Tariq Rauf was Head of Verification and Security Policy Cooperation at the International Atomic Energy Agency; Alternate Head of the IAEA NPT Delegation 2002-2010; IAEA Liaison and Point-of-Contact for the Trilateral Initiative, the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, the Fissile Material Control Treaty, the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Zangger Committee, Committee UNSCR 1540, and the (UN) Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF); and responsible for the IAEA Forum on Experience of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Relevant for the Middle East.
He has attended all NPT meetings from 1987 to 2019 as an official delegate including as Non-Proliferation Expert with Canada’s NPT Delegation 1987-2000; and Senior Advisor to the 2014 NPT PrepCom Chair and to the Chair of Main Committee I at the 2015 review conference. Personal views are expressed here for purposes of discussion.
