US embassy cable - 04ABUJA1067

UNCLAS ABUJA 001067 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/W 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL 
SUBJECT: LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF 
NIGERIA TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
 
 
1. Following is the text of a letter from Minister Oluyemi 
Adeniji to Secretary Colin Powell. 
Original is being sent by pouch. 
 
2. Begin text. 
 
Mr. Colin L. Powell 
United States Secretary of State 
c/o Embassy of the United States of America 
9 Mambilla Street 
Maitama District 
Abuja 
 
Your Excellency 
 
I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your recent letter on 
the IAEA Code of Conduct on the Safety and Security of 
Radioactive Sources and to inform you that Nigeria is a state 
party to the IAEA Convention on the Safety of Radioactive 
materials. Nigeria identifies with the principles and 
objectives of the IAEA Code of Conduct on Safety and Security 
of Radioactive Sources which conforms with the objectives 
enunciated in our Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 
of 1995, which established the Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory 
Autohrity (NNRA). 
 
Nigeria is already working closely with the IAEA in the 
implementation of the Code and indeed was one of the 
supporters to the development of the Code. As a step to 
implement the Code, the Federal Government invited the IAEA 
Security Advisory Mission to visit Nigeria in May 2004 to 
conduct security survey on nuclear and radioactive sources in 
order to implement fully the provisions of the Code. Nigeria 
is, therefore, committed to implementing the guidance 
contained in the IAEA Code of Conduct on the Safety and 
Security of Radioactive Sources. 
 
Please accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the assurances of my 
highest consideration. 
 
Yours sincerely 
/signature/ 
Ambassador Oluyemi Adeniji, CON 
 
End text. 
 
CAMPBELL