ABSTRACT
The DPRK, as I said, signed the NPT [Non-Proliferation Treaty] in 1985. Thereafter, in 1992, serious questions arose regarding the completeness and correctness of the initial ‘declaration’ or inventory of its nuclear material provided to us. In particular, there were questions regarding what quantities of plutonium had been separated at Yongbyon before our inspections had begun. Initially, some Member States were not convinced of the necessity to take action. But then, in 1993, there was a particularly dramatic session of the Board. You could have heard a pin drop as a series of satellite photographs, of a location in Yongbyon, were projected onto the large screen. The photos, in time sequence, showed the construction of a suspect additional facility, and then concealment of both the facility and any trace of its construction. Trees suddenly appeared where the day before there had been a service road. That information, together with other inspection results, made the case and convinced the Agency’s Board to authorize a ‘special inspection’ of that facility.
