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Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency
One of the two policy making bodies of the IAEA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is one of the two policy making bodies of the IAEA, along with the annual General Conference of IAEA members.
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The Board is responsible, 'inter alia', for approving safeguards agreements and for approving publication of IAEA safety standards. The Board appoints the IAEA Director General, subject to approval by the General Conference, and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's program and budget.
The Board generally meets five times per year: in March and June, twice in September (before and after the General Conference) and in November.[2]
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The Board consists of 35 IAEA Member States, each with a single vote. Thirteen are designated by the previous Board as being either among the ten countries most advanced in atomic energy technology or the most advanced from any of the eight regional groups not represented by the first ten.
Twenty-two Board Members are elected by the IAEA General Conference to two-year terms, eleven each year, and twenty IAEA member states are elected to the Board by the General Conference based on the following geographic distribution:
Two additional members are also elected, one from each of the following sets of areas:[3]
- rotating among Africa, Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific
- rotating among Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, Far East.
A list of the current 35 members can be found at the IAEA Board of Governors webpage, and were for the period 2023–2024:[2] Algeria, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Namibia, the Netherlands, Paraguay, Qatar, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay and Ukraine.
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Early compositions of the Board (1957-1961)
The following countries were included in the first five compositions of the Board:
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List of Chairs
List of Vice-Chairs
External links
- Rules and Procedures of the Board of Governors, at iaea.org
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