Rafael Grossi
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • September 9, 2022
VIENNA — Poland and Canada have circulated a draft resolution among members of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, criticizing Russia’s “violent actions against nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the ongoing presence of Russian forces…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security, UN Agencies
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • May 3, 2022
VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency expressed “grave concern” recently about the safety at Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, in Zaporizhzhia, and said that the situation for the Ukrainian personnel working there was “unsustainable.” The plant was captured…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace and Security
- Ivana Ramirez
- • June 25, 2021
Rafael Grossi of the IAEA on Iran, gender bias and diplomacy; nuke-weapons countries just keep spending billions; European peacekeepers attacked in Gao, Mali. You are reading This Week @UN, summarizing the most pressing issues facing the organization. The information…
- Categories: Africa, LGBT, Nuclear Disarmament, Secretary-General, Security Council, This Week @UN, US-UN Relations
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • June 20, 2021
VIENNA — In an interview here with Rafael Grossi, the 60-year-old director-general of the United Nations nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — he revealed that he has not had a reply yet from Iran on a possible…
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, UN Diplomats, US Foreign Relations
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • February 21, 2021
VIENNA — Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog, that it will significantly limit inspections of its nuclear facilities as of Feb. 23. Rafael Mariano Grossi, the director-general of the Vienna-based agency, traveled…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US Foreign Relations
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • September 7, 2020
VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency has just reported that Iran’s stockpile of low-enriched uranium continues to grow. The stockpile now exceeds the limit set in the 2015 nuclear deal tenfold. According to the confidential quarterly IAEA report,…
- Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council
- Stephanie Liechtenstein
- • June 8, 2020
VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency issued an alarming report on June 5, voicing “serious concern” over Iran’s refusal to allow the agency’s inspectors to investigate two sites where the country is suspected of having conducted undeclared nuclear…
- Categories: Covid-19, Nuclear Disarmament, Security Council, US-UN Relations
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