UN Atomic Watchdog Selects Canadian Ambassador To Lead Its Governing Board
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency has chosen Canadian Ambassador Ingrid Hall to serve as the Chair of its Board
of Governors for the 2004-2005 working year.
Ms. Hall, who takes over from Antonio Núñez García-Saúco of Spain, heads a 35-member Board of Governors at the
Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Board also elected Pakistan's Parvez Butt and Poland's Jerzy
Niewodniczanski as Vice-Chairpersons for the year ahead.
The Board's responsibilities include supervising the IAEA's budget and programme, considering applications by nations
for membership, approving safeguards agreements and appointing the Director-General.
The countries currently represented on the board are: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China,
Ecuador, France, Germany, Ghana, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria,
Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tunisia,
the United Kingdom, the United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam and Yemen.