ElBaradei to Run Unopposed For Third Term as Head of International Atomic Energy Agency

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei will run unopposed this year for a third four-year term leading the U.N. nuclear watchdog, ITAR-Tass reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 23, 2004).

No other candidates came forward by the Dec. 31 deadline to challenge ElBaradei, according to representatives of the agency’s secretariat. The United States, however, opposes ElBaradei’s re-election, which could delay efforts by several months to reach consensus by the agency’s Board of Governors, ITAR-Tass reported (Yuri Kozlov, ITAR-Tass, Jan. 2).

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