The Republic of Ghana and ten other countries including Morocco and Egypt, have been elected to serve on the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the 2024–2025 period.
The election happened on Thursday, 19th September, at the plenary session of the 68th IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria.
The newly-elected Board members are Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Italy, Luxembourg, Georgia, Ghana, Morocco, Pakistan, Thailand and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
For the 2024-2025 period, the new composition of the 35-member IAEA Board will be Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Pakistan, Paraguay, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
The Board of Governors is one of the two policy-making bodies of the IAEA, along with the annual General Conference of IAEA Member States.
The Board will meet on Monday, 23 September, to elect its officers.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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