China Votes Against IAEA Resolution On Ukraine

Beijing, March 3: China at the meeting of Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) voted against the resolution sponsored by Canada and Poland on the nuclear security in Ukraine, the Permanent Mission of China in Vienna said on Thursday.

“At today’s IAEA BoG meeting, China voted against Canada and Poland’s resolution on safety, security & safeguards implications of situation in Ukraine,” the mission tweeted.

According to the Permanent Representative of China in Vienna, Wang Qun, the resolution goes beyond the mandate of the IAEA and contains many politicized elements that harm the independence of the IAEA as a professional international organization.