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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The 63rd Annual Regular Session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference will be held in ____
A
Turkey
B
Austria
C
Germany
D
Greece
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The 63rd Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference is being held from 16 to 20 September 2019 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in Vienna, Austria, where high-ranking officials and representatives from IAEA Member States will consider a range of issues.

Detailed explanation-2: -The IAEA is the international centre for cooperation in the nuclear/atomic field. It is a UN agency. It works with its member countries and many partners to promote peaceful uses of nuclear technologies.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most UN members and the Holy See are Member States of the IAEA. Non-member states Cape Verde (2007), The Gambia (2016), and Guinea (2020) have been approved for membership and will become a Member State if they deposit the necessary legal instruments.

Detailed explanation-4: -India is also a participant in the IAEA Illicit Trafficking Database (ITDB). India and the IAEA signed an Agreement for Application of Safeguards to Civilian Nuclear facilities in India on 2 February 2009. The Agreement entered into force on 11 May 2009.

Detailed explanation-5: -The IAEA’s General Conference, which began this morning in Vienna, elected Kuwait’s Ambassador, Sadiq M. Marafi, as President of the 65th regular session of the Conference.

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