Routine Safeguards Environmental Sampling
The IAEA begins routine environmental sampling at declared nuclear facilities as a strengthened safeguards measure.
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1996 in Sweden
Explore 8 historical events and records for Sweden in 1996.
Historical records for Sweden in 1996
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January
April
Chernobyl Decade Review
Marks a decade since Chernobyl as the IAEA reviews improvements in nuclear safety, emergency notification and international cooperation.
September
Fortieth IAEA General Conference Address
Addresses the IAEA's fortieth General Conference on safeguards, nuclear safety, technical cooperation and the need for efficient international institutions.
October
Convention on Nuclear Safety Enters Force
The Convention on Nuclear Safety enters into force, strengthening the international nuclear safety framework.
Other events (month unknown)
Prime Minister of Sweden
Appointed Prime Minister of Sweden
UNSCOM
The Iraqi ruling regime agreed to the terms of United Security Council Resolution 986, an oil-for-supplies agreement in which Iraq was allowed to sell $2 billion worth of oil every six months as a ways to purchase.
UNSCOM
This agreement also allowed the UN to oversee the use and management of oil revenues, and to see that some of the funds went to pay war reparations and for the work of UNSCOM in Iraq during this period.
UNSCOM
supplies for its increasingly impoverished and malnourished population.
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