The recently elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano visited the Monterey Institute last week following his participation at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC.  A former Diplomat-in-Residence at the Institute’s Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), the Director General spoke to a large group of Monterey Institute students on Friday in a class focusing on nuclear proliferation trends and trigger events.

Director General Amano previously served with CNS Director William Potter on a United Nations Experts Group on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education, and has long emphasized the vital role of education in promoting disarmament, nonproliferation, and the peaceful use of nuclear energy.  MIIS President Sunder Ramaswamy hosted a lunch for the Director General during his visit to Monterey.

A text of Director General Amano’s prepared remarks to students as well as pictures of the class session is  available on the CNS website.