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THE annual meeting of the Executive Committee of the International Council of Scientific Unions was held at Brussels in September, Prof. E. Borel presiding in the absence of the president, Dr. J. A. Fleming. A resolution from the Royal Society was adopted, that all adhering bodies, national academies and scientific unions be consulted before the Executive Committee accepts any new union. A resolution from the United States asking the Council to consider its constitution and the distribution of subjects covered by the Unions was referred to a committee in the hopes that a report might be available for discussion at the next General Assembly of the Council at Copenhagen during September 14-15, 1949. New joint commissions between the unions Were agreed upon to deal with standards and units of radioactivity, spectroscopy, and high-altitude research stations. The adhesion of one new country, Pakistan, was reported. The recommendation from the Committee of Science and Social Relations that a journal should be started by the Committee was referred to the General Assembly. Dr. Establier was reappointed liaison officer with Unesco ; representatives of Unesco present at the meeting were Prof. P. Auger and Dr. Wang-hsi-chin.
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International Council of Scientific Unions. Nature 162, 648 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/162648a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/162648a0