Thank you, Chair. The UK would capture to thank the Director General for including this vital merchandise to the agenda and for his document on Nuclear Security, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine.

Chair, the UK continues to condemn in the strongest conceivable terms the Russian Federation’s unprovoked, unlawful and senseless invasion of Ukraine, which is an egregious violation of international rules, including the UN Constitution.

Within the final forty eight hours, we delight in witnessed extra barbaric missile attacks by Russia on Ukrainian cities and civilian infrastructure. Russia is completely accountable for the nuclear safety and security issues in Ukraine and for inserting in nervousness the protection of hundreds and hundreds who would be plagued by a nuclear incident.

Chair, the Director General’s document sooner than us as of late is but any other stark, goal evaluate of the severe nuclear safety, security and safeguards implications of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine.

We’re in particular enthusiastic that since the final Board, only just a few weeks previously, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility – and now Khemelnytskyy nuclear energy plant – delight in lost external energy and needed to count on backup mills. We’re also seriously enthusiastic that Russia has increased its marketing campaign of coercion and intimidation of the Ukrainian operating workers on the Zaporizhzhia plant.

We agree with the Director General’s evaluate in the document that the pressures on the fearless Ukrainian personnel – who delight in suffered so unprecedented already – could perchance delight in “doubtlessly severe consequences for nuclear safety and security”. This ought to stop straight.

The UK fully helps the IAEA’s work in Ukraine. We commend the bravery and the dedication of the IAEA workers working in Ukraine and we continue to strengthen the Director General’s efforts to stable a Nuclear Security and Security Security Zone across the Zaporizhzhia NPP in a design that respects Ukrainian sovereignty.

We also commend Ukraine, the Director General and his workers for the race with which they transparently spoke back to Russia’s false allegations that Ukraine became building so-called “dirty bombs”. Unfortunately, Russia has a prolonged notice sage of constructing such baseless allegations in voice to distract or conceal from its possess detrimental actions.

We welcome the records in the DG’s document that the Agency has now not chanced on “any indications of undeclared nuclear actions linked to the development of radiological dispersal units” in Ukraine.

That is why the UK fully helps the possibility sooner than us as of late. It’s miles correct that this Board collectively deplores and rejects Russia’s control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility and its tried unlawful annexation of Ukrainian territory.

The UK welcomes the sizzling UN General Assembly Resolution, the set up 143 member states were unequivocal that Russia’s tried unlawful annexation has “no validity below international rules and would now not make the foundation for any alteration of the set up of residing of these areas”. We welcome the statements by the Director General and the Agency to that accomplish.

Chair, the UK would also capture to set up on sage just a number of the actions we are taking on the IAEA to be definite that that Russia is held accountable for its actions against nuclear safety in Ukraine.

To present just a few examples, the UK will rob steps to be definite that that none of our extra budgetary funding will without extend aid the Russian Federation. We’re going to also work to be definite that that no UK government representatives will inspire IAEA events in Russia or appear alongside the Russian Federation on panels for Agency events. We inspire somewhat heaps of member states to undertake a identical system.

In a roundabout draw, Chair, the UK stays obvious that there is completely one technique to be definite that nuclear safety and security in Ukraine. Russia ought to end all actions against Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, and withdraw all its forces and personnel so as that the competent Ukrainian authorities can earn burly control over all nuclear facilities interior Ukraine’s internationally recognised borders.

Thank you, Chair.