Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday referred the 35-nation governing board a
report about the arrangement of IAEA for the verification to shut
down and seal the nuclear establishments in Yongbyon, North
Korea.
The diplomats in Vienna told Xinhua that this report would
firstly be referred to the 35 governing board nations, and the
governing board would hold an extraordinary meeting to discuss and
ratify the related arrangement on July 9.
With the authorization of governing board, IAEA would deploy
verification in Yongbyon according to the agreement with North
Korea.
The report said that the visit of IAEA's working level
delegation, headed by Mr. Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director
General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, in North Korea
from June 26 to June 30 made concrete achievements
The diplomats in Vienna believed that IAEA's arrangement for the
verification in Yongbyon would be ratified in the extraordinary
meeting.
At the six-party talks in February, Pyongyang pledged to shut
down the Yongbyon reactor with the ultimate goal of abandonment,
and invite the inspectors of IAEA return to North Korea for
verification in Yongbyon.
(Xinhua News Agency July 4, 2007)
