Encourages all States members of the Agency that have not yet done so to ratify the amendment to article VI of the statute of the Agency; urges all States to strive for effective and harmonious international cooperation in carrying out the work of the Agency in promoting the use of nuclear energy and the application of the necessary measures to strengthen further the safety of nuclear installations and to minimize risks to life, health and the environment, in strengthening technical assistance and cooperation for developing countries and in ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the safeguards system of the Agency; commends the Director General and the secretariat of the Agency for their continuing, impartial efforts to implement the safeguards agreement still in force between the Agency and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; appeals to States that have not yet done so to accede to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, also appeals to States to apply relevant physical protection recommendations and introduce and enforce appropriate measures and legislation to combat illicit trafficking in nuclear materials and other radioactive materials; requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Director General of the Agency the records of the 56th session of the General Assembly relating to the activities of the Agency.

Adopted 150-1-2, 86th plenary meeting

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