According to ElBaradei, in particular concern in terms of nuclear proliferation is the Middle East - a region which is the head of the IAEA called "ticking bomb".
Mohamed ElBaradei said that so far the existing system of control over proliferation of nuclear weapons could face dissolution, primarily because many consider it unfair, adversely affect the rights of the various states.
The head of the IAEA has predicted the emergence of the set of "de facto nuclear states." They will be able to obtain highly enriched uranium and would have the technology of production of warheads, but deliberately stop a few steps to build a nuclear weapon.
Thus, these states do not fall under the international treaty on the Non-Proliferation (NPT), but retain the possibility for a pair of months to create and use a nuclear weapon.
A good example ElBaradei led Iran, but noted that Iran is not the only one. "Very soon the world will be nine nuclear powers, and 10-20" de facto nuclear states, "- he said.
Recall that, formally under the NPT there are five nuclear powers: Russia, United States, France, China and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, nuclear weapons also have India and Pakistan, but according to some sources, and Israel, which has 100 to 200 warheads.
The main threat, Mohamed ElBaradei has called the possible diversion of nuclear weapons in the hands of terrorists, emphasizing his concern about the situation prevailing in Pakistan where the Taliban has intensified, and other radical Islamists.
As noted by The Guardian, 67-year-old ElBaradei will leave the post of Director of the IAEA in November 2009. He held it for 11 years. He gained widespread fame in 2003, the Security Council the UN report, which refutes the Administration of George Bush and Tony Blair's government of the existence of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. In 2005, Mohamed ElBaradei was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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