(39)/RES/10

GC(39)/RES/11

GC(39)/RES/12

GC(39)/RES/13

GC(39)/RES/14

GC(39)/RES/15

GC(39)/RES/16

GC(39)/RES/17

GC(39)/RES/18

GC(39)/RES/19

GC(39)/RES/20

GC(39)/RES/21

GC(39)/RES/22

GC(39)/RES/23

GC(39)/RES/24

Title

The Working Capital Fund in1996

Revised arrangements for theassessment of Members'contributions towards theAgency's regular budget

Scale of assessment ofMembers' contributions for 1996

The Convention on NuclearSafety

Strengthening of the Agency'stechnical co-operation activities

Plan for producing potable

Extensive use of isotopehydrology for water resourcesmanagement

Strengthening the effectivenessand improving the efficiency ofthe safeguards system

Measures against illicittrafficking in nuclear materialsand other radioactive sources

Staffing of the Agency'sSecretariat

Women in the Secretariat

Amendment of Article VI of theStatute

Amendment of Article VI of theStatute

Nuclear testing

Application of IAEA safeguardsin the Middle East

Dateadopted(1995)

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

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21(b)

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OTHER DECISIONS

Number

GC(39)/DEC/1GC(39)/DEC/2

GC(39)/DEC/3

GC(39)/DEC/4

GC(39)/DEC/5

GC(39)/DEC/6

GC(39)/DEC/7

GC(39)/DEC/8

GC(39)/DEC/9

GC(39)/DEC/10

GC(39)/DEC/11

GC(39)/DEC/12

GC(39)/DEC/13GC(39)/DEC/14

GC(39)/DEC/15GC(39)/DEC/16

GC(39)/DEC/17

Title

Election of the President

Election of Vice-PresidentsElection of the Chairman of theCommittee of the WholeElection of additional members ofthe General CommitteeAdoption of the agenda andallocation of items for initialdiscussion

Closing date of the sessionOpening date of the fortieth regularsession of the General ConferenceRequests for the restoration ofvoting rights

The participation of South Africain the activities of the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency

Election of members to the Boardof Governors

Elections to the Agency's StaffPension Committee

The financing of technicalassistanceThe Convention on Nuclear Safety

Agency activities in the fields ofnuclear safety and radiologicalprotection

Liability for nuclear damageMeasures to resolve internationalradioactive waste managementissues

Appointment of the ExternalAuditor

Dateadopted(1995)

18 September18 September18 September

18 September

18 September

18 September

18 September

18 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September

22 September22 September

22 September22 September

22 September

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INTRODUCTORY NOTE

1. The twenty-four resolutions adopted and the seventeen other decisions taken by the General

Conference at its thirty-ninth (1995) regular session are reproduced in this booklet.

2. The resolutions are, for ease of reference, preceded by the agenda for the session. Before

the title of each resolution a serial number is given by which it may be cited. Any footnotes to a

resolution appear immediately after the text on the left side of the page; on the right side are given

the date of the adoption of the resolution, the relevant agenda item and a reference to the record

of the meeting at which the resolution was adopted. The other decisions taken by the Conference

are presented similarly.

3. This booklet should be read in conjunction with the summary records of the General

Conference, where details of the proceedings - including voting results, where applicable - are

contained (GC(39)/OR.1-10).

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AGENDA FOR THE THIRTY-NINTH (1995) REGULAR SESSION-7

ItemNumber Title

Allocation for initialdiscussion

1. Election of officers and appointment of the General Committee

2. Applications for membership of the AgencyGC(39)/7, GC(39)/8

3. Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations

4. Statement by the Director General

5. Arrangements for the Conference

(a) Adoption of the agenda and allocation of itemsfor initial discussionGC(39)/1

(b) Closing date of the session and opening dateof the next session

6. Voluntary contributions to the Technical Co-operation Fund for 1996GC(39)/22

7. General debate and annual report for 1994GC(39)/3

Nuclear testingGC(39)/26, GC(39)/26/Add.l-5, GC(39)/26/Rev.l,GC(39)/26/Rev. I/Add. 1, GC(39)/26/Rev. I/Mod. 1

8. The participation of South Africa in the activities ofthe International Atomic Energy AgencyGC(39)/6

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

General Committee

General Committee

General Committee

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

Reproduced from document GC(39)/27. Document references relating to each item have beenbrought up-to-date.

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9. Election of Members to the Board of GovernorsGC(39)/6, GC(39)/28

10. The Agency's accounts for 1994GC(39)/5

11. The Agency's budget for 1996GC(39)/4, GC(39)/4/Mod.l, GC(39)/INF/18

12. The financing of technical assistanceGC(39)/23, GC(39)/23/Add.l

13. The financing of safeguardsGC(39)/23, GC(39)/23/Add.l, GC(39)/23/Add.2,GC(39)/29

14. Scale of assessment of Members' contributionstowards the Regular BudgetGC(39)/24, GC(39)/24/Mod.l, GC(39)/24/Rev.l

15. Measures to strengthen international co-operationin nuclear safety, radiological protection and radioactivewaste managementGC(39)/INF/4, GC(39)/INF/8, GC(39)/INF/19,GC(39)/INF/19/Add.l, GC(39)/11, GC(39)/40

16. Strengthening of the Agency's technicalco-operation activitiesGC(39)/13, GC(39)/30

17. Plan for producing potable water economicallyGC(39)/12, GC(39)/31

18. Extensive use of isotope hydrology for waterresources managementGC(39)/2, GC(39)/2/Corr.l, GC(39)/32

19. Strengthening the effectiveness and improvingthe efficiency of the safeguards systemGC(39)/17, GC(39)/17/Corr.l, GC(39)/46

20. Measures against illicit trafficking in nuclearmaterials and other radioactive sourcesGC(39)/19, GC(39)/Add.l, GC(39)/38

Plenary

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21. Personnel questions

(a) Staffing of the Agency's SecretariatGC(39)/15, GC(39)/39

(b) Women in the SecretariatGC(39)/16, GC(39)/42

22. Amendment of Article VI of the StatuteGC(39)/21, GC(39)/21/Add.l, GC(39)/44, GC(39)/45

23. Appointment of the External AuditorGC(39)/9

24. Implementation of the agreement between theAgency and the Democratic People'sRepublic of Korea for the application of safeguardsin connection with the Treaty onthe Non-Proliferation of Nuclear WeaponsGC(39)/18, GC(39)/35, GC(39)/35/Add.l-4

25. An African Nuclear-Weapon-Free ZoneGC(39)/14, GC(39)/33

26. Implementation of United Nations Security Councilresolutions 687, 707 and 715 relating to IraqGC(39)/10, GC(39)/10/Add.l, GC(39)/36, GC(39)/36/Add.l-3

27. Application of IAEA safeguards in the Middle EastGC(39)/20, GC(39)/34, GC(39)/34/Rev.l,GC(39)/41, GC(39)/41/Add.l

28. Examination of delegates' credentialsGC(39)/37, GC(39)/43

29. Elections to the Agency's Staff Pension Committee

30. Report on voluntary contributions to theTechnical Co-operation Fund for 1996GC(39)/25, GC(39)/25/Rev.l-4





Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

Plenary

General Committee

Plenary

Plenary

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Other information documents

GC(39)/INF/1

GC(39)/INF/2

GC(39)/INF/3

GC(39)/INF/5

GC(39)/INF/6

GC(39)/INF/7

GC(39)/INF/9

GC(39)/INF/10

GC(39)/INF/11

GC(39)/INF/12

GC(39)/INF/13

GC(39)/INF/14

GC(39)/INF/15

GC(39)/INF/16

Inscription in the list of speakers in the general debate

Advance information for delegations

The Agency's Technical Co-operation activities in 1994(Report by the Director General)

Communication of 28 July 1995 received from the Permanent Mission ofthe Philippines to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 10 August 1995 received from the Permanent Missionof Indonesia to the International Atomic Energy AgencyCommunication of 10 August 1995 received from the Permanent Missionof Iraq to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 17 August 1995 received from the Permanent Missionof Australia to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 22 August 1995 received from the Permanent Missionof the Philippines to the International Atomic Energy Agency



Communication of 31 August 1995 received from the Permanent Missionof China to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 7 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of Australia to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 8 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of Indonesia to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 8 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of the Philippines to the International Atomic Energy Agency

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GC(39)/INF/17

GC(39)/INF/20GC(39)/INF/20/Rev.l

GC(39)/INF/21GC(39)/INF/21/Rev.lGC(39)/INF/21/Rev.2

GC(39)/INF/22

GC(39)/INF/23

GC(39)/INF/24

GC(39)/INF/25

GC(39)/INF/26

Communication of 6 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of Belarus to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Statement of financial contributions to the Agency

List of participants

Communication of 15 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of Croatia to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Communication of 18 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of New Zealand to the International Atomic Energy Agency

General debate and annual report for 1994(Communication of 19 September 1995 received from the PermanentMission of the Republic of Korea)

Measures against illicit trafficking in nuclear materials and otherradioactive sources(Statement by President of Kazakhstan)

Measures to strengthen international co-operation in nuclear safety,radiological protection and radioactive waste management(Statement by Azerbaijan)

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RESOLUTIONS

GC(39)/RES/1 APPLICATION BY THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIAFOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE AGENCY

The General Conference.

