(BBC News) At the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) meeting in Vienna Thursday, 17 countries voted to rebuke Syria on claims of an undeclared nuclear reactor, while six voted against, including Russia and China. The motion was proposed by the U.S. and its Western allies, who had asked the IAEA's governing body to find Syria in "non-compliance" with its international obligations. "Syria's apparent attempt at constructing a covert, undeclared plutonium production reactor, a reactor with no credible peaceful purpose, represents one of the most serious safeguards violations possible," said U.S. Ambassador Glyn Davies. "The reactor there was built for the express purpose of producing plutonium for possible use in nuclear weapons."
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