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Forty Years Of The Coordinating Committee For Geoscience - CCOP

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CONTENTS<br />

1. THE ORGANISATION<br />

Conception, Birth and Infancy<br />

(1965-1971)<br />

Early International Geoscientific Cooperation in Asia 1<br />

<strong>The</strong> National Geological Survey Organisations of the<br />

ECAFE Regional Member Countries in the 1950s and 1960s 3<br />

New Ideas for Co-operation through ECAFE 4<br />

<strong>The</strong> ECAFE Expert Working Group 5<br />

An Important Decision in Tokyo 6<br />

A Birth in Quezon City 7<br />

A Call for Help 10<br />

<strong>The</strong> UNDP <strong>Years</strong><br />

(1972- 1991)<br />

UNDP’s Leading Role. 11<br />

First Steps Towards Self-Reliance 15<br />

Finding a New Home 17<br />

Coming of Age and the Hopes of Independence 18<br />

Independence Achieved 19<br />

Learning to Stand Alone 19<br />

Charting a New Course<br />

(1991-2000)<br />

Revised Rules and Objectives 23<br />

Policies for a New Millennium<br />

(2000-2006)<br />

A New Strategy 23<br />

Advice for the Future 29<br />

2. THE ANNUAL SESSIONS<br />

(1966-2006)<br />

<strong>The</strong> Time for Talking<br />

<strong>The</strong> Early Sessions 31<br />

First Permanent Representatives (1968) 33<br />

Striving for Efficiency (1970s and 1980s) 34<br />

<strong>The</strong>matic Sessions 37<br />

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