Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency

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The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is one of the two policy making bodies of the IAEA, along with the annual General Conference of IAEA members.

The Board, in its five yearly meetings, is responsible for making most of the policy of the IAEA. The Board makes recommendations to the General Conference on IAEA activities and budget, is responsible for publishing IAEA standards and appoints the Director General subject to General Conference approval.

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The Board consists of 35 members. Thirteen members are nomminated by the outgoing members as the ten countries that are the most advanced in atomic energy technology plus the most advanced member in any of the eight IAEA Areas that aren't represented in the first ten. Twenty two members are elected by the General Conference of IAEA member states, in the following geographical groups:

IAEA Area	Members
Latin America	5
Western Europe	4
Eastern Europe	3
Africa	4
Middle East & South Asia	2
Southeast Asia & Pacific	1
Far East	1
Total	20

Two additional members are for two countries in each of the following areas:

1. Africa, Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific.
2. Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, Far East ^[1]

The following countries have been elected to the Board:

Year	Ten Most Advanced	Three Additional	Continuing members	Elected by the General Conference
1957	-	-	-	Argentina Australia Brazil Canada Czechoslovakia France Guatemala India Indonesia Italy Japan South Korea Pakistan Peru Portugal Romania Sweden Turkey South Africa USSR United Arab Republic United Kingdom United States [2]
1958	Australia Brazil Canada France India Japan South Africa USSR United Kingdom United States	Belgium Denmark Poland [3]	Argentina South Korea Pakistan Romania Turkey [4]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru[5]
1959	as above	Czechoslovakia Norway Portugal [6]	Netherlands United Arab Republic Indonesia Venezuela Peru	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain[7]
1960	as above	Belgium Finland Poland	Bulgaria Ceylon Philippines Mexico Spain	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany [8]
1961	as above	Czechoslovakia Portugal Sweden [9]	Iraq Thailand Argentina El Salvador West Germany	Hungary Pakistan Viet Nam Colombia Greece [10]

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