Symposium on International Safeguards: Linking Strategy, Implementation and People - IAEA CN-220

The Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation

23 Oct 2014, 10:10

20m

Boardroom A (M Building)

oral IAEA-State Cooperation I

Speaker

Kenji Murakami (Japan)

Description

The Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation (SAGSI) is an advisory group to the IAEA Director General that was established in 1975. SAGSI provides advice on a wide range of technical topics related to the objectives and implementation parameters of IAEA safeguards. SAGSI plays a particularly important role during times of significant developments in safeguards implementation, such as in the formulation of the Safeguards Criteria that formed the basis for the frequency and intensity of safeguards, and its subsequent revision in the early 1990’s; in the Programme 93+2 which culminated in the model Additional Protocol; and in the development of the conceptual framework for integrated safeguards. SAGSI is comprised of up to 20 members reflecting the diversity of the IAEA’s Member States. Members of SAGSI function in their personal capacity, and each is a recognized expert in the field of IAEA safeguards. This paper, authored by the current Chair of SAGSI, briefly discusses the history of SAGSI, its work practices, and summarizes the issues that have been addressed in the recent past.