
Amano collected 23 votes, to 11 for Minty - just giving him the two-thirds majority needed for victory. ... Amano touched on the North-South divide gripping the agency in his post-session comments. ... Saying he would do his utmost to prevent nuclear proliferation, Amano, 62, appealed for "solidarity of all the member states - countries from North, from South, from East and West" to achieve that goal.



