International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Shakeel Anwar

04-OCT-2016 16:01

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.

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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.

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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**