(a) Having received the recommendation of the Board of Governors that the Republicof Georgia should be approved for membership of the Agency,1' and

(b) Having considered the application of the Republic of Georgia for membership in thelight of Article IV.B of the Statute,

1- Approves the Republic of Georgia for membership of the Agency; and

2. Determines, pursuant to Financial Regulation 5.09^ , that in the event of the Republic ofGeorgia becoming a Member of the Agency during the remainder of 1995 or in 1996, it shall beassessed as appropriate:

(a) For an advance or advances to the Working Capital Fund, in accordance withFinancial Regulation 7.04^; and

(b) For a contribution or contributions towards the Agency's Regular Budget, inaccordance with the principles the Conference has established for that purpose-.

GC(39)/7, para. 1.

INFCIRC/8/Rev.2.

Resolutions GC(III)RES/50, GC(XXI)/RES/351,GC(XXVII)/RES/416,GC(XXXIII)/RES/512, GC(XXXVI)/RES/589 and GC(39)/RES/11.

18 September 1995Agenda item 2GC(39)/OR.l, paras 22 and 23

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GC(39)/RES/2 APPLICATION BY THE REPUBLIC OF BOSNIA ANDHERZEGOVINA FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THEAGENCY


(a) Having received the recommendation of the Board of Governors that the Republicof Bosnia and Herzegovina should be approved for membership of the Agency,- and

(b) Having considered the application of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina formembership in the light of Article IV.B of the Statute,

1. Approves the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina for membership of the Agency; and

2. Determines, pursuant to Financial Regulation 5.09-' , that in the event of the Republic ofBosnia and Herzegovina becoming a Member of the Agency during the remainder of 1995 or in1996, it shall be assessed as appropriate:

(a) For an advance or advances to the Working Capital Fund, in accordance withFinancial Regulation 7.04^; and

(b) For a contribution or contributions towards the Agency's Regular Budget, inaccordance with the principles the Conference has established for that purpose-.

x-' GC(39)/8, para. 1

^ INFCIRC/8/Rev.2.

Resolutions GC(III)RES/50, GC(XXI)/RES/351,GC(XXVII)/RES/416,GC(XXXIII)/RES/512, GC(XXXVI)/RES/589 and GC(39)/RES/11.


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GC(39)/RES/3 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN THE AGENCY AND THE DEMOCRATICPEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR THEAPPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS IN CONNECTIONWITH THE TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS


(a) Recalling the Board of Governors' resolutions GOV/2436 of 25 February 1993,GOV/2639 of 18 March 1993, GOV/2645 of 1 April 1993, GOV/2692 of 23 September 1993,GOV/2711 of 21 March 1994 and GOV/2742 of 10 June 1994 and General Conferenceresolutions GC(XXXVII)/RES/624 of 1 October 1993 and GC(XXXVIII)/RES/16 of 23September 1994,

(b) Noting the Director General's report contained in document GC(39)/18,

(c) Recalling further resolution 825 (1993) adopted by the Security Council of the UnitedNations on 11 May 1993 and the 31 March 1994, 30 May 1994 and 4 November 1994statements by the President of the United Nations Security Council, particularly the request totake all steps the Agency may deem necessary to verify full compliance by the DemocraticPeople's Republic of Korea (DPRK) with its safeguards agreement with the Agency,

(d) Noting that the DPRK has decided to remain a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and reaffirming that the IAEA-DPRK safeguards agreement(INFCIRC/403) under the Treaty remains binding and in force,

(e) Noting also the stated intention of the DPRK to come into full compliance with thesafeguards agreement and the continuing IAEA-DPRK discussions on outstanding safeguardsissues, and

(f) Regretting the withdrawal of the DPRK from the Agency and expressing the hopethat the DPRK will rejoin,

1. Strongly endorses the actions taken by the Board of Governors and commends the DirectorGeneral and the Secretariat for their impartial efforts to implement the IAEA-DPRK safeguardsagreement;

2. Commends the Secretariat for its efforts to monitor the freeze of specified facilities in theDPRK as requested by the United Nations Security Council;

3. Expresses concern over the continuing non-compliance of the DPRK with the safeguardsagreement and calls upon the DPRK to comply fully with the IAEA-DPRK safeguards agreement;

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4. Urges the DPRK to co-operate fully with the Agency in the implementation of the safeguardsagreement and to take all steps the Agency may deem necessary to preserve, intact, all informationrelevant to verifying the accuracy and completeness of the DPRK's initial report on the inventoryof nuclear material subject to safeguards until the DPRK comes into full compliance with itssafeguards agreement; and

5. Decides to include in the agenda for its fortieth regular session an item entitled"Implementation of the agreement between the Agency and the Democratic People's Republic ofKorea for the application of safeguards in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons".

22 September 1995Agenda item 24GC(39)/OR.9, paras 44 - 47

GC(39)/RES/4 AN AFRICAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE


(a) Recalling resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/17 of 1994 and all other relevant resolutionsand decisions of the General Conference and the Board of Governors,

(b) Welcoming the progress made towards the conclusions of a treaty on an AfricanNuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, on the basis of the Declaration on the Denuclearization of Africaadopted by the Summit of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) at its first ordinarysession, held in Cairo from 17 to 21 July 1964, and of resolution 49/138 adopted on 19December 1994 by the General Assembly of the United Nations,

(c) Noting resolution CM/Res.1592 (LXII)/Rev.l adopted at the sixty-second meetingof the Council of Ministers of the OAU, which adopted the Pelindaba Text of the Treaty onan African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone on 23 June 1995, and

(d) Welcoming the offer of the Egyptian Government to host the Treaty signingceremony and the offer of the South African Government to host the Headquarters of theAfrican Nuclear Energy Commission,

1. Takes note of the report of the Director General on the establishment of an African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone contained in document GC(39)/14;

2. Commends the African States for their united efforts directed towards the establishment of anAfrican Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and requests the Director General to continue to assist themin this regard and report on the implementation of this resolution to the General Conference at itsfortieth regular session under an agenda item entitled "An African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone";

GC(39)/RES/DEC/(1995)

3. Considers that the establishment of nuclear-weapon-free zones, especially in the Middle East,would enhance the security of Africa and viability of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone; and

4. Appeals to the international community, and in particular the nuclear-weapon States, to givethe necessary support to the Pelindaba Treaty, especially through their accession to the Protocolsthat concern them once the Treaty has been adopted.

