http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaIraq/IraqUNSC25102004.pdfS/2004/831
Letter dated 25 October 2004 from the Secretary-General
addressed to the President of the Security CouncilI have the honour to convey the attached communication, dated 25 October
2004, from the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(see annex).
I should be grateful if you would bring the present letter and its annex to the
attention of the members of the Security Council.
(Signed) Kofi A. Annan
AnnexLetter dated 25 October 2004 from the Director General
of the International Atomic Energy Agency addressed to
the President of the Security CouncilI refer to the letter I addressed to you on 1 October 2004 (S/2004/786),
constituting the semi-annual report requested by the Security Council in resolution
1051 (1996). In that letter, States were reminded of their obligation to inform the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about items listed in annex 3 to the
IAEA ongoing monitoring and verification plan (S/2001/561).
Consequent to that reminder, IAEA received the attached letter dated
10 October 2004 from the General Director of the Planning and Following Up
Directorate of the Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology. In that letter, the Iraqi
authorities informed IAEA of the loss
after 9 April 2003, through the theft and
looting of the governmental installations due to lack of security, of high
explosives, relevant to annex 3, that had been subject to IAEA monitoring. The
explosives in question are given as: HMX (195 tons), which had been under IAEA
seal, and RDX (141 tons) and PETN (6 tons), both subject to regular monitoring of
stock levels. The presence of these amounts was verified by IAEA in January 2003.
Following a preliminary verification of the letter’s authenticity through the
Iraqi Permanent Mission in Vienna, IAEA on 15 October 2004 informed the
Multinational Force (MNF), as the body entrusted by the Security Council in
resolution 1546 (2004) with the authority to take all necessary measures to
contribute to the maintenance of security and stability in Iraq, about this matter.
This was with a view to providing MNF and the Iraqi Interim Government with an
opportunity to attempt to recover the explosives before this matter was put into the
public domain. However, as you are aware, the matter has been given media
coverage today.
I should therefore be grateful if you would arrange for this letter to be
distributed as a document of the Security Council.
(Signed) Mohamed ElBaradei
EnclosureLetter dated 10 October 2004 from the General Director of the
Planning and Following Up Directorate of the Ministry of
Science and Technology of Iraq addressed to the
International Atomic Energy AgencyWe would like to inform you that the following materials which have been
included in
annex 3 (item 74) registered under IAEA custody were lost after 9 April
2003, through the theft and looting of the governmental installations due to lack of
security. Therefore we feel an urgent updating of the registered materials is
required.
Site__________________Equipment/material____Quantity (tons)____________Remarks
1 Al-qaqaa Company___________HMX_______________194.741_______ High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
2 Al-qaqaa Company__________ RDX_______________141.233________High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
3 Al-qaqaa Company___________PETN_________________5.8_________High explosive material.
Declaration on 15 July 2002.
Please accept our high respect and consideration.
(Signed) Mohammed J. Abbas
General Director of the Planning and Following Up Directorate