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Union of International Associationsnon-profit making international non-governmentalorganisation, founded 1910, granted ConsultativeStatus by the Economic and Social Council ofthe United Nations (September 1951) and byUnesco (November 1952).

Union des Associations Internationalesorganisation internationale non gouvernementale,à but scientifique, fondée en 1910, ayant le statutconsultatif auprès du Conseil Economique et So-cial de l'O.N.U. (septembre 1951) et auprès del'Unesco (novembre 1952).

Secrétariats régionaux - Régional Secrétariats :

Allemagne (Rép. Féd.) : Herr Direktor K.-F.Schweig, Ehrenhof, 3, Düsseldorf, tél. 46 408.

Argentina ; Mme Cristina C.M. de Aparicio,Malabia 2885 (5° B ), Buenos Aires, tel.71-8621.

Brasil : M™ Irene de Menezes Doria, AvenueCopacabana, 75, Apto 903, Rio de Janeiro.

France : M. R. Ranson, 35, Boulevard de laRépublique, Saint-Cloud (S.-et-O.).

India : M. S. L. Poplai, Secretary-General,Indian Council of World Affairs, SapruHouse, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi - 1,tél. 47038.

Italie : M. F. Alberto Casadio, Directeur, So-cieta Italiana per l'Organizzazione Internazio-nale, Palazzetto di Venezia, Via S. Marco, 3,

Netherlands : Mr A. Cronheim LL. D. f Direc-tor, Holland Organising Centre. 16, LangeVoorhout, The Hague, tel. 18.49.25.

Norway : Mr Jorolv Moren, The Chr. MichelsenInstitute, Kalvedalsvei 12, Bergen.

Pakistan : Begum Tazeen Faridi, Vice-Chair-man, AH Pakistan Women's Association,6 A Mary Road, Karachi.

République Arabe Unie : Prof Ahmed SowelimEl Emary, c/o Afro-Asian Organization forEconomic Cooperation, POB n° 507, Le Caire.

Suède : Prof Hans Blix, 1, John Ericssonsgatan,Stockholm K.

Suisse : M. Roger-Guy Dagon, 25 Grand'Rue,Genève, tél. (022) 26.32.28. Télex 224.76.

United Kingdom : Mr E. S. Tew, 91, LyndhurstGardens, Finchley, London N. 3, tel. :FIN 2354.

USA : Mr Richard S. Window, Director, Fo-reign Policy Association - World AffairsCenter, United Nations Plaza at 47th Street,New York 17.

Comité (le Direction - Executive CouncilPresident - President :

Etienne DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Sénateur, Délégué belge à l'As-semblée Consultative du Conseil de l'Europe (Belgique).

Vice-Présidents - Vice Presidents :Sir Ramaswami MUDALIAR, President India Steamship Company(India) ;Pierre VASSEUR, Secrétaire general honoraire de la Chambrede Commerce Internationale (France).

Membres - Members :W. W. ATWOOD Jr, Director, Office of International Relations,National Academy of Sciences (USA);Th. CAVALCANTI, Président de l'Institut de Droit Public de laFondation Getulïo Vargas (Brésil);F. FAUREL, Président de la Confédération allemande des In-dustries chimiques (R. Fed. All.).C. H. GRAY, Secretary, World Power Conference (UnitedKingdom).Max HABICHT, Avocat (Suisse) ;Dr. Mohamed Aly RIFAAT (RAU), Secrétaire général de l'Organi-sation Afro-Asiatique de Coopération Economique.S. ROKKAN, Président, International Committee for Social Scien-ces Documentation (Norvège) ;Louis VERNIERS, Secrétaire général honoraire du Ministère del'Instruction publique (Belgique) ;

Trésorier Général - General Treasurer :Georges JANSON (Belgique).

Secrétaire Général - Secretary-General :Georges Patrick SPEECKAERT, Dr. en droit.

Autres Membres •N. Acton (USA)Prof. R. Ago (Italie)C. Ascher (USA)Sir E. Beddington-Behrens (UK)Lord Beveridge (UK)A. L. Blanchot (France)M. Blank (Germany)L. Boissier (Suisse)Dr H. Boyko (Israël)Dr R. Braun (Rép. Fed. All.)Sir Harry Brittaln (UK)Miss G. Buttery (UK)M. Caetano (Portugal)L. Camu (Belgique)Dr A. F. Casadio (Italie)G. Chantren (Belgique)Mrs K. Chattopadhyay (India)B. J. Cooper (UK)G. de Rossi del Lion Nero (Italie)G. de Soyza (Ceylon)Mme H. de Vépy (Suisse)J. Drapier (Belgique)J. G. D. Souza (India)Dr G. Erdmann (Germany)R. Fénaux (Belgique)Dr Ch. C. Fenwick (USA)Miss L. Frank (Israël)J. H. Frletema (Pays-Bas)A. Gjöres (Sweden)J. Goormaghtigh (Belgique)G. Hahn (France)K. S. Hasan (Pakistan)J. Henle (Germany)Mrs C. Herzog (USA)P. Hoffman (USA)E. Jensen (Denmark)Miss A. Kane (New Zealand)Mme A. M. Klompe (Pays-Bas)T. Kotarblnski (Pologne)Dr W. Kotschnig (USA)O. B. Kraft (Denmark)G. Kraft (Argentine)H. Lange (Norway)Prof. G. Langrod (France)A. Lawrence (Guinée)O. Leimgruber (Suisse)Ed. Lesoir (Belgique)R. P. Levesque (Canada)G. Lorphèvre (Belgique)Ch. Malik (Liban)

Secrétariat Général : General Secretariat ; Palais d'Egmont, Bruxelles I, tél. 11.83.96.

- Other MembersG. Mannuccl (Italie)Prof. J. Meynaud (Prance)R. Millot (France)Mme Morard (Suisse)M. Moskowltz (USA)Prof. H. Mosler (Germany)R. Murphy (USA)P. Muuls (Belgique)Lord Nathan of Churt (UK)J. H. Oldenbroek (Netherlands)A. Ording (Norway)W. Oswald (suisse)J. Pastore (Italie)Mme M. Pérez Palacio Carranza

(Pérou)K. Persson (Sweden)B, Pickard (UK)P. Pires de Lima (Portugal)M. S.L. Poplai (India)A. Proksch (Autriche)M. A. Rangoonwala (Pakistan)Dr J. Rees (UK)Dr P. Romani (Italie)L. Rosenberg (Germany)J. Rueff (France)R. Savary (France)Mme L. Schaeffer de del Rio (Chile)P. Schillings (Belgique)T. Seguillon (France)Mme D. Seleskovitch (France)Hadj O. Serti (Maroc)M. Simon (Prance)B. D. Stosic (Yougoslavie)W. H. Tuck (USA)Jhr. M. van der Goes van Naters

(Netherlands)G. N. Vansíttart (UK)E. Van Tongeren (Netherlands)M. van Zeeland (Belgique)P. van Zeeland (Belgique)V. Veronese (Italie)M. Verrijn -Stuart (Netherlands)H. von Brentano (Germany)W. von Cornldes (Germany)L. Wallenborn (Belgique)W. Watktns (UK)P. Wigny (Belgique)D. V. Wilson (USA)Mgr X Zupi (Saint-Siège)

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

A S S O C I A T I O N SINTERNATIONALES

15E ANNÉE 1963 15™ Y E A R

FEVRIER 2 FEBRUARY

SOMMAIRE CONTENTS

THE THIRD CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSORGANIZERS AND TECHNICIANS ( * )

introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Theme I : The use of communication tools (audio-visual techniques) at

international congresses . . . . . . . . . . . 90Theme II : Simultaneous organization of international congresses and

specialized exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . 94Theme III : Intensification of public relations at international con-

gresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Film of the Rome congress . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Official information compiled by the principal intergovernmental organ-izations for the benefit of NGOs (1st part) — Informations offi-cielles sélectionnées à l'intention (les OING par les principalesorganisations intergouvemementales (lre partie) . . . . .

Unesco . . . . . . . . . 113 UPU . . . . . . . . . . 118WHO . . . . . . . . . 115 OMCI . . . . . . . . . . 118IMF . . . . . . . . . . 117 GATT . . . . . . . . . . 118

First supplement to the Annual International Congress Calendar, 1963edition — Premier supplement au Calendrier annuel des con-grès internationaux, édition 1963 . . . . . . . . 121

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I N T E R N A T I O N A LASSOCIATION

INTERNATIONALES

15E ANNÉE 1963 15TH Y E A R

FEVRIER 2 FEBRUARY

SOMMAIRE CONTENTS

THE THIRD CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSORGANIZERS AND TECHNICIANS (*)

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Theme I : The use of communication tools (audio-visual techniques) at

international congresses . . . . . . . . . . . 90Theme II : Simultaneous organization of international congresses and

specialized exhibitions . . . . . . . . . . . 94Theme III : Intensification of public relations at international con-

gresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Film of the Rome congress . . . . . . . . . 104

Official information compiled by the principal intergovernmental organ-izations for the benefit of NGOs (1st part) — Informations offi-cielles sélectionnées à l'intention des ONG par les principalesorganisations intergouvernementales (lre partie) . . .

Unesco . . . . . . . . . 113 UPU . . . . . . . . . . 118WHO . . . . . . . . . 115 OMCI . . . . . . . . . . 118IMF . . . . . . . . . . 117 GATT . . . . . . . . . . 118

First supplement to the Annual International Congress Calendar, 1963edition — Premier supplément au Calendrier annuel des con-grès internationaux, édition 1963 . . . . . . . . 121

(*) Ces textes paraîtront en français dans notre numéro de mars.

MENSUEL publié par

Union des Associations Internationalesfatals d'Egmont, Bruxelles 1

Abonnement 1 an : 350 FB, 35 NF, 30 FSModes de paiement, voir page 141

Published MONTHLY byUnion of International Associations

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INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS SCIENCE

The 3rd Congressof International Congress Organizers

and TechniciansROME, 12-15 NOVEMBER 1962

Three new organizational methods for inter-national meetings, namely the use of au-dio-visual techniques, the simultaneous orga-nization of congresses and exhibitions, and theintensification of public relations, were studiedduring the 3rd Congress of International Con-gress Organizers and Technicians, held in theRome EUR Palace from 12 to 15 November1962.

Like the two preceding ones, at Düsseldorfin 1959 and at Lausanne in 1960, this congresswas jointly organized by the Union of Inter-national Associations and the International As-sociation of Congress Centers.

The aimsTo examine a rapidly developing phenome-

non, to evolve methods for studying a fieldthat has hitherto been little analyzed, to reachconclusions of direct help to practitioners inthe organization of international meetings —such are the general aims of these Congressesof Congresses.

In his speech at the opening session of thelast Congress, at Rome, Count Guglielmo Man-nucci, Chairman of the Organizing Committee,very rightly said : « Here we are at our thirdrendezvous, or rather our third study courseon how to try to improve, modernize and per-fect the preparation and running of interna-tional congresses... Our task is to organize our-selves, as international congress technicians andorganizers. Organize ourselves on a new basis,with new ideas. Study and perfect a technologyof congresses, examine new facilities and newmethods, so as to be able to pass on the benefitsof this technical and scientific progress to allthose who want to meet more and more fre-

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quently, in order to spread the ideas the theo-ries and the practices they have been able todevelop for the advantage of others and forthe advancement of science ».

The participantsThe 3rd Congress, like the two earlier ones

was intended to be an interdisciplinary event.At one stage or another specialists in veryvaried fields participate in the organizationof an international meeting. Doubtless itwould be easier to study one angle only, butthat would be less fruitful and could, in fact,well lead to somewhat unrealistic conclusions.

So the Rome Congress was essentially anexchange of views between international associ-ation leaders and all kinds of specialists —municipal authorities, congress centres, archi-tects, public relations experts, professional con-gress organizers, equipment producers, inter-preters, the hotel trade, travel agencies, airtransport companies, etc. The list of nameswill be published in the Congress Proceedings.

The number of participants was 260, plus44 accompanying persons, making a total of304, who came from 30 different countries.

In passing it may be noted that, just as atthe 2nd (Lausanne) Congress, there was a con-siderable proportion of last-minute modific-ations. About 15 % of registered participantsdid not actually arrive, and about 10 % askedto be registered in the last few days.

Inevitably some people are compelled bycircumstances beyond their control to changetheir plans or find themselves freed from otherobligations. Nevertheless there seems to beto some extent a practice of cancelling or re-gistering at the last minute, which should bo

fought against, because it upsets the prepar-ation and running of international meetings ina „way that is not merely harmful to the lateregistrants themselves but also to the earlyregistrants and to balancing the congress bud-get.

We felt that the previous remark could andshould justly be incorporated in this report,considering precisely the aims of this particularcongress.

Pre-congress work and allocation of tasks

In order that this report should be of maxi-mum service to students of international con-gress techniques — and not because we con-sider its organization a model of perfection —we propose to summarize here the various sta-ges in the preparatory work.

We shall also show how the tasks were allo-cated ; it will be remembered that the congresswas organized jointly by two internationalassociations. Its bicephalous nature was. in-deed an enrichment, but naturally it also consti-tuted a difficulty. . :

The 3rd Congress was conceived at the 2nd,held in the Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne, from15 to 18 March 1960, one of the latter's con-clusions being : « The wish was expressed thatother similar congresses should be held in thefuture, for example, every two years. Whilepreserving the variety of the subjects to beconsidered, it would be best to limit the workof each section to one subject only and to orga-nize the congress in such a way as to main-tain an exchange of information and opinionsof an horizontal rather than a vertical type ».

Agreement by. the respective Committees ofthe Union of International Associations andthe International Association of Congress Cen-ters was given at the end of 1960.

At a joint meeting in Liège on 18 and 19March 1961 it was decided :

(a) to set up an Organizing Committee com-posed of three representatives of each ofthe two associations;

(b) that the Congress would take place in theEUR Congress Palace, Rome, from 24 to28 September 1962;

(c) that it should be devoted to the study ofthree subjects : audio-visual techniques,« salons » and specialized exhibitions asadjuncts to an international congress, and. post-congress action (follow-up and publierelations) ;

(d) that for each of the three subjects therewould be only one written report, distri-buted in advance to participants;

(e) to set up a working party for each subjectto prepare the rapporteur's work:

(f) that the Congress should last for four anda half days, one morning being free;

(g) that two associated exhibitions would beorganized, one comprising models of Con-gress Centers belonging to the IACC, theother audio-visual equipment;

(h) that the Organizing Committee should drawup a detailed, draft budget.

To emphasize, if. that be necessary, howchanges often become necessary during prepa-ratory work for a congress, we may mentionthat :(a) the Congress dates were subsequently alte-

red to 12-16 November 1962 and then to12-15;

(b) the duration was reduced to four days byomitting the free morning, so that parti-cipants would be kept away from theirbusiness commitments for a shorter periodleaving them individually the possibility ofprolonging their stay;

(c) Theme II was slightly modified, becoming« Simultaneous organization of internatio-nal congresses and specialized exhibitions » ;

(d) Theme III was more radically changed, soas to cover public relations as. a whole be-fore, during and after international con-gresses, other aspects of follow-up beingdiscarded (settlement of administrativeoperations, publications of Proceedings, ac-tion on conclusions).

The three Congress themes were finalizedin the following way. A provisional scheme of, discussion was approved by the OrganizingCommittee. The scheme for Theme 1 wassubmitted for discussion and amendment to aworking party which met in Paris on 9 Decem-ber 1961 ; the scheme for Theme II to anotherworking party in London on 16 February 1962;

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and the scheme for Theme III to a third work-in party in Brussels on 19 February 1962. Inthe light o£ comments and suggestions formula-ted in this way by the sixty or so leaders ofinternational organizations and experts whotook part in the meetings, the UIA Secretary-General drew up new detailed schemes of dis-cussion. They were sent to the three Rappor-teurs chosen by the Organizing Committee, whowere asked to follow the schemes as closely aspossible, but given complete intellectual free-dom in drawing up the report, preferably of15 to 30 typewritten pages, to be ready by theend of August.

Congress preparations involved a total of sixmeetings of the Organizing Committee (Liège,29 March 1961; Rome, 3-4 October 1961: Brus-sels, 18 February 1962; Brussels, 29 March 1962;Lausanne 26 June 1962; Rome 27-28 September1962) and, of course, extensive correspondence.

The composition of the Organizing Committeewas modified and enlarged during the twoyears. All its meetings were attended by :Messrs Mannucci and Sehreurs for the IACC,Messrs Vasseur and Speeckaert for the UIA;some of the meetings by Messrs Labenski,Schweig, Mrs Galloni-Longaric and Miss Re-gout for the IACC, and Messrs Casadio andSardi for the UIA.

The division of labour between the two associ-ations was as follows :Working out the Congress themes, contactswith Chairmen and Rapporteurs, despatch ofinvitations and circulars, listing registrations,translation, printing and distribution of reports,compilation of Participants Directory, were en-trusted to the Union of International Associ-ations;Material organization at the Congress venue,securing premises, the receptions, the ladies'programme, the exhibitions, the reception ser-vices, verbatim reporting and document dis-tribution on the spot, press, accommodation.photographic services etc., were entrusted theInternational Association o£ Congress Centers.

Information for participantsThe precept must obviously be to supply all

necessary information, without drowning thepotential or registered participant in a flood ofcirculars and working papers.

For the Rome Congress only two printed cir-


culars were sent out. The first, in October 1961,constituted the invitation to participate, givingsubjects and provisional heads of discussion.,information on associated exhibitions, timeta-ble, congress venue, working languages, whatworking papers would be distributed, theamounts and time limited for payment ofregistration fees. This first circular incorpo-rated a registration form to be returned to theUIA.

The second circular was sent on 30 June 1962to everyone who had already registered, andsubsequently to new registrants. It confirmedthe programme and the participants' timeta-ble, gave the names of chairmen and rappor-teurs, the programme and timetable for accom-panying ladies, full details of the occupationand numbers of participants registered to date,as well as their distribution by nationality, work-ing languages and colour code, closing the listof registrations and payment of fees, visualequipment available for participants, workingpapers, the exhibitions and viewing them, thepossibility of distributing during the congresstechnical documents produced by participants,procedure at working sessions, free discussionsessions that could be organized by participants,information on the reception of participantsand the documentation they would receive onarrival.

Four enclosures were sent with the secondcircular : (1) a short note on the two orga-nizing bodies; (2) the new detailed schemes ofdiscussion for the three themes; (3) a noteindicating the subjects discussed at the firsttwo congresses, with the names of rapporteursand their reports; (4) a list of registrants todate with their occupation and nationality.

As registrations were received an acknow-ledgment was sent together with accommod-ation card and indications as to banking ac-counts into which fees could be paid.

At the end oí October the texts of the reports,printed in the case of English and French andduplicated in German and Italian, were sentto each participant in the language asked forin his registration form; a new list of regis-trants,' again giving occupation and nationality,was included.

Of course, in spite of the comprehensive na-ture of thé details provided in these various do-cuments, correspondence on a large scale — too

large — was necessary, part unfortunately witha view to obtaining payment of fees. Hereagain, steps must be taken to discourage a prac-tice which unnecessarily adds to the administra-tive work in organizing international meetings.

Procedure at working sessionsThe text given, in the circular of 30 June 1962

concerning procedural arrangements was asfollows :(a) Sectional meetings : After a very short in-

troduction of the subject by the Rappor-teur discussion will start right away on thequestions set out at the end of his writtenreport.

Comments on points involved in these ques-tions will be made during the time allocated bythe Chairman to the consideration of each ques-tion.

Subsequently observations on other pointsrelating to the general theme can be made.

Speaking time will be limited, but with theChairman's permission participants will beallowed to speak more than once, so that by aprocess of informal question and answer, with-out leaving one's place, the subject will be pro-fitably elucidated and the maximum number ofparticipants will contribute.

The Rapporteur will have the task of replyingto the debate and drawing the conclusions.(b) Plenary sessions : Plenary sessions will

start with a brief account of the sectionalmeeting by the Rapporteur. Anyone wish-ing to speak at the plenary sessions will asfar as possible make a request in writing atthe beginning of the session, indicating histopic and the number of minutes needed.Suitable forms are included in the Parti-cipant's Guide.

It will be open to the Rapporteur-General toask for clarification of any comments or pro-posals that may have been made. With the helpof the three Rapporteurs he will draw up asynthesis which will be distributed before theclosing session. The latter will be bevoted tothe discussion and improvement of this final re-port.

It will be seen that the responsibility foropening and conducting the discussions was

shared between the Chairmen and the Rappor-teurs.

In order to ensure continuity in the work, ithad been decided to have only one chairmanper theme, who would function at the two sec-tional meetings and the plenary session devotedto each of the three themes, the opening ses-sion to be chaired by the President of the UIAand the closing session by the President of theIACC.

The only change made during the congress tothis procedure concerned the closing sessionthat is to say the last paragraph of the rules.

The opening session on 12 NovemberSenator Et de la Vallée Poussin, President

of the Union of International Associations, be-gan by thanking the Italian authorities and theparticipants. Then Mr Bubbico, Deputy of theRome Municipal Council, representing theMayor of Rome, offered friendly greetings toall from the City of Rome.

Mr Marc Veillet-Lavallée, Assistant Director-General of the FAO, speaking on behalf ofMr Sen, Director-General, who had been detai-ned abroad, explained the interest of this UNSpecialized Agency in the congress on accountof the necessity to improve techniques at inter-national meetings. He mentioned that the FAOhad in fact sent delegates to the first two con-gresses. He emphasized what importance theFAO attached to co-operation between inter-governmental and non-governmental organiz-ations, and hence its interest right from thestart in the UlA's work.

Mr Chevallaz, in his capacity of Mayor ofLausanne, the town which welcomed the 2ndCongress, expressed his pleasure at handing onto the Mayor of Rome « the flame of the Con-gress of Congresses ».

Finally, Count Mannucci, whose speech willbe reproduced in the Proceedings, outlined theorigin of these congresses, their aims and pre-vious achievements, spoke about the program-me of the 3rd Congress, and showed on closed-circuit television who were its organizers, thatis to say the UIA, the IACC and its 14 memberCentres.

Delayed by his ministerial duties, His Excel-lency the Italian Minister for Tourism, Mr Al.


berto Folchi, was unable to arrive until theinauguration o£ the two Exhibitions associatedwith the Congress, which followed the openingsession. At the end of the inaugural visit tothe two exhibitions, and before the lunchd'accueil in the Sala dei Ricevimenti, he madea speech in which he emphasized how impor-tant international meetings had become, in Italyand elsewhere and the necessity of developinga science of congresses, based on experiencealready going back over a hundred years — ascience deriving from the same reasons whichlead people to meet at congresses : the need,through dialogue with others, to revitalize one-self, and the need to work for peaceful coexis-tence.

The working sessions and their conclusionsThe texts which follow this introduction

summarize as fully and clearly as possible thework that was accomplished in the sectionalmeetings on each theme. They were drawn upby the rapporteurs themselves, and to helpreaders we have inserted at the head of thesereports on the sectional work the conclusionsor questions that appeared at the end of thewritten reports which were distributed in ad-vance to participants.The record of the plenary discussion sessionswill be appearing in the Congress Proceedings.Here we are therefore only summarizing, intabular form, for each theme, the subjects dis-cussed at these plenary sessions, the principalconclusions, and the recommendations presen-ted.

Theme ISubjects of discussion :— evaluation of present position as regards dif-

fusion of audio-visual techniques;— study of obstacles to such diffusion;— discussion of ways and means of promoting

the use of these techniques;Main conclusion :

— audio-visual techniques should be developedand their use generalized and popularized;

Recommendations :1. — a thorough survey of audio-visual tech-

niques should he carried out by a studygroup set up by the UIA and the IACC;


_ complete documentation on these techni-ques could in this way be published withthe least possible delay;

2. — exchange of information on customs ques-tions should be established betweenNGOs;

3. — congress halls should only be equippedwith modern and appropriate apparatus.Standardization of equipment is desira-ble;

— it would be useful to have a list of what canbe done with audio-visual aids and what ser-vices they offer;

— a statement should be drawn up of the mi-nimum performance that can in fact be ex-pected from installations.

Theme IISubjects of discussion :— discover present trends as regards the si-

multaneous organization of congresses and exhibitions;

— evaluate the benefits derived on either side:— study the problems raised by this simulta-

neity;Main conclusion :— the necessity of successfully co-ordinating

and harmonizing the two events.Recommendations :— in most cases : advisability of centralization

in a single organizing committee;— ensure that material conditions (mainly as

regards premises) allow optimum simulta-neous organization;

— a survey should be undertaken of the extentto which towns are equipped for the simul-taneous holding of congresses and exhibi-tions. A working party should be set upunder the auspices of this UIA and theIACC.

Theme III

Subject of discussion ;— the possibilities of intensifying internal and

external public relations at congresses anddeveloping a new style of congresses : ori-original, friendly, international;

Main conclusion :1. — at all stages in the preparation and run-

ning of the congress, participants mustbe supplied with concise simple und regu-larly distributed information :

2. — the participant must feel that he is sup-ported within the congress, and integra-ted outside with professional or ideolo-gical circles in the host country;

3. — it is necessary to developed man-to-mancontacts, creating an atmosphere of con-fidence and mutual understanding bet-ween nationals.

As mentioned above, a change was in the pro-gramme for the closing session. The latter wasto have started with a synthesis of the Congresswork as a whole, followed by its discussion,approval or amendmet. As for the 1st and2nd Congresses, the preparation of this syn-thesis had been entrusted to the UIA Secretary-General.

After the last plenary session the UIA Secre-tary-General came to the conclusion that such asynthesis was in fact unnecessary, in view ofthe comprehensive nature of the reports on thesectional meetings' conclusions presented bythe three Rapporteurs at the beginning of theplenary sessions. The latter had really notadded any new material. -At the scheduledmeeting of the three Chairmen and the threeRapporteurs he therefore proposed that thesynthesis should be replaced by an attempt atevaluating the Congress. This proposal wasapproved.

The text of this evaluation, and a summaryof the exchange of views it gave rise to, will befound in the Congress Proceedings.

Some special features of the CongressHere we must mention first of all the volun-

tary help given once more to the Congress ofCongresses by a group of excellent interpreterswho agreed to attend the Congress both asparticipants and as interpreters. Together theyprovided remarkably effective simultaneous in-terpretation both at sectional meetings and atplenary sessions, in four languages : English,French, German and Italian.

