Online Information Resources for the Future of US-UAE Civil Nuclear Relations

Administration Documents and Comment on the US-UAE Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

• Full text of the proposed Agreement for Cooperation between the Government of the United Arab Emirates and the Government of the United States Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, also known as the US-UAE "123" agreement for civil nuclear coopearation (January 15, 2009).
• Presidential Determination 2009-12, memorandum from the President to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy on the Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (January 15, 2009)
• Presidential Determination 2009-18, memorandum from the President to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy on the Proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Arab Emirates Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (May 19, 2009)

Congressional Comment on the US-UAE Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

• Letter to President-Elect Obama by Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) concerning the U.S.–UAE Nuclear Agreement (January 15, 2009); see also related press release, "Markey Urges Obama Not to Pursue Nuclear Cooperation With the United Arab Emirates" (January 15, 2009)
• Letter urging President Obama to Withold U.S.-UAE Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA) (April 6, 2009); see also related press release, "Key Members of Congress Call on President Obama to Conduct Nuclear Trade Policy Review: Ask President to Withhold a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with the UAE" (April 7, 2009)
• Press release by Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), "Markey: UAE Torture Tapes ‘Horrific’; Markey urges Obama not to Send Sensitive Nuclear Materials to UAE" (May 13, 2009)
• Press release by Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), "Sherman Reacts to U.S.-UAE Agreemetn Submitted to Congress" (May 21, 2009)

Relevant Legislation

• Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2009 (H.R. 364), latest major action: referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on January 9, 2009.
• Security through Termination of Proliferation (STOP) Act (H.R. 485), see esp. Title II, Sec. 202 ("Restrictions on Nuclear Cooperation"), latest major actions: referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the House Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Op Eds

• National Review Online publishes "Nuclear Dealing: A proposed agreement with a crucial Middle East state deserves close scrutiny"
• National Review Online publishes "Nuclear Cooperation with the UAE? If It Doesn´t Increase Our Leverage on Iran, Is the Deal Worth It?"

Media Interviews

CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight quotes NPEC executive director Henry Sokolski in the following news segements:

• Controversy Over Nuclear Tech Sales to Gulf State
• America First
• Nuclear Backlash