and structure as a part of the undertaking, even though the preparatory work for the conference were to have been organized in detail, it is not likely that such a body will emerge in even the near future. Evidence supporting the slow gestative periods for such new or modified international organizations is readily available. As in the case of the examples of the amount of time consumed in the realization of international agreements with a substantive focus, so here, one large membership body will be treated in detail. One regional body will be treated in detail. In the other cases brief mention will be made of the structure, including voting procedures. The dates between the inception of the proposal and its fruition will be identified. In all of the illustrations an effort has been made to select organizations combining a 1egal-political and a scientific and technical focus. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been selected to reflect an institution having both scientific and political-legal concerns. Its membership exceeds 100 countries. The membership is drawn from the advanced States, from the Soviet bloc, and from the LDCs. The genesis of the organization was President Eisenhower's address to the UN General Assembly on December 8, 1953. Serious negotiations resulted in the Statute of the Agency. The agreement was signed on October 26, 1956. The original agreement, now modified in some respects, entered into force on July 29, 1957. The IAEA was forecast as an international broker to facilitate the development of atomic power plants. Nuclear materials and equipment were to be supplied to nations with the understanding that such materials were to allow for the application or development of atomic energy for
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