Japanese Emerges As Atomic Energy Agency Chief
Japanese
diplomat Yukiya Amano has been elected the next
Director-General of the International Atomic Energy
Agency, IAEA.
Mr Amano won the required two-thirds majority from
the IAEA governing board, defeating his South
African rival, Abdul Samad Minty, by twenty-three
votes to eleven.
He had the support of many industrialised countries
while Mr Minty was favoured by most developing
nations.
The present head, Mohamed ElBaradei, is scheduled to
end his term in November.
A previous round of voting by the UN nuclear
agency's 35-nation board in March was indecisive.
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