China has supported international efforts to strengthen the financial resources available for IAEA activities, including through extra-budgetary contributions to technical cooperation and nuclear security programmes.
By the end of 2003, China had provided approximately US$13 million in voluntary contributions and in-kind support to the IAEA. In 2004, China announced another US$1 million extra-budgetary contribution to support IAEA technical cooperation and nuclear security programmes.
China has continued to support IAEA peaceful-use activities through both assessed technical-cooperation contributions and additional support. Since 2020 China has been the second-largest contributor to the IAEA Technical Cooperation Fund, contributing €14.04 million in 2025, or 14.675 percent of the annual target, and around US$130 million cumulatively by the end of 2025. China also reported a cumulative extra-budgetary contribution of €2 million for laboratory infrastructure, equipment upgrading and technical services to help developing member states improve nuclear-technology application capacity.
Statement by the Chinese Delegation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 NPT Review Conference, May 6 2025
Implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in the People’s Republic of China, NPT/CONF.2026/33, 17 April 2026
IAEA director-general praises China’s contribution, Sep 22 2004
China Boosts Support for IAEA Development and Security Initiatives, Sep 19 2004
France has been consistently making extrabudgetary contributions to the IAEA. From 2014 to 2023, its contribution rose from almost 124% from around 2 millions euros to 7 millions euros. A portion of which is included in its contribution to the Peaceful Uses Initiative.
Under the Peaceful Uses Initiative, France targeted extrabudgetary funding to ‘foodnote-a’ projects, in particular aiming at developing nuclear medicine techniques in Africa and the Middle East.
Working paper submitted by France. France’s support for the International Atomic Energy Agency. NPT/CONF.2026/PC.III/WP.11. 5 March 2025. https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/n25/060/12/pdf/n2506012.pdf#:~:text=France%20is%20one%20of%20the,Technical%20Cooperation%20Fund%20in%202025.
Russia made financial contributions to the IAEA, including through the Technical Cooperation Fund, Nuclear Security Fund and through its national safeguards support programme.
Russia continued to make financial contributions to the IAEA, including through the Technical Cooperation Fund, Nuclear Security Fund and through its national safeguards support programme.
National report of the Russian Federation for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 21 May 2015.
https://www.un.org/en/conf/npt/2015/pdf/NPT-CONF2015-48_National%20report%20of%20the%20Russian%20Fed_E.pdf
National report of the Russian Federation, 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 2 March 2026.
https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/14
The UK has been a consistent and substantial extrabudgetary contributor to IAEA activities throughout the prior review cycle. On nuclear security, in March 2016 the UK made a contribution to the IAEA Nuclear Security Fund of £7.1 million, encouraging other IAEA Member States to provide funds and expertise to support the IAEA in the field of nuclear security. This built on earlier contributions: in 2014 the UK Government made an extrabudgetary contribution of £3.4 million to the Nuclear Security Fund, making the UK the second largest Member State contributor to the Fund at that time. On the Technical Cooperation Fund, the UK has consistently paid its voluntary contributions in full and on time throughout this period.
On safeguards specifically, the UK Safeguards Support Programme established in 1981 has provided continuous technical and financial support to the IAEA’s verification work. The programme provides technical support to the IAEA in verifying the peaceful use of nuclear technology, including through the provision of expert staff to complete specialised programmes of work.
The United Kingdom makes significant extrabudgetary contributions to IAEA activities through mechanisms such as UK Safeguards Support Programme, the Peaceful Uses Initiative and contributions to the IAEA’s Nuclear Security Fund.
The UK contributes to the IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Programme and the Peaceful Uses Initiative. In 2023, the UK contributed more than £5 million to projects including the modernisation of the IAEA’s Nuclear Applications laboratories at Seibersdorf, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme, work on marine plastic pollution, and projects on the impact of climate change on water availability. In 2024, the UK contributed more than £5 million to the IAEA’s Technical Cooperation Programme and Peaceful Uses Initiative, funding projects to monitor changes in atmospheric processes as evidence of climate change, research to assess the impacts of climate change on food security, and projects to address marine plastic pollution.
At the 69th IAEA General Conference in September 2025, the UK confirmed contributions of over £1.2 million to the Agency’s Atoms4Food initiative and stated that it remains one of the largest annual contributors to the IAEA’s Nuclear Security Fund.
Through the UK Safeguards Support Programme, the UK provided £5 million in in-kind and financial contributions to over 35 tasks within the IAEA Department of Safeguards Development and Implementation Support Programme for Nuclear Verification during 2021 to 2024.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK provided a total of £5 million to the IAEA to support its work in Ukraine, including an additional £750,000 announced in June 2023 to support IAEA nuclear safety missions, training in detection of radiological materials, and expert investigative missions to nuclear power plants.
Department of Energy and Climate Change (2014). UK statement to the 2014 International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, 24 September. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-statement-to-the-2014-international-atomic-energy-agency-general-conference
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2017). UK Statement to the 61st General Conference of the IAEA, 19 September. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-statement-to-the-61st-general-conference-of-the-iaea.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2025). UK nuclear safeguards support programme: reports on activities and progress, 21 January. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-safeguards-support-programme-report-on-activities-and-progress.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2026). National report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty (London). <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69df600a53469bbcdf408e8b/UK-National-Report-11th-Treaty-on-the-Non-Proliferation-of-Nuclear-Weapons-NPT-Review-Conference.pdf>
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2023). First Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: UK statement on Cluster 3 issues. 11 August. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/first-preparatory-committee-for-the-2026-non-proliferation-treaty-review-conference-uk-statement-on-cluster-3-issues.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2025). 69th IAEA General Conference: UK national statement. 16 September. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/iaea-general-conference-2025-climate-minister-speech.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2025). The United Kingdom Support Programme to IAEA Safeguards: 2021-2024. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/678f8964c9c786c1eb788691/uk-support-programme-to-iaea-safeguards-2021-2024.pdf.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (2023) Ukraine: UK boosts funding to International Atomic Energy Agency. 8 June. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ukraine-uk-boosts-funding-to-international-atomic-energy-agency.