“This topic will be raised at the dedicated meeting on the 15th of April. We hope that a fair assessment of what's going on will be issued by the IAEA leadership and their staff, who are at the NPP and can observe Ukrainian provocations firsthand,” Nebenzia said during a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Ukraine, which was called for by the Western states.
US, Japan Resist Russia's Arguments on Obligations for All Weapons in UN Resolution
The United States and Japan, draftees of the UNSC resolution on outer space activities, very much resist Russia’s arguments to include obligations on all weapons in addition to nuclear ones, Nebenzia said.
"But the penholders [United States, Japan] fiercely resist our arguments. In other words, they want to include an obligation of non-development of nuclear weapons, specifically designed to be placed in outer space, but resist including a wider similar obligation pertaining to any kind of weapons," he also noted.
UNSC Not Right Body for Outer Space Resolutions, Wider Participation Needed
The Ambassador pointed out that the UNSC is not the right body to adopt resolutions on outer space activities that affect all UN members, commenting on a draft resolution sponsored by the US and Japan to ban nuclear weapons in space.
"It is obvious that the Security Council with its membership limited to 15 is not an appropriate forum to take on space issues which affect wider UN membership," Nebenzia emphasized.