Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Abbreviation	IAEA BoG
Formation	29 July 1957 (67 years ago)
Type	Intergovernmental organization
Legal status	Active
Headquarters	Vienna, Austria
Chair	Holger Federico Martinsen
Parent organization	United Nations Security Council
Staff	2,500 (in 2023)
Award(s)	Nobel Peace Prize (2005)

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 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]

Membership

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:

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 also elected, one from each of the following sets of areas:

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.^[3]

The 35 members for the period 2023–2024 are: 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.^[2]

Historic compositions of the Board

The following countries were included in the first five compositions of 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^[4]
1958	Australia Brazil Canada France India Japan South Africa USSR United Kingdom United States	Belgium Denmark Poland^[5]	Argentina South Korea Pakistan Romania Turkey^[6]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru^[7]
1959	as above	Czechoslovakia Norway Portugal^[8]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain^[9]
1960	as above	Belgium Finland Poland	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany^[10]
1961	as above	Czechoslovakia Portugal Sweden^[11]	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany	Hungary Pakistan Viet Nam Colombia Greece^[12]

List of Chairs


Name^[13]	Nationality	Term	Duration
HE Mr Ivo Sramek	Czech	3 October 2022^[14] – 2 October 2023	364 days
HE Mr Holger Federico Martinsen	Argentine	2 October 2023^[15] – present	418 days

List of Vice-Chairs


Name	Nationality	Term	Duration
HE Mr Eoin O'Leary^[16]	Irish	3 October 2022 – 2 October 2023	364 days
HE Mr Carlos Sérgio Sobral Duarte^[16]	Brazilian	3 October 2022 – 2 October 2023	364 days
HE Ms Emilia Kraleva^[17]	Bulgarian	2 October 2023 – present	418 days
HE Mr Peter Potman^[17]	Argentine	2 October 2023 – present	418 days

External links

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

References

^ IAEA (2023). "Employment". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ ^a ^b IAEA (2023-10-02). "Board of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ IAEA Statute Article VI, IAEA, accessed on 2012-10-07, Paragraph A
^ Annual Report of the Board Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (see Annex 3)
^ "ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ "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.
^ "Official Record of the twenty first plenary meeting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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^ "GC05-59" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
^ IAEA (2023). "Previous Board Chair: 1957 to Present". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ IAEA (2022-10-03). "IAEA Board of Governors Elects 2022–2023 Chairperson from Czech Republic". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ IAEA (2022-10-02). "IAEA Board of Governors Elects New Chairperson for 2023-2024". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ ^a ^b IAEA (2022-10-03). "Board Of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
^ ^a ^b IAEA (2023-10-02). "Board Of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_Employment_page-1] IAEA (2023). "Employment". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_BoG_page-2] IAEA (2023-10-02). "Board of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[Statute-3] IAEA Statute Article VI, IAEA, accessed on 2012-10-07, Paragraph A

[4] Annual Report of the Board Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (see Annex 3)

[5] "ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[6] "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.

[7] "Official Record of the twenty first plenary meeting" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[8] "GC03-77" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[9] "GC03-31" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[10] "GC04-45" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[11] "GC05-160" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[12] "GC05-59" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-09-28.

[IAEA_List_of_Chairs-13] IAEA (2023). "Previous Board Chair: 1957 to Present". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_BoG_Chair_2022-10-03-14] IAEA (2022-10-03). "IAEA Board of Governors Elects 2022–2023 Chairperson from Czech Republic". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_BoG_Chair_2023-09-28-15] IAEA (2022-10-02). "IAEA Board of Governors Elects New Chairperson for 2023-2024". iaea.org. IAEA. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_2022-2023_Vice-Chairs-16] IAEA (2022-10-03). "Board Of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

[IAEA_2023-2024_Vice-Chairs-17] IAEA (2023-10-02). "Board Of Governors". iaea.org. IAEA. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-14.

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