22 September 1995Agenda item 25GC(39)/OR.9, paras 54 and 55

GC(39)/RES/5 IMPLEMENTATION OF UNITED NATIONSSECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 687, 707 AND715 RELATING TO IRAQ


(a) Recalling United Nations Security Council resolutions 687, 707 and 715,

(b) Recalling further the resolutions of the thirty-fifth (1991), thirty-sixth (1992) andthirty-seventh (1993) General Conferences (GC(XXXV)/RES/568, GC(XXXVI)/RES/579 andGC(XXXVII)/RES/626), and the resolution of the thirty-eighth (1994) General Conference(GC(XXXVIII)/RES/19), which stressed the need for Iraq to co-operate fully with the Agencyin achieving the complete and long-term implementation of the relevant Security Councilresolutions,

(c) Reaffirming the need for full implementation by Iraq of Security Council resolutions687, 707 and 715,

(d) Taking note of the Director General's report contained in document GC(39)/10 andof his oral statement to the thirty-ninth General Conference, and

(e) Deeply concerned by the evidence, outlined in document GC(39)/10/Add. 1, that Iraqin 1990 initiated a crash programme to build a nuclear weapon,

1. Commends the Director General and the Agency's Action Team for their strenuous efforts toimplement Security Council resolutions 687, 707 and 715, and in particular their detection anddestruction or otherwise rendering harmless of equipment and materials which could have been usedfor nuclear weapons, and requests them to continue their efforts;

2. Welcomes the work done by the Agency towards establishing a mechanism for monitoringfuture sales and supplies of designated items to Iraq;

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3. Notes that with the establishment of a continuous presence of Agency inspectors in Iraq theplan for the ongoing monitoring and verification of Iraq's compliance with its obligations underrelevant Security Council resolutions became operational as of the end of August 1994;

4. Urges Iraq to co-operate fully with the Agency in achieving the complete and long-termimplementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions, especially regarding the OngoingMonitoring and Verification Plan;

5. Condemns Iraq for having, since 1991, withheld from the Agency information about its nuclearweapon programme, in violation of its obligations under Security Council resolutions 687, 707 and715;

6. Demands that Iraq hand over to the Agency without further delay any currently undisclosednuclear-weapon-related equipment, material or information, as called for in Security Councilresolutions 687, 707 and 715;

7. Stresses that the Agency will continue to exercise its right to investigate further any aspectsof Iraq's past nuclear weapons capability, in particular as regards the new information obtained bythe Agency in August 1995 and any further relevant information that Iraq may still be withholdingfrom the Agency; and

8. Requests the Director General to report the views of the General Conference to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to report to the Board of Governors and to the fortieth regularsession of the General Conference on his efforts to implement Security Council resolutions 687,707 and 715 and decides to remain seized of this issue.


GC(39)/RES/6 EXAMINATION OF DELEGATES' CREDENTIALS

The General Conference

Accepts the report by the General Committee on its examination of the credentials of delegatesto the Conference's thirty-ninth regular session which is set forth in document GC(39)/43.


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GC(39)/RES/7 THE AGENCY'S ACCOUNTS FOR 1994


Having regard to Financial Regulation 11.03(b),

Takes note of the report of the External Auditor on the Agency's accounts for the year 1994and of the report of the Board of Governors thereon.y

GC(39)/5.

22 September 1995Agenda item 10GC(39)/OR. 9, para. 94

GC(39)/RES/8 REGULAR BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1996


Accepting the recommendations of the Board of Governors relating to the Regular Budget ofthe Agency for 1996 XJ,

1. Appropriates on the basis of an exchange rate of AS 12.70 to $1.00, an amountof $219 017 000 for the Regular Budget expenses of the Agency in 1996 as follows:

United States dollars

1. Technical Assistance and Co-operation 12 304 000

2. Nuclear Energy and Safety^ 32 550 000

3. Research and Isotopes 3J 31 140 000

4. Safeguards 75 322 000

5. Policy-making Organs 7 656 000

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6. Executive Management, Administration and General 46 751 000Services

7. Unallocated Services *' 7 067 000

Sub-Total Agency Programme 212 790 000

8. Reimbursable Work for Others 6 227 000

TOTAL 219 017 000

the amounts in the Appropriation Sections to be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment formulapresented in the Attachment in order to take into account the exchange rate variations during theyear;

2. Decides that the foregoing appropriation shall be financed, after the deduction of- revenues deriving from Reimbursable Work for Others (Section 8); andother miscellaneous income of $2 637 000 (representing $1 672 000 plus AS12 256 000);

from contributions by Member States amounting, for an exchange rate of AS 12.70 to $1.00, to$210 153 000 ($36 977 000 plus the equivalent in US dollars of AS 2 199 335 000), in accordancewith the scale of assessment fixed by the General Conference in resolution GC(39)/RES/12; and

3. Authorizes the Director General:

(a) To incur expenditures additional to those for which provision is made in the RegularBudget for 1996, provided that the relevant emoluments of any staff involved andall other costs are entirely financed from revenues arising out of sales, workperformed for Member States or international organizations, research grants, specialcontributions or other sources extraneous to the Regular Budget for 1996; and

(b) With the prior approval of the Board of Governors, to make transfers between anyof the Sections listed in paragraph 1 above.

See document GC(39)/4.

For the financing of Nuclear Power, Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Management, Safety Co-ordination,Radiation and Waste Safety, Nuclear Installation Safety and Scientific and Technical Information.

For the financing of Food and Agriculture, Human Health, Physical and Chemical Sciences, the IAEAMarine Environment Laboratory - Monaco (in part) and the contribution to the International Centre forTheoretical Physics.

For the financing of Unallocated Publishing Services and Unallocated Data Processing Central Services.

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ATTACHMENT

ADJUSTMENT FORMULA IN US $

1. Technical Assistance and Co-operation

2. Nuclear Energy and Safety -;

3. Research and Isotopes -

4. Safeguards

5. Policy-making Organs

6. Executive Management, Administrationand General Services

7. Unallocated Services -

Sub-Total Agency Programme

8. Reimbursable Work for Others

TOTAL

1 372 000 +

7 412 000 +

10 593 000 +

13 166 000 +

1 076 000 +

4 367 000 +

663 000 +

38 649 000 +

723 000 +

39 372 000 +

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( 319 253

( 260 947

( 789 381

( 83 566

( 538 277

( 81 331

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22 September 1995Agenda item 11GC(39)/OR.9, para. 95

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GC(39)/RES/9 TECHNICAL CO-OPERATION FUND ALLOCATIONFOR 1996

The General Conference,

Accepting the recommendation of the Board of Governors relating to the target for voluntarycontributions to the Agency's Technical Co-operation Fund for 1996 -;

1 • Decides that for 1996 the target for voluntary contributions to the Technical Co-operation Fundshall be $64 500 000;

2. Notes that funds from other sources, estimated at $1 000 000, are expected to be available forthat programme;

3. Allocates the amount of $65 500 000 for the Agency's Technical Co-operation programme for1996; and

4. Urges all Member States to make voluntary contributions for 1996 in accordance with ArticleXIV.F of the Statute, with paragraph 2 of its Resolution GC(V)/RES/100 as amended by ResolutionGC(XV)/RES/286 or with paragraph 3 of the former Resolution, as appropriate.

See document GC(39)/4/Mod.l.


GC(39)/RES/10 THE WORKING CAPITAL FUND IN 1996


Accepting the recommendations of the Board of Governors relating to the Agency's WorkingCapital Fund in 19961' ,

1. Approves a level of $16 000 000 for the Agency's Working Capital Fund in 1996;

2. Decides that the Fund shall be financed, administered and used in 1996 in accordance with therelevant provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulations-';

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3. Authorizes the Director General to make advances from the Fund not exceeding $500 000 atany time to finance temporarily projects or activities which have been approved by the Board ofGovernors for which no funds have been provided under the Regular Budget;

4. Requests the Director General to submit to the Board statements of advances made from theFund under the authority given in paragraph 3 above.

- See document GC(39)/4, para. 61 of the Introduction.

2-' INFCIRC/8/Rev.2.


GC(39)/RES/11 REVISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THEASSESSMENT OF MEMBERS' CONTRIBUTIONSTOWARDS THE AGENCY'S REGULAR BUDGET


(a) Recalling its resolutions embodying principles for the assessment of Members'contributions towards the safeguards component of the Agency's Regular Budget - andoperative paragraph 2 of resolution GC(XXXVI)/RES/589,

(b) Having considered the Board's recommendation in document GC(39)/23 concerningthe arrangements for the assessment of Members' contributions towards the safeguardscomponent of the Agency's Regular Budget for each of the years 1996 through 2000,

(c) Believing that the arrangements now being approved for the period 1996 through2000 should not prejudge whatever may be decided during that period, and

(d) Taking note of the Board's intention to continue its efforts to arrive at long-termarrangements for the financing of safeguards,

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1- Establishes the following revised arrangements for the assessment of Members' contributionstowards the Agency's Regular Budget, to be applicable for each of the years 1996 through 2000,to supplement those contained in resolutions GC(III)/RES/50 and GC(XXI)/RES/351 and to replacethose which it approved by resolution GC(XXXVI)/RES/589:

(a) Each Member's contribution towards the Agency's Regular Budget shall comprisea non-safeguards component and a safeguards component, corresponding respectivelyto that Member's assessment in respect of:

(i) non-safeguards expenses, which shall include all expenses required to beapportioned among Members in accordance with Article XIV. D of the Statuteexcept safeguards expenses; and

(ii) safeguards expenses, which shall include all expenses relating to theAgency's safeguards activities.

