Northern Dimension to include Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, the importance of the Northern Dimension has increased considerably: eight EU Member States (Denmark, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, and Sweden) surround the Baltic Sea, and the EU’s shared border with Russia has lengthened. Recent years have seen far-reaching changes in the geopolitical map of northern Europe. The Baltic States regained their independence in 1991. Finland and Sweden joined the EU in 1995, and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in 2004. These events greatly increased the Northern and Baltic “presence” of the EU, and substantially lengthened the common border shared by the
Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Japan, Kenya, Libya, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela and Vietnam The Chair of the Board of Governors for 2015-2016 is the Governor from Brazil, Ambassador Laércio Antonio Vinhas. He succeeds Marta Ziaková, Governor from Slovakia. The Ambassadors and Resident Representatives of Germany and Latvia were elected as Vice-Chairs. They are: Friedrich Dauble, Governor from Germany, and Bahtihjors Hasans, Governor from Latvia. The following countries have been