The organization of the intepreting, verba-tim reporting and reception services was carried

out on an honorary basis by the Centro Tradu-zione e Servizi di Congresso Roma-Milano, un-der the efficient and gracious direction ofMrs Gulloni-Longaric. The simultaneous inter-pretation equipment was supplied free ofcharge by the International Technical Inter-pretation Service (ITIS).

These contributions, like the gesture ofMr Lampo, photographer at the Palazzo deiCongressi, in giving each participant two photostaken during the Congress, that of the floristin arranging the floral decoration, and thehours of extra work put in voluntarily by theEUR personnel, certainly attributable to thepersonal popularity of the director, Count GMannucci, ensured that the Congress had thecharacter of a truly co-operative and friendlyenterprise.

Another feature of the Rome Congress wasthe special effort made to promote mutual con-tacts between participants.

As already stated, lists of registrants, givingnationality and function, were sent to everyoneat the end of June and October.

In the portfolio which was given to them atthe opening (bearing their name inscribed onscotch tape of the colour corresponding to theirmain language) there was a Participants Direc-tory, containing a biographical note on eachregistrant, -with photo in the case of everyonewho had responded to the request in the circu-lar of 30 June, that is to say, rather more thanhalf of them. This illustrated Directory, whichalso incorporated programmes, rules of proce-dure etc. had been printed in a 9 X 4 in for-mat, so that it could be easily slipped into apocket or a ladies handbag.

The portfolio also contained a badge with theparticipant's name in large characters andcoloured squares showing the languages spoken,as well as two name plates. Participants respon-ded excellently to the suggestion that the lattershould be placed in front of them on the tableat all working sessions and kept in the port-folios when not attending meetings; permissionwas given to take them away after the congresswas over.

Wearing of badges was general, and in fact,following a participant's remark at one of thepublic relations sessions, a number of parti-cipants placed theirs on the right-hand lapel of


their jacket, being more easily read there whenhands were being shaken.

On the same subject of public relations, inthis case external, mention must be made ofthe press service and other activities carriedout by Mr Bassi.

Participants' mall delivered to the Palazzodei Congressi, session reports and other docu-ments were placed in individual pigeon-holes,arranged alphabetically, at the back of theinformation office. Each participant's pigeon-hole was marked with his name on scotch-tapecoloured according to his main language, whichgreatly facilitated the distribution of docu-ments in the appropriate language.

Participants had been asked to collect thecontents of their pigeon-hole from the inform-ation office hostesses every morning, at thesame time giving them any notes for other par-ticipants. Each hostess looked after some-thirty participants, both as regards registrationon arrival and handing over of portfolios, aswell as distribution of documents from pigeon-holes. Their work cannot be too highly praised.

The efficient operations of the branches ofthe Banco di Lavoro, of CIT, and other ser-vices installed in the Palazzo must also be em-phasized.

We have already mentioned several times theuse of a colour signalling code to facilitateidentification of languages used in documents orspoken. English was identified by red, Frenchby blue, German by grey, Italian by green.An appendix to the Proceedings will give thefull language colour code recommended foruse by congress organizers.

The code was, of course, used not only forthe labels on portfolios pigeon-holes and bad-ges, but above all to distinguish easily whichlanguage was used in the series of duplicateddocuments despatched before the Congress ordistributed during the Congress.

As regards documents it must he emphasizedthat thanks to the unsparing efforts of a teamof verbatim reporters and translators of typistsand technicians, directed by Mrs Galloni-Lon-garic, summaries of discussions at sectionalmeetings and plenary sessions were compiled,translated into four languages and actually dis-tributed at the Congress, session by session.


The six sectional meeting reports and the threeplenary session reports in all four languagescame to a total of 96 pages fo r the 2?» session-hours.

The exhibitionsThe Congress organizers had been particularly

attracted by the idea of having two exhibitionsassociated with it, considering the subject ofTheme II. And the second exhibition constitu-ted a valuable contribution to the study ofTheme I.

The first exhibition, devoted to the 14 Con-gress Centres associated in the IACC, was quiteremarkable, in spite of customs and transportdifficulties which prevented the showing ofseveral models. The EUR architect, Mr Valeri-Curii, had succeeded in creating an elegantwhole, in spite of the large size of the hall, andmost of the Centres had found an original wayof displaying material which had greatly inte-rested the participants.

Two comments are called for as regards theother exhibition dealing with audio-visualequipment.

First : the six firms represented had mana-ged things very well. The display was good,and information was provided effectively duringthe whole of the Congress.

Second : there were too few exhibitors, andthe full range of audio-visual equipment was farfrom being represented. Organizers and parti-cipants regretted it. We can testify that it wascertainly not due to lack of systematic effortson the part of those responsible for this exhibi-tion, but to the lack of understanding met with(apart from the few brilliant exceptions) amongthe producers of such equipment as to the rôleof this Congress of Congresses.

Evidently a good deal of preliminary edu-cational work needs to be done to set certainbusiness circles to associate themselves with stu-dy and research efforts leading to mutual pro-gress.

Receptions and Ladies' programmeEven an abbreviated account of a congress

would be incomplete if no mention were madeof the social events which facilitated contacts

between participants in a happy and relaxedatmosphere.

There were three official and two unofficialones to which all participants were invited.

The first of the three events organized bythe Congress Committee was the « lunch d'ac-ceuil » in the Sala dei Ricevimenti of the Palazzodel Congressi ; it followed immediately after theopening session, with the express purpose ofestablishing direct contact between participants.For the same reason the fork lunch with buffetsystem had been adopted.

The second reception was the cocktail-dinnergiven on Tuesday 13th in the evening in themagnificence of the Château Saint Ange, andthe third was the gala dinner at the end of theCongress, on the 15th, in the Sala dei Ricevi-menti of the Palazzo dei Congressi followedby a ball. Participants were free to take theirplace at any of the tables for twelve which sur-rounded the space reserved for the many dan-cers.

Only the UTA and IACC Presidents, theChairmen and Rapporteurs, the members of theOrganizing Committee and of the Ladies-Com-mittee were placed at a table d'honneur.

The'two unofficial receptions were on theone hand the cocktail party given midday Wed-nesday by the New York City Convention andVisitors Bureau at the Corsetti Vecchia Ame-rica, near the Palazzo dei Congressi, and onthe other hand the reception given on the Wed-nesday evening in the Casina delle Rose at theVilla Borghese by the Danish National TouristOffice in conjunction with the ScandinavianAirlines System, Falkoner Centret (CongressCentre) in Copenhagen and the DIS CongressService, Copenhagen. The first had an Ameri-can touch, thanks to the old America style ofthe premises; the second was given a Danishflavour by the « smorrebrod », the Aalborg beer,the Akvavit and the Cherry Heering broughtfrom Denmark.

Free discussion meetings

The first announcement of the programme,in October 1961, offered to provide small roomsfor one hour, before the closing session, forany participants who wanted to discuss freelyamong themselves problems not necessarilyrelated to the Congress themes.

Advantage was taken of this offer for twomeetings only : one to discuss the subject« Technicians concerned with Simultaneous In-terpretation », and the other to discuss a verydifferent matter. « Where should Congress Cen-tres be placed in relation to the heart of aCity ? », with the help of charts presented by aPortuguese architect.

These two meetings were attended by a num-ber of participants.

During the same period others went to thecinema, where a colour film of a doctors' con-gress held in Berlin was shown, as well as otherfilms on facilities provided in various countriesfor holding international congresses.

ConclusionParticipants at the Rome Congress were able

to admire the development of the new EURsector which constitutes in fact a new town.This town undoubtedly answers a need, by giv-ing social and administrative bodies a settingin which they can flourish, a setting more ap-propriate to the necessities of life in 1962 thancan now be provided by Vecchia Roma.

The same thing is happening as regards rela-tions between peoples and scientific, culturalor professional exchanges: if they are to flou-rish people must meet, face to face. Inter-national meetings are now an instrument ofhuman progress. They affect ever wider cate-gories of human activities and ever larger num-bers of individuals.

This new instrument needed studying; thisthe Rome Congress did with success, carryingon the work of the two previous congresses.


The use of communication tools(audio-visual techniques)at international congresses

Questions and conclusions formulated at the end of the preliminaryreport prepared by Edmund J. Cooper, General Secretary,

The Scientific Film Association.(Original : English)

It is the over-riding conclusion of this reportthat so wide a range of audio-visual aids andequipment exist to serve the international con-gress, that the first need is for full informationabout it to be available for universal use.That more active use of the various aidscould or should be made seems evident, but towhat extent is hard to tell without concreteinformation from as many international sourcesas possible. The following questions therefore immediate-ly present themselves :1. What general steps, other than the circula-

tion of technical information, can be takento encourage the wider use of communica-tion techniques at international meetings ?

2. To what extent can a systematic enquiry be"conducted into the international use ofaudio-visual aids ? How useful could it be?

3. Would the existence of a permanent advi-sory committee on audio-visual aids be use-ful to the UAI ? How might it operate ?4. How best might be. produced a published

guide to congress organisers on the use ofaudio-visual aids, the materials and equip-ment which exist; and full technical data

about them ?5. How vital is the use of special advisers in

the choice and use of aids ? Should a surveybe instituted of all existing agencies andservices ? '

These questions accept in principle the viewthat the existence of information is in itselfan encouragement for use, and this view may

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well provide some discussion. There will al-ways remain, however, the question of the com-parative value and effectiveness of the techni-ques and equipments themselves, which leadone to ask :6. What measures can be taken to assess and

evaluate audio-visual techniques and theequipment which exists for their use?

1. Should there exist a technical standardsbureau to test and report upon equipmentand aids ? How should it operate ?Mention has been made of the need for train-ing delegates and speakers in the use of aids,and it is clearly necessary that congress equip-ment and facilities should not be beyond theunderstanding of those whom they exist toserve. - Therefore :8. What further steps might be taken to ensure

that the majority of those who attend inter-national congresses are familiar with thebasic audio-visual techniques ?

9. Is there any value in considering the run-ning of special courses or symposia devotedto-the use of audio-visual techniques?

Despite the existence of UNESCO conventionsand agreements between countries concerningthe import of audio-visual aids and equipment,many organisers still appear to experience dif-ficulty in the exchange of this material.10. Would it be possible to prepare a special

report on regulations and difficulties indifferent countries ? How might this bedone ?

Theme I

11. Is any further action necessary, or possible,between international associations to in-crease the free flow of audio-visual mate-rials between congresses ? What . are thepossibilities of a simple carnet to cover allsuch exchanges ?

In considering the equipment of new halls,or the adaptation of old ones, it is assumedthat congress organisers will invariably be in-volved at the planning stage. It is possible,however, that precautions might be taken to

ensure that certain types of specialist, techni-cian or authority have ready systems of refe-rence to guide them in such matters. The finalquestion, then, is :12. What steps, other than those already con-

sidered or implied, might be taken to esta-blish an international standard in theequipment of congress and meeting halls V

If established, how should this be publicisedand " enforced "?

Summary report of the discussions of the sections meetingspresented by E. J. Cooper to the plenary session devoted to theme I

(Original : English)

Most of you will by now have read the reportwhich appears under my name in the booklet« Congress Science », arid which formed thebasis of the discussions on Theme I, and therewill be no need for me to re-iterate this docu-ment in great detail. You will also have receiv-ed the very excellent minutes of our meetings.

In presenting it to this Congress, however,I would remind you, as I reminded my com-mission yesterday of three points which I madein my written introduction.1. This is a personal report, prepared from

my own experience and from discussionswith congress organizers of my acquaintance.

2. It is not an international survey of equip-ment and techniques, which could only beprepared as a special, long-term task, andwhich, as you will hear, is something whichwe believe might with value be undertakenin the future.

3. It is purely a starting point for discussion. .an aide-memoire to those interested, or in-volved, in the use of audio-visual techniquesat international congresses.

The main aim of the report, therefore, wasto stimulate ideas and comments on the partof all interested delegates, whose experienceand knowledge we are here to share.

The various chapters of the report werebased upon the headings for discussion pre-pared in advance by the organizers of this con-

gress: my task was to follow these headings.and to build my report around them.

In chapter 1, concerning the extent of cur-rent use of audio-visual aids, it was only pos-sible to make general observations — for itis here that a full-scale survey is necessaryto do more. Even so, there is clear indicationhere that much more can be done with audio-visual aids in international congresses than isat present achieved.

In chapter 2 the main values of audio-visualaids are underlined. At no point in preparingthe report, or during the discussions whicharose from it has the usefulness of audio-visualtechniques been disputed. Our main concernhas been to discover by what means this use-fulness might best be exploited and encouraged,by the provision of guidance of organisers andparticipants, and by the evaluation of the manytypes of equipment and technique which exist.

These were listed in chapter 3, which, as itstands, might serve as a note book for the orga-nizers of international congresses. In preparingthis list, I was well aware that delegates tothis congress might make new suggestions, andgive the benefit of their personal experience —and there I was not disappointed. I am onlysorry that it was not possible to organize fulldemonstration of all the equipment mentioned ;even so, we were able yesterday afternoon tohave a brief demonstration of one large screentelevision projection system and of an overhead


projector. Thus we achieved more than Ihoped, which was no more than to classify,very simply, the various aids which currentlyexist to serve the international congress.

