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, 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 2014-September 2015) 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:
Two additional members are 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
The 35 members for the period 2013–2014 are: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam
The Chair of the Board of Governors for 2015-2016 is the Governor from Brazil, Ambassador Laércio Antonio Vinhas. He succeeds Marta Ziaková, Governor from Slovakia.
The Ambassadors and Resident Representatives of Germany and Latvia were elected as Vice-Chairs. They are: Friedrich Dauble, Governor from Germany, and Bahtihjors Hasans, Governor from Latvia.
Previous compositions of the Board
The following countries have been elected to the Board: