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Zlauvinen

lines on the record: 35
first: 2003-03-19
most recent: 2022-08-22
sittings or episodes: 5
sources: un-security-council

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“That is why, and despite the current circumstances, I have made every effort — during this year’s Review Conference and before that, and I will continue to do so until we reach the end of the process this Friday — to promote dialogue and cooperation among States parties as the main foundation of negotiations. I believe it is essential to stress the importance of focusing on the elements that unite us and not on those that divide us. We need flexibility and political will to negotiate in good faith to support an outcome of the Review Conference that ensures that the NPT remains fit for purpose in these turbulent and troubling times and, in turn, further strengthens our common security.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Recent events have focused attention on those issues, as the world has been forced to confront, for the first time, the challenges posed by nuclear safety and security in a zone of armed conflict. The Review Conference is a unique opportunity to strengthen an instrument of common security in a forum of dialogue and cooperation. It is not an opportunity that should be squandered. When we talk about the need to find common ground, we forget that the NPT is common ground. Protecting it, keeping it fit for purpose and making sure that it can continue its role as a bastion of international peace and security is and must be a priority for all. For more than 50 years, the NPT has proven itself to be an essential and adaptable element of every State party’s security.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Fourthly, how do we broaden access to the benefits of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology? The NPT has proven to be a facilitator of the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, whose benefits continue to grow. That nexus between development and security adds a new dimension to the Treaty. It is one that reflects its continuous centrality in the international system. As the role of nuclear technology becomes ever-more prominent in several areas, from agriculture to medicine, ensuring the widest possible reach of those benefits becomes increasingly important, especially as a catalyst for fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals. Fifthly and finally, how do we ensure the safety and security of nuclear power plants in conflict zones?”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“There is every likelihood that such action will include calls for strong language on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, as well as new agreements to reduce the global number of nuclear weapons and arsenals. Thirdly, how do we support the resolution of the regional proliferation crisis, especially in Asia and the Middle East? There is broad agreement on the need to strengthen the non-proliferation regime against an array of emerging challenges. Assisting in resolving regional proliferation challenges therefore remains a high priority for States parties. From the Middle East to North-East Asia, the introduction of nuclear weapons into any regional conflict will amplify the danger by an order of magnitude. States parties are all too aware that failure to address those cases weakens the entire non-proliferation regime.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“On one hand, the heightened nuclear risk has strengthened calls for immediate risk reduction measures and, on the other, been taken by many as further evidence of the urgent need to accelerate nuclear disarmament. It has also brought back to the fore questions about how to strengthen security assurances — a long-standing concern of non-nuclear weapon States that will now be front and centre of our minds. As I said, risk reduction remains a priority for many, especially at the intersection between nuclear weapons and new domains in cyberspace and outer space and with new technologies, from artificial intelligence to hypersonic weapons. However, many others have argued that risk reduction is not enough. They believe that circumstances demand immediate action on irreversible and verifiable nuclear disarmament.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“In addition, the current global security environment has revived the narrative that nuclear weapons provide the ultimate security guarantee. That is an extremely damaging narrative and dangerous for non-proliferation, especially when coupled with other challenges to non-proliferation, such as hedging and emerging technology that can lower barriers to the acquisition of nuclear weapons and delivery vehicles. Secondly, with regard to near-term measures to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons, the norm against the use of nuclear weapons is one of the most important achievements of the post-Second World War era, but it is increasingly threatened.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“That is the crux of the issue that the NPT States parties are grappling with — how to reinforce the seven-decades-old norm on the non-use of nuclear weapons and take urgently needed steps towards a world free of nuclear weapons. In my view, whether or not the States parties can make progress and strengthen the implementation of all three pillars of the NPT depends on reaching agreement on several key areas. First, given the current global conditions and recent events, it should be no surprise that concerns have only grown regarding the need for urgent action on the first pillar of the Treaty — nuclear disarmament. Such measures are needed to reverse dangerous trends, increase confidence and ensure that mistakes or miscalculations do not lead to escalation and catastrophe.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“As far as priorities are concerned, the implementation of the Treaty’s provisions is front and centre for many, if not most, of the States parties. Ensuring the fulfilment of the Treaty’s core commitments and obligations is seen as being essential to the Treaty’s enduring success. For many, that is especially the case for nuclear disarmament commitments, including those made at prior Review Conferences, such as the unequivocal undertaking to eliminate nuclear arsenals. There are few issues more vital to our common security than preventing the use of nuclear weapons and, as many believe, the only way to completely eliminate the risk of nuclear weapons being used again is to completely eliminate those weapons.