Chapters 4 and 5 of the report represent theattempt of one individual to summarise thebasic needs and present patterns of develop-ment in the field of audio-visual aids and theiruse. It is in these sections — and in the discus-sions yesterday which arose from them — thatI am most conscious of the basic differencebetween the facilities provided in thé perma-nent, fully-equipped Congress Palaces, . andthose which have to be arranged on a temp-orary basis in a hall or centre especially adapt-ed for a single congress. Since to my mind itis in this last instance — of the short congressheld in a not-always-suitable building — thatthe problems are greatest, I tended to givemy main consideration to matters of temporaryinstallations and guidance on their use. But tstress now, as I have done in our meetings herein Rome that we particularly value and lookto the experience and guidance of the CongressPalace organisers in all matters of the installa-tion and use of audio-visual aids.

In the final section of my report I attemptedto pose a number of questions which, to me,seemed to arise logically from the precedingchapters. It was this section around whichour main discussion centered yesterday, andfrom which the conclusions I shall put beforeyou are drawn.Our meetings yesterday, under the expertchairmanship of Dr. Rifaat, were full of inte-resting and valuable discussion, contributed byno less than 20 speakers who took part in alively exchange of views. Between them theyrepresented an impressive range of experience.It was evident from the start that all wereagreed upon the need for more available infor-mation and guidance on audio-visual aids andequipment, and on how they might most effec-tively be used. The main question here washow this might be achieved, and at what level.An important aspect of the matter, it seemedto us, was that pure communication... com-munication between stage, auditorium andinterpretation equipment and methods shouldbe included in our thinking, or considered quiteseparately. We considered that it should figu-re in all our discussions, and in our final


recommendations, as one of the complete rangeof aids available to the international congressorganiser.

Arising from these discussions we noted thatthere is a need for a very clear definition ofterms in relation to the subject... even to theextend of laying down clearly « what is anaudio-visual aid » and we are sure that suchclear definitions must be included in all futurediscussions and publications on this aspect ofour work. Some distinction, it was felt, shouldbe made between audio-visual media exclusivelyused at international congresses and those notspecifically used for such meetings. Distinc-tion, too, should be made between permanentequipment installed in Congress Palaces, andthat brought into other types of hall for a shortperiod.

While dealing with such distinctions, somedelegates stressed the essential differences be-tween scientific and technical congresses, andmore general ones — pointing out that thespecialist meetings very often had specific pro-blems and requirements in communication anddemonstration.

Several delegates, quite naturally, raised thequestion of the cost of installation and use ofaudio-visual equipment, and in considering thepublication of special information and guideson such equipment, we must also stress theneed for reference to the relative costs andefficiency of the items discussed. It was noted,incidentally, that consideration had recentlybeen given by the AIPC to the possibility ofmaking a per capita charge for the use of per-manent equipment in congress halls and palaces.We were not able to go into this question atall thoroughly, but clearly we shall be inter-ested in any conclusions which are reached indue course. There may well be usefull guid-ance here for the users of temporary installa-tions, to enable them to share out some oftheir expense.

Considering the provision of audio-visual aidsfor speakers, we recognised that simplicity isof the utmost importance. Speakers must begiven aids, not obstructions, and very oftenthey have no chance to rehearse with the aidsthey are going to use. At the same time,speakers should be encouraged to use materialsand equipment unfamiliar to them where thisis appropriate.

In this context, we note the value of theconscious use of audio-visual aids at a Con-gress of this type, where both organisers andaudiences can be made aware, by demonstra-tion, of the values of techniques which theymight later use for themselves.

We also came to the conclusion that specialcourses and symposia on the use of audio-visual aids would be of great value to orga-nisers and speakers, as and when these couldbe arranged.

The subject which concerned us towardsthe end of our day, was that of archievingsome measure of uniformity of equipment inthe congress halls of many countries. Whiledelegates were not anxious to see actualstandardisation of equipment, it was felt thatthe regular exchange of information betweenorganisers could lead to the adoption of simi-lar types of equipment, so that participantscould gradually begin to benefit from a basicrange of equipment which was accepted as aminimum requirement in all congress centres.

Naturally many other points arose duringour meetings, and these have been noted :

As a result of the discussions which I haveattempted to summarise, the commission forTheme I came to the conclusion that it wishedto strike out questions 7 and 11 from the con-cluding section of the Report.

Question 7, it was felt, implied an extensionof activity already covered in questions 5and 6; moreover, there are in existence inter-national organisations whose function it is tolay down technical standards for all types ofequipment. Except in very rare eases thereis unlikely to be a need to duplicate this work.

Question 11, and any action implied there-in, could not, it was felt, be considered untilthe results were known of the report mention-ed in question 10. It was therefore not consi-dered. May I therefore ask you to strike outquestions 7 and 11 from the texts in your pos-session. While not removed from the list,Question No. 1 was thorougly covered in thewhole range of discussion, and was answeredby the proposals arising from the remainingquestions. In our view, therefore, it requiresno specific discussion in this session.

We therefore conclude this report of ourmeetings by referring to you the followingquestions and recommendations.

Question 2 : Here it is felt that the resultsof a systematic survey could be of use tocongress organisers in all countries, and wefeel that the experience of member countriesof the UIA should be sought, by means ofa special questionnaire which takes intoaccount the different types of internationalcongresses. The answer to these question-naires, properly evaluated, could provide apicture of the extent to which aids are (andcould be) used.Question 3 : Here we found ourselves recogni-

sing that questions 3, 5, 6 and 8 were closelyinterrelated, and after some deliberation,we concluded that they could all be ans-wered by one recommendation... that impli-

cit in question 3- We preferred the termstudy group rather than « permanent advi-

sory committee », and therefore wish torecommend to the joint organisers of theCongress that they set up a study group,representing all interests and taking intoaccount the differences between portable

and permanent equipment, to concern itselfwith all audio-visual aids and techniques

specifically for international congresses.This group, we envisage, could also makea survey of existing agencies and services for

the international congress (q. 5), could wellassess the basic usefulness of equipment and

techniques (q. 6), and would certainly Enditself in a position to advise upon ways of

familiarising delegates with the various tech-niques (q. 8).

Question 4, concerns itself with a publishedguide to audio-visual materials and equip-ment, and we see that once established thestudy group would quickly accumulate de-tailed information which could form thebasis of a « handbook » of audio-visual aids.We feel that there is a need for this, andwould recommend that such a guide bepublished as soon as possible.Question 9. We agree that courses and sym-posia on the use of audio-visual techniqueswould be valuable, both to organisers andparticipants. And we would ask the orga-nisers of this congress to consider how theymight be arranged.

Question 10. Although there are now in exis-tence many customs conventions permitting

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Theme II

Simultaneous organizationof international

congresses and specialized exhibitionsConclusions formulated at the end of the preliminary report

prepared by Dr. Rolf Braun, CologneSecretary-General of the 13th Congress of the International Dental Federation

(Original : German)

I

Present trends and various forms of concur-rent congresses and exhibitions

a) Exhibitions organized within the frame-work of a Congress

The impetus for holding exhibitions withinthe framework of a congress conies from profes-sional and interest groups whose occupation isdependent on the products of some specialisedindustry. These exhibitions call for a funda-mental distinction between ideas exhibitionsand commercial exhibitions. The ideas exhi-bitions include the scientific and " hobby " ex-hibitions, i.e. all the exhibitions which arefinanced out of congress funds and in whichthe industry and trades take no part. Theterm " commercial " applies to the trade andtechnical exhibitions which are organized forpublicity and sales purposes and financed bythe trades and industry.b) Congresses organized within the framework

of an ExhibitionThe object of organizing congresses within

the framework of an exhibition is to add afurther attraction for the visitor and, at thesame time, provide him with a digest of theexhibition.

II

Advantages of the joint event

a) From the point of view of the congress :1. Complementing the spoken word by ac-tual and pictorial illustration;


2. Giving the congress greater attraction anddrawing in the more trade and techni-cally-minded by means of the exhibition;

3. Financial contributions from the exhibi-tion towards congress funds;

4. Higher publicity, potential and increasedpublic interest, resulting in greater libe-rality where possible grants from publicfunds are concerned.

b) From the point of view of the exhibition1. Complementing the visual material by the

spoken word:2. Greater and more representative partici-

pation by industry, who look with intereston the circles attracted by the congress;

3. Scientific background for the trade exhi-bition, which thereby gains in importance;

4. Technical and scientific stimuli for theproducer or his scientists, and their sub-sequent value in future production;

5. Saving on publicity expenses or more in-tensive publicity for the same expen-diture.

c) From the point of view of the joint event1. Greater number of participants or visitors

thanks to the enhanced importance ofeach event.

2. Complementing the acoustic material byvisual illustration and vice versa.

3. Financial advantages, wider range andgreater intensity in publicising bothevents.

Problems arising out of joint eventsa) Relations between congress promoters and

exhibition promoters1. Early clarification on the competence of

each partner and on which shall have proeminence.

2. Nomination of a central organizing com-mittee for both events; if separate mana-gements arc preferred, arrangements musthe made for an exchange of informationon all decisions.

b) Administrative and organizational problems1. Joint congress and exhibition in one en-

closure; segregation of congress from ex-hibition, where each has a different alien-dance;

2. Provision of adequate rooms within thecongress grounds for parallel and specialevents; appropriate allocation of availablerooms between congress and exhibition;

3. Separate information centres for congressand exhibition, where each have a sepa-rate attendance;

4. Harmonisation of congress and exhibitioncapacities with the number of good hotelrooms available;

5. Appropriate allocation of available hotelaccommodation, preferably weighted infavour of the congress participants. Inthis connection, it should be borne inmind that, because of their already exist-ing relations, hotels will always reservegood accommodation for large industrialconcerns ;

6. Representational duties vis-a-vis stale andcivic authorities should he discharged bythe joint management committee or bythe more important of the two organiza-tions. This applies especially to jointpatronage, invitations to guests of honourand official greetings;

7. Issue of one programme, which wil l givedue consideration to each event. The ex-hibition promoters should restrict them-selves to issuing an exhibition catalogue;

8. Formation of a joint press bureau; ifthis is not possible, the du ty of informing

t h e da i l y and specialíncd press should de-volve on one, bureau. The, more neutralposition of the congress is an advantageto the exhib i t ion where the release of i n -fo rm at ion to the publ ic is concerned.

9. Decision on the participation, in fringeand ladies' programmes, of those at tend-ing congress and exhibition.

c) Financial problems

1. Clear deliminalion of the financial res-ponsibi l i t ies of congress and exhibitionsbefore the events take place;

2. Free access of the congress participants tothe exhibition.

d) Technical problems

1. Co-ordination of the optimum durationsof the trade exhibition and the congress— the exhibition should not open beforethe congress;

2. Reserving access to the exhibition on cer-t a in days or times to specified categoriesof visitors;

3. Influence to he exerted by the congresstowards an appropriate shaping of thestands, insofar as this is possible;

4. Display of documents relating to congressand trade exhibition restricted to theexisting information centre;

5. Financing of a possible congress bulletinby the insertion of advertisements.

A common problem regarding interpretersand translators can hardly be said to exist,since, in add i t ion to the simultaneous congressinterpreters, a suff ic ient number of ad hoc in-terpreters can he engaged to meet the needs ofboth events.

Recommandation: The Union des Associa-tions internationales or the Association inter-nationale des Palais de Congrès should preparean objective survey of existing conditions incongress and exhibition towns, based on therequirements of joint events.


Summary report of the discussions of the section meetingspresented by Dr Rolf Braun to the plenary session devoted to theme II

(Original : German)

First o{ all, I want to thank Congress offi-cials for honouring me with such an importanttask and thus giving me the opportunity tosubmit a report to the Third World Congressof International Congress Organisers andTechnicians. I also owe my thanks to all thespeakers whose remarks and suggestionsenabled me to draft this summary on ourworking sessions. No doubt it is the Chair-man's merit if, under his wise leadership, thedebate flowed so smoothly.

I am also pleased to note that this Commis-sion has substantially adopted the lines of myfinal conclusions and accepted most of myrecommendations. Justifiably, the questionwas raised as to whether these final conclu-sions should be considered as an overall pic-ture or as an actual resolution. My personalopinion is that a discussion on such a greatnumber of problems, thorough as it may be,cannot lead to final results, but should ratherbe defined as a general outline, which maybe used for future orientation purposes.

Several speakers pointed out that many ofthe points discussed might well provide indi-vidually the subject of a whole theme.

In the course of the discussion it emergedquite clearly that the diversity of conditionsprevailing in each case of simultaneous orga-nisation of congresses and exhibitions is suchas to prevent the formulation of rigid generalrules. Thus, both die final conclusions andthis summary are related to the simplest casesonly.

As regards Section I, « Present Trends andVarious Forms of the Joint Congress and Exhi-bition », a rather general agreement wasreached. It was recognised that there is agrowing tendency to hold joint congresses andexhibitions, and the need was consequentlyfelt to lay the basis for the archievement ofan optimum level of efficiency in their orga-nisation. A number of changes were made tosome of the terms used in my report, andthe following terminology was consideredmore appropriate :

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1. « commercial and non-commercial orga-nisations » ;

2. « specialised and non-specialised exhi-bitions ».

