New York, 24 August 2022 (TDI): The Deputy Permanent Representative for Norway in the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Trine Heimerback, gave a statement at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine on August 23.
Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine have endangered nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, in Russia, in Europe, and beyond.
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Ambassador’s Remarks
The Ambassador, Trine Heimerback said clearly that “Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine has endangered nuclear safety and security in Ukraine, in the Russian Federation, in Europe, and beyond.”
She also said that Norway rejects Russia’s use of the Security Council as a platform for disinformation.
Trine Heimerback said, “There is no doubt that the safety and security in and around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant have deteriorated because of the presence of an armed aggressor.”
“Russia’s continued illegal war has increased the risk of a nuclear accident with the potentially grave consequences for human health and the environment, in Ukraine, in the Russian Federation, and elsewhere.” She added.
Furthermore, she said, “The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency has outlined seven indispensable pillars for nuclear safety and security, which we fully endorse.”
The Ambassador demanded maximum military restraint in the area of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
She said, “We emphasize the importance of facilitating a mission from the IAEA to carry out essential safety, security, and safeguards activities while fully respecting Ukrainian sovereignty.”
She added in her statement, “We remain concerned that Russia’s seizure of a nuclear power plant in Ukraine is also a means of taking hostage a central source of electricity supply, essential to the civilian population of Ukraine.”
The Ambassador concluded her statement by saying that “Let me end by again reiterating that the Russian Federation must immediately withdraw its forces from Ukraine and its internationally recognized borders and cease all threats and military actions.”
