A General Introduction to International Atomic Energy Agency ( Part 2 )

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 Organizational Structure:

The General Conference:

The General Conference consisting of representatives of the IAEA Member States. It meets in a regular annual session, usually in September, to consider and approve the IAEA's  budget and to decide on other issues raised by the Board of Governors, the Director General and Member States.

The General Conference elects a President and members of the General Committee at the beginning of each annual session. They hold office for the duration of the session.

 

The Board of Governors:

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 examines and makes recommendations to the General Conference on the IAEA's financial statements, programme and budget. It considers applications for membership, approves safeguards agreements and the publication of the IAEA's safety standards. It also appoints the Director General of the IAEA, with the approval of the General Conference. 

The Board generally meets five times per year: in March and June, twice in September (before and after the General Conference) and in November.

 

The 35 Board Members for 2021-2022 are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Ireland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, the Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Viet Nam.

 

Board of Governors and General Conference:

The Board prepare the IAEA’s programme and budget and submit the budget to the General Conference for approval; if the General Conference did not like the Board’s proposals it could not change them, but could only return them with its recommendations to the Board, for eventual resubmission to the Conference (Articles V.E.5 and XIV.A).

In certain cases, however, the General Conference was to have the last word. Its concurrence would be needed for:

— The approval of new Member States of the IAEA (Articles V.E.1 and IV);

— The suspension of a Member that had persistently violated the Statute or any agreement made with that Member pursuant to the Statute (Articles V.E.2 and XIX);

— The approval of reports required by the IAEA’s relationship agreement with the United Nations (except reports on the violation of safeguards agreements which, as noted, were to go directly from the Board to the Security Council and General Assembly) (Articles V.E.6 and XII.C);

— The approval of agreements between the IAEA and other organizations (Articles V.E.7 and XVI);

— The approval of the appointment of the Director General (Article VII.A)

Even in these cases the General Conference could only act upon a recommendation by the Board. It could not alter a proposed agreement with another organization; as in the case of the budget it could only return the text of the draft agreement, together with its own recommendations to the Board, for resubmission to it. In practice the General Conference has never returned a proposed budget nor a proposed agreement to the Board and it does not formally approve the IAEA’s annual reports to the United Nations.

( To be continued . . . )

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