[The International Atomic Energy Agency Draft Model Protocol to Strengthen and Improve the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the IAEA Safeguards System is provided by the International Atomic Energy Agency. It is reproduced from IAEA Document GOV/2914, Attachment 1, of April 3, 1997. The Introductory Note was prepared for International Legal Materials by John M. Rames, Deputy Director, Legal Division, IAEA. The views expressed in this Introductory Note are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the IAEA.

[Australia became the first country to adopt the new Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. It was signed on September 23, 1997, at IAEA headquarters. [An example of a safeguards agreement as a result of obligations taken under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons appears at 33 I.L.M. 315 (1994). An example of a safeguards agreement as a result of obligations taken under the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America appears at 28 I.L.M. 1345 (1989).

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