News Source: Kyodo News
| 4 months ago
Asian country. ''I am very pleased with this support,'' Amano told journalists after the final vote, adding that as the next director general he will do his utmost to enhance the welfare of human beings, ensure sustainable development...
News Source: The Times of India-Europe-World
| 4 months ago
Veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano won the contest on Thursday to head the International Atomic Energy Agency, giving him a pivotal role in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions. Tokyo's current envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog was chosen after...
News Source: Press TV
| 4 months ago
Japanese envoy Yukiya Amano wins the required two-thirds majority to replace Mohamed ElBaradei as the next director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency...In the last round of polling for the top seat in March, Amano was unable to beat...
News Source: CNN
| 4 months ago
The United Nations nuclear watchdog agency elected Yukiya Amano as its new director general Thursday, it announced. Amano, of Japan, will replace the current director general, Mohammed ElBaradei, as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in...
News Source: Associated Press
| 4 months ago
The 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency chose a veteran Japanese diplomat as the agency's next head on Thursday, in a tight vote reflecting stubborn North-South divisions of the U.N. nuclear monitoring organization. Yukiya Amano...
News Source: Kyodo News
| 4 months ago
Echavarri eliminated. A previous vote in March failed to produce the two-thirds majority necessary for appointing the successor to Mohamed ElBaradei, whose term will expire in November, with Amano falling short of endorsement by just one...