News - Armenia elected to IAEA Board of Governors

Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the 2023/24 period, Armenpress reported. The respective election took place at Thursday’s plenary session of the 67th IAEA General Conference. Armenia, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan had nominated their candidacies from the Eastern European group, but only Armenia and Ukraine were elected from this group, with 94 and 79 votes in favor, respectively. 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.