Mohamed ElBaradei Korea Quotations

What we have seen today coming from Korea gives me a lot of encouragement that issues as complex as they could be can in fact be resolved if good faith on all sides exists,

Iran's goal is not to become another North Korea - a nuclear weapons possessor but a pariah in the international community - but rather Brazil or Japan, a technological powerhouse with the capacity to develop nuclear weapons if the political winds were to shift, while remaining a nonnuclear weapons state.

up to the (U.N.) Security Council, up to the members of the agency to take whatever measures to bring back North Korea into compliance with their non-proliferation obligation.

The earlier we go back, the better. This is all very encouraging. It constitutes a balanced package that addresses both the security needs of North Korea as well as the concerns of the international community.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I dont see why they cant engage with Iran.

We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb,

If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.

We have our inspectors still on the ground, still monitoring the freeze of North Korean nuclear activities.

In areas where disputes have not been solved for decades like the Middle East, South Asia and the Korean peninsula, we see attempts to acquire nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction to overcome the feeling of insecurity or for wider influence, regrettably the steps of the (other) nuclear powers.