(b) Non-safeguards expenses shall be borne by Members in proportion to theirrespective base rates of assessment calculated by application of the principles setforth in resolution GC(III)/RES/50, as amended by resolution GC(XXI)/RES/351.

(c) Safeguards expenses, after deduction of such amounts as are recoverable underagreements relating to safeguards between the Agency and parties to suchagreements that are not Members of the Agency, shall be borne by Members asfollows:

(i) each Member included in the list referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) below shallcontribute an amount corresponding to one half of its base rate of assessmentin respect of the safeguards component of the Regular Budget with theproviso that no such Member shall be obliged to contribute to any increasein the safeguards budget beyond zero real growth;

(ii) the list (hereinafter referred to as the "shielded" list), which shall be drawnup by the Director General (and be kept under review by the Board ofGovernors), shall comprise the Members - except the ten Members with thehighest base rates of assessment and those Members which have notified theDirector General that they do not wish to be included - having per capita netnational products of less than one third of the average per capita net nationalproduct of the fifteen Members with the highest per capita net nationalproducts, the per capita net national products being identified by examinationof the documents used by the Committee on Contributions of the GeneralAssembly of the United Nations and the "shielded" list being reviewed andadjusted, if necessary, each time new documents on per capita net nationalproducts are made available by that Committee;

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(iii) any Member not included in the "shielded" list shall contribute on the basisof a scale to be determined for the year in question by proportionatelyincreasing its base rate of assessment in such a way that the totalcontributions of such Members make up the balance of the safeguardsexpenses; and

(iv) in the case of admission of a new Member of the Agency which is to beincluded in the "shielded" list referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) above, thatMember shall contribute in the year its membership becomes effective inaccordance with the provisions set out in sub-paragraph (i) above.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph l(c)(i) above, the followingtransitional arrangements shall apply in order to mitigate the burden of significantincreases for Members having received partial relief under the existing arrangementsin respect of their assessments for the safeguards component of the Regular Budget:-'

(i) for those Members which remain in the "shielded" list referred to in sub-paragraph l(c)(ii) above, the contributions shall be determined as follows:

In each of the years 1996 through 1999 the contribution of each Member willbe calculated at half of its base rate and then compared with its contributionfor 1995. A portion of the resulting difference will be incrementally addedto the contribution for 1995, as follows:

in the first year (1996) - one fifth of the difference,in the second year (1997) - two fifths of the difference,in the third year (1998) - three fifths of the difference andin the fourth year (1999) - four fifths of the difference.

In the fifth year (2000), each Member included in the "shielded" list willcontribute its full share, i.e. in accordance with half of its base rate.

(ii) for those Members which no longer qualify for inclusion in the "shielded"list, the contributions shall be determined as follows:

In each of the years 1996 through 2004 the contribution of each Member willbe calculated in accordance with sub-paragraph l(c)(iii) and then comparedwith its contribution for 1995. A portion of the resulting difference will beincrementally added to the contribution for 1995, as follows:

in the first year (1996) - one tenth of the difference,in the second year (1997) - two tenths of the difference,in the third year (1998) - three tenths of the difference,in the fourth year (1999) - four tenths of the difference,in the fifth year (2000) - five tenths of the difference,in the sixth year (2001) - six tenths of the difference,

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in the seventh year (2002) - seven tenths of the difference,in the eighth year (2003) - eight tenths of the difference andin the ninth year (2004) - nine tenths of the difference.

In the tenth year (2005), each of those Members will contribute its full sharein accordance with sub-paragraph l(c)(iii).

(e) These arrangements, applicable for each of the years 1996 through 2000, shall bereviewed by the Board in 2000 at the latest.

2. Requests the Board, in conducting the review referred to in sub-paragraph l(e), to includeconsideration of changes in the contributions of "shielded" countries, the criteria for determiningcontributions, and other relevant issues.

GC(III)/RES/50, as amended by GC(XXI)/RES/351, GC(XV)/RES/283, GC(XX)/RES/341,GC(XXIV)/RES/376, GC(XXVII)/RES/416, GC(XXVIII)/RES/433, GC(XXIX)/RES/449,GC(XXX)/RES/462, GC(XXXIII)/RES/512 and GC(XXXVI)/RES/589.

See Table 2 in the Appendix to document GC(XXXVIII)/9.


GC(39)/RES/12 SCALE OF ASSESSMENT OF MEMBERS'CONTRIBUTIONS FOR 1996


Applying the principles it has established for the assessment of Members' contributionstowards the Agency's Regular Budget^,

1- Decides that the individual base rates and the resulting scale of assessment of Members'contributions to the Agency's Regular Budget for 1996 shall be as set forth in the Annex hereto;and

2- Determines, pursuant to Financial Regulation 5.O9-7, that in the event of a State becoming aMember of the Agency during the remainder of 1995 or in 1996 it shall be assessed as appropriate:

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(a) For an advance or advances to the Working Capital Fund, inaccordance with Financial Regulation 7.04 -;; and

(b) For a contribution or contributions towards the Agency's RegularBudget, in accordance with the principles the Conference hasestablished for that purpose.

By resolution GC(III)/RES/50, as amended by resolution GC(XXI)/RES/351, and resolutionGC(39)/RES/11.

INFCIRC/8/Rev.2.

A N N E X

1996 SCALE OF ASSESSMENT

Member

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Bangladesh

Belarus

Belgium

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cote d'lvoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Base rate