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Over its 52-year history, the Treaty has proven itself remarkably resilient and adaptable. Its near-universal membership speaks for itself. The States parties’ current engagement on discussions speaks volumes about the Conference’s status as the de facto multilateral negotiating forum on all things related to nuclear weapons. As a consequence of the geopolitical turmoil that has rocked our world since February of this year, the NPT faces a raft of challenges, the diversity and scope of which are unlike anything that has come before. Still, throughout the past three weeks, I have witnessed State parties come together resolved to strengthen the global regime that spans the three pillars of the Treaty, namely, nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“Mr. Zlauvinen: Allow me to start by thanking you, Mr. President, for the invitation to speak today on such an important topic. For the past three weeks, just across the hallway, the States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) have been engaged in an in-depth discussion on how to strengthen that essential instrument of our common security. I am aware that not all members of the Security Council are parties to the NPT; nevertheless, it is my hope that all Council members can appreciate the important role played by the Treaty as a contribution to the betterment of the international security environment. Since its entry into force in 1970, the NPT has proven to be a bulwark of international peace and security and a key facilitator of the benefits of nuclear energy and nuclear applications.”
2022-08-22 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9112 (2022) · source
“I will endeavour to provide the leadership needed to make sure that the discussions among the parties reflect their commitment and bring about a successful and shared outcome of the Review Conference on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“We need to make sure that the next generation of leaders and practitioners are included in the conversation; that the voices of women and the gender perspective are considered and included in our conclusions and that operators, regulators, practitioners, academics and scientists are also part of the discussions. It is important to use the political momentum of the fiftieth anniversary to get over false dichotomies. There is no reason for us not to make progress on every issue where progress is possible. As I see it, the Review Conference is an opportunity for all of us not only to review the implementation of the Treaty, but to recommit to its objectives by strengthening its contribution to peace, security and development in all our countries.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“As President-designate of the Review Conference, I encourage all parties to come to the Conference with the ambition and resolve to engage in an open and frank exchange on the implementation of the Treaty and to strengthen our joint commitment to its legally binding provisions, which are the indispensable basis for all international cooperation and progress in the field of peaceful uses, nuclear science, technology and applications in all States parties. In addition, I believe that the next Review Conference needs to widen its reach and open up to all voices and ideas. The NPT cannot be a closed club.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“I believe that the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty calls on all of us to recommit to its full implementation and to strengthening it with a forward-looking perspective. The Review Conference is a conference of the parties, and therefore its outcome will depend on the resolve and commitments shown by all parties when the time comes for compromises to be made and agreements to be reached.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“That is something that we need to consider as we undertake our responsibility at the upcoming Review Conference — to sustain what we have achieved and move forward with our eyes set on the next 50 years. In that challenging context, we need to be ambitious and aim to make progress in every possible area. To that end, it is of great importance to consider the three pillars of the NPT in a balanced manner so that we can reach our shared goal of a comprehensive and forward-looking outcome. I believe that the three pillars are, in and of themselves, equally important and mutually reinforcing. We know that we need to ramp up consideration of the peaceful uses of nuclear applications. That is a set of issues that is fundamentally relevant to the development of our societies and has been relegated in the debate for too long.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“Nevertheless, when we look at the past 50 years, we can hardly say that we are living in the best or the worst of times, and we can clearly see that the Treaty has successfully seen us through many times of tension and change in the past. We hope that it will continue do so at the Review Conference. It may be true that much of the quantifiable progress made under the Treaty was achieved in the past, but we sometimes underplay its fundamental and unique achievement in establishing an efficient non-proliferation system and underpinning growing technical and scientific cooperation for the benefit of all humankind. Those achievements are now taken for granted, yet 50 or even 25 years ago they seemed to be unattainable dreams.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“As we near the moment when the international community will get together here in New York to review the implementation of the Treaty, discuss all related issues and, I hope, agree on an outcome document that provides for a way forward, we will take into account not just the immediate context, with its limitations and opportunities, but also the medium term and the future of peaceful cooperation on these issues that we hope to see. The 2020 Review Conference is therefore coming at a time of growing concerns and uncertainties. National and regional expectations are growing. Tensions — both old and new — are converging on the NPT as a magnet.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“It is also clear that issues concerning disarmament and arms control have been an important part of the United Nations since its inception. For example, Article 26 of the Charter of the United Nations confers upon the Security Council the responsibility for disarmament and the “regulation of armaments”. For almost 50 years, the NPT has proven to be crucial to maintaining international security and providing access to peaceful nuclear applications. It is incumbent on all States parties to continue to work together and ensure that the international cooperation provided for by the Treaty continues into the future.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“Mr. Zlauvinen: We are few days away from the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and almost two months from the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT. It is therefore timely and important for the Security Council to discuss and reaffirm its commitment to the international disarmament and non-proliferation system built on the basis of the NPT, as well as international cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology for the development that it enables. The Treaty and its Review Conference represent an almost universal forum to discuss issues that are central to international peace and security, and that gives the NPT a unique level of legitimacy that is recognized by the international community.”
