Draft reply by the WEU Council to Assembly Recommendation 310 on the spread of nuclear energy and defence problems (London, 20 January 1978)

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On 20 January 1978, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates a draft reply from the WEU Council, prepared by the French delegation, to Assembly Recommendation 310 on the spread of nuclear energy and defence problems. The document emphasizes that the member governments of the WEU Council are promoting cooperation on controlling the peaceful use of nuclear energy between nuclear technology-exporting countries, but also notes that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is responsible for controlling all sensitive exports to non-nuclear weapon states. With regard to the protection of nuclear facilities and nuclear materials, the French delegation points out that each state must make its own arrangements for the implementation of such protection, although studies on various international protection measures are also under examination within the IAEA. This French draft reply is taken up almost in its entirety in the final reply by the Council (C (78) 52).

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Source: Council of the Western European Union. Secretary-General’s note. Recommendation 310 on the stand of nuclear energy and defense problems. London: 20.01.1978. WPM (78) 7. 5 p.

Archives nationales de Luxembourg (ANLux). http://www.anlux.lu. Western European Union Archives. Secretariat-General/Council’s Archives. 1954-1987. Organs of the Western European Union. Year: 1977, 28/11/1977-22/04/1985. File 202.415.32. Volume 1/1.

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