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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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Other international organizations also activated their emergency response
arrangements and closely monitored the situation, including, inter alia, the
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization,
the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Maritime
Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health
Organization and the World Meteorological Organization.
The United Nations Secretary-General engaged with the heads of the
relevant international organizations soon after the accident. On 25 March, the
Secretary-General held a videoconference with international organizations to
take stock of the international response to the latest developments.
United Nations system-wide study on the implications of the
accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
On 19 April, in his speech at the Kyiv Summit on the Safe and Innovative
Use of Nuclear Energy, the Secretary-General proposed five concrete
measures to strengthen nuclear safety and security, including a United Nations
system-wide study on the implications of the accident at the Fukushima
Daiichi nuclear power plant. The study, 37 launched on 20 May, was comprised
of contributions and inputs from sixteen United Nations entities, specialized
agencies and related organizations38 and was prepared for the High-level
Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security, convened by the Secretary-General
on 22 September in New York. The IAEA acted as the lead coordinating entity
for the aspects of the report that fell exclusively within its statutory areas of
responsibility.
The study contained three parts, each with a particular focus: part
one—specific issues pertaining to peaceful uses of nuclear energy and nuclear
safety; part two—on nuclear safety and security; and part three—international
emergency response framework in case of nuclear accidents. Based on the
inputs provided by the contributing organizations, key observations by the
Secretary-General included the following:
37 SG/HLM/2011/1. Available from http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=SG/
HLM/2011/1 (accessed 2 May 2012).
38 Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Civil Aviation
Organization, International Maritime Organization, Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs, Pan American Health Organization, Preparatory Commission for
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, United Nations Children’s
Fund, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme,
United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office
for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic
Radiation, World Health Organization and World Meteorological Organization.