Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, at the Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency
(October 2, 2008) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an important organization working to protect and promote life in a most crucial area of human endeavour: the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The first obligation we share is the obligation of working together, of sharing our expertise, of building up a common consensus through common effort and commitment, said Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, Secretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States, at the 52nd General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Conference, at Vienna, on the 29th of September. This “working together obligation” is working together for nuclear safety and security. The Archbishop said that the Holy See supports all the efforts to strengthen both the effectiveness and efficiency of the IAEA’s safeguards system, as well as the elaboration and implementation through the Agency of an effective world-wide security regime, based on conventions, standards and assistance. He also conveyed them the message of Pope Benedict XVI for the 2008 World Day of Peace that “every man and woman to have a more lively sense of belonging to the one human family, and to strive to make human coexistence increasingly reflect this conviction, which is essential for the establishment of true and lasting peace.” He said that the Holy See desires to see all States work together to be part of these instruments whose main purpose is to promote nuclear safety and security, ensure the non-diversion of nuclear materials and the absence of undeclared nuclear activities. The Archbishop said that a second level of the “working together obligation” is working together for the use of peaceful and safe nuclear technology, respecting the environment and ever mindful of the most disadvantaged populations, for the well-being of society, for the promotion of “common good”. There is a third level of the “working together obligation” that is working together for nuclear disarmament and for further development of nuclear energy applications for peaceful purposes. The Holy See considers he said that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty is an important tool to achieve this aim.
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