VIENNA / AMANO

Yukiya Amano begins his first day in office at the helm of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was appointed as IAEA Director General for a four-year term by the Agency's Board of Governors in July 2009. IAEA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:32
• Production Date: 1 December 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY - IAEA
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR SCIENCE
• MAMS Id: U091201b

Description

STORY: VIENNA / AMANO
TRT: 1.32
SOURCE: IAEA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 1 DECEMBER 2009, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Shotlist

RECENT 2009, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

1. Med shot, IAEA headquarters

1 DECEMBER 2009, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

2. Various shots, Yukiya Amano greeted by staff in his office
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yukiya Amano, Director-General, IAEA:
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for joining me today. This is the first day as the Director General of the IAEA for me. As you know, it is raining. The situation surrounding the Agency is stormy now. We have a lot of difficult challenges, but I would like to do my best. I would like to address the global issues that include non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, enhancing nuclear security, addressing the energy need, providing good health care, and water management, among others. I will try to be an impartial, reliable, and professional Director General. I would like to get your support. Thank you very much."
4. Various shots, round table meeting

Storyline

The new chief of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency began his four-year term today, voicing his commitment to tackling the many challenges facing the nuclear watchdog, including non-proliferation and nuclear security.

“The situation surrounding the agency is stormy now. We have a lot of difficult challenges, but I would like to do my best,” Director General Yukiya Amano said at a meeting with staff at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna.

“I would like to address the global issues that include non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, enhancing nuclear security, addressing the energy need, providing good health care, and water management, among others.

“I will try to be an impartial, reliable, and professional Director General,” added the career diplomat and lawyer from Japan, who is now the fifth person to head the IAEA since it was founded in 1957.

Amano, who has a lengthy record of working on disarmament and non-proliferation issues, succeeded Mohamed ElBaradei, who headed the agency between 1998 and this year.