DIRECTOR-GENERAL

Secretariat of Office of
the Policy - External
IAEA Relations and
Making
ORGANIZATIONAL Organs. Policy
CHART Coordination

Office of
Internal Office of
Oversight Legal
Services Affairs

DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT

DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT
OF OF OF NUCLEAR OF NUCLEAR
OF OF
TECHNICAL NUCLEAR SAFETY & SCIENCES &
MANAGEMENT SAFEGUARDS
COOPERATION ENERGY SECURITY APPLICATIONS

Africa, and Nuclear Budget and

Nuclear Agency's Concepts and
East Asia and Installation Finance
Power Laboratories Planning
the Pacific Safety

Europe, Latin Nuclear Fuel Radiation, Conference Human

America and Cycle and Transport and and Document Health Operations A
West Asia Waste Techn. Waste Safety Service
IAEA Marine
Planning and General Environment Operations B
Coordination Service Laboratory,
Monaco

Information
Joint FAO/ Operations C
Technology
IAEA Division
of Nuclear
Techniques in Safeguards
Personnel Food and Information
Agriculture Management

Physical and
Public Technical
Chemical
Information Support
Sciences

1995 : Bosnia and Herzegovina (ii) The IAEA had its origin in a proposal made to
1996 : Georgia the General Assembly on December 8, 1953 by
1997 : Latvia, Malta, Republic of Moldova the President of the United States, suggesting the
establishment of a world organization devoted
1998 : Burkina Faso exclusively to the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
1999 : Angola, Benin The general lines of that proposal were unani-
2000 : Tajikistan mously endorsed by the General Assembly on
2001 : Azerbaijan, Central African Republic December 4, 1954.
2002 : Eritrea, Botswana The General Conference
2003 : Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan The General Conference of IAEA member states
meets annually.
2004 : Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Togo
2005 : Chad Board of Governors
2006 : Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique The Board of Governors is composed of 35 member
states, as designated and elected by the General
2007 : Palau
Conference. The Board meets at IAEA headquarters
Salient Facts in Vienna five times per yearin March and June,
twice in September and in December.
(i) The IAEA is the worlds centre of cooperation in
the nuclear field. It was set up as the worlds Member States
Atoms for Peace organization within the United The IAEA has 144 member States.
Nations Family. P.Darpan

PD/August/2007/273 Error is discipline through which we advance.