Mohamed ElBaradei
Mohamed ElBaradei
Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradeilbæˈɾædʕi]; born 17 June 1942) is an Egyptian law scholar and diplomat who was the last Vice President of Egypt serving on an acting basis from 14 July 2013 until his resignation on 14 August 2013...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth17 June 1942
CityCairo, Egypt
CountryEgypt
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It is essential that we take steps to eliminate both access to and production of material for nuclear weapons.
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Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community - but rather Brazil or Japan, a technological powerhouse with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons if the political winds were to shift, while remaining a nonnuclear weapons state.
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We need to re-examine our rules of the game. We need to adjust our defenses ... The first line of defense is having adequate protection of nuclear material.
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We have our inspectors still on the ground, still monitoring the freeze of North Korean nuclear activities.
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Let me just say that the prospect that you could have civil nuclear energy in India is one that is welcomed not just by the US but by other countries of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
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We need to bite the bullet and see how we can move beyond nuclear weapons deterrence, and I think that we have not done that yet.
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We are now working with them to neutralize any activities, any programs that could have led to a nuclear weapon,
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When dealing with threats of nuclear proliferation and arms control, the Security Council has too often fallen short.
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If a state has the ability to do that (enrich uranium or plutonium), that means that it is only a few months from producing nuclear weapons.
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Barring exceptional circumstances and provided there is the sustained, proactive cooperation by Iraq, we should be able in the next few months to provide credible assurance that Iraq has no nuclear weapons program.
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I work on facts. We fortunately were proven right in Iraq, we were the only ones that said at the time that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons, and I hope this time people will listen to us.
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But just in the past few years, we have witnessed a significant change in attitudes toward nuclear power,
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The international community must do a better job of controlling the risks of nuclear proliferation. Sensitive parts of the nuclear fuel cycle - the production of new fuel, the processing of weapon-usable material, the disposal of spent fuel and radioactive waste - would be less vulnerable to proliferation if brought under multinational control.
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Israel claims it needs nuclear weapons as a deterrent against any threat to its existence. The Arab world in return feels that this is an imbalanced system; there is a sense of humiliation and impotence.