Newly Elected IAEA Board of Governors

The 41st regular session of the International Atomic Energy Agency's General Conference has elected 11 Member States to the IAEA Board of Governors, the 35-member policy-making body.

The 11 Member States newly elected to the Board are: Ghana, Hungary, Italy, Korea Rep. of, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Slovenia, Sweden, Viet Nam.

The other 24 Member States of the Board which have either been designated by the Board of Governors or elected by the General Conference are: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America.

The newly-constituted Board will convene on 6 October, following the conclusion of the General Conference, to elect the Board Chairman and Vice Chairmen for the period 1997-1998.