In a main embarrassment to China, India thwarted plans of Beijing to get a decision handed towards AUKUS — a trilateral protection percent among Australia, the UK, and the US — on the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) which become held in Vienna from September 26-30, 2022. China withdrew its draft decision on September 30 realising that its decision might now no longer get majority support, albeit it had already were given Global Times to put up an editorial approximately its drawing close achievement on September 28.
According to sources, India used its “deft diplomacy” and performed an critical position in making sure that many smaller international locations took a clean stand towards the Chinese proposal. The Indian Mission to the IAEA in Vienna labored carefully with many IAEA member states and took an goal view of the initiative, recognising the steadiness of the technical assessment accomplished with the aid of using the IAEA. According to sources, China attempted to get a decision handed towards the AUKUS for in search of to offer Australia with nuclear-powered submarines (however armed with traditional weapons). China argued that this initiative become in violation in their obligations below the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). It additionally criticized the position of the IAEA on this regard.
There become deliberation on the problem on the IAEA’s General Conference where, in step with reports, Western states normally expressed self assurance in AUKUS partners & the IAEA at the same time as growing states underscored the want for more transparency & nonproliferation assurances. On 23 August 2022, the Director General acquired a request, submitted with the aid of using the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China, for the inclusion of an object entitled “Transfer of nuclear substances withinside the context of AUKUS and its safeguards in all components below the NPT” withinside the time table of the 66th (2022) ordinary consultation of the General Conference. Sources say that India’s position and diplomatic manoeuvring had been deeply liked with the aid of using IAEA member states, specially the AUKUS partners.
The IAEA’s policy-making our bodies determine at the agency’s programmes and budgets. They incorporate the General Conference of all Member States and the 35-member Board of Governors. The General Conference convenes yearly on the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, usually in September. The Board meets 5 instances in step with year, additionally in Vienna. India is a board member for 2021-2022. The 35 board participants for 2021-2022 are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the US of America and Vietnam.
