A bipartisan organization of distinguished leaders in the United States has voiced strong support for the IAEA´s work for safe, secure and peaceful nuclear development.

Specifically, the organization - Partnership for a Secure America - this week urged the US Administration to:

• Support the IAEA safeguards mission through an increase in resources, training, equipment and personnel, and assistance to other States in using peaceful nuclear applications to address poverty and the challenges associated with under-development;



• Work with Member States of the IAEA and of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to increase the IAEA´s authority for greater access to suspect nuclear sites and universal implementation of the Additional Protocol.

  "Without the IAEA, which has functioned as the indispensable watchdog monitoring civilian nuclear activities and reporting on potential violations of IAEA safeguards, the world would certainly be more dangerous," the organization said in a statement.