The U.S. Department of State is allocating roughly $200,000 in funding to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the implementation of the sterile-insect technique (SIT) to support Uruguay’s work to eradicate the screwworm. Read More»
PRESS RELEASE: United States Announces $1 Million Contribution to Support IAEA Environment Laboratories
Ambassador Jackie Wolcott announced today the allocation of just over $1,013,000 in U.S. funding for the IAEA Nuclear Sciences and Applications Environment Laboratories in Monaco to study ocean acidification and degraded marine ecosystems. Read More»
PRESS RELEASE: United States announces $50 million commitment to IAEA’s Peaceful Uses Initiative
Ambassador Wolcott announced on Monday that the United States is committed to providing $50 million in voluntary contributions to the IAEA through 2024 to support the IAEA’s Peaceful Uses Initiative. Read More»
Op-Ed: Why the United States is supporting the Peaceful Uses Initiative
Support for the PUI demonstrates the ongoing commitment of the United States to fulfill our NPT Article IV undertaking to facilitate the fullest possible exchange of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. Read More»
Celebrating 10 Years of the IAEA’s Peaceful Uses Initiative
With support from the United States, the IAEA established the Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI) in 2010 as a quick and responsive way to allow Member States to provide funds for extra-budgetary projects in the area of peaceful application of nuclear technology. Read More»
Ambassador’s Remarks at IAEA Virtual Event on the 10th Anniversary of the Peaceful Uses Initiative
Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Jackie Wolcott at the IAEA Virtual Event for the 10th Anniversary of the Peaceful Uses Initiative November 9, 2020 Vienna, Austria Virtual WebEx Platform [event in progress] MODERATOR: Excellency, the United States proposed and has nurtured the PUI for the last ten years. What made the United States propose ... Read More»
What’s Up with Nuclear Science?
Nuclear science has innumerable applications, and the United States supports various agreements and initiatives that promote global cooperation in the development of these sorts of peaceful uses. Read More»
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Support for nuclear technologies improves and saves lives around the world
The United States contributes millions of dollars each year to support the IAEA’s work to promote the safe, secure, and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology. Read More»
PRESS RELEASE: U.S. Provides $226,000 to IAEA to Establish Radiotherapy Center in Sierra Leone
On January 2, 2020, the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna allocated $226,000 in U.S. funding to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help establish a radiotherapy center to provide treatment to cancer patients in Sierra Leone. Read More»
IAEA BoG – U.S. Statement on Strengthening the Agency’s Technical Cooperation Activities: Technical Cooperation Report for 2018
Statement on Agenda Item 3: Strengthening the Agency’s Technical Cooperation Activities: Technical Cooperation Report for 2018. U.S. Statement as delivered by Alternate Permanent Representative Keith Anderton Vienna, June 10, 2019 Thank you, Madam Chair, The United States thanks the IAEA for preparing the Technical Cooperation Report for 2018, which provides useful examples of how ... Read More»
Media Note: United States reaches $100 million milestone in total contributions to IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative
The United States reported today in New York that it has exceeded the $100 million milestone of overall U.S. voluntary contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI). This total includes a $560,000 voluntary contribution by the United States announced today to help ensure the IAEA’s new and renovated Nuclear Applications ... Read More»
Media Note: Ambassador Wolcott’s Travel to Washington, DC April 2-5
Ambassador Jackie Wolcott’s Travel to Washington, DC April 2-5, 2019 Media Note U.S. Mission to International Organizations Vienna, Austria April 3, 2019 U.S. Ambassador to International Organizations in Vienna Jackie Wolcott travels to Washington, DC April 2-5, 2019 to accompany International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano in his meetings with ... Read More»
U.S. National Statement at the IAEA Nuclear Science and Technology Ministerial Conference
Nuclear Technical Cooperation: Benefits from the Nonproliferation Regime for the Developing World Distinguished Co-Chairs, Excellencies, and ladies and gentlemen, the United States is pleased to attend this conference, for as we all approach the 50th anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), it is very important to ... Read More»
Press Release: United States Announces $3.18 Million to Support IAEA’s ReNuAL Project and Efforts to Combat Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Dr. Christopher A. Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation, announced $3.18 million in new U.S. voluntary contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today at the Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Science and Technology at the IAEA Headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The United States will contribute $1,701,210 to the IAEA’s Renovation ... Read More»
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