The September meeting of the Board of Governors, at which the Director-General reports, among other things, on the implementation of the resolutions adopted by the General Conference the previous year on nuclear safety, nuclear security and nuclear science, technology and applications, always takes place before the General Conference (16-29 September 2024). The familiar non-proliferation issues regarding Iran, the DPRK, Syria and AUKUS were also debated in detail again. Once again, a central topic was the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine. The conflict in Gaza was also the subject of a series of debates. The agenda also included the item proposed by KAZ on the ‘homeless states’. Somalia was admitted as the 180th member state of the IAEA.
