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IAEA Board Delays Vote on ElBaradei
The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors yesterday delayed a vote on whether Mohammed ElBaradei will remain director general, despite indications that only the United States opposes his reappointment to a third term, the Associated Press (see GSN, April 26). All but one of the board’s 35 member nations support keeping ElBaradei on the job for another four years, said one diplomat. Delegates from Russia and China offered strong support for his leadership at this week’s meeting, with the Russian representative calling for reappointment “the sooner, the better.” “The United States is the only country against ElBaradei,” a diplomat told Reuters. The board ultimately deferred a decision, now expected at its June meeting, to allow for more time to develop a consensus with the United States, AP reported (Andrea Dudikova, Associated Press/ABC News, April 28). The United States supported the delay to give it more time to persuade 12 countries to vote against ElBaradei and block his reappointment, diplomats told Reuters. U.S. officials also want to see what happens with the nomination of Undersecretary of State John Bolton, who has pressed for ElBaradei’s ouster, as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. “The U.S. doesn’t want a vote until it’s clear what happens with Bolton,” said a diplomat on the IAEA board (Louis Charbonneau, Reuters, April 27).
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