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ElBaradei wins third-term as head of IAEA
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-06-13 00:55 Mohamed ElBaradei on Monday
won his third-term as Director General of International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), the United Nation's nuclear watchdog.
As Japanese delegation dropped its objection on the election procedure after
nearly a day consultation, the 35-nation Board of Governors of the IAEA reached
a consensus on awarding another 4- year term to ElBaradei, said a diplomatic
closed to the meeting.
At the beginning of the meeting, Japanese ambassador Yukiya Takasu
unexpectedly blocked the election, citing the procedural reasons. The ballot is
technically on the agenda for later in the week.
Yukiya Takasu said that he did not oppose the re-election of ElBaradei but
the IAEA procedure should be respected. The 35- nation board of governors was
forced to enter a nearly one-day deadlock since unanimous consensus is normally
required for the running of the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog. However,
with most of the board members' insisting, the Japanese delegation dropped its
objection after several rounds of consultation.
ElBaradei is set to win his third term since the United States,the only one
openly opposed the re-election of ElBaradei, changed its mind late last week.
Following a meeting in Washington between ElBaradei and US Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice on Thursday, the US said that it would join the consensus in
supporting the this former Egyptian diplomat.
Diplomats said the move came after the US failed to win supportfrom the
majority of board members. The 62-year-old ElBaradei took over the current post
from Swedish diplomat Hans Blix in 1997. He joined the Vienna-based UN
institution in 1984.
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