Will Amano Follow Ambiguity Procedure in IAEA?

By: Hamdollah Emadi Heidari

As the gap between developed and developing countries grows deeper, the selection of another pro-western character as the head of IAEA, means the extension of ambiguity and politicized procedure.

While the Far East Asian characters like Ban Ki-Moon have raised on the top of the UN as the most important international institution, appointing Yukia Amano, a Japanese diplomat as the head of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), shows a new phase in the rise of characters from the Far East.Although Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea has been judged as the most pro- American UN secretary general in UN history, nobody can judge about what the new secretary general will do in his new position in this phase.

It’s too soon to say that Amano like his past predecessors will continue the IAEA procedure in favor of the West and the big powers, however, the serious disagreement of the developing countries with Western countries choice shows a great global doubt about Amano’s approaches.

Of course Amano’s predecessor, Mohammad Albaradei in his last year in office tried to show an impartial stance, particularly about Iran’s nuclear issue and somehow against Israel’s big nuclear arsenal. However, history will remember him mostly for his political and pro-western stance.

Releasing double-edged documents about nuclear activities of Iran, the Egyptian diplomat paved the way for politicizing some technical facts about the peaceful nature of Iran peaceful nuclear program.

Amano’s victory over other campaigners is significant because of the real animosity, which exists between his country and North Korea as the most important part of the US axis of evil.In his previous activities as Japan ambassador in IAEA , Amano had reflected US and Western claims, saying that Iran is may seek for
Nuclear weapons. At the same time he had admitted that there had not been any evidence proving Iran’s deviation from IAEA rules.

Now after this difficult campaign between Abdul Samad Minty, apro-developing countries candidate and the pro-western Amano, what both developed and developing seem to seek is the nuclear justice and peaceful nuclear atomic energy for all.
Giving clear technical reports and judging them on the base of IAEAs protocols, not the veto and nuclear power’s obligations, is what Iranians and all other independent nations expect from the new head of IAEA.