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MALAYSIA ELECTED TO IAEA BOARD

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has been elected to the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a statement issued by the Malaysian Embassy in Austria and the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations said here Friday.

Malaysia will begin its two-year term from October 2008 until September
2010. The nation completed its previous two-year term on the board in
2004.

Malaysia will be represented in the IAEA board by Mohd Arshad M.
Hussain, the ambassador to Austria and resident representative of the country to
the IAEA, and he would assume the post of governor of Malaysia on the
board.

The IAEA board of governors, consisting 35 members, generally meets five
times a year.

It also meets in additional two meetings at the committee level -- the
technical assistance and cooperation committee, and the programmes and budget
committee.

The statement said at its meetings the board members examine and make
recommendations to the IAEA general conference on several important matters
affecting the IAEA accounts, programmes and budget and considers applications
for membership.

"It also approves safeguards agreements and the publication of the IAEA
safety standards and has the responsiblity of appointing the director-general of
the IAEA with the approval of the general conference," it added.

The IAEA, which has 145 members, is the world's specialised agency for
coperation in the nuclear field and was set up as the world's "Atoms of Peace"
organisation in 1957 within the United Nations family.

The IAEA works with its member states and multiple partners worldwide to
promote safe, secure and peaceful nuclear technology.

-- BERNAMA

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