Conveners
Opening Plenary
- Tero Varjoranta (IAEA)
- Technical Chair A. Hamilton (IAEA)
Tero Varjoranta
(IAEA)
20/10/2014, 10:00
keynote
Good morning and a very warm welcome to everyone. My name is Tero Varjoranta, Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, and the Chair of this Opening Plenary.
This is the twelfth international Safeguards Symposium, hosted by the IAEA. And once again it is being held in cooperation with the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management and the European Safeguards...
Lawrence Satkowiak
(INMM)
20/10/2014, 10:20
keynote
Greetings everyone and welcome to Vienna! First, I want to congratulate Tero and his organizing committee for putting together such an impressive symposium and thank him for allowing me to say a few words. I have the honor of serving as the President of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM). For those of you who aren’t familiar with the INMM, I will describe it...
Klaas Van der Meer
(Belgium)
20/10/2014, 10:25
keynote
Distinguished participants, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear safeguards friends,
I would like to thank the IAEA for giving ESARDA as co-organiser of this symposium the opportunity to address you, the participants of this symposium.
In my opening address of last year’s ESARDA symposium in Bruges, I referred to the European Union as the fundament of a European peace process, set up by...
Yukiya Amano
(IAEA DG)
20/10/2014, 10:30
keynote
Grigory Berdennikov
(Russian Federation)
20/10/2014, 11:10
keynote
Mr. Chairman, respected participants of the symposium, first of all, I would like to note that Russia was one of the originators of the IAEA safeguards system and throughout the Agency’s history consistently supported its effective implementation and development. We always felt that the safeguards system is crucial for the wellbeing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the regime built on its...
Kasia Mendelsohn
(USA)
20/10/2014, 11:30
keynote
I’m delighted to be here this morning, and I welcome the opportunity to speak to you about U.S. efforts to strengthen the IAEA safeguards system.
The United States has long considered the international safeguards system to be a central pillar of the nuclear nonproliferation regime’s strategy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and ensuring peaceful uses of atomic energy. President...
