Safeguards and verification
Through a set of technical measures, or Safeguards, the IAEA verifies that States are honouring their international legal obligations to use nuclear material and technology only for peaceful purposes. Its independent verification work allows the IAEA to play an indispensable role in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
In focus
Related resources
- IAEA Safeguards Glossary
- Safeguards in 2025
- Safeguards Conclusions 2024
- Symposium on International Safeguards: Reflecting on the Past and Anticipating the Future, Report, 31 October-4 November 2022
- Infographic: Safeguards Implementation 2024
- Safeguards Implementation Report - Summaries
- IAEA Safeguards - Serving Nuclear Non-Proliferation
- COMPASS – IAEA Comprehensive Capacity-Building Initiative for SSACs and SRAs
- Webinar Series on IAEA Safeguards (NUCLEUS account required)
- Monitoring and Verification in Iran
- Monitoring and Verification in DPRK
- IAEA and Syria
- IAEA and Iraq (archived pages)
- Enhancing Capabilities for Nuclear Verification: Resource Mobilization Priorities
- Naval Nuclear Propulsion - IAEA Board Reports