%

0.01

0.01

0.16

0.48

0.08

1.47

0.85

0.01

0.37

0.99

0.01

1.62

0.10

0.01

0.01

3.08

0.08

0.72

0.11

0.01

0.01

0.10

0.07

0.03

0.32

Scale

%

0.007

0.007

0.110

0.342

0.057

1.534

0.887

0.008

0.304

1.033

0.007

1.122

0.071

0.007

0.007

3.214

0.057

0.585

0.078

0.007

0.007

0.070

0.050

0.021

0.225

Regular

US$

2 704

2 704

41 597

128 593

21 350

566 184

327 385

3 071

113 616

381 308

2 704

423 150

26 611

2 704

2 704

1 186 289

21 472

218 723

29 303

2 704

2 704

26 489

18 659

7 842

84 788

Budget assessment

Equivalent

+ in US$ of AS

157 364

157 364

2 413 146

7 478 848

1 241 337

33 754 234

19 517 767

180 464

6 677 185

22 732 478

157 364

24 557 912

1 546 821

157 364

157 364

70 723 177

1 249 041

12 844 418

1 703 444

157 364

157 364

1 539 117

1 084 709

455 145

4 926 676

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Member

Denmark

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Gabon

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Guatemala

Haiti

Holy See

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Lebanon

Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Malaysia

Base rate

%

0.70

0.01

0.02

0.07

0.01

0.05

0.01

0.61

6.33

0.01

8.96

0.01

0.37

0.02

0.01

0.01

0.15

0.03

0.31

0.14

0.60

0.14

0.20

0.26

4.80

0.01

13.97

0.01

0.26

0.01

0.80

0.20

0.01

0.01

0.21

0.01

0.11

0.07

0.01

0.14

Scale

%

0.731

0.007

0.014

0.050

0.007

0.035

0.007

0.637

6.606

0.008

9.351

0.008

0.257

0.014

0.007

0.011

0.117

0.031

0.233

0.099

0.417

0.096

0.209

0.271

5.009

0.007

14.579

0.007

0.183

0.007

0.546

0.209

0.007

0.007

0.173

0.011

0.078

0.073

0.007

0.097

Regular

US$

269 612

2 704

5 272

18 720

2 704

13 274

2 704

234 948

2 438 056

3 071

3 451 023

2 815

97 082

5 322

2 704

3 851

43 669

11 555

87 251

37 195

157 317

36 274

77 032

100 141

1 848 762

2 738

5 380 670

2 704

68 944

2 704

206 203

77 032

2 753

2 704

64 484

3 851

29 180

26 961

2 704

36 397

Budget assessment

Equivalent

+ in US$ of AS

16 073 477

157 364

306 253

1 088 566

157 364

771 480

157 364

14 006 889

145 349 878

180 464

205 740 112

164 338

5 636 361

309 350

157 364

229 578

2 556 436

688 888

5 094 521

2 161 709

9 132 940

2 103 751

4 592 411

5 970 112

110 217 868

159 509

320 780 046

157 364

4 006 321

157 364

11 953 637

4 592 411

160 460

157 364

3 789 754

229 578

1 695 742

1 607 356

157 364

2 111 487

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Member

Mali

Marshall Islands

Mauritius

Mexico

Monaco

Mongolia

Morocco

Myanmar

Namibia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russian Federation

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Base rate

%

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.78

0.01

0.01

0.03

0.01

0.01

1.58

0.24

0.01

0.01

0.16

0.55

0.06

0.01

0.01

0.06

0.06

0.38

0.24

0.04

0.15

5.69

0.80

0.01

0.01

0.14

0.10

0.07

0.34

2.25

0.01

0.01

1.22

1.21

0.05

0.13

0.01

Scale

%

0.007

0.007

0.007

0.546

0.011

0.007

0.022

0.007

0.007

1.649

0.251

0.007

0.007

0.111

0.574

0.044

0.007

0.007

0.042

0.044

0.313

0.166

0.042

0.108

5.938

0.658

0.007

0.007

0.096

0.070

0.073

0.240

2.348

0.007

0.007

1.273

1.263

0.034

0.090

0.007

Regular

US$

2 704

2 704

2 704

205 851

3 851

2 704

8 075

2 753

2 704

608 550

92 438

2 704

2 704

41 719

211 836

16 335

2 704

2 704

15 844

16 580

116 686

62 640

15 406

40 438

2 191 554

245 656

2 704

2 704

36 368

26 489

26 961

90 540

866 607

2 753

2 738

469 893

466 043

12 980

34 073

2 704

Budget assessment

Equivalent

+ in US$ of AS

157 364

157 364

157 364

11 957 145

229 578

157 364

469 846

160 460

157 364

36 280 057

5 510 879

157 364

157 364

2 420 857

12 629 112

951 261

157 364

157 364

920 370

966 720

6 857 649

3 635 140

918 467

2 353 077

130 654 178

14 437 156

157 364

157 364

2 109 639

1 539 117

1 607 356

5 263 083

51 664 645

160 460

159 509

28 013 701

27 784 122

752 924

1 978 039

157 364

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Member

Tunisia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Viet Nam

Yemen

Yugoslavia [a]

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

TOTAL

Base rate

%

0.03

0.34

0.01

1.49

0.19

5.28

0.01

25.00

0.04

0.19

0.40

0.01

0.01

0.11

0.01

0.01

0.01

100.00

Scale

%

0.021

0.237

0.007

1.225

0.198

5.510

0.007

26.091

0.028

0.134

0.278

0.008

0.007

0.077

0.007

0.007

0.007

100.000

Regular

us$7 842

89 190

2 704

457 534

73 179

2 033 638

2 704

9 628 972

10 645

50 408

104 789

2 938

2 704

29 057

2 738

2 704

2 704

36 977 000

Budget assessment

Equivalent

+ in US$ of AS

455 145

5 178 111

157 364

26 889 203

4 362 757

121 239 700

157 364

574 051 625

618 735

2 929 324

6 083 038

172 063

157 364

1 687 993

159 509

157 364

157 364

[b]

2 199 335 000

[a] The base rate for Yugoslavia is that approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations for 1995 in accordance withthe Agency's assessment principles. The inclusion of Yugoslavia does not prejudge future developments concerning themembership of Yugoslavia.

[b] See document GC(39)/4, "The Agency's budget for 1996", Annex VI, draft resolution A.


GC(39)/RES/13 THE CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY


(a) Welcoming the adoption of the Convention on Nuclear Safety in Vienna on 17 June1994 and its opening for signature during the thirty-eighth regular session of the GeneralConference,

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(b) Noting the fact that as of 21 September 1995 the Convention had been signed by 61States, twelve of which had deposited instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval of theConvention,

(c) Expressing its gratitude to the Secretariat for the support it has given to signatoryand other interested States in preparing for implementation of the Convention, and

(d) Recognizing that decisions on implementation of the Convention are theresponsibility of States Parties,

1 • Appeals to all Member States which have not yet done so to sign the Convention;

2. Appeals to signatory States which have not yet done so to ratify, accept or approve theConvention, so that it may enter into force as soon as possible;

3. Expresses the hope that the Convention will obtain the widest possible adherence; and

4. Requests the Secretariat to continue with their support to signatory and other interested Statesin preparing for implementation of the Convention.


GC(39)/RES/14 STRENGTHENING OF THE AGENCY'S TECHNICALCO-OPERATION ACTIVITIES


(a) Recalling resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/8 on "Strengthening of the Agency'stechnical co-operation activities",

(b) Noting that the objectives of the Agency as stated in Article II of the Statute are "toaccelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperitythroughout the world" and to ensure that the assistance provided is not used to further anymilitary purpose,

(c) Noting also that one of the statutory functions of the Agency is to "encourage andassist research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peacefuluses throughout the world",

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(d) Considering that an expansion of technical co-operation activities relating to thepeaceful uses of nuclear energy will contribute to the well-being of the peoples of the world,and particularly those of developing Member States of the Agency,

(e) Stressing the importance of the transfer of nuclear technology to the developingcountries for enhancing their scientific and technological capabilities and thereby generatingrapid economic development,

(f) Conscious of the great potential of nuclear power for meeting energy requirementsin many countries and the need to protect the environment,

(g) Desiring that the Agency's resources for technical co-operation activities be assuredand sufficient,

(h) Taking note of the report by the Director General contained in document GO V/2821 -GC(39)/13, and

(i) Welcoming the decision to establish the Standing Advisory Group on TechnicalAssistance and Co-operation (SAGTAC),

1. Stresses the need, in conformity with the Statute, to strengthen technical co-operation activitiesand also their effectiveness and efficiency;

2. Requests the Director General to pursue, in consultation with Member States, efforts tostrengthen the technical co-operation activities of the Agency through the development of effectiveprogrammes aimed at improving the scientific and technological capabilities of developingcountries, account being taken of the infrastructure and the level of technology of the countriesconcerned, in the fields of peaceful applications of nuclear energy, including both the applicationsof nuclear methods and techniques and the production of electricity, and achieving sustainabledevelopment;

3. Further requests the Director General to follow-up actions on initiatives mentioned in hisreport;

4. Requests the Director General to continue to take account of the view of the GeneralConference on this question when requesting Member States to pledge their respective shares ofthe Technical Co-operation Fund targets and to make timely payments to the Fund; and

5. Requests the Director General and the Board of Governors to remain seized of this matter andfurther requests the Director General to report to the Board of Governors periodically and to theGeneral Conference at its fortieth regular session on the implementation of this resolution Underan agenda item entitled "Strengthening of the Agency's technical co-operation activities".


