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Libya signs accord for enhanced inspections by UN nuclear watchdog agency
Libya - Less than three months after renouncing all programmes leading to the production of internationally proscribed weapons, Libya today signed an agreement granting the United Nations atomic watchdog agency enhanced access to verify that its nuclear activities are for peaceful purposes only.
The Additional Protocol to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), signed by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamed ElBaradei, and Libya's Assistant Secretary for Services Affairs, Matooq Mohamed Matooq, also requires the North African country to provide an expanded declaration of its nuclear activities.
Mr. ElBaradei said the signing, at IAEA's Vienna headquarters, indicated Libya's commitment to move away from weapons of mass destruction while continuing to reap the full benefits of nuclear applications for peaceful uses such as energy, agriculture and medicine. Tripoli has stated its intention to act as if the protocol is already in place, pending its formal entry into force.