Editing Mohamed ElBaradei (section)

===Comments on no fourth term===
In 2008, ElBaradei said that he would not be seeking a fourth term as director general.<ref name=IHT080910>{{cite news|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/09/10/africa/OUKWD-UK-NUCLEAR-IAEA-ELBARADEI.php|title=IAEA chief ElBaradei will not seek fourth term|newspaper=International Herald Tribune|date=29 March 2009|access-date=22 March 2011}}{{Dead link|date=November 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Moreover, he said, in an IAEA document, that he was "not available for a further term" in office.<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-09/2008-09-10-voa37.cfm ''Voice of America'': IAEA Chief ElBaradei Will Not Seek Another Term] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117013509/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-09/2008-09-10-voa37.cfm |date=17 November 2008 }}</ref> In its first five rounds of voting, the IAEA [[Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency|Board of Governors]] was split in its decision regarding the next director general. ElBaradei said, "I just hope that the agency has a candidate acceptable to all—north, south, east, west—because that is what is needed."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLR30012520090327|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711063012/http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINLR30012520090327|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2012|title=5-Vote impasse reopens race to head UN atom watchdog|work=Reuters|date=27 March 2009|access-date=22 March 2011}}</ref> After several rounds of voting, on 3 July 2009, Mr. [[Yukiya Amano]], Japanese ambassador to the IAEA, was elected as the next IAEA director general.