launch the Country Programme Framework (CPF) agreement between South Africa and
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
30 November 2006
The Science and Technology Director-General, Dr Phil Mjwara, will officially
launch the CPF agreement between South Africa and the IAEA for the 2005 to 2010
period.
All media is welcome to attend.
Event details:
Date: 5 December 2006
Venue: Auditorium, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Offices, Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Campus, Meiring Naude Road,
Brummeria, Pretoria
Time: 10h00 to 12h00
The CPF agreement outlines South Africa's current and future priority needs
in the areas of nuclear technical co-operation and development.
South Africa became an official Member State after the signing of the IAEA
statute in 1957. The IAEA's main objective is to establish a system of
supervision and control to make certain that none of the assistance programs
that it fosters and none of the materials whose distribution it supervises are
used for military purposes.
Responsibility for the management of the South African government's
relations and obligations with the IAEA has been delegated to South African
Departments of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Minerals and Energy (DME) and DST.
The DST is responsible for the management of Technical Co-operation
Programme which helps to transfer nuclear and related technologies for peaceful
uses to countries throughout the world.
To RSVP, contact: Zama Mthethwa
Tel: (012) 843 6781
Cell: 082 808 3956
E-mail: zama.mthethwa@dst.gov.za
For more information about CPF agreement, contact: Ms Isabel Bezuidenhoudt,
Technology Diffusion Programme
Tel: (012) 843 6403
Cell: 082 881 7986
E-mail: Isabel.bezuidenhoudt@dst.gov.za
Enquiries:
Kristin Klose
Tel: (012) 843 6785
Cell: 082 902 9503
E-mail: Kristin.klose@dst.gov.za
Issued by: Department of Science and Technology
30 November 2006
Source: SAPA
