Statement to Sixty-Fourth Regular Session of IAEA General Conference
(World News Austria)

(As prepared for delivery) Mr President, Let me begin by welcoming the Union of the Comoros as a new Member State of the IAEA. This brings our membership to 172 States. The 12 months since the last regular session of the GC have been unprecedented in the history of the Agency. We spent several months in lockdown from March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We were able to begin a phased return to the Vienna International Centre in May, but things are still far from normal, as is clear from the special arrangements made for this GC. We have returned to regular working arrangements here in the building, with remote working still available for staff considered vulnerable. Physical distancing...