Pillar 3
Action 54
Make every effort and to take practical steps to ensure that IAEA resources for technical cooperation activities are sufficient, assured and predictable.
China
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What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
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France
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
France supports the programme through the participation of its experts in various technical cooperation activities and through extrabudgetary contributions, in addition to its annual contribution to the Technical Cooperation Fund.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
In 2023, French contributions to the IAEA technical cooperation programme reached 870 000 euros. In 2024, France contributed 250000 euros to the IAEA Technical cooperation programme. In 2023, France’s extra-budgetary contribution rose to 7 million euros and to 6 million in 2024. France contributed over 15,710,000 euros to the regular budget of the IAEA in 2025 and around 4,072,000 euros to the Technical Cooperation Fund. In 2025, France was the sixth largest contributor to the Agency’s regular budget.
Sources
Technical Cooperation Report for 2024, Report by the Director General, IAEA, https://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/gc/gc69-inf6_0.pdf
Russia
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
Russia consistently provided financial support to IAEA’s Technical Cooperation programme.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
Russia continued to provide financial support to IAEA’s Technical Cooperation programme.
Russia called on all Member States to fulfil their voluntary commitments to fill the Technical Cooperation Fund in a timely manner and in full.
Sources
National report of the Russian Federation for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 21 May 2015.
https://www.un.org/en/conf/npt/2015/pdf/NPT-CONF2015-48_National%20report%20of%20the%20Russian%20Fed_E.pdf
National report of the Russian Federation, 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 19 March 2021.
https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2020/17/Rev.1
National report of the Russian Federation, 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (New York), 2 March 2026.
https://docs.un.org/en/NPT/CONF.2026/14
Statement by the Russian Federation. «Strengthening Agency's Technical Cooperation Activities: Technical Cooperation Report for 2024». IAEA Board of Governors, (Vienna), 9 June 2025.
https://viennamission.mid.ru/en/news/statement_by_the_delegation_of_the_russian_federation_on_the_agenda_item_3_of_the_session_of_the_iae/
United Kingdom
View country profileWhat has the NWS done so far (prior to the current Review Cycle)?
The UK paid its Technical Cooperation Fund contributions in full and on time throughout the prior cycle, with specific amounts confirmed in successive IAEA General Conference statements. At the 60th IAEA General Conference in 2016, the UK pledged over €3 million to the Technical Cooperation Programme. At the 61st General Conference in 2017, the UK pledged more than €3.6 million to the Technical Cooperation Fund, noting its record of paying voluntary contributions on time and in full, and called on other Member States to do the same. At the 62nd General Conference in 2018, the UK pledged €3.7 million to the Technical Cooperation Fund for 2019, confirming it would continue to pay on time and in full. At the 65th General Conference in 2021, the UK pledged over €4 million to the Technical Cooperation Fund.
What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
The United Kingdom has paid its IAEA Technical Cooperation Fund contributions in full and on time to ensure predictability of resources and encourages other states to do the same. At the 66th IAEA General Conference in September 2022, the UK pledged £3.4 million to the Technical Cooperation Fund.
Sources
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2018). UK National Statement to the IAEA 62nd General Conference 2021. 18 September. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-national-statement-to-the-62nd-international-atomic-energy-agency-iaea-general-conference
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2016). UK statement to the IAEA international conference on nuclear security. 6 December. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-statement-to-the-iaea-international-conference-on-nuclear-security.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2021). UK National Statement to the IAEA 65th General Conference 2021. 22 September. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-national-statement-to-the-iaea-65th-general-conference-2021
Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (2016). UK statement to the IAEA international conference on nuclear security. 6 December. https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-statement-to-the-iaea-international-conference-on-nuclear-security.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (2026). National report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland pursuant to actions 5, 20 and 21 of the action plan of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for the eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty. <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69df600a53469bbcdf408e8b/UK-National-Report-11th-Treaty-on-the-Non-Proliferation-of-Nuclear-Weapons-NPT-Review-Conference.pdf>
United States
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What is the NWS doing on this action in the current Review Cycle?
See Action 53
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