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Minutes of 72nd Meeting of Bureau
11-12 August 1999, Berlin, Germany


12 August, 1999

A Policy Statement by the Bureau

The Bureau is aware of the concerns expressed by a number of members of IUPAC bodies regarding continuity in scientific activities with implementation of the two actions requested of Council in Agenda Items 16 and 17.

The Bureau wishes to emphasize that it is not the intention of the changes that it has proposed to discontinue nor even to interrupt those activities, such as the collection and critical assessment of useful data, the work on atomic weights and isotopic abundances and on chemical nomenclature, on which the international reputation of the Union has been established. The proposed changes will provide more flexible and effective structures within which these activities will continue. The two year interval until 2001 is intended to give adequate time for all our activities to be reviewed and for the putting in place of the most appropriate structures, including some new commissions, to carry forward the work of the Union.


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