The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to

promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose,
including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July
1957. Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty,
the IAEA Statute,[1] the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security
Council.
The IAEA has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The IAEA has two "Regional Safeguards Offices"
which are located in Toronto, Canada, and in Tokyo, Japan. The IAEA also has two liaison offices
which are located in New York City, United States, and in Geneva, Switzerland. In addition, the IAEA
has three laboratories located in Vienna and Seibersdorf, Austria, and in Monaco.
The IAEA serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the
peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide. The programs of the IAEA
encourage the development of the peaceful applications of nuclear energy, science and technology,
provide international safeguards against misuse of nuclear technology and nuclear materials, and
promote nuclear safety (including radiation protection) and nuclear security standards and their
implementation.
The IAEA and its former Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, were jointly awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize on 7 October 2005. The IAEA's current Director General is Yukiya Amano.

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Abbreviation IAEA

AIEA

Formation 29 July 1957

Type International organization

Legal status Active

Headquarters Vienna, Austria

Membership 170 member states

Head Yukiya Amano

Website IAEA.org
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to
promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose,
including nuclear weapons. The IAEA was established as an autonomous organisation on 29 July
1957. Though established independently of the United Nations through its own international treaty,
the IAEA Statute,[1] the IAEA reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security
Council.
Over four decades after its entry into force in 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has 190 States as Parties.

Parties are preparing for the 2015 Review Conference convened to review the Treaty´s
implementation. Such Review Conferences have been held at five-year intervals since
1975, when the first Conference was convened in Geneva.

The IAEA is not a party to the Treaty but is entrusted with key roles and responsibilities
under it. Under the NPT, the IAEA has specific roles as the international safeguards
inspectorate and as a multilateral channel for transferring peaceful applications of
nuclear technology:

NPT Article III: The IAEA administers international safeguards to verify that non-
nuclear weapon States party to the NPT fulfill the non-proliferation commitment they
have made, "with a view to preventing diversion of nuclear energy from peaceful uses to
nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices."

NPT Article IV: The Agency facilitates and provides a channel for endeavours aimed at
"the further development of the applications of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes,
especially in the territories of non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the Treaty, with due
consideration for the needs of the developing areas of the world."

In practical terms, the IAEA also is seen as having roles in connection with verification
of nuclear-weapon-free zones and in the context of verifying ex-nuclear weapon
material.