General Assembly Security Council

UNSC meeting on non-proliferation

(resolution 2231/ JCPOA)

(December 19, 2022; 1500 hrs.)

Statement by Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj

Permanent Representative of India to the UN

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          I will now deliver a statement in my national capacity.

  1. Let me begin by thanking Under Secretary General Rosemary Dicarlo for presenting the 14th Report of Secretary-General on the implementation of resolution 2231. I express my appreciation to Ambassador Fergal Mythen and congratulate Ireland’s delegation for their leadership as the Council’s Facilitator to monitor the implementation of resolution 2231. I also thank Ambassador Olof Skoog, Head of the Delegation of the European Union in New York, for his briefing.
  1. India supports the full and effective implementation of resolution 2231 and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). We encourage the concerned parties to continue dialogue and diplomacy towards an early resolution of differences and return to full implementation of the JCPOA.
  1. India values the efforts of the IAEA to implement the Agency’s verification and monitoring mandate. We take note of the recent reports of the Agency, which were also considered at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting recently. We have maintained that the way forward is to make progress on engagement between the Agency and Iran to clarify and resolve all outstanding safeguards issues to enable the Agency to provide an assurance of exclusively peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program.
  1. I will conclude by extending my appreciation to the 2231 team of the Secretariat for the cooperation and support extended to my delegation during our tenure in the Council.

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