U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Amano has died, IAEA tell member states

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FILE PHOTO: IAEA Director General Amano addresses a news conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna
FILE PHOTO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Yukiya Amano addresses a news conference during a board of governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria March 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

July 22, 2019

VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday in a note to member states obtained by Reuters.

“The Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency regrets to inform with deepest sadness of the passing away of Director General Yukiya Amano,” the IAEA secretariat said in the note.

(Reporting by Francois Murphy; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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