Talk:International Atomic Energy Agency areas

Status of Israel
The Statute states that some Board members are elected by the General Conference, based on a regional distribution of those elected seats. In practice, however, these elected Board members are almost always selected by the consensus of the group of members from that area and General Conference accepts those selections by consensus. Since the Middle East/South Asia group does not accept Israel as a member, Israel has not served as an elected Board member, although it could in principle seek election by the General Conference to represent that region.

I have also expanded on the explanation of the amendment to Article VI of the Statute to reflect the addition of Paragraph K, which says that each member state must be assigned to one of the geographic areas defined by the Statute. In effect, the amendment cannot enter into force until Israel is accepted as a member of the Middle East/South Asia group. NPguy 02:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Status of Egypt
As far as I know, Egypt is the only country that has been elected to represent more than one geographic region, Africa and the Middle East/South Asia. By rotating between these two groups, Egypt has maintained nearly continuous membership in an elected seat on the Board. NPguy 02:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Caribbean?
Aren't the Caribbean states included somewhere? with Latin America? with North America? Bolivian Unicyclist 16:49, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Caribbean states are included in the Latin America region. When they meet as a group they refer to themseslves as the GRULAC - the Group of Latin American and Caribbean states. NPguy 19:36, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * OK, as in other UN regional groupings. But they (or at least the anglophone ones) are absent from the listings in the article. Bolivian Unicyclist 22:42, 21 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Au contraire, the listing includes the four Caribbean island states that are members of the IAEA, one of them (Jamaica) anglophone: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica. NPguy 01:57, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I'll admit I failed to see Jamaica there on the the list first time round. But, per "membership" on International Atomic Energy Agency, the smaller anglo-Caribbean states are members too: A&B, Bahamas, Barbados... Does that need fixing, or am I missing something? Bolivian Unicyclist 14:13, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Regional Groups
The title of this article is the non-standard term "IAEA Areas." They are commonly known as "regional groups." I suggest changing the name to "IAEA regional groups." Any objections? NPguy (talk) 17:53, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Given that the term "Area" is what is used in the IAEA Statutes, I'd recommend keeping that as the title, but perhaps using regional groups as a definition or synonym of "areas" in the opening description. 173.79.25.135 (talk) 17:14, 12 March 2010 (UTC)