September 28, 1970

AMENDMENT OF ARTICLE VI OF THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

Reference: This Amendment is also published in XI DFA TS No. 1, p. 108

(a) Replace sub-paragraphs A.1 — A.3 by the following:

"1. The outgoing Board of Governors shall designate for membership on the Board the nine members most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials, and the member most advanced in the technology of atomic energy including the production of source materials in each of the following areas in which none of the aforesaid nine is located:

(1) North America
(2) Latin America
(3) Western Europe
(4) Eastern Europe
(5) Africa

(7) South East Asia and the Pacific
(8) Far East.

2. The General Conference shall elect to membership of the Board of Governors:

(a) Twenty members, with due regard to equitable representation on the Board as a whole of the members in the areas listed in sub- paragraph A. 1 of this article, so that the Board shall at all times include in this category five representatives of the area of Latin America, four representatives of the area of Western Europe, three representatives of the area of Eastern Europe, four representatives of the area of Africa, two representatives of the area of the Middle East and South Asia, one representative of the area of South East Asia and the Pacific, and one representative of the area of the far East. No member in this category in any one term of office will be eligible for re-election in the same category for the following term of office; and

(b) One further member from among the members in the following areas: Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific, Far East;

(c) One further member from among the members in the following areas: Africa, Middle East and South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific."

(b) In paragraph B:

(i) First sentence — replace "sub-paragraphs A — 1 and A — 2" by "sub-paragraph A — 1"; and

(ii) Second sentence — replace "sub-paragraph A — 3" by "sub-paragraph A — 2";

(c) In paragraph C, replace "sub-paragraphs A — 1 and A — 2 by "sub- paragraph A — 1";and

(d) In paragraph D, replace "sub-paragraph A — 3" by "sub-paragraph A — 2", and delete the second sentence.

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