2020-02-26 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8733 (2020) · source
“"Once the security situation permits, with the cooperation of the Government of Iraq and through the full implementation of its safeguards agreement, as well as an additional protocol thereto that the IAEA hopes Iraq will conclude in the near future, the Agency will be able to provide assurances of the non-diversion of declared nuclear material and the absence of undeclared nuclear material and activities in Iraq. "Finally, let me express my appreciation for the support provided by the Council to the Agency throughout the difficult 12 years of its work in dismantling Iraq's clandestine nuclear programme and in providing assurance that it was not revived. "I would also like to put on the record, on behalf of all Agency staff, our gratitude for the recognition given to the Agency and its dedicated staff."”
2007-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5710 (2007) · source
“"As I have reported in my consolidated progress reports on the IAEA's verification activities pursuant to the relevant Security Council resolutions, the IAEA has not been able, since 17 March 2003, to implement its Security Council mandate in Iraq and has only been able to verify, in accordance with Iraq's safeguards agreement under the Treaty on the Non- proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the remaining nuclear material in Tuwaitha in each of the years from 2003 to 2006.”
2007-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5710 (2007) · source
“The detailed knowledge of Iraq's capabilities that IAEA experts had accumulated since 1991, combined with the rights provided under the relevant Security Council resolutions, the active commitment by all States to help us fulfil our mandate and an increased level of Iraqi cooperation would have enabled the Agency to provide the Security Council with an objective and thorough assessment of Iraq's nuclear- related capabilities within a few months. "I also informed the Council at that time that the IAEA would endeavour to evaluate Iraq's capabilities on a continuous basis as part of our long-term monitoring and verification programme, in order to provide the international community with ongoing and real-time assurances.”
2007-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5710 (2007) · source
“Mr. Zlauvinen: The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. ElBaradei, has asked me to read out the following statement in connection with the draft resolution contained in document S/2007/390, dated 28 June 2007: "I recall my report to the Security Council of 7 March 2003, in which I informed the Council that the IAEA had found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons programme in Iraq.”
