China withdraws its IAEA anti AUKUS resolution sighting no support

China withdraws its IAEA anti AUKUS resolution sighting no support

• At the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general session in Vienna, China withdrew a draught resolution criticising the AUKUS alliance after determining that it would not be supported by a majority of the attendees. In order to prevent the draught resolution that claimed the AUKUS proposal breached Australia’s, the UK’s, and the US’ obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), India collaborated closely with numerous IAEA member nations.

• At the UN nuclear watchdog, China battled with the three members of the AUKUS alliance over the proposal to send Australia nuclear-powered submarines.

• This came at the end of a week in which Beijing repeatedly criticised the project that was disclosed last year.

• AUKUS was rejected in the draught resolution because it wanted to give Australia nuclear-powered submarines, even though they would be armed with conventional weapons.

• The resolution’s draught also criticised the IAEA ‘s participation in this matter in addition to claiming that the proposal breached the obligations of the three countries under the NPT.

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Published date : 04 Oct 2022 05:51PM