DECISIONS 29th GENERAL ASSEMBLY - International Council for ...

Norbert Kroó (Hungary), Chair
Margaret Avery (INQUA)
Robert James (Canada)
John Buckeridge (IUBS)
3.2 Tellers
The following persons were appointed as tellers:
Dun Liu (IUHPS)
Gabriel Macaya (Costa Rica)
Tamsin Mather (UK)
Decision
3.1 To appoint the Resolutions Committee and Tellers.
4. Secretary-General’s Report
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The Report of the 28th General Assembly was approved by Members in January 2006
and subsequently posted on the ICSU website.
The Secretary-General highlighted some of the activities of the Secretariat over the last
three years, including the establishment of the Regional Offices, celebration in Paris of
ICSU's 75th anniversary in 2006 and the organization of the Young Scientists'
Conference in 2007.
Decision
4.1 To note the Secretary-General's Report.
5. Reports from Union and National Members' Fora
Reports from the Unions and National Members Fora were presented. These fora were
were designed to enable preparatory discussions on the key items for decision at the
General Assembly.
The Chairs of the Fora, Sergio Pastrana (National Members) and Bryan Henry (Union
Members), briefly summarised the key discussion points.
Decisions
5.1 To note the reports from the Unions and National Members Fora.
6. Implementation of the Strategic Plan, 2006-2011
The first ever ICSU Strategic Plan was approved at the 28 th General Assembly. This
plan covered the 6-year period 2006-2011 and progress in addressing specific priorities
during the first three years of this period was covered in the major agenda items of the
General Assembly. Members had access to an implementation matrix on the ICSU