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Report to the General Assembly: The third report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the UN General Assembly covered the period from July 1, 1958, to June 30, I959. The report noted that the period under consideration had been characterized by the fact that member states had begun to make substantial requests to the Agency for assistance, which the Agency had in fact been able to furnish. Furthermore, the Agency had begun to carry out its regulatory tasks, organize its first meetings, conferences, and symposia, enter upon its own research, and greatly expand the collection and publication of technical information. Whereas on June 30, 1958, membership of IAEA had stood at 66, one year later it stood at 70, Iran, Iraq, the Philippines, and the Sudan having in the meantime deposited instruments of ratification of the Statute. In the broadest terms, according to the report, the production of radioisotopes and their use in industry, agriculture, medicine, and research, and the eventual production of economic nuclear power, under safe and secure conditions, continued to be the main objectives of most of the Agency's work. For the attainment of these aims IAEA had been employing a variety of means, including technical assistance, the diffusion of information, the formulation of regulations and recommendations, the supply of nuclear fuels, the promotion of research reactor development, the elaboration of safeguards, the organization of training courses, and the award of fellowships and research contracts. A notable development was cited as being the completion of the Agency's first supply operation, three tons of natural uranium in metallic form having been supplied to Japan.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
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International Organization , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , Spring 1960 , pp. 307 - 311
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1960

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page 307 note 1 The activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, an autonomous international organization under the aegis of the UN, are summarized for the sake of convenience under the General Assembly, since, according to the relationship agreement between the Agency and the UN, it is to report regularly to the Assembly. For a previous summary of the Agency's activities, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 280–282Google Scholar.

page 307 note 2 International Atomic Energy Agency, Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the General Assembly of the United Nations, Vienna, 10 1959Google Scholar. See also the covering note by the Secretary-General, Document A/4244. For approval of the report by the General Assembly, see International Organization, Winter 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 1), p. 187Google Scholar. The report was also issued by the Agency as an annex to Document GC(III)74.

page 308 note 3 International Atomic Energy Agency, General Conference, Third Regular Session, September 22—October 2, 1959, Resolutions and Other Decisions, Vienna, 01 1960 (Document GC(III)/Resolutions)Google Scholar.

page 309 note 4 UN Press Release IAEA/193, October 6, 1959.

page 309 note 5 UN Press Release IAEA/202, November 16, 1959.

page 309 note 6 UN Press Release IAEA/197, October 28, 1959.

page 309 note 7 UN Press Release IAEA/213, January 13, 1960.

page 309 note 8 UN Press Release IAEA/215, January 22, 1960.

page 309 note 1 Documents A/CONF.18/SR.1 and 2. For a summary of the 1958 conference, see International Organization, Spring 1959 (Vol. 13, No. 2), p. 285–287Google Scholar.

page 310 note 2 Document A/CONF.18/L.3.

page 310 note 3 UN Press Release SPF/27 and TA/807, October 22, 1959; see also UN Press Release SPF/56, March 18, 1960.

page 311 note 1 A maximum of Danish kroner 8.8 million ($1,274,070) was pledged on the assumption that the total contributions to both programs would reach $100 million. If not, the contribution was to be proportionately reduced. The total amount of Danish kroner 6.8 million ($984,509) shown above represents the minimum contribution to the two programs.

page 310 note 2 India's contribution to the Special Fund was pledged on the assumption that a total of $100 million would be reached for the two programs; if not, the contribution was to be reduced proportionately.

page 311 note 3 The Netherlands' contribution to the Special Fund was pledged on the condition that there be a considerable increase in the contributions for 1960 as compared with 1959. The contribution was to be fully convertible.

page 311 note 4 A United States contribution of $40 million was pledged to both programs, subject to the condition that it not exceed 40 percent of the total government contributions to the central fund of each program. In calculating the amount of its contribution to the Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, the United States was to consider not only voluntary contributions but also assessed and audited local-cost contributions to the central fund.