§ Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has had about the adequacy of the inspections of the 539W International Atomic Energy Agency in North Korea; and what access the Korean authorities gave the team to the seven agreed nuclear sites.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency has stated that IAEA inspections carried out between 3 and 14 March did not permit the agency to conclude that nuclear material had not been diverted for military use in North Korea since February 1993. Agency inspectors were not allowed to proceed with a full inspection at one of North Korea's seven declared nuclear facilities.
§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether North Korea now has diverted sufficient plutonium to make at least one nuclear weapon.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe director general of the IAEA told his board of governors on 21 March that as a result of inspections carried out between 3 and 14 March, the agency could not conclude that nuclear material had not been diverted for military use in North Korea since February 1993. In addition, North Korea has not granted the IAEA access to two undeclared sites, inspection of which would help to clarify whether there had been diversion of material prior to that date. The Security Council is currently considering the matter.