International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental forum for the scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field world-wide. It was established as autonomous organisation on 29 July 1957.
The prime objective of the forum is to works for the safe, secure and peaceful utilisation of nuclear science and technology. So that science and technology contributes in the international peace and security and also in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
List of International organisation and their abbreviation
Genesis of International Atomic Energy Agency
It came into existence when the U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” addressed during the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953 on the optimisation of Nuclear energy and to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic energy to peace, health and prosperity throughout the world. After ratification, he proposed for the establishment of the forum that work for the scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field world-wide that works for the international peace and security and also in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Governing Bodies of International Atomic Energy Agency
The apex body of the IAEA is responsible for policy-making, programmes and budgets. It consists of the General Conference of all Member States and the 35-member Board of Governors. The Board meets five times per year in Vienna.
Member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
There are One Hundred Sixty Eight (168) member states in the International Atomic Energy Agency. List is given below along with year of joining.
| Year of Joining |
Members State |
| 1957 |
Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Socialist Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam |
| 1958 |
Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Luxembourg, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan |
| 1959 |
Iraq |
| 1960 |
Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal |
| 1961 |
Lebanon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| 1962 |
Liberia, Saudi Arabia |
| 1963 |
Algeria, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, Uruguay |
| 1964 |
Cameroon, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria |
| 1965 |
Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar |
| 1966 |
Jordan, Panama |
| 1967 |
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda |
| 1968 |
Liechtenstein |
| 1969 |
Malaysia, Niger, Zambia |
| 1970 |
Ireland |
| 1970 |
Bangladesh |
| 1972 |
Mongolia |
| 1974 |
Mauritius |
| 1976 |
Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania |
| 1977 |
Nicaragua |
| 1983 |
Namibia |
| 1984 |
China |
| 1986 |
Zimbabwe |
| 1992 |
Estonia, Slovenia |
| 1993 |
Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia |
| 1994 |
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen |
| 1995 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1996 |
Georgia |
| 1997 |
Latvia, Malta, Moldova |
| 1998 |
Burkina Faso |
| 1999 |
Angola, Benin |
| 2000 |
Tajikistan |
| 2001 |
Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Serbia |
| 2002 |
Eritrea, Botswana |
| 2003 |
Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan |
| 2004 |
Mauritania |
| 2005 |
Chad |
| 2006 |
Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique |
| 2007 |
Cabo Verde* |
| 2008 |
Nepal, Palau |
| 2009 |
Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Lesotho, Oman |
| 2011 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Tonga* |
| 2012 |
Dominica, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2013 |
San Marino, Swaziland |
| 2014 |
Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Comoros* |
| 2015 |
Djibouti, Guyana, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados |
| 2016 |
Saint Lucia*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*, The Gambia*, Turkmenistan |
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