It was also suggested to differentiate amongexhibitions on the basis of their size and toclassify them under two groups, namely,« large » and « small » exhibitions. I donot think, however, that a distinction of thiskind would have much value. It would pro-bably be better to identify the specific size ofeach exhibition by means of numerical data.

In the course of the debate, it was alsostated that terminological definitions could beleft to other organizations. The determina-tion of a universally valid terminology fallswithout the scope of our theme. What we aremainly interested in is preparing a commonbasis for discussion.

A number of speakers pointed out that, inaddition to the two cases mentioned underpoints I a) and I b) of the final conclusions-there is also a third case to be considered :the holding of one or more specialised con-gresses in conjunction with an exhibition andunder the same management.

I would like to point out, however, that myreport has taken into account the existence ofmixed systems and that they were also consid-ered under points I a) and I b).

As regards Section II, « Points of Interestregarding Joint Events », all were agreed onthe existence of a common sphere of interestand general approval was expressed on all thepoints from II a) to II c) of the final conclu-sions.

As to Section III, « Problems resulting fromCommon Organization », the majority was infavour of a joint organizing committee for bothevents, unless the prevailing importance of oneof the two had been recognised since the start.It was also suggested to avoid an excessivenumber of joints events, and that such jointevents should be coordinated on both the natio-nal and international planes. It was noted that,

in the fields of industry, trade, etc., there is agreater tendency to combine exhibitions withcongresses, especially when congress attendanceis very large and there are many prospectivebuyers among participants.

A rather live debate was held on para-graph b 1) of Section III. Some participants,in contrast with what is my own personalopinion, have argued that congresses and exhi-bitions should be held in separate premises.In support of their argument they said thatthe holding of both events in the same build-ing would create mutual interferences and dist-urbances. Other speakers pointed out thatonly fews towns have the facilities to accom-modate both events in one building. This isparticularly true of towns where large faire areperiodically held and where congresses mustoften be held in separate premises.

There is no doubt, however, that the majorityis for confining both congress and exhibitionfacilities to the same area, not only for thesake of rationality, but also because — as longas the two events concern the same sphere ofpeople — human relations may be enhancedon a more intensive scale. Holding in twoevents at a great distance from each other —some of the debaters thought — would easilylead to a decrease in the number of visitorsto both events.

Special relief was given to the concept thatsimultaneity is really convenient only whenthere are close ideal ties between the congressand the exhibition.

No general agreement was reached on Para-graph b 8) of Section III. The opportunityof setting up a joing press office was stronglyquestioned. It was also remarked that theorganization of many congresses betrays a lackof knowledge about local press conditions.This applies especially to the case of very largeexhibitions accommodating a number of diffe-rent congresses : the Brussels World Fair, forinstance. The majority, however, was of theopinion that the organization of a joint pressoffice would enable the local press to get theirnews from one source only. It was also remark-ed that the press is generally more willing tocover congresses rather than exhibitions. Thisis due to the fact that the news concerningcongresses is of a more neutral character ascompared with those concerning exhibitions

where competitive and commercial interests aregenerally represented. A congress, therefore,by calling public attention to the specialisedexhibition connected with it, is greatly benefi-cial to the industrial and commercial circlesconcerned.

Some misunderstandings may have arisenfrom what I said under Paragraph c 2) ofSection III. I did not mean to state that con-gress participants should always be granted freeentry to the exhibitions; what I really meantwas that the question deserved specific consi-deration.

As to technical problems (III d 1), the major-ity did not believe that the exhibition, in prin-ciple, should always be inaugurated before thecongress. Some very convincing argumentswere presented on this point and the commis-sion was of the opinion that the fixing of therespective inauguration dates for each eventshould be decided case by case, according tothe specific circumstances characterising eachcase.

A full debate was held on my resolution.The opportunity was acknowledged of conduct-ing a broad servey on the conditions currentlyprevailing in congress and exhibition towns.It was emphasised in particular that the survey-should be as objective as possible and absolu-tely free from the influence of national andlocal interests.

It was also suggested that - in addition toUIA and IACC (the sponsors of this congress) —also other organizations be mentioned in theCommissions's resolution. The majority even-tually decided that any initiative in this fieldshould be left to UIA and. IACC, and that theCommission could only recommend collabora-tion with other organizations.

The Commission finally approved the follow-ing resolution :« In consideration of the growing import-ance of the simultaneous organization of con-gresses and exhibitions, the Commission sub-mits to the Congress the recommendation thatUIA and TACC set up a study group in collabo-ration with the other organizations concerned.The study group should be given the task ofpreparing a general survey of existing condi-tions in congress and exhibition towns, basedon the requirements of joint events. Special(continued on page 102)

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Theme III

Intensification of public relationsat international congresses

Conclusions formulated at the end of the preliminary report preparedby Charles-André Schussele, Director, Junior Red Cross Bureau of the

League of Red Cross Societies.

1. The number of documents supplied to de-legates before the congress must be limited.What they want is clear and attractivelypresented information on the aim of thecongress, its programme, its promoters, itsvenue and date, the delegates who will bepresent, the themes to be discussed and theworking procedure.

2. Documentation during the congress mustbe made available to delegates in such away that they feel that the process is na-tural and automatic.

3. At. the close of the congress the delegatesmust be able to take away with them thetext of resolutions passed and the generalconclusions of the congress. After the con-gress they must receive a letter of thanksaccompanied by resumes of the work with-in a fortnight.

4. Owing to the deep feelings of belonging toa professional milieu which are experien-ced by every human being, internationalcongresses should systematically encouragecontact between delegates and professionalcircles in the host country, preferably ona personal level and without overloadingthe delegate's programme. The congress'smain effects will more often be felt in pro-fessional circles than amongst the public atlarge.

5. Suitable public relations techniques mustbe adopted and the necessary informationsupplied to the delegates to make themwish to prolong the effects of the congressafter it has closed.

6. When planning their external public rela-tions, congress organisers too often neglect


to make use of press, radio and televisioninterviews of delegates.

7. Special attention must be paid to thespeedy distribution of information afterthe congress, including the use of speciali-sed periodicals. A qualified person shouldbe appointed to deal with this before thecongress starts.

8. Cooperation with national bodies can beespecially fruitful in the case of large con-gresses in planning a programme of eventsnot only during the congress but also after-wards in other parts of the country. Dele-gates from distant countries can thus ex-tract the maximum, advantage, with theminimum of difficulty, from their atten-dance at the congress, often involving tra-velling from one continent to another.

9. The congress, which must serve the publicrelations of the organisation which con-venes it, is throughout a question of publicrelations activities. The solution of orga-nisational problems concerning ways andmeans must take account of every diplo-matic and international psychological fac-tor.

10. Congresses, particularly by adopting a ju-dicious programme of receptions, above allat the beginning of the congress, and ofboth professional and social visits, mustsucceed in creating a feeling of confidencebetween delegates from various nationsand between the foreign delegates as awhole and their host country. Congresseswill thus play their part in diminishing in-ternational tension.

Summary report of the discussions of the section meetingspresented by Charles-André Schussele

to the plenary session devoted to Theme III

The Commission has unanimously recognis-ed that each o£ the 11 points listed above couldhave been the theme for a whole congress; thismeans that we have already supplied subjectmatter for 11 future congresses ! But it alsomeans that our Commission was faced with analmost impossible task : that of dealing withall the questions listed in one day only.

We have done what we could and we donot claim that our task has been actually com-pleted. We have carefully examined the tenconclusions listed at the end of my report, aswell as most of the ideas illustrated in thereport itself but not mentioned in the conclu-sions.

Our Commission has thus reached a numberof conclusions which have obtained the unani-mous approval of participants, even if no actualvote was taken. Conversely, some speakersmade suggestions which could not be acceptedsince they referred to very special types of con-gresses and circumstances. Our Commission,therefore, has deemed it convenient to list allsuggestions in a « directory of ideas », whichcould be of use to many international organisa-tions. The directory might be later supple-mented by additional contributions and be orga-nised in the form o£ a special publication.

Apart from the problem of internal and exter-nal relations, our Commission has attachedbasic importance to the study of point 3,« Developing a Style : Original, Friendly,International ». The last three adjectives mayass well be attributed to the whole debatewhich took place in our sessions. A numberof delegates stated that they had learned muchfrom the discussions.

We hope that this Plenary Session mayactually represent the Third Session of ourCommission, and that a lively and constructivedebate ensues. We also hope that, from thesediscussions, positive ideas may emerge, withthe basic end of rendering future congressesmore efficient, more human and truly usefulto the community at large.

We cannot in this session resume our debateon the text of the report submitted to theCommission. We shall only reconsider theconclusions and make reference — when neces-sary — to the above-mentioned scheme of dis-cussion.

Conclusion No. 1« The number of documents supplied to dele-

gates before the congress must be limited.What they want is clear and attractively pre-sented information on the aim of the con-gress, its programme, its promoters, its venueand date, the delegates who will be present,the themes to be discussed and the workingprocedure. »Our Commission has unanimously approved

this conclusion and has stressed the necessityof limiting documents to the barest minimumand preferring quality, to quantity. As toscientific congresses, for instance, it was sug-gested to make the widest use possible of charts,pictures and all the means suited to make docu-ments shorter and more interesting.

Our Commission has duly appreciated the« participants' directory » (with photographsand condensed biographical data), but hasalso remarked that an undertaking of this kindis only applicable to congresses with not morethan 300/400 participants. It was also sug-gested that the official responsible for publicrelations in the international organisation con-cerned make a visit to the town where the con-gress shall be held, at least fifteen days in ad-vance of the inauguration date, in order to draftthe public relations officer of the local CongressCentre, or of the local national branch of hisorganisation.

As to the working procedure, it was suggestedto give full consideration to breaks which favourthe smooth running of sessions, contribute tothe solution of many difficulties and encourageinternal relations.

Conclusion No. 2« Documentation during the congress must be

made available to delegates in such a way


that they feel that the process is natural andautomatic. »No comments were made on this conclusion,

with the exception of some remarks emphasis-ing the need for short and clear summary docu-ments.

Conclusion No. 3« At the close of the congress the delegates

must Le able to take away with them thetext of resolutions passed and the generalconclusions of the congress. After the con-gress they must receive a letter of thanksaccompanied by résumés of the work withina fortnight. »This conclusion is in many ways connected

with conclusion no. 5, and we shall thus coverall the relevant comments in conjunction withthe latter.

We must point out, however, that, as faras letters of thanks are concerned, the pointmade was meant to stress the intention ratherthan the fact in itself. The intention is thatof encouraging participants to follow up imme-diately on their work, and of giving them someresponsability — even if only to a limitedextent — for prolonging the effect of thecongress.

Conclusion no. 4« Owing to the deep feelings of belonging to a

professionnal milieu which are experiencedby every human being, international con-gresses should systematically encourage con-tact between delegates and professional circlesin the host country, preferably on a personallevel and without overloading the delegate'sprogramme. The congress's main effectswill more often be felt in professional circlesthan amongst the public at large. »On this point a full debate was held, with

special reference to the right balance requiredbetween actual congress schedules and thereception and tour programmes. It was alsosuggested to limit the number of tours : forinstance, one at the beginning of the congressto break ice an enable participants to bereceived by local authorities; a second one halfway through the congress to provide somerelaxation; and a third one right at the end,in order to « finish in style ».


It was suggested to hold receptions in theevening and not late in the afternoon, ant thatinvitations should be sent also to representativepersons of the host country.

With regard to tours, the representatives oftourist agencies and travel companies remindedthe participants of their existence and stressedthe collaboration they are always willing tooffer to congress organisers.

The conclusion, however, concerned essent-ially the participants' contacts with the profes-sional milieu o£ the host country, preferablyon a personal level. Tours and receptions mayundoubtedly contribute to the achievement ofthis goal. It will be necessary, however, torealise, without disturbing congress schedules,closer and more human contacts, by organisingvisits in small groups to specialised institutionsand even to families belonging to the same pro-fessional milieux.

Conclusion No. 5« Suitable public relations techniques must be

adopted and the necessary information sup-plied to the delegates to make them wishto prolong the effects of the congress afterit has closed. »The Commission unanimously stressed the

importance of delivering to participants, beforetheir departure, (or at least through the mailas soon as possible) those documents whichmight make them wish to prolong the effectsof the congress, not only through press, radioand television media, but also within their ownnation and professional milieu.

Conclusion no. 6« When planning their external public relations

congress organisers too often neglect to makeuse of press, radio and television interviewsof delegates. »

On this point a lively debate was held andthe participants substantially confirmed theneed to entrust one qualified person (a publicrelations expert or the person responsible forinformation in the organisation concerned) withthe task of drafting a suitable programme forthe press, radio and television in order topublicise the objectives and findings of thecongress.

It was stressed, however, that considerationmust be given to the great differences existingnot only among the various types of congresses(scientific, social, political, etc.) but also amonghost countries. It is thus essential that thesefactors be taken into account in drafting a pro-gramme, especially for what concerns press,radio and television interviews of delegates.These delegates should be given sufficientlyadvanced notice of the interview and of thesubjects scheduled for discussion.

