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IAEA Members to Discuss ElBaradei Tomorrow
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors is scheduled to meet tomorrow to consider the agency’s next director general, but indications remain that the 35-nation Board of Governors may put off the decision until June (see GSN, April 14). The United States has opposed a third term for current Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, who is running unopposed. However, Washington might be forced to accept him because “there is no [other] country that has said it is not able to support ElBaradei,” a Western diplomat told Agence France-Presse. “Everything shows the United States won’t have the blocking minority (of 12 votes) needed to stop ElBaradei,” another Western diplomat said. A U.S. official agreed, saying that while the United States continues to look for other candidates, Washington may eventually accept ElBaradei again.. “The White House does not want this to become a damaging foreign policy problem at a time when we are working well with Europe and others on pressing challenges like Iraq, Darfur, Iran, arms embargo to China, etc.,” the official said. “If no competing candidate emerges soon, I imagine the president and secretary of state will be faced with a tough choice, and that they would ultimately choose to avoid a damaging diplomatic split at the board,” said the official (Michael Adler, Agence France-Presse/TurkishPress.com, April 25).
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