International Atomic Energy Agency International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July 1957. Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute, the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has two "Regional Safeguards Offices" which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo,
Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency with a single vote. Thirteen were designated by the previous Board as either one of the ten countries that are the most advanced in atomic energy technology plus the most advanced from any of the eight regional groups not represented by the first ten. Twenty-two Board Members are elected by the IAEA General Conference to two-year terms, eleven each year. 20 member states elected to the Board by the General Conference are apportioned geographically as follows: Two additional members are elected, one from each of the following sets of areas: The 35 members for the period 2013–2014 are: Algeria, Argentina,