Conclusion No. 7( Special attention must be paid to the speedydistribution of information after the congress,including the use of specialised periodicals.A qualified person should be appointed todeal with this before the congress starts. »Also in this field there is a marked need forthe services of a responsible public relationsexpert. By means of a systematic and timelyaction, journalists must be informed of theobjectives and scope of a congress. They mustbe made aware of it so that, when the congressstarts, they are ready to catch its essentialaspects, and their task becomes easier and moreinstructive. The same sonsiderations apply totelevision as well. As to congress press releas-es, and with special reference to the final one,it is necessary to consider not only the interestsof the congress itself, but also those of thepress; both interests may well be merged intoone harmonious whole.

Conclusion, No. S« Cooperation with national bodies can be

especially fruitful in the case of large con-gresses in planning a programme of eventsnot only during the congress, but also afterwards in other parts of the country. Dele-gates from distant countries can thus extractthe maximum advantage, with the minimumof difficulty, from their attendance at thecongress, often involving travelling from onecontinent to another. »In connection with this point, our Commis-

sion has given special consideration to the colla-boration with national organisations in thedrafting of a programme of post-congress visitsand tours which may give the participants notonly an opportunity to look at the most interest-

ing sights of the host country, but also to deep-en their practical knowledge of what they havelearned in the congress. A long debate ensuedon the tourist side of congresses. It is obviousthat congresses must not become an excuse fortourism, but it is always worth-while to strikea right balance between actual congress workand its supplementing tourist programme.

Conclusion No. 9

« The congress, which must serve the publicrelations of the organisation which convenesit, is throughout a question of public relationsactivities. The solution of organisationalproblems concerning ways and means musttake account of every diplomatic and inter-national psychological factor. »The commission unanimously recommended

that these considerations — which are too oftenneglected — be always taken into account.

Conclusion No. 10

« Congresses, particularly by adopting a judi-cious programme of receptions, above all thebeginning of the congress, and of both profes-sional and social visits, must succeed in creat-ing a feeling of confidence between delegatesfrom various nations and between the foreigndelegates as a whole and their host country.Congresses will thus play their part in dimin-ishing international tension. »This conclusion stresses and substantially

summarizes remarks contained in the precedingconclusions. It has been suggested that, at theopening of the congress, a spécial effort shouldbe made to enable participants to know eachother quickly and to get into contact, as soonas possible, with the most representative per-sons of the same professional milieu in thehost country.

I would like to call the delegates' attentionto the fact that the ten recommendations wehave discussed so far do not cover the follow-ing points, which were dealt with in the report:

Point 3 a) and c) — it deals with the quest-ion of « Developing a congress style » and,more precisely, with the means of avoidingstandardising congresses and « the steps to betaken to give the congress a genuinely inter-national character and to ensure active partici-

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by the largest possible number of coun-tries ». It may be useful to hold a debate onthese points during the Plenary Session.

Among the questions raised during our threesessions and not directly included in the abovelist of conclusions, there are the following oneswhich I would like to comment on briefly :

1. A municipal plan of action for the organi-sation of congresses at the town level waspresented by the representative of the cityof Barcelona. Some interesting suggestionsfor action at the national level were sub-mitted by the representative of the Govern-ment of Israel.

2. Underlining the importance of team workand the necessity of delegating responsabil-ities to qualified persons for each particulardomain, it was recommended that, in allcongresses, the « responsibility at the sum-mit » be attributed to one representativeperson only.

3. It was suggested, in connection with theholding of another congress of congress orga-nisers, that larger use be made of the ser-vices of scientific management consultants(for the organisation of the congress itselfand of its work).

These were the deductions that, as a rappor-teur, I thought I could draw from our debate.These debates were very lively and constructive.For technical reasons it has been difficult toreconstruct the summary minutes of our ses-sions. As a consequence, whenever a parti-cular omission is identified, the delegates arefully authorised to close these gaps with theirown remarks and suggestions at the Plenary-Session.

It is my duty now to express — also on behalfof our Chairman — our deep gratitude to allthose who have regularly and attentively fol-lowed the works of our commission, and espe-cially to those who have actively contributedto our debates, which were always character-ised by a profound sense of friendship.

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the flow of equipment and materials betweencountries and many organisers have evolvedtheir own methods of arranging for such aflow, many others still experience difficulty.Moreover, regulations differ widely fromcountry to country. We therefore feel thatan exchange of information on the expe-rience of members would be useful, andrecommend that it be encouraged.

Question 12. Here we discussed an « inter-national standard » for the equipment ofcongress halls... and concluded that whatwe really meant was the determination ofa set of minimum requirements basic to the

successful organisation and service of inter-national congresses. We ask the organisersto give consideration to the preparation ofsuch an outline of essential equipment andfacilities and to give it wide circulation.

This, then a summery of what turned outto be a very full, exhaustive day and I havetried to bring out main points which led usto the recommendations.

I am now anxious to hear your views andcomments, so that our final recommendationscan be agreed for presentation to the orga-nisers of this congress.

(conlinued ¡rom page 93)emphasis should be laid on the objective natureof the survey, which should produce indicationsas to the availability of areas, rooms, technicalequipment and power facilities. »

Now that I am at the end of this summary,I hope that I have covered at least the main


points, and I wish to apologise for any omis-sion I may be guilty of. In concluding, I wouldlike to stress once again that our purpose wasnot that of establishing rules, but of achieving,through debates and exchanges of ideas amongparticipants, a deeper knowledge of our com-mon problems.

Thank You!

We would like express our deep gratitude to everyone who contributed to the success ofthe Congress by giving their efficient and voluntary service; in particular :

to the Chairmen and the Rapporteurs;

to the EUR Congress Palace personnel;

to the Centro Traduzioni e Servizi di Congresso Roma-Milano, which undertook theorganization of the simultaneous interpretation, the reporting, and reception;

to the International Technical Interpretation Service (ITIS), which furnished the inter-pretation equipment free of charge;

to the following interpreters, who, in addition to being congress participants, carried outthe interpretation of the discussions, on a completely honorary basis, in an impec-cable manner :

Argano Casavecchia, Beatrice — Via Pacini 20, MilanoBorghese, Doria — Via Lovanio 11, RomaCoen, Liliana — Via V. Bellini 20, RomaDe Amici, Silvana — Via Osoppo, 12, MilanoDoria, Angela — Via Lago di Lesina 53, RomaEnk, Guido — Largo Tonìolo 20, RomaFukamì, Mìdori — Via

30, RomaGallotti Ross, Eduardo — Viale Liegi 49, RomaGesulfo, Paolo — Via Montevideo 21. RomaKapp, Jacqueline — Viale Africa 50, RomaKolmer, Herbert — Mexikoplatz 25, WienLibardi, Dante — Via Lucrino 26, RomaLunzer, Dorothea — Lenaugasse 14, WienMaglietta, Nayereth — Via G. Sacchi 8, RomaMarsico, Piero — Viale Romagna 62, MilanoMoral Lopez, Hilda — Via G. Dandini 3, RomaNaggar, Marilyn — 12, Ovington News, LondonPennacchioni-Fidanza, Laura — Via Sant' Andrea della Fratte 39, RomaRatzlaff, Ursula — Largo G. Gonzaga 2, RomaReizs, Eva — Via Filamarino 13, RomaSavoie, Roberto — Route de Malagnou 2, GenèveSteinkötter, Maria — Via G. Pezzana 102, RomaTempleton, Joyce — Via Pergolesi 6, MilanoValsecchi, Franca — Via Cappuccio 117, MilanoVicari Ceccon, Vera — 33, Chemin de l'Etang, GenèveVon Willer, Charles — 50, Vermont, Genève


Lampo, Roma, Via Gregorio VII, 320-322

Il Palazzìo dei Congressi, Koma. EUR.


In the reception hall, the hostesses res-ponsible for information, registration ofparticipants, distribution of documentsand mail (behind them are individualpidgeon holes for this purpose).The reception office is divided into al-phabetical sections, each hostess dealingwith some thirty participants. The hos-tesses were selected among the studentsof the Scuola Interpreti dì Roma.

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The, hall where plenary ses-sions were held.

M. Veillet-Lavallée, FAO As-sistant Director-General, em-phasizing at the opening ses-sion the FAO's interest in theCongress.

Arrival of His ExcellencyAlberto Folchi, Minister forTourism; on his left Senatorde la Vallée Poussin (Presi-dent of the Union of Interna-tional Associations) and MrMaurice Denis, M. P. (Presi-dent of the International As-sociation of Congress Cen-tres), and on his right CountMannucci (Chairman of theCongress Organizing Commit-tee) and Mr Labenski (Mem-ber of the Committee andTreasurer-General of the Con-gress).

The platform at the openingsession.


CHAIRMEN AND RAPPORTEURSChairmen and Rapporteurs (From left to right) : Dr. Mo-hammed Ali Rifaat (UAR), Secretary-General, Afro-AsianOrganisation for Economic Co-operation; and Mr. EdmundCooper (UK). Secretary-General, The Scientific Film. Asso-ciation, representing the International Film and TelevisionCouncil; respectively Chairman and Rapporteur for Theme I

Senator Etienne de la Vallée Poussin and Mr. Mau-rice Denis, M. P., Chairmen at the opening and

closing sessions respectively.—>

Dr. Alberto Casadio (Italy), Director, Società Italiana perl'Organizzazione Internazionale and Dr. Rudolf Braun (Ger-many), Verbandsdirektor des Bundesverbandes der Deut-schen Zahnärzte; respectively Chairman and Rapporteurfor Theme II.

Mr. Edward P. Davis (USA), Chief, Division of Con-ference Services, Pan American Union (Organizationof American States) and Mr Charles-André Schussele(Suisse), Directeur du Bureau de la Croix-Rouge de laJeunesse de la Ligue des Sociétés de la Croix-Rouge;respectively Chairman and Rapporteur for Theme III,


Count G. Mannucci and Dr. G.P. Speeckaert, Rap-porteurs at the opening and closing sessions res-

pectively.

Some of the conference interpre-ters who agreed to attend the con-gress both as participant and as

interpreter.

AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS

A group of participants from theUnited Arab Republic.

A group of participants from theUnited States of America.

A one-third size reproduction of twopages of the illustrated ParticipantsDirectory, copy of which was given toeach participant at the opening of theCongress,

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Two participants from Hungary : Mrs EvaKlell, Congress Organizer of the IBUSZconcern., and Professor Gyoergy Striker,General Secretary, Permanent InternationalPreparatory Committee of the InternationalMeasurement Conference. Above and below, two sectional meeting rooms.

Smiles in the corridor; Ing. Arnold Freund,Specialist in simultaneous interpretation andDipt. Ing. Dr. Tech, Ministerialrat KarlZimmel, Head of Department I in the Fe-deral Ministry for Trade and Reconstruc-tion.

Three participants from the Red Cross (left to right) : Mr. CharlesAndré Schussele, Director of the Junior Red Cross (League of RedCross Societies) ; Mr. Edouard John Logos, Secretary-General, Cen-tenary Committee of the Swiss Red Cross and Commissioner-Generalof the International Red Cross Exhibition in Switzerland; and Mr.Claude Pilloud, Assistant Director, International Committee of theRed Cross.


ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

General view of the Congress Centres Exhibition(members of the IACC).

Model of Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen.

Model of the Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne. His Excellency Minister Folchi studying oneof the audio-visual equipment exhibits.

Model of the Kongresshaus, Salzburg.


Another stand at the audio-visual equipmentexhibition.

RECEPTIONS GIVEN IN HONOUR OF THE PARTICIPANTS

Get-together lunch in the Sala dei Ricevimenti of thePalazzo dei Congressi, on Monday 12 November.

Cocktail and dinner at the Château Saint-Ange, onTuesday 13 November.

The volume of proceedings giving completereport of the Rome Congress will be published

Summer 1963.

Gala dinner in the Sala dei Ricevimenti, followed by

a ball, on Thursday 15 November.


INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ?

Interlocking directorates are apparently becoming more and more frequent incommerce and industry, both nationally and internationally. Company directors are nolonger content to sit merely on one board; they have an urge to count their directorshipsby the score rather than by the unit.

Are the governing bodies of international organizations also tending to becomeclosed circles ? The Union of International Associations is not yet in a position to providea conclusive answer. That will have to wait until the compilation of the 10th (1964-65)edition of its Yearbook of International Organizations. But 50 per cent of the necessarydata are now to hand, thanks to an analysis of the UIA's latest publication — « Who'sWho in International Organizations, 1962-63 » *.

The new Who's Who constitutes an index to all the individuals named in the 9th(1962-63) edition of the Yearbook, which came off the press January 1963. The greatmajority are the elected officials of the 1,722 international organizations described in theYearbook, but all the higher grade officers appointed to serve the United Nations, theSpecialized Agencies, the European Community and the other intergovernmental orga-nizations are also included.

The following table shows how many individuals operate in two or more inter-national organizations :

Number of organizations

2 3 4 5Number of individuals .................. 501 65 14 7

It will be seen that 587 of the 10,500 persons listed in the Who's Who are con-nected with two or more organizations, and none with more than five. The danger thatcontrol of international organizations will become the monopoly of a small coterieappears, therefore, to be remote. The direction and rate of the trend will, however, berevealed when « Who's Who in International Organizations, 1964-65 » can be analyzed.

