IAEA SAFEGUARDS: EXPERIENCE & CHALLENGES

摘要

Much progress has been made in the world of safeguards over the past four years, since the IAEA Board of Governors chose to revise the safeguards system in response to revelations about Iraq's clandestine nuclear-weapons programme. In the world at large, the indefinite extension of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the increase in the number of NPT parties are only two of the major events that have taken place. The IAEA itself has taken major steps to bring safeguards to a higher level of effectiveness and efficiency.