The Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors, Ambassador Nabeela Al-Mulla, announced today that on the basis of consultations, she has called a meeting of the Board on 12 February 2003 at 15:00. The Board will discuss a report by the IAEA Director General, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei on the implementation of the NPT safeguards agreement between the Agency and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Media arrangements will be announced later this week.

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