A sidelight on the degree of contact between governmental and non-governmentalinternational organizations is to be found in the fact that of the above-mentioned 10,500names, just 41 appear in both inter-governmental and non-governmental bodies.

Who's Who in International Organizations, 1962-63 ". Brussels, 1963, Union of InternationalAssociations, pp. 84. Price S l or 7/- sterling. (Available only to purchasers of the 9th (1962-63)edition of the Yearbook of International Organizations).


L'Organisation des Nations Uniespour l'Éducation, la Science et la Culture

(1er octobre - 31 décembre 1962)

Personnel

La Conférence générale del'Unesco a élu M. René Maheu(France), Directeur général del'Organisation pour six ans.M. Maheu avait été nommé au-paravant par le Conseil exécu-t i f de l'Unesco (voir notre nu-méro de novembre 1962) pourassurer l'intérim de la Direc-tion générale depuis la démis-sion de M. Vittorino Veronese(Italie) en 1961.

M. Pierre Lebar a été chargédes relations avec les organisa-tions internationales non gou-vernementales, Division des re-lations avec les organisationsinternationales, au Cabinet duDirecteur général, en remplace-ment de M. Vladimir Hercik,appelé à d'autres fonctions ausein de l'Organisation. M. Le-bar, né en France en 1918, estdiplômé d'Etudes Supérieuresde Droit et de l'Ecole desSciences Politiques. Délégué duGouvernement provisoire de laRépublique française auprès desmouvements de jeunesse clan-destins (1942-1944), il a éténommé chef du cabinet du Se-crétaire général du Gouverne-ment en 1945. Membre du Se-

crétariat de l'Unesco de 1946 à1962, il a été affecté simultané-ment au Département des Acti-vités culturelles, puis au Cabi-net du Directeur général. En1962, il a.été conseiller techni-que au Cabinet du Ministrede l'Education Nationale deFrance.

Nouveaux membres

Sept nations sont devenuesEtats membres de l'Unesco aucours des mois d'octobre, no-vembre et décembre 1962, por-tant le chiffre global des Etatsmembres à 113. Il s'agit desEtats suivants : Algérie, Bu-rundi, Jamaïque, Mongolie,Rwanda, Trinité et Tobago, etOuganda. Katar est devenumembre associé, de l'Organisa-tion.

Le Conseil exécutif de l'Unes-co, chargé de veiller à l'exécu-tion du programme entre lessessions de la Conférence gé-nérale, a vu s'accroître — aucours de la dernière Confé-rence — le nombre de sesmembres de 24 à 30, chacunsiégeant à titre individuel etreprésentant son gouvernement.

Décisions importantes intéressantles ONG

(a) Lors de sa 64e session, leConseil exécutif de l'Unesco aapprouvé l'attribution à 31 ONGappartenant aux catégories Aet B des subventions équivalantà 659.000 dollars conformémentà la décision de la douzièmesession de la Conférence géné-rale.

(b) Résolution 8.3. paragra-phe V : « La Conférence géné-rale,— Ayant examiné la questiondes subventions accordées à desorganisations non gouverne-mentales et des contrats passésavec ces organisations, en tantque moyens d'exécution duprogramme,— Notant l'importance des sub-ventions comme moyen d'ac-tion, la nécessité de déterminerl'emploi de ce moyen danschaque cas séparément, et lefait que tout changement dansla politique de l'Organisation àcet égard devrait être opéréprogressivement,— Notant aussi l'importancecroissante que présentent lescontrats comme moyen d'obte-


nir, de la part des organisa-tions non gouvernementales,l'exécution de tâches détermi-nées,— Décide de reprendre l'exa-men de cette question au coursde sa treizième session, sur labase du rapport que le Conseilexécutif et le Directeur générallui soumettront, conformémentà l'article VIII. 3 des Directivesconcernant les relations del'Unesco avec les organisationsinternationales non gouverne-mentales, et à la lumière desdifférentes opinions expriméesau cours de la présente session.

(c) La Résolution 8.42 pré-voit :

« La Conférence générale,

— Autorise le Directeur gene-ral, à partir de la période 1963-1964, et à titre expérimental,à inviter aux réunions de ca-ractère non représentatif et denature technique, organisées parl'Unesco dans les domaines del'éducation, de la science et dela culture, outre les spécialistesressortissants d'Etats membresde l'Unesco, des spécialistesressortissants d'Etals non mem-bres de l'Unesco ou des NationsUnies, ou ressortissants de ter-ritoires, choisis d'après leurcompétence personnelle et nonen tant que représentants deces Etats ou de ces territoires;en ce qui concerne le choix deces spécialistes, le Directeurgénéral consultera les organi-sations internationales non gou-vernementales bénéficiant dustatut consultatif auprès del'Unesco; les spécialistes ainsicboisis seront invités par l'en-tremise de ces organisations in-ternationales non gouvernemen-tales et feront connaître par lamême voie leur intention departiciper aux réunions dont ils'agit;— Invite le Directeur général àfaire rapport à la Conférencegénérale, lors de sa treizièmesession, sur la mise en œuvrede la présente résolution.»

(d) La Conférence générale aadopté une Résolution (7.21)relative au programme de par-ticipation aux activités desEtats membres. Cetie Résolu-tion prévoit que l'aide del'Unesco pourra, dans certainesconditions, être accordée à desinstitutions non gouvernemen-tales internationales, régionalesou nationales de caractère édu-catif, scientifique ou culturel.

Réunions de Conférences ou grou-pes d'ONG :

(a) Le Comité permanent élupar la huitième Conférence desONG entretenant des relationsde consultation (catégories Aet B) avec l'Unesco, s'est réunià Paris les 15 et 16 octobre1962, sous la présidence deM. Ch. Schussele (Ligue desSociétés de la Croix-Rouge).

En plus des onze organisa-tions membres du Comité,43 ONG s'étaient fait représen-ter. Le Comité a étudié l'ensem-ble des relations entre les ONGet les différents organes del'Unesco (Conférence générale,Conseil exécutif, Secrétariat) etnotamment le rôle que les Sec-tions nationales de ces organi-sations pourraient jouer au seindes diverses Commissions na-tionales pour l'Unesco. Le Co-mité a pris plusieurs décisionsrelatives aux travaux de sesgroupes de travail; en outre, ils'est préoccupé de la participa-tion des observateurs des ONGaux travaux de la douzièmesession de la Conférence géné-rale. Il a approuvé le texte d'unaide-mémoire relatif au rôle desONG dans l'établissement de lacommission de conciliation etde bons offices prévu par laConvention internationale surla discrimination dans le do-maine de renseignement.

(b) Deux des trois groupesde travail constitués par le Co-mité permanent des ONG ontpoursuivi leurs travaux :

(i) Groupe : « Extension dela collaboration, internationaleen matière d'éducation, descience et de culture aux paysd'Afrique » (sous-groupe : Edu-cation scolaire; Education ex-tra-scolaire).

18 ONG ont pris part à laréunion du Sous-groupe surl'éducation scolaire qui s'esttenue le 18 octobre, sous la pré-sidence de M. D. ,L Aitken(Association internationale desUniversités). Le sous-groupe aétudié les problèmes que posentla préparation d'une liste d'or-ganismes ou de personnes pou-vant être consultées dans le do-maine de l'éducation en Afri-que, le recrutement et la for-mation de professeurs qualifiésen Afrique, l'africanisation desprogrammes scolaires, le déve-loppement de renseignementnormal et les moyens qui peu-vent compléter les méthodestraditionnelles d'enseignementcomme la radiodiffusion sco-laire et les cours par corres-pondance.

Le sous-groupe sur l'éduca-tion extra-scolaire a tenu uneséance le 17 octobre sous laprésidence de M. Boudet (Unioninternationale des organismesfamiliaux) et avec la participa-tion de 28 ONG. Afin de déve-lopper la collaboration inter-ONG en Afrique, le sous-groupea decìde de demander auxONG un bilan de leurs activitésen Afrique et de le faire publiersoit par l'Union des Associa-tions Internationales, soit parla Chronique de l'Unesco.

(ii) Le Groupe de travail surl'« Egalité d'accès des femmes àl'éducation en milieu rural »s'est réuni le 19 octobre 1962sous la présidence de Mme J. H.Chaton (Fédération internatio-nale des femmes diplômées desUniversités).

Le Groupe qui a repris sestravaux en vue de collaborer àl'étude entreprise par l'Unescosur l'accès des femmes à l'édu-cation en milieu rural, a

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abordé, on particulier, los pro-blèmes relatifs A l'adaptationdos programmes scolaires enmilieu rural, los débouchéss'offrant aux jeunes filles desrégions rurales et l'expériencedos organismes s'occupant del'éducation extra-scolaire desfemmes dans cos mêmes ré-gions. Le rapport définitif , pré-paré sur la base des informa-tions fournies par les ONG sié-geant au sein du Groupe, a étéprésenté à l'Uncsco au mois dedécembre 1962.

Contribution des ONG

Les ONG appartenant auxcatégories A et B ont été invi-tées à envoyer des observateurs

à la douzième session de laC o n f è r e n c e générale, ainsiqu'aux C o m i t é s d'expertsréunis avant l'ouverture de laConférence. 92 ONG se sont fa itreprésenter; 10 ONG étaient re-présentées au Comité d'expertssur la campagne mondiale pourl'alphabétisation universelle; 3ONG ont pris part au Comitéd'experts sur le programmed'hydrologie scientifique; 23ONG étaient représentées auComité d'experts sur les échan-ges internationaux.

Budget

La Conférence générale avoté un budget de 39 millions

de dollars pour financer lesactivités de l'Unesco pendantles années 1963-1964, le budgetde l'exercice précédent ayant àpeine dépassé 32,500,000 dol-lars. En outre, l'Organisationdisposera pour les deux annéesà venir de ressources extra-budgétaires provenant de l'As-sistance technique des NationsUnies, que l'on estime à envi-ron 12 millions de dollars. Ellesera d'autre part l'agent d'exé-cution de nombreux projets duFonds Spécial des NationsUnies concernant l'enseigne-ment secondaire et l'enseigne-ment technique supérieur enAfrique, en Asie et en Améri-que Latine.

World Hea l t h O rg a n i za t i o n(1 October - 31 December 1962)

The first expert committee devoted to cancer control convened by the World HealthOrganization (WHO) met in Genova from 12 to 17 November 1962. The Committeemembers, who came from 7 different countries (Austria, France, USA, Norway, Iran,Australia, USSR), elected as chairman, Dr J.R. Heller, Director of the Sloan-KetteringInstitute for Cancer Research, New York and as vice-chairman ProfessorA. 1. Serebrov, Director of the Institute of Oncology, Academy of Sciences of theUSSR. Our photo shows a general view of the Committee during a session.

(WHO photo by Vuarchez)

ASSOCIATIONS INTERNATIONALES, 1963, N° 2115

New Member

Dr. M. G. Candau. Director-General of the World HealthOrganization. announced on13 November 1962 that theAlgerian Republic has becomea Member of the Organizationby depositing with the Secre-tary-General of the United Na-tions formal instruments ofacceptance of the WHO Consti-tution. This brings the num-ber of WHO Member Statesto 117.

World Health Day

World Health Day, observedeach year on 7 April, marksthe anniversary of the cominginto force of the Constitutionof the World Health Organiz-ation in 1948. The theme cho-sen for 1963 is " Hunger : Dis-ease of Millions", and the ob-ject is to draw attention tomalnutrition as a direct causeof disease and a major factorin maintaining low health le-vels among a great part of the

foundation of the Red Cross, itis fitting that the World HealthOrganization should pay ho-mage to an institution whoserole and achievements it is wellable to appreciate.

The last hundred years haveamply demonstrated the saga-city of the men who in creat-ing the Heel Cross sought tounify, foster and p r o t e c tthroughout the world thosedevoted individual e f f o r t swhich, scattered, would be in-capable of meeting the needsthat in our modern world mayarise at any moment from arm-ed conflict or natural disaster.In addition to applying thehumanitarian conventions ofwhich it is the originator andguardian, the Red Cross hasbeen a universal source of com-fort and succour in circum-stances where it alone was ableto answer calls for helpthrough its International Com-mittee and the national socie-ties of the Red Cross, RedCrescent and Red Lion andSun that together form theLeague.

There is more than sym-bolic significance in the factthat the headquarters of theWorld Health Organization wereestablished in Geneva, thebirthplace of the Red Crossand the world centre of itsactivity. From the very be-ginning, this proximity hasfavoured a constant and fra-ternal co-operation that hasbeen all the easier to realisesince some of the basic prin-ciples of the older body arereflected in the WHO Consti-tution. Instances of co-ope-ration in the recent past springreadily to mind : there wasoccasion to render immediateand. extensive assistance to alarge country that had newlyachieved independence butwhose people at the same timefound themselves suddenly de-prived of even the indispen-

Award of Diplomas to five congolese laboratory technicians. — The first fivelaboratory technicians from the Congo (Leopoldville) to complete ft year's specialstudy in Geneva on fellowships from WHO received their diplomas from Dr.Pierre Vorolle. Deputy Director-General of WHO, on 18 October 1962. Theyattended a course in laboratory technique, which was set up with the help ofmembers of the medical teaching staff in Geneva and was directed by Dr Anne-MarieDubois, of the Genova Faculty of Medicine. Our photo shows Dr P. Dorolle address-ing the group before handing out diplomas. From 1. to r. : Paul Ndunduyenge (Equa-teur Prov.). Ramazani Manala (Kivu Prov.), Jean-Robert Ikangu (Equateur Prov.),Aaron Kankolongo (Luluabourg Prov.) and Augustin Katembo (Kivu Prov.) ; in thebackground Dr J. Galiacy, WHO Consultant and Dr Anne-Marie Dubois.

