NORTH KOREA – IAEA
December 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE INTERNATIONAL Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has admitted that it has never been able to confidently verify whether North Korea (DPRK) has complied with the Non Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement that seeks to prevent the country using its nuclear power plants to make weapons. In a statement issued after North Korea announced that it was to cease allowing the IAEA to monitor its plants using seals and cameras, the IAEA said: "Since 1993 it has drawn the conclusion that the DPRK is in non-compliance with its obligations under the Agreement. ...
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