A/RES/61/8 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 5 December 2006 Sixty-first session Agenda item 81 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 30 October 2006 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.9 and Add.1)] 61/8. Report of the International Atomic Energy Agency The General Assembly, Having received the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency for 2005, 1 Taking note of the statement by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 2 in which he provided additional information on the main developments in the activities of the Agency during 2006, Recognizing the importance of the work of the Agency, Recognizing also the cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency and the Agreement governing the relationship between the United Nations and the Agency as approved by the General Conference of the Agency on 23 October 1957 and by the General Assembly in the annex to its resolution 1145 (XII) of 14 November 1957, Takes note with appreciation of the report of the International Atomic 1. Energy Agency;1 2. Takes note of resolutions GC(50)/RES/10A on measures to strengthen international cooperation in nuclear, radiation and transport safety and waste management; GC(50)/RES/10B on transport safety; GC(50)/RES/11 on progress on measures to protect against nuclear and radiological terrorism; GC(50)/RES/12 on strengthening of the Agency’s technical cooperation activities; GC(50)/RES/13 on strengthening the Agency’s activities related to nuclear science, technology and applications, comprising GC(50)/RES/13A on non-power nuclear applications, GC(50)/RES/13B on nuclear power applications and GC(50)/RES/13C on nuclear knowledge; GC(50)/RES/14 on strengthening the effectiveness and improving the efficiency of the safeguards system and application of the Model Additional Protocol; GC(50)/RES/15 on the implementation of the Agreement between the Agency and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the application of _______________ 1 International Atomic Energy Agency, The Annual Report for 2005 (GC(50)/4); transmitted to the members of the General Assembly by a note by the Secretary-General (A/61/266). 2 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Plenary Meetings, 42nd meeting (A/61/PV.42), and corrigendum. 06-49491