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GC(39)/RES/15 PLAN FOR PRODUCING POTABLE WATERECONOMICALLY


(a) Recalling resolutions GC(XXXIII)/RES/515, GC(XXXIV)/RES/540,GC(XXXV)/RES/563, GC(XXXVI)/RES/592, GC(XXXVII)/RES/617 andGC(XXXVIII)/RES/7,

(b) Noting the study on the "Technical and economic evaluation of potable waterproduction through the desalination of sea water by using nuclear energy or other means"attached to document GC(XXXVI)/1013, which concludes that the use of nuclear energy asan alternative option to the use of fossil fuelled plants for supplying energy for sea waterdesalination is technically feasible and in general economically competitive, and documentGOV/INF/708,

(c) Noting the main conclusion of the Advisory Group on Demonstration Facilities,attached to document GC(XXXVIII)/8, which includes the conclusion that there is a need toestablish a programme for identifying a practical set of options from which one or moredemonstration facilities with well-defined objectives might be chosen,

(d) Noting also the interest of a number of Member States in activities relating to seawater desalination using nuclear energy as reflected in document GC(XXXVII)/INF/323,

(e) Aware that the acute shortage of potable water in some Member States remains amajor problem, and

(f) Underlining the vital importance of sufficient potable water supplies for mankind andof regional and international co-operation in solving the problem of potable water shortagesin Member States and the interest of potential beneficiaries and technology holders in theprovision of low-cost potable water,

1 • Welcomes the progress made in this regard, and especially the initiation of a two-phase OptionsIdentification Programme (described in document GC(39)/12) which aims at evaluating data relevantto a demonstration programme and analysing the most practical options for demonstration;

2. Urges the Secretariat to secure sufficient funding, through appeals to international organizationsand prospective donor countries, so that the second phase of the Options Identification Programmewill be completed in 1996 and a final report presented to the General Conference for considerationat its fortieth session;

3. Requests the Director General to continue consultations with interested States, the competentorganizations of the United Nations system and other relevant intergovernmental organizationsconcerning the main conclusions of the "Technical and economic evaluation of potable waterproduction through the desalination of sea water by using nuclear energy or other means";

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4. Invites the Director General to undertake similar consultations for the implementation of themain recommendations of the Advisory Group on Demonstration Facilities;

5. Stresses the vital importance of producing potable water and further requests the DirectorGeneral to include the nuclear desalination of sea water in future programmes of the Agency, withappropriate priority, in the process of preparing the Agency's programme and budget;

6. Calls upon Member States in a position to provide expert services and extrabudgetary resourcesin support of the activities relating to sea water desalination using nuclear energy to make suchservices and resources available; and

7. Requests the Director General to report on the progress made in the implementation of thisresolution to the Board of Governors and to the General Conference at its fortieth session underan appropriate agenda item.


GC(39)/RES/16 EXTENSIVE USE OF ISOTOPE HYDROLOGY FORWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT


(a) Appreciating the work done by the Agency in the area of isotope hydrology inresponse to resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/9,

(b) Recognizing that the quality and quantity of available water resources, particularlyin arid and semi-arid zones, are inadequate and that the availability of clean water at aminimum level is essential for sustaining development,

(c) Underlining that the availability of clean drinking water directly improves humanhealth and hence contributes to the optimum utilization of economic resources,

(d) Conscious of the proven techno-economic benefits of using isotope hydrologytechniques in water resources management,

(e) Aware that these techniques can be very valuable in studying processes likeground water recharge, surface and sub-surface water interaction, water salination, seepage andthe pollution of water bodies and that their use should be integrated with conventionaltechniques, and

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(f) Noting that the initiatives taken by the Agency to strengthen the end-user benefitsand socio-economic impact of the utilization of isotope techniques in water resourcesdevelopment and management in Member States, as mentioned in document GOV72805-GC(39)/2, have been substantial,

1 • Requests the Director General to continue to integrate the available expertise and resources ofthe Agency and Member States and to direct them towards concrete programmes for producing avisible impact by improving the quality and availability of water;

2. Requests further that the Agency continue to explore the possibility of working in conjunctionwith other concerned international organizations and to solicit their technical and financial co-operation; and

3. Also requests the Director General to report on the progress achieved in the implementationof this resolution to the Board of Governors and to the General Conference at its fortieth regularsession under an appropriate agenda item.


GC(39)/RES/17 STRENGTHENING THE EFFECTIVENESS ANDIMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF THESAFEGUARDS SYSTEM


(a) Recalling resolutions GC(XXXV)/RES/559, GC(XXXVI)/RES/586,GC(XXXVII)/RES/619 and GC(XXXVIII)/RES/10 on the strengthening of safeguards,

(b) Convinced that the Agency's safeguards can promote greater confidence amongStates and thus contribute to strengthening collective security,

(c) Considering the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Treaty forthe Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean and the South PacificNuclear Free Zone Treaty and the Agency's essential role in applying safeguards in accordancewith the relevant articles of these treaties and noting the outcome of the 1995 Review andExtension Conference on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,

(d) Noting that decisions adopted by the Board of Governors aimed at furtherstrengthening the effectiveness of IAEA safeguards should be supported and implemented andthat the IAEA's capability to detect undeclared nuclear activities should be increased, and

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(e) Stressing that the strengthening of the safeguards system should not entail a decreasein the resources available for technical assistance and co-operation and that it should becompatible with the Agency's function of encouraging and assisting the development andpractical application of atomic energy for peaceful uses and with adequate technology transfer,

1 • Stresses the need for effective safeguards in order to prevent the use of nuclear energy forprohibited purposes in contravention of safeguards agreements entered into by States andunderlining the vital importance of effective safeguards for facilitating co-operation in the field ofpeaceful uses of nuclear energy;

2. Affirms that increasing the Agency's capability to detect undeclared nuclear activities incontravention of safeguards agreements will contribute to strengthening the effectiveness ofsafeguards;

3 • Endorses the decision of the Board of Governors to authorize the Secretariat to implement atan early date, after consultations between the Secretariat and individual Member States, the firstpart of the measures it has proposed;

4. Confirms its resolve to maintain and strengthen the effectiveness and cost-efficiency of thesafeguards system in conformity with the Agency's Statute and calls upon all States to co-operatewith the Agency in implementing the decisions taken by the Board of Governors to that end;

5 • Requests the Director General to continue to develop the measures proposed under Programme93+2, in order to bring about a more effective and efficient system covering all nuclear materialin all peaceful nuclear activities within the territory of a State which has concluded a comprehensivesafeguards agreement, and to make arrangements to implement at an early date the measuresoutlined in Part 1 of document GOV/2807 after consulting individual States;

6. Also requests the Director General, taking account of the views on Part 2 of Programme 93+2expressed in the Board of Governors and at the General Conference's thirty-ninth regular sessionand the outcome of the consultations with Member States individually or collectively, to put beforethe Board of Governors as soon as possible clear proposals for the measures proposed in Part 2;and

7. Further requests the Director General to report on the implementation of this resolution to theGeneral Conference at its fortieth regular session.


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GC(39)/RES/18 MEASURES AGAINST ILLICIT TRAFFICKINGIN NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND OTHERRADIOACTIVE SOURCES


Recalling its resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/15 regarding measures against illicit trafficking innuclear material,

1- Takes note of the progress report by the Secretariat in document GC(39)/19;

2. Welcomes the measures taken by the Secretariat in support of efforts to prevent illicittrafficking;

3. Invites the Director General during the coming year to continue working in accordance withthe conclusions of the Board of Governors; and

4. Requests the Director General to submit a report to the General Conference at its next regularsession on activities undertaken by the Agency in the intervening period.


GC(39)/RES/19 STAFFING OF THE AGENCY'S SECRETARIAT


(a) Recalling resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/12 adopted by the General Conference atits thirty-eighth regular session,

(b) Taking note with appreciation of the report submitted by the Director General indocument GC(39)/15, particularly on the efforts made to increase the recruitment of staffmembers from developing countries and other under-represented Member States,

(c) Concerned that, despite all the efforts made by the Director General, therepresentation of developing countries and certain other States, particularly at the senior andpolicy-making levels, in the Agency's Secretariat continues to be inadequate,

(d) Convinced that further measures should be taken in order to rectify the existingimbalance, and

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(e) Emphasizing that a large enough pool of qualified expertise exists also in developingcountries,

1- Requests the Director General, pursuant to Article VII of the Statute, to intensify his effortsto accordingly increase, particularly at the senior and policy-making levels, the number of staffmembers from developing countries and other Member States that are under-represented; and

2. Further requests the Director General to submit a report annually to the Board of Governorsand the General Conference on the implementation of this resolution.