(WHO photo by Vuarchez)

world's population. W o r l dHealth Day will thus supportFAO's Freedom from HungerCampaign.

The observance of WorldHealth Day is usually plannedand organized by national orlocal health services. However,WHO national committees, Unit-ed Nations associations andother bodies interested cangive valuable assistance andpractical co-operation. Thoseresponsible for World HealthDay arrangements this yearwill no doubt wish to benefitalso from the co-operation ofnational and local authoritiesin the fields of agriculture andnutrition, FAO national com-mittees and other organizations

working for the Freedom fromHunger Campaign. It is, how-ever, important in all casesthat plans should be co-ordinat-ed through official health ser-vices.

WHO sends centenary year mes-sage to the Red Cross

Dr. M. G. Candau. Director-General of the World HealthOrganization (WHO), has ad-dressed the following messageto the President of the Inter-national Committee of the RedCross and to the Secretary-General of the League of RedCross Societies :

At the start of the centenaryyear of that historic event, the


Usually present only in East Pakistan and some parts of India and neighbouring States,cholera also appeared in 1960 in Burma, West Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Fore morethem 30 years, this disease has been confined to Asia, except for the 1947 epidemic inEgypt. Deaths from cholera in ìndia and Pakistan have been steadily declining overthe last fifteen years, and this long-term improvement justifies reasonable

optimismfor the future. During the frequent religious festivals, cholera inoculation check-points are set up on all roads leading to gathering places. Our photo shows inocul-ation certificates being examined at a barrier near Talalcad, India.

(WHO photo by Eric Schwab)


sable minimum of health pro-tection; there was also in an-other country the urgent needto provide treatment and reha-bilitation services for thousandsof sufferers from mass poison-ing. In addition to such emer-gency measures — and therehave been many other — thedaily contact maintained bet-ween the Red Gross and WHOmakes it possible for effectiveif unobtrusive concerted actionto be taken at a moment'snotice.

The World Health Organiz-ation is proud of its associationwith the great enterprise thatsprang from the generous mindof Henri Dunant, and expressesthe wish that in the centuriesto come the Red Cross maycontinue to exert its efforts,which are among the mostnoble that man has ever pur-sued.

International Monetary Fund(1 September - 31 December 1962)

Budget

The administrative budgetfor the fiscal year 1962-63(ending April 30, 1963) is to-talling $ 8,980,000. The actualexpenditures for the fiscal years1960-61 and 1961-62 were res-pectively dollars 7,346,711 anddollars 8,149,977.

Personnel

Mr. Merle Cochran has retir-ed and Mr. Frank A. SouthardJr. bas been appointed as De-puty Managing Director. Priorto be installed in his presentposition on November 1, 1962,Mr. Southard was an ExecutiveDirector of the Fund represent-ing the US Government.

Prank SouthardDeputy Managing Director IMF.

PersonnelM. Alain Boënnec précédem-

ment a été promu au grade deSous-Directeur de l'Union Pos-tale Universelle.

Assistance techniqueLa demande de l'UPU à par-

ticiper au Programme élargi

(1er ju i llet - 31 décembre 1962)

d'assistance technique des Na-tions Unies a été acceptée. Envertu de la résolution 902(XXXIV) du 2 août 1962 duConseil économique et social del'ONU (ECOSOC), l'UPU peutainsi, à l'instar des autresInstitutions spécialisées, gérerses propres projets d'assistancetechnique multilatérale.

Coopération avec les ONGLa Commission executive et

de liaison (organe exécutif del'UPU) a pris en considérationdivers vœux de la Chambre in-ternationale de la marine mar-chande concernant les frais detransit. Ces vœux seront sou-mis à l'examen du prochainCongrès de l'UPU.

Organisation IntergouvernementaleConsultative de la Navigation Maritime

(1er juillet - 31 décembre 1962)

Collaboration des ONG7e session du Conseil de

l'OMCI (17-19 octobre 1962).ONG participantes : Chambre

de Commerce internationale,Chambre internationale de laMarine marchande, Commissionélectrotechnique internationale,Confédération internationale des

syndicats libres, Fédération in-ternationale de la Marine mar-chande, Comité internationalRadio-Maritime, Union interna-tionale d'assurances transports,Association internationale designalisation maritime.

Groupe d'Experts sur lesmoyens destinés à faciliter les

voyages el les Iransports (13-15 novembre 1962),

ONG participantes : Chambrede Commerce internationale,Chambre internationale de laMarine marchande, Union in-ternationale des organismesofficiels de tourisme.

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(1 August 1962 - 31 December 1962)

The twentieth session of the con-tracting parties

The twentieth session was heldfrom 23 October to 16 Novem-ber 1962. An important deci-sion was taken to convene aministerial meeting in 1963 toconsider a programme foreffective liberalization of tradein both primary and secondaryproducts; full weight will be

attached to the urgency of ne-gotiating solutions to the par-ticular problems of the less-developed countries. Prior tothe session, Committee II ofthe Trade Expansion Pro-gramme, which is concernedwith problems of trade in agri-cultural products, undertookan examination of the changesin the agricultural policy ofthe six member countries of

the European Economic Com-munity; the examination cover-ed cereals, pig meat, eggs,poultry, fruit and vegetables.Committee III of the TradeExpansion Programme, whichis concerned with the tradeproblems of less-developedcountries, met during the ses-sion and gave preliminary con-sideration to a seven-pointprogramme of action, submit-


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ted by twenty-one GATT coun-tries, for removing trade bar-riers and widening access tomarkets, particularly for less-developed countries. This pro-posal will be before the GATTCouncil when it considers theagenda for the meeting of Mi-nisters in 1963. Committee IIIalso examined and reported onthe trade aspects of the SecondFive-Year Plan of Pakistan.

Among other matters dealtwith during the twentiethsession were :

(a) Regional arrangements.Recent developments in theEuropean Economic Commu-nity (EEC), the European FreeTrade Association (EFTA), andthe Latin American Free TradeAssociation (LAFTA) were out-lined by the spokesmen forthese groups. A working partyexamined the Agreement ofAssociation between Greece andthe EEC; both parties will re-port as the evolution of theAssociation proceeds.

(b) Balance-of-paymenls im-port restrictions. Under GATTrules, contracting parties ap-plying import restrictions tosafeguard the b a l a n c e ofpayments and monetary reser-ves are required to consult atregular intervals. During 1962the Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions held suchconsultations with Brazil, Gha-na, Greece, Israel, Denmark,Finland, India, Japan, NewZealand, Pakistan, South Africaand Uruguay. .

(c) Waivers. The Contract-ing Parties examined reportson waivers from certain GATTobligations granted, at earlier

sessions, to Belgium, FederalRepublic of Germany, UniledStates, Peru, Chile, Nicaraguaand Ceylon. The waivers forBelgium and Germany expiredby the end of 1962,

(d) The first review of rela-tions between Poland and con-tracting parties, under the termsof that country's form of asso-ciation with the GATT was un-dertaken.

(c) Other subjects discussedincluded the impact of commo-dity problems on internationaltrade : the disposal of commo-dity surpluses; the applicationof GATT Article XXXV to Ja-pan by certain contracting par-tics; and the temporary importsurcharges imposed by Canadaearlier in 1962 to safeguard herexternal financial position.

Special group on tropical products

Pursuant to the views ex-pressed during the ministerialmeeting in November 1961 onthe problems of trade in tro-pical products, the Council atits meeting in February 1962appointed a special group,whose main task is to f ind waysof overcoming difficulties con-fronting less-developed coun-tries exporting these products(cocoa, coffee, tea, vegetableseeds and oils, tropical timberand bananas). During the yearintensive work at the technicallevel has been undertaken lead-ing towards specific courses ofaction for solving the diffi-culties which the less-developedcountries face in expandingtheir access to markets forthese products.

Trade in cotton textilesIn 1961, under GATT auspi-

ces, nineteen countries drew upand put into effect a short-termarrangement designed to applyto the immediate problems oftrade in cotton textiles duringthe twelve-month period start-ing 1 October 1961. Prelimi-nary work on a longer-termarrangement was started inOctober and the ContractingParties established, at theirnineteenth session, the CottonTextiles Committee to formu-late a solution.

The Cotton Textiles Com-mittee, at its meeting from29 January to 9 February 1962,drew up a long-term Arrange-ment for Cotton Textiles, forreference to governments. TheArrangement entered into forceon 1 October 1962, and is dueto remain in force for fiveyears. By the end of 1962 thefollowing countries had accept-ed the Arrangement : Australia,Austria, Canada, Denmark, Eu-ropean Economic Community,India, Israel, Japan, Norway,Pakistan, Portugal, Spain. Swe-den, United Kingdom (includ-ing acceptance on behalf ofHong Kong), United States,United Arab Republic andMexico. The Cotton TextilesCommittee, in addition to beingconcerned with the adminis-tration of the Arrangement, willundertake studies in trade incotton textiles.

Budget

$ 1,150,000, for calendar year1963 (Decision taken by Con-tracting Paries in November1962).

(The second part of this quarterly survey will be published in the Marchissue)(La deuxième partie de cette chronique trimestrielle paraîtra dans notre nu-méro de mars)


FIRST SUPPLEMENTto the annual

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS CALENDAR1963 edition

The following list does NOT include any of the meetings scheduled inthe current (1963) edition of the annual " International Congress Calendar".but only NEW congresses announced subsequently, together with amendedentries (marked » ) where changes have been made in respect to any detailspreviously given.

A cumulative index to all items appearing in the annual Calendar andthe first two supplements will be found in the March issue.

Ce premier supplément au « Calendrier annuel des réunions inter-nationales » édition 1963, ne reprend PAS les mentions déjà publiées dansle volume, mais uniquement les informations NOUVELLES et les modifi-cations (marquées •) intervenues depuis.

Un index cumulatif de toutes les annonces contenues à la fois dans leCalendrier annuel et dans les deux premiers suppléments sera donné dansle numéro de mars.

FEVRIER-MARS 1963 FEBRUARY-MARCH8 Feb — Int Olympic Committee- Lausanne A : Mon Repos. Lausanne. F l

Extraordinary meeting of deleg-ates of int federations. Theme :Sport and Politic.

18-26 Feb — Cooperative Centre for Salisbury A : 53 quai d'Orsay, Paris 7°. F 2Scientific Research relative to (S Rhodesia)Tobacco-General Assembly andWorld Scientific Congress.

A = Organizer's address - adresse du secrétariat organisateur; P = Participation; Pp = Participation atpast meeting - participation à une réunion précédente; R = Publication of " Proceedings " - comptes ren-des; Ex = Associated exhibition - expositions associées.

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1963 - FEVRIER - MARS - FEBRUARY - MARCH INDEX

19-23 Feb — FAO-9th Conference ofInt Organizations for the Studyof Agricultural Activity Planific-ation in Europe.

Paris A : FAO, Viale delle Terme dì Caracal-la, Roma.

F 3

23-24 Feb — Comité national de dé-fense contre l'alcoolisme (France)— 2nd Int congress.

Rouen(France)

A : 147 boul. Saint-Germain, París 6. F 4

25 Feb — 1st African Railway Con-ference.

Cairo A : c/o Afrosec. PO Box n" 507. Cairo(UAR).

F 5

5-6 Mar — Int League against UnfairCompetition — Symposium onCompetition between public andprivate sectors in the EuropeanEconomic Community.

Brussels A : 33 rue Jean Goujon. Paris 8". F 6

6 Mar — Tin Research Council-Conference for Tinplate Techno-logists. Theme : Progress in tin-plate and can manufacture.

Paris A : M. J. Darcey, 35 rue du Rocher,Paris 8". R : French technical journals(various).

F 7

11-15 Mar — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on morbiditystatistics.

Vienna A : 8 Scherfigsvej. Copenhagen. F 8

12-15 Mar — Italian Society of Physics— 2nd Int symposium on residualgases in electron tubes.

Milan(Italy)

A : Prof. E. Gatti, Via Gallarate 215,Milan.

F 9

20-30 Mar — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on PublicHealth.

Le Vésinet(near Paris)

A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 10

23-24 Mar — Council on World Ten-sions — Symposium on teachingtechnique for international un-derstanding. P : 24.

Brussels A : Walter Pottillius, 7 place du Roi-Vainqueur, Brussels 4. R. : Apr 1963, Fra-ternité Mondiale. Centre International,Place des Nations, Geneva.

F 11

AVRIL-MAI 1963 APRIL-MAY

• 1-7 Apr — World YWCA — Con-sultation on vocational training.

Beirut A : 37 Quai Wilson, Geneva. F 12

• 3-20 Apr — Int Audio-Visual Technic-al Centre — Symposium (Apr 3-7 ) and exhibition (Apr 4-20 ) .Theme : Audio-visual aids in theteaching of languages (Ex).

Antwerp A: Bell Foundation. Frