The International Atomic Energy Agency institutional independent in 1957 to promote the peaceful use, and prevent the military use of nuclear energy was established.

the agency, as an institution, independent and autonomous, established, and part of the United Nations or another organization is not, however, in the statute itself stated that their reports to the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations offers.

the headquarters of the organization in Vienna, Austria, is meeting its current ' from Japan. The agency and the Director General of the time it's Mohamed ElBaradei in 2005 jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize. So far, 164 countries to join this organization accordingly.

proposed the establishment of this organization, to Dwight Eisenhower, the American president in his speech at the UN General Assembly (which, to speech Atoms for peace became known) in 1953 raised.