Editing Mohamed ElBaradei (section)

===Technical cooperation and cancer control===
ElBaradei's work does not only concentrate on nuclear verification. Another very important aspect is development through nuclear technology. In 2004, ElBaradei sponsored a comprehensive global initiative—the [[Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy]] (PACT)—to fight cancer. In one of his statements, ElBaradei said: "A silent crisis in cancer treatment persists in developing countries and is intensifying every year. At least 50 to 60 percent of cancer victims can benefit from radiotherapy, but most developing countries do not have enough radiotherapy machines or sufficient numbers of specialized doctors and other health professionals." In the first year of operation, PACT provided cancer-treatment capacity in seven member states, using the IAEA's share of the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Booklets/Nobel/nobelfund0506.pdf|title=IAEA Nobel Peace Prize Cancer and Nutrition Fund|date=May 2006|publisher=IAEA|access-date=1 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627092823/http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Booklets/Nobel/nobelfund0506.pdf|archive-date=27 June 2006}}</ref>

In his speech to the 2008 General Conference, ElBaradei said that "development activities remain central to our work. Our resources have long been insufficient to keep pace with requests for support, and we have increasingly made use of partnerships with other organizations, regional collaborations and country-to-country support. I again emphasize that technical cooperation is not a bargaining chip, part of a political 'balance' between the development and safeguards activities of the agency."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Statements/2008/ebsp2008n008a.html|title=IAEA at a Crossroads (Abridged Version)|date=29 September 2008|last=ElBaradei|first=Mohamed|publisher=IAEA|access-date=1 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510005822/http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/2008/ebsp2008n008a.html|archive-date=10 May 2011}}</ref>