Eleven countries have been newly elected to serve on the 35-member IAEA Board of Governors for the period 2018-2020. The election took place on Thursday 20 September at the plenary session of the IAEA General Conference which continues throughout the week in Vienna. The newly elected Board members are the following: Azerbaijan, Brazil, Ecuador, Egypt, Italy, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Sweden, Thailand and Uruguay.

For the 2018-2019 period, the new composition of the 35-member IAEA Board is as follows: Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, the Republic of Korea, Morocco, the Netherlands, Niger, Pakistan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, Serbia, South Africa, the Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The Board meets on Monday 24 September 2018 to elect its officers.