VIENNA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Yukiya Amano was re-elected unopposed Wednesday as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Amano, appointed as IAEA chief in its Board of Governors' meeting, will stay on as director general of the IAEA for another four years from December, subject to approval by the IAEA's general assembly meeting in September.
A former Japanese diplomat, Amano will be tackling issues such as the nuclear program of North Korea that has been conducting nuclear tests in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions. He has also been keen to strengthen the IAEA's engagement in overseeing Iran's nuclear agreement with global powers.
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