 The IAEA Board of Governors is meeting this week at the agencies headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The Director-General updated the Board on important issues. The DPRK team in the safeguard department and my executive group, both of which were formed last year, have intensified their efforts to ensure that the agency will be ready to promptly undertake any activities that we may be requested to conduct, subject to authorization by the Board of Governors. The agency continues to verify and monitor Iran's implementation of its nuclear-related commitments under the nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The agency has conducted complementary accesses under the additional protocol to all the sites and locations in Iran which we needed to visit. Timely and proactive cooperation by Iran in providing such access would facilitate implementation of the additional protocol and enhance confidence. The Director-General also emphasized many of the sustainable development activities of the agency, including agriculture. Varieties of rice which are tolerant of drought and resistant to blast disease have been developed in Egypt, while Namibia has developed high-high yielding cowpea and sorghum, which are also resistant to drought. Zimbabwe released an improved cowpea variety in 2017. The Board of Governors meets five times a year. It plays a key role in IAEA policymaking. From Vienna, Austria, this is Alejandra Silva reporting for the IAEA.