EU Statement at the IAEA Board of Governors under AOB on efficiency of work, delivered on 7 March 2025

Chair, 

The EU would like to thank the group of countries for their proposal entitled “Efficiency and Sustainability of the Work of the Board of Governors”. It is in the interest of all of us to make the meetings of the Board of Governors more efficient and sustainable. This makes multilateralism work.

We see merit in several of your proposals. For example, streamlining statements for oral delivery, with the understanding that full versions can be published online. While it is important for inclusive multilateralism that all delegations may speak, everyone should exercise more self-control with regard to the length of their interventions. If this is not possible, we are open to consider additional alerts to manage time limits, as suggested in your paper. It would also be important to find solutions to the working hours that would help minimise the costly evening sessions. 

While we are still studying the elements and their possible implications in detail, let me assure you that the EU and its Member States are supportive of further considerations to streamline the work of the Board. 

We look forward to continuing informal consultations on this matter and hope we can see some positive results already at our next meeting in June.

Thank you, Chair.