(a) Removal, characterization and repackaging of used nuclear fuels in the storage facilities of the Vinca Institute;

(b) Preparation for transport and transport of used nuclear fuels of Russian origin from the Vinca Institute to the Russian Federation;

(e) Storage in the Vinca Institute of all types of radioactive waste to emerge during the decommissioning of the RA nuclear research reactor.

To that end, the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia and the Vinca Institute for Nuclear Science launched, with IAEA support and assistance, the WIND Nuclear Decommission Programme in 2002 which consists of 5 phases:

With respect to the bilateral agreement on which negotiations have gone on for some time, the representatives of Russia and the Vinca Institute met on 23 January 2008 to discuss the possibility of concluding a trade agreement.

With the assistance of the United States of America and the Russian Federation, radioactive material from the “Vinca” nuclear institute has been safely transferred to the Russian Federation, as the country of origin.

For a successful realization of the WIND Programme, it is important to sign a tripartite agreement between IAEA, a Russian consortium and the Vinca Institute on used nuclear fuels repackaging and transport and to conclude a multilateral transit agreement with Hungary, Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

(c) At the 5th meeting, on 18 March 2003: Mr. Luan Hajdaraga, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania; Ms. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Representative of the President of the United States of America to the Commission on Human Rights; Mr. Pál Csáky, Deputy Prime Minister for Human and Minority Rights and European Integration of Slovakia; Mr. Kurmanbek Osmonov, First Vice-Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan; Mr. Justas Vincas Paleckis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania; Mr. Samuel Žbogar, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia; Mr. Slawomir Dabrowa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland; Ms. Cristina Tarcea, Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Justice of Romania; Mr. Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, followed by a statement in exercise of the equivalent of the right of reply by the observer for Iraq; Mr. Jakob Kellenberger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Mr. José Ramos-Horta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste;

(c) At the 5th meeting, on 18 March 2002: Mr. Luan Hajdaraga, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania; Ms. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Representative of the President of the United States of America to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; Mr. Pál Csáky, Deputy Prime Minister for Human and Minority Rights and European Integration of Slovakia; Mr. Kurmanbek Osmonov, First Vice-Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan; Mr. Justas Vincas Paleckis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania; Mr. Samuel Žbogar, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia; Mr. Slawomir Dabrowa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland; Ms. Cristina Tarcea, Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Justice of Romania; Mr. Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, followed by a

At its 16th plenary meeting, on 1 July 2003, statements were made by Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations; Addisu Legesse, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural Development of Ethiopia; Mauricio Gómez Lacayo, Vice-Minister, Secretary-General for Economic Cooperation of Nicaragua; Justas Vincas Paleckis, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania; Sergiy Melnik, State Secretary, Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine; J. G. Moyo, Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare of Zimbabwe; Bruce Montador, Canadian International Development Agency; Joab H. O. Omino, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kenya; Ove Ullerup, Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark; Caroline Millar, First Assistant Secretary, International Organizations and Legal Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia; Serge Chappatte, Vice-Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation; John D. Negroponte, Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations; Ronaldo Motta Sardenberg, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations; Stafford O.