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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Argentina’s Grossi selected to head nuclear watchdog
Rafael Mariano Grossi of Argentina has been chosen as the new head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, succeeding the late Yukiya Amano.
Russia’s ambassador to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, tweets that the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors selected Grossi as its new director general.
The #IAEA Board of Governors selected Argentinian candidate R. Grossi for the position of IAEA Director General.
— Mikhail Ulyanov (@Amb_Ulyanov) October 29, 2019
Grossi is Argentina’s ambassador to the Vienna-based IAEA.
He previously represented the IAEA in nuclear talks with Iran.
The IAEA is tasked with monitoring Iran’s nuclear activities to ensure they abide by the terms of the 2015 deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Three other candidates were nominated for the job: Cornel Feruta of Romania, its chief coordinator under Amano and the acting director general since his death in July; Marta Ziakova of Slovakia; and Lassina Zerbo of Burkina Faso.
— AP
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