22 September 1995Agenda item 21 (a)GC(39)/OR.9 , para. 107

GC(39)/RES/20 WOMEN IN THE SECRETARIAT


(a) Recalling resolutions GC(XXXVI)/RES/599, GC(XXXVII)/RES/622 andGC(XXXVIII)/RES/13,

(b) Aware _of the Secretariat's commitment to increasing the representation of women,particularly from developing countries and from those other Member States which are under-represented, in the Secretariat at the Professional and higher levels,

(c) Taking note of the report submitted by the Director General in document GOV/2824-GC(39)/16, of the actions taken to implement the above-mentioned resolutions and of thedifficulties encountered in the recruitment of women for posts requiring scientific and technicalqualifications,

(d) Noting that in application of the fourth paragraph of resolutionGC(XXXVII)/RES/622 the Director General continues to benefit from some supplementaryresources to implement the action plan, with a view to improving the status and representationof women in the Secretariat,

(e) Convinced that further efforts should be made in order to rectify the existingimbalance in the representation of women in the Professional and higher categories,particularly at the senior and policy-making levels of the Secretariat, and

(f) Noting that the United Nations has set a target of 35% representation on this issue,

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1 • Commends the Director General for the measures presented in document GOV/2824-GC(39)/16and takes note with appreciation of the steps taken to implement the action plan as noted inoperative paragraph 4 of resolution GC(XXXVII)RES/622;

2. Requests the Director General to continue his efforts, in keeping with the provisions of ArticleVII of the Statute, to increase substantially, particularly at the senior and policy-making levels, aswell as for scientific and technical posts, the number of female staff members, particularly fromdeveloping countries and from those other Member States which are under-represented;

3. Calls on the Director General to examine the Platform for Action developed at the UnitedNations Fourth World Conference on Women and to integrate, where applicable, the elements ofthis platform into the Agency's relevant policies and programmes;

4. Invites the Director General to establish a focal point for gender concerns in the Secretariatand for the implementation of the Platform for Action;

5. Stresses that the work should primarily be financed from the Regular Budget of the Agencybut also calls on Member States to provide voluntary contributions in order to assist with theimplementation of the Platform for Action and of the Secretariat's action plan;

6. Also calls on Member States to actively support the Agency's efforts to respond to thisresolution by ensuring that (i) vacancy notices and expert and fellowship announcements arebrought to the attention of suitably qualified women, especially for high-level posts and in scientificcareers, (ii) such women are strongly encouraged to apply and (iii) any obstacles that might impedetheir accepting employment in the Secretariat - if offered - are eliminated; and

7. Further requests the Director General to report on the implementation of this resolution to theBoard of Governors and to the General Conference at its fortieth regular session.

22 September 1995Agenda item 21 (b)GC(39)/OR.9, para. 107

GC(39)/RES/21 AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VI OF THE STATUTE


(a) Taking into account the reports of the Board of Governors contained in documentsGC(XXXVIII)/22, GC(XXXVIII)/23 and GC(XXXVIII)/23/Add.l,

(b) Noting the interest of the concerned Member States in reconsidering Boardmembership in the light of present-day realities,

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(c) Noting further the fundamental and structural changes that have taken place in thepast two decades in international realities, and particularly in the world nuclear community,

(d) Realizing the growing needs of developing countries, particularly the least developedcountries, for technical co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,

(e) Reiterating the urgent need to implement, inter alia, General Conference resolutionGC(XXV)/RES/389 and all other relevant General Conference resolutions and decisions,

(f) Regretting the lack of sufficient progress in resolving the urgent need for theimplementation of resolution GC(XXV)/RES/389,

(g) Appreciating the progress achieved on this issue through the Open-endedConsultative Group on Article VI set up in response to resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/14,

(h) Welcoming the report of the Chairperson of the Open-ended Consultative Groupcontained in documents GC(39)/21 and 21/Add.l, and

(i) Taking note with appreciation of the amendment to Article VI of the Statutesubmitted by Morocco,

Requests the Board of Governors to continue consultations with Member States through theexisting Open-ended Consultative Group and to submit its report and recommendations on proposedamendments to Article VI for approval by the General Conference at its fortieth regular session.


GC(39)/RES/22 AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VI OF THE STATUTE


(a) Noting the draft resolution submitted by Israel (GC(39)/COM.5/10), and

(b) Taking into account all the implications of the drafting of a list allocating the IAEA'sMember States among the eight regional groups,

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1. Requests the Director General to study all the implications of the proposal contained indocument GC(39)/COM.5/10 and submit a report to the Board of Governors. This report shouldtake into account the general debate undertaken in this regard, especially the view that the primaryresponsibility for deciding upon the composition of regional groups lies with the respective groupsthemselves and the view that every State has the right to participate in a regional group; and

2. Requests the Board of Governors to consider this matter and report to the General Conferenceat its fortieth session.


GC(39)/RES/23 NUCLEAR TESTING


(a) Recalling United Nations General Assembly resolution 48/70 of 16 December 1993,in which the entire international community, for the first time, supported the commencementof multilateral negotiations on a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,

(b) Reaffirming that a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty is one of the highestpriority objectives of the international community in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation,

(c) Reaffirming that a universal and internationally and effectively verifiableComprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty should contribute to the prevention of theproliferation of nuclear weapons in all its aspects, to the ultimate goals of the completeelimination of nuclear weapons and a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strictand effective international control, and therefore to the enhancement of international peace andsecurity,

(d) Reaffirming the conviction that the exercise of utmost restraint in respect of nucleartesting would be consistent with the negotiation of a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,as reaffirmed in United Nations General Assembly resolution 49/70 of 5 December 1994, andrecalling the undertaking of the nuclear-weapon States in this regard as well as all thePrinciples and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament adopted by the 1995NPT Review and Extension Conference,

(e) Recalling the important mandate and role of the International Atomic Energy Agencyin promoting non-proliferation and also nuclear safety,

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(f) Recalling Article III.B.I of the Agency's Statute, which states that in carrying outits functions the Agency shall "Conduct its activities in accordance with the purposes andprinciples of the United Nations to promote peace and international co-operation, and inconformity with policies of the United Nations furthering the establishment of safeguardedworldwide disarmament and in conformity with any international agreements entered intopursuant to such policies", and

(g) Recalling United Nations General Assembly resolution 49/65 of 15 December 1994on the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in which the General Assembly interalia urged all States to strive for effective and harmonious co-operation in promoting the useof nuclear energy and the application of necessary measures to strengthen further the safetyof nuclear installations and to minimize the risks to life, health and the environment,

1 • Expresses grave concern at the resumption and the continuation of nuclear testing and callsupon those States which have active nuclear testing programmes in place to desist from testinguntil a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty enters into force;

2. Calls upon all States, particularly those with nuclear weapons programmes, to take furthereffective steps toward fulfilling their obligations as regards nuclear disarmament and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons;

3. Expects that the negotiations for a Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty will be completedand the Treaty signed in 1996 as may be further specified by the Fiftieth Session of the UnitedNations General Assembly, and urges all participants in the negotiations to further intensify theirefforts to this end;

4. Affirms that cessation of nuclear testing would contribute to the successful conclusion of aComprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and to the promotion of nuclear non-proliferation anddisarmament;

5- Recognizes that nuclear testing raises serious concerns about the risks to life, health and theenvironment;

6. Calls on all States concerned to fulfil their responsibilities to ensure that sites where nucleartests have been conducted are monitored scrupulously and to take appropriate steps to avoid adverseimpacts on health, safety and the environment as a consequence of such nuclear testing;

7. Requests all States concerned to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency of anyadverse impact on health, safety and the environment as a consequence of such nuclear testing asnecessary to assist the Agency to discharge its functions under the Statute; and

8. Calls for co-operation between the States concerned and the International Atomic EnergyAgency in accordance with its Statute in the implementation of the two preceding paragraphs.


