IAEA MEET OVER
IRAN’S N-PROGRAMME
UN nuclear watchdogs
governing body began meeting as a row brews over Iran’s refusal to allow access
to two sites where nuclear activity may have occurred in the past
Internationals Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed “serious concern” in a report earlier this month
that Iran has been blocking inspections at the sites
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): An international organization that seeks to promote the
peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose,
including nuclear weapons
IAEA was established on 29 July 1957
IAEA as an autonomous organisation is not under direct control of the
UN, but IAEA does report to both the UN General Assembly and Security Council
Board of Governors is one of two policy making bodies of the IAEA. The
Board consists of 22 member states elected by the General Conference, and at
least 10 member states nominated by the outgoing Board
General Conference is made
up of all 171 member states. It meets once a year
Secretariat is the professional and general service staff of the IAEA.
The Secretariat is headed by the Director General. The Director General is
selected by the Board and approved by the General Conference for renewable
four-year terms
Four regional cooperative areas within IAEA, that share information, and
organize conferences within their regions: 1. African Regional Cooperative
Agreement for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and
Technology (AFRA), 2. Cooperative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for
Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology
(ARASIA), 3. Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and
Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology for Asia and the Pacific
(RCA), 4. Cooperation Agreement for the Promotion of Nuclear Science and
Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL).
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