October 10 , 2022
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- China withdrew a draft resolution at the IAEA against the AUKUS grouping seeking to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines.
- The AUKUS (Australia, the UK and the US) security partnership was announced in last September.
- It would facilitate Australia getting technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.
- China argued that this initiative was in violation of their responsibilities under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
- It also criticised the role of IAEA in this regard.
- There are 35 members at the IAEA including India.
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