Durban, July 04: South Africa has underlined the need for global nuclear disarmament, even as it said that developing countries should not be denied access to advanced technology “needed for their development”.
“We should be vigilant that in advancing the peaceful applications of nuclear energy this is not based on the premise of denying developing countries access to advanced technologies needed for their own development,” said Abdul Minty, country’s Governor to the Board of the IAEA.
Minty had contested for the position of Director General of the the IAEA as South Africa’s candidate. The IAEA Board of Governors selected Yukio Amano of Japan as the Agency’s next Director-General, who succeeds Mohamed ElBaradei.
Minti described the IAEA was the most valuable asset in promoting nuclear disarmament.
“We have in the past experienced the role the Agency played in relation to issues that impacted on the peaceful resolution of disputes.
–PTI