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UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on July 22.

“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 a note.

The secretariat did not say how Amano, who was 72, died.

It said Amano was planning to write soon to the Board of Governors announcing his decision to step down in March well before the end of his third four-year term, which ran until November 30, 2021.

The IAEA flag will be lowered to half-staff.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, tweeted July 22 that she was saddened by Amano’s death and called him “a man of extraordinary dedication and professionalism.”

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