China
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France
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France has supported developments of the IAEA safeguards system, defending in particular the implementation of state-level approaches. IAEA has started to implement a state-level approach to apply safeguards in France in 2020.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
France has continued to support developments of the IAEA safeguards system, defending in particular the implementation of state-level approaches. France’s contribution to the IAEA regular budget was around 3.7% in 2025. 39% of the IAEA’s regular budget in 2026 is devoted to safeguards implementation.
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National Report submitted by France. Report submitted by France under actions 5, 20 and 21 of the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2022–2026). NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2. 7 March 2025, https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/2
National report submitted by France. National report pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the final document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: 2015–2022. NPT/CONF.2020/42. (New York), 20 December 2021. https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2020/42
Scale of Assessment of Member States’ Contributions towards the Regular Budget for 2026, GC(69)/RES/6, 17 September 2025, https://www.iaea.org/gc69/gc69res6
Russia
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United Kingdom
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United States
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The United States has historically been a strong supporter of ensuring that the IAEA’s safeguards protocols are evolving to meet new geopolitical challenges. For example, prior to the current Review Cycle, the United States supported the IAEA’s transition to the State-Level Concept for safeguards, which encouraged holistic, country-specific assessments rather than facility-by-facility accounting.
In addition, the United States is by far the largest financial supporter of the IAEA’s activities. The Government Accountability Office assessed that from 1998 through 2004, U.S. voluntary cash contributions, on average, were 83 percent of the total of all such member states’ contributions.
In particular, the United States contributed significant extrabudgetary funding towards IAEA’s safeguards work prior to the current Review Cycle. For example, in 2006, the United States donated approximately three-quarters of the IAEA’s entire pot of extrabudgetary funding for safeguards activities. The United States also initiated and helped corral support for a 20 percent increase in the IAEA’s budget.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
The United States has historically been a strong political and financial supporter of ensuring that the IAEA’s safeguards protocols are evolving to meet new geopolitical challenges. In its comments in support of the Safeguards Implementation Reports during the current Review Cycle, the United States has encouraged states to conclude and strengthen their safeguards agreements with the IAEA, and to modify or rescind outdated small quantitates protocols, and has put significant financial resources towards engaging with partner countries to aid them in this transition.
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U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. "Safeguards Implementation at the State Level." September 10, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20190824161944/https://vienna.usmission.gov/130910sg/.
Ford, Christopher Ashley. "Nonproliferation Lessons Learned." U.S. Department of State, 2018. https://2017-2021.state.gov/remarks-and-releases-bureau-of-international-security-and-nonproliferation/nonproliferation-lessons-learned/.
U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna. U.S. statement as delivered by Ambassador Laura S.H. Holgate. IAEA Board of Governors Meeting, Agenda Item 8(b): Safeguards Implementation Report for 2021. June 8, 2022. https://vienna.usmission.gov/on-the-2021-safeguards-implementation-report/.
Government Accountability Office. “IAEA Has Strengthened Its Safeguards and Nuclear Security Programs, but Weaknesses Need to Be Addressed.” GAO-06-93. October 2005. https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-06-93.pdf.
Ford, Christopher, A. “Cluster 2: Implementing Provisions of the NPT Related to the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.” U.S. Department of State, May 9, 2007. https://2009-2017.state.gov/t/isn/npt/122644.htm.