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GC(39)/RES/24 APPLICATION OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS IN THEMIDDLE EAST


(a) Recognizing the importance of the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons - bothglobally and regionally - in enhancing international peace and security,

(b) Mindful of the usefulness of the Agency's safeguards system as a reliable means ofverification of the peaceful uses of nuclear energy,

(c) Concerned by the grave consequences, endangering peace and security, of thepresence in the Middle East region of nuclear activities not wholly devoted to peacefulpurposes,

(d) Welcoming the initiatives regarding the establishment of a zone free of all weaponsof mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, in the Middle East and recent initiativesregarding arms control in the region,

(e) Recognizing that full realization of these objectives would be promoted byparticipation of all States of the region,

(f) Commending the efforts of the Agency concerning the application of safeguards inthe Middle East and the positive response of some States in concluding a full-scope safeguardsagreement, and

(g) Recalling its resolution GC(XXXVIII)/RES/21,

1. Takes note of the Director General's report in document GOV/2825-GC(39)/20;

2. Affirms the urgent need for all States in the Middle East to forthwith accept the applicationof full-scope Agency safeguards to all their nuclear activities as an important confidence-buildingmeasure among all States in the region and as a step in enhancing peace and security in the contextof the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ);

3. Calls upon all parties directly concerned to consider seriously taking the practical andappropriate steps required for the implementation of the proposal to establish a mutually andeffectively verifiable NWFZ in the region, and invites the countries concerned to adhere tointernational non-proliferation regimes, including the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of NuclearWeapons, as a means of complementing participation in a zone free of all weapons of massdestruction in the Middle East and of strengthening peace and security in the region;

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4. Takes note of the importance of the ongoing bilateral Middle East peace negotiations and theactivities of the multilateral working group on Arms Control and Regional Security in promotingmutual confidence and security in the Middle East, including establishment of a NWFZ, and callson the Director General, as requested by the participants, to render all necessary assistance to theworking group in promoting that objective;

5 • Requests the Director General to continue consultations with the States of the Middle East tofacilitate the early application of full-scope Agency safeguards to all nuclear activities in the regionas relevant to the preparation of model agreements, as a necessary step towards the establishmentof a NWFZ in the region, referred to in resolution GC(XXXVII)/RES/627;

6. Calls upon all States in the region to extend their fullest co-operation to the Director Generalin the fulfilment of the tasks entrusted to him in the preceding paragraph;

7. Further calls upon all States in the region to take measures, including confidence-building andverification measures, aimed at establishing a NWFZ in the Middle East;

8. Calls upon all other States, especially those with a special responsibility for the maintenanceof international peace and security, to render all assistance to the Director General by facilitatingthe implementation of this resolution; and

9. Requests the Director General to submit to the Board of Governors and to the GeneralConference at its fortieth regular session a report on the implementation of this resolution and toinclude in the provisional agenda for that session an item entitled "Application of IAEA safeguardsin the Middle East".

22 September 1995Agenda item 27GC(39)/OR. 10, paras 42 and 43

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OTHER DECISIONS

GC(39)/DEC/1 ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT

The General Conference elected Mr. Chuchai Kasemsarn (Thailand) President of the GeneralConference, to hold office until the end of the thirty-ninth regular session.

18 September 1995Agenda item 1GC(39)/OR.l, para. 10

GC(39)/DEC/2 ELECTION OF VICE-PRESIDENTS

The General Conference elected the delegates of Belgium, Chile, China, Kuwait, the RussianFederation, South Africa, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the UnitedStates of America Vice-Presidents of the General Conference, to hold office until the close of thethirty-ninth regular session.

18 September 1995Agenda item 1GC(39)/OR.l, paras 17 and 18,91 and 92

GC(39)/DEC/3 ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THECOMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

The General Conference elected Ms. Roberta Lajous Vargas (Mexico) Chairperson of theCommittee of the Whole, to hold office until the close of the thirty-ninth regular session of theGeneral Conference.


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GC(39)/DEC/4 ELECTION OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OFTHE GENERAL COMMITTEE-7

The General Conference elected the delegates of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland,Nigeria and Qatar as additional members of the General Committee, to hold office until the closeof the thirty-ninth regular session.


GC(39)/DEC/5 ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ANDALLOCATION OF ITEMS FOR INITIALDISCUSSION

The General Conference adopted the agenda for its thirty-ninth regular session and allocatedthe items for initial discussion.-

GC(39)/27.

18 September 1995Agenda item 5 (a)GC(39)/OR.2, paras 91-93

As a result of the decisions taken under GC(39)/DEC/1, 2, 3 and 4, the General Committeeappointed for the thirty-ninth (1995) regular session was composed as follows:

Mr. Chuchai Kasemsarn (Thailand) as President;The delegates of Belgium, Chile, China, Kuwait, the Russian Federation, South Africa, theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America asVice-Presidents;Ms. Roberta Lajous Vargas (Mexico) as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole; andThe delegates of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Nigeria and Qatar as additionalelected members.

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GC(39)/DEC/6 CLOSING DATE OF THE SESSION

The General Conference fixed Friday, 22 September 1995, as the closing date for the thirty-ninth regular session.

18 September 1995Agenda item 5(b)GC(39)/OR.2, paras 95 and 96

GC(39)/DEC/7 OPENING DATE OF THE FORTIETHREGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERALCONFERENCE

The General Conference fixed Monday, 16 September 1996, as the opening date of thefortieth regular session of the General Conference.

18 September 1995Agenda item 5(b)GC(39)/OR.2, paras 95 and 96

GC(39)/DEC/8 REQUESTS FOR THE RESTORATION OFVOTING RIGHTS

A. The General Conference acceded to a request by Belarus that the last sentence of ArticleXIX. A of the Statute be invoked in order that Belarus might be permitted to vote during the thirty-ninth regular session of the General Conference.

18 September 1995Agenda item 5GC(39)/OR.2, paras 97and 98

B. The General Conference rejected a request from Iraq that the last sentence of Article XIX. Aof the Statute be invoked in order that Iraq might be permitted to vote during the thirty-ninthregular session of the General Conference.


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GC(39)/DEC/9 THE PARTICIPATION OF SOUTH AFRICA INTHE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTERNATIONALATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

The General Conference welcomed the action taken by the Board as described in the reportcontained in document GC(39)/6.


GC(39)/DEC/10 ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARDOF GOVERNORS

The General Conference elected the following eleven Members to the Board of Governors tohold office until the end of the forty-first regular session (1997):-7

Chile and Nicaragua for Latin AmericaDenmark and Netherlands for Western EuropeBulgaria and Romania for Eastern EuropeEgypt and Nigeria for AfricaKuwait for Middle East and South AsiaRepublic of Korea for the Far EastSaudi Arabia for Middle East and South Asia; South East Asia and

the Pacific; or the Far East.

22 September 1995Agenda item 9GC(39)/OR.9, paras 13-30

As a result, the composition of the Board of Governors in 1995-96 at the conclusion of thethirty-ninth (1995) regular session of the General Conference was as follows:

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark,Egypt, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Mexico,Morocco, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Romania, Russian Federation, SaudiArabia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom of GreatBritain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay

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ELECTIONS TO THE AGENCY'S STAFFPENSION COMMITTEE

The General Conference elected Mr. N.E.M. Servigon (Philippines) as an alternate memberof the Committee.-7


GC(39)/DEC/12 THE FINANCING OF TECHNICALASSISTANCE

The General Conference took note of the report contained in document GC(39)/23 and urgedall Member States to pledge and pay in full their voluntary contributions to the Technical Co-operation Fund.


GC(39)/DEC/13 THE CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR SAFETY

The General Conference took note of the information contained in document GC(39)/INF/4(see also resolution GC(39)/RES/13).

22 September 1995Agenda item 15GC(39)/OR.9 and Mod A, paras 100 and 101

As a result, the present composition of the Agency's Staff Pension Committee is as follows:Members: Mr. R. Hamada (Tunisia)

Mr. S. Myck (Luxembourg)Alternate Members: Mr. L. J. Campuzano Pina (Mexico)

Mr. N. E. M. Servigon (Philippines)

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GC(39)/DEC/14 AGENCY ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELDS OFNUCLEAR SAFETY AND RADIOLOGICALPROTECTION

The General Conference took note of the information in document GC(39)/INF/8.

22 September 1995Agenda item 15GC(39)/OR.9 and Mod.l, paras 100 and 101

GC(39)/DEC/15 LIABILITY FOR NUCLEAR DAMAGE

The General Conference took note of the information contained in document GC(39)/INF/19.

22 September 1995Agenda item 15GC(39)/OR. 9 and Mod. 1, paras 100 and 101

GC(39)/DEC/16 MEASURES TO RESOLVE INTERNATIONALRADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENTISSUES

The General Conference took note of the information contained in document GC(39)/11.

22 September 1995Agenda item 15GC(39)/OR.9 and Mod.l, paras 100 and 101

GC(39)/DEC/17 APPOINTMENT OF THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR

The General Conference appointed the Comptroller and Auditor General fo the UnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to audit the Agency's accounts for the years 1996and 1997.


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