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IAEA Consensus On Safeguards

By securing a unanimous approval at the IAEA,India has cleared the first big hurdle to the Big Deal. Action now shifts to the NSG,where India will be pushing for a waiver

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IN A significant vote of confidence for the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, the IAEA board of governors on Friday passed the India-specific safeguards agreement by consensus, allowing India to take the next step of seeking a Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver.

Press Trust Of India / Colombo August 2, 2008, 0:47 IST

India is not satisfied with the draft prepared by the US for consideration of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) and is pressing for modifications to ensure a "clean' and "unconditional' waiver from the 45-nation grouping.

Suggesting that the draft contained some conditionalities, officials accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here for the SAARC Summit said India could not accept any conditions put by the NSG.

INDIA A STEP CLOSER TO ENDING NUCLEAR APARTHEID
Bs Reporter / New Delhi/vienna August 2, 2008, 0:29 IST

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board of governors today approved by consensus a nuclear safeguards agreement with India, calling for the application of IAEA safeguards to Indian civilian nuclear facilities.

ADAY before the crucial IAEA board of governors meeting to consider the India-specific safeguards agreement, the government remained optimistic that the agreement would get the IAEA nod.

In spite of hiccups, including Pakistan's dissent note, New Delhi is confident that the IAEA board of governors would approve the safeguard agreement without a vote.

Decision time has arrived on the controversial nuclear cooperation proposal that was first proposed by President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in July 2005.

After a long delay, the Indian government has sidestepped domestic critics of the deal and is asking the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors to consider a new "India-specific" safeguards agreement that would cover a limited number of additional "civilian" reactors. The IAEA Board could meet on the matter by the end of July.

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