Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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.

The Board, in its five yearly meetings, is responsible for making most of the policy of the IAEA. The Board makes recommendations to the General Conference on IAEA activities and budget, is responsible for publishing IAEA standards and appoints the Director General subject to General Conference approval.

Membership

The Board currently (September 2019-September 2020) consists of 35 IAEA Member States, each with a single vote. Thirteen were designated by the previous Board as either one of the ten countries that are the most advanced in atomic energy technology plus 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. 20 member states elected to the Board by the General Conference are apportioned geographically as follows:

Regional group	Members
Latin America	5
Western Europe	4
Eastern Europe	3
Africa	4
Middle East & South Asia	2
Southeast Asia & Pacific	1
Far East	1
Total	20

Two additional members are elected, one from each of the following sets of areas:

1. rotating among Africa, Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific
2. rotating among Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, Far East[1]

The 35 members for the period 2013–2014 are: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Mongolia, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States of America, and Uruguay[2]

Regional group	Designated (2012-2013)	Elected (2011–2013)	Elected (2012-2014)	Total
North America	Canada, United States			2
Latin America	Argentina	Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay	Panama, Paraguay	6
Western Europe	Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom	Italy, Sweden	Greece, Norway	8
Eastern Europe	Russian Federation	Azerbaijan	Estonia, Hungary	4
Africa	South Africa	Egypt, Niger, Morocco	Ghana, Nigeria	6
Middle East & South Asia	India	Pakistan	Kuwait, Saudi Arabia	4
Southeast Asia & Pacific	Australia	Thailand		2
Far East	China, Japan		Mongolia	3
Total	13	11	11	35

The Chair of the Board of Governors for 2019-2020 is the Governor from Sweden, Ambassador Mikaela Kumlin Granit. She succeeded Ambassador Leena Al-Hadid of Jordan.

The Vice Chairs are Ambassador Galib Israfilov of Azerbaijan and Ambassador Omar Amer Youssef of Egypt.[2]

Previous compositions of the Board

The following countries have been elected to the Board:

Year	Ten Most Advanced	Three Additional	Continuing members	Elected by the General Conference
1957	-	-	-	Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia France Guatemala India Indonesia Italy Japan South Korea Pakistan Peru Portugal Romania Sweden Turkey South Africa USSR United Arab Republic United Kingdom United States [3]
1958	Australia Brazil Canada France India Japan South Africa USSR United Kingdom United States	Belgium Denmark Poland [4]	Argentina South Korea Pakistan Romania Turkey [5]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru[6]
1959	as above	Czechoslovakia Norway Portugal [7]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain[8]
1960	as above	Belgium Finland Poland	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany [9]
1961	as above	Czechoslovakia Portugal Sweden [10]	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany	Hungary Pakistan Viet Nam Colombia Greece [11]

External links

• Rules and Procedures of the Board of Governors, at iaea.org

References

1. IAEA Statute Article VI, IAEA, accessed on 2012-10-07, Paragraph A
2. IAEA.org IAEA Board of Governors
3. Annual Report of the Board Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (see Annex 3)
4. "ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
5. "Report by the General Committee on the Election of Members to the Board of Governors" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
6. "Official Record of the twenty first plenary meeting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
7. "GC03-77" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
8. "GC03-31" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
9. "GC04-45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
10. "GC05-160" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
11. "GC05-59" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.