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IAEA Board of Governors to Convene Meeting on North Korea

The IAEA Board of Governors will convene on 12 February 2003 at 15:00. The Board will discuss a report by the IAEA Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei on the implementation of the NPT safeguards agreement between the Agency and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

At the conclusion of a meeting, Dr. ElBaradei will hold a press conference.

Time: 18:00 or at the close of the meeting if the meeting ends after 18:00.

Location: IAEA Headquarters, Vienna International Centre, Wagramer Strasse 5, 1400 Vienna, in the Rotunda.

News Update on Iraq Inspections

UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq

The Executive Chairman of UNMOVIC, Dr. Hans Blix, and the Director General of the IAEA, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, met with the Iraqi delegation headed by General Amir Al-Saadi, an adviser in the Presidential Office. The meeting lasted roughly four hours.

UNMOVIC sought a private interview with a biological scientist. While he made the appointment alone, he did not agree to the mode of interview, as proposed by UNMOVIC. The interview, therefore, did not proceed.

News Update on Iraq Inspections

UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq

For full coverage, see the pages on IAEA and Iraq.

An UNMOVIC biological group inspected two separate sites: the Directorate of Teaching Laboratories, located in Saddam Medical City, which provides diagnostic services to the hospital and does post-graduate teaching for medical students; and the Abraj Alcohol Production Facility in Baghdad that produces ethanol through fermentation.

News Update on Iraq Inspections

UNMOVIC IAEA Press Statement on Inspection Activities in Iraq

For full coverage, see the pages on IAEA and Iraq.

UNMOVIC sought another private interview with an Iraqi individual. This individual made the appointment with two witnesses but declined to be interviewed without these two witnesses being present. The interview did not proceed.