2007-06-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5710 (2007) · source
“Finally, as a possible way for future interaction and cooperation, the Committee could share with the Agency information about those countries that have been identified by the 1540 Committee as needing further assistance.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“The most practical way forward continues to be for the Committee to encourage those Member States requiring assistance in the nuclear field to work directly with the Agency and to report their progress in the fulfilment of their international obligations, as appropriate, to the relevant bodies, in particular to the 1540 Committee. Such implementation would be further encouraged if the Committee, in its summary reports, were to devote a dedicated chapter to the assistance provided by the IAEA for the fulfilment of obligations relevant to nuclear weapons and related materials. Information about IAEA activities in the nuclear field and security field can be found on the Agency's web page.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“Those plans provide comprehensive workplans for individual countries and can be used to help coordinate activities and generate the required resources. The plans improve the efficiency of existing resources and help to avoid caps. All activities are performed with due consideration to maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information. Let me present some suggestions on how to strengthen cooperation between the 1540 Committee and my organization. We would like to suggest that the 1540 Committee actively inform Member States of all the programmes and activities carried out by the IAEA.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“An increased number of assessment and evaluation missions; legal and regulatory support activities; a strengthened programme for human resource development; and the provision of technical assistance, including the necessary technical equipment, will be carried out by the IAEA. Regional resource centres will be established, through which much of the required training can be offered. The Agency has also strengthened its international coordination efforts. Regular meetings are convened with member States and other international organizations. For example, the Agency develops, in consultation with individual member States, the integrated nuclear security support plans which bring together all of the work that is required to implement, inter alia, obligations under the legal instruments that are relevant in the nuclear area.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“Some nuclear facilities have also received technical support to strengthen their nuclear-material accounting systems. For capacity- building in the area of detection of nuclear materials in illicit trafficking, including at border-crossing points, more than 800 detection instruments have been provided to some 20 countries. The Agency's programmes and activities in the area of nuclear security are funded mostly from extrabudgetary resources. The Nuclear Security Fund has been established to receive voluntary financial contributions for that purpose. In addition, significant in-kind contributions are received from member States. 07-24806 The cost of the activities carried out during 2006, for example, was $20 million. These support efforts will continue in 2007.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“The Agency offers a comprehensive education and training programme with a wide variety of education and training events, including technical and scientific visits and on-the-job training in the fields of physical protection of nuclear material and facilities and illicit trafficking. Last year, a nuclear-security training course for lawyers was held by the Agency to create a pool of legal experts who would be available for participation in nuclear security missions. Since 2003, approximately 150 training events have been carried out, with more than 3,000 participants from more than 100 countries. The Agency has also responded to some States' physical protection needs by providing upgrades and technical support for improved physical protection of nuclear material and facilities.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“To further assist States in their efforts to implement their international obligations, the Agency offers and carries out evaluation and assessment services to help States identify what needs to be improved in the area of nuclear security, including their national systems for the accounting and control of nuclear material and their regimes for the physical protection of nuclear material and facilities. Since 2003, more than 70 such peer-based review missions have been carried out by the Agency. Capacity-building continues to be a cornerstone of the Nuclear Security Plan for 2006-2009. As part of it, the Agency helps States to address key needs in human resource development.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“In addition, the IAEA facilitates the development and publishing of a series of policy documents on nuclear-security guidance containing recommendations and proposing practical arrangements on how States can implement their international obligations that are relevant to strengthening nuclear security. Such guidance, on how to establish and maintain a system of accounting for and control of nuclear material, facilitates the implementation of States' obligations pursuant to their respective safeguards agreements. In addition, guidance on the design and maintenance of a physical protection regime applicable to nuclear material and facilities is needed to support consistent implementation of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“The relevant programmes and activities include, inter alia, the following: first, to provide legislative and regulatory assistance to enable member States to adopt the necessary legislation to implement instruments under the Agency's purview, such as safeguards agreements, additional protocols and the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material; secondly, to assist in strengthening member States' systems for controlling nuclear material and related technology so as to enable Governments to implement legal instruments to which they subscribe and to tighten national controls; thirdly, to provide support to States for the implementation of high standards of physical protection of nuclear material, nuclear facilities and nuclear transports; and fourthly, to provide support for States' efforts to upgrade border controls in order to enhance the capability to detect illicit trafficking in nuclear material and related technologies.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“Through these activities, the Agency assists States in preventing nuclear material and related technologies from falling into the hands of non-State actors and, accordingly, helps States fulfil their international obligations, including those required under resolution 1540 (2004).”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“Mr. Zlauvinen: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), too, is pleased to participate in this relevant meeting of the Council. Many programmes and activities of the IAEA are relevant to resolution 1540 (2004). The IAEA General Conference has invited the Agency's secretariat to provide assistance to member States, upon request and within the scope of the Agency's statutory responsibilities, for the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004). In particular, the Nuclear Security Plan for 2006- 2009 provides a compilation of activities and a plan for their implementation.”
2007-02-23 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5635 (2007) · source
“Mr. Zlauvinen: I have the honour to inform the members of the Security Council that the Director General of the IAEA has transmitted today the work programme of the IAEA, in accordance with paragraph 7 of Security Council resolution 1284 (1999). As the Council can see, the work programme is self-explanatory, and the Director General would be available any time in the future to discuss with the Security Council the IAEA's work programme should the Council decide to do so.”
2003-03-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.4721 (2003) · source