General Conference: Day 1 Highlights
(WorldNews Japan)

At the start of the plenary session on the first day of the IAEA`s 64th General Conference, Azzeddine Farhane of Morocco was elected by acclamation as President of the Conference. IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in his opening statement highlighted the IAEA`s continued verification work during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent any misuse of nuclear material. He emphasized the IAEA`s contribution of equipment for coronavirus detection and diagnosis to 123 countries, and encouraged Member States to support the IAEA`s Zoonotic Disease Integrated Action project (ZODIAC) to establish a global network of national diagnostic laboratories for the monitoring, surveillance, early detection...