In his opening statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency's 59th General Conference, held September 14-18 in Vienna, Director General Yukiya Amano referred to the United Nations summit that was to be held the following week in New York, where 17 new sustainable development goals were to be adopted. He said that the IAEA had actively participated in the process that led to the development of the goals, and he noted the clear links between the U.N.'s goals and the work of the IAEA. The areas covered by both include energy, food security, nutrition, human health, environmental protection, and water resource management. "There is explicit recognition in the new development goals of the importance of science and technology in advancing development," Amano said. "The agency has so much to offer in this area that I often summarize our work as 'atoms for peace and development."'
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