Pakistan has been elected as Member of (IAEA) Board of Governors.

Pakistan has been elected as Member of (IAEA) Board of Governors.

Report: Muhammad Amir Siddique Journalist Vienna Austria.

The election took place on Thursday, 19 September, at the plenary session of the 68th IAEA General Conference. The newly elected Board members are the following: Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, Italy, Luxembourg, Georgia, Ghana, Morocco, Pakistan, Thailand and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Pakistan has been elected as Member of International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Board of Governors for a 2 year term starting September 2024. This would be the 21st term on the IAEA BOG which is a strong recognition of Pakistan’s long-standing commitment & collaboration with the IAEA. Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the 2024–2025 period. The election took place on Thursday, 19 September, at the plenary session of the 68th IAEA General Conference. The newly elected Board members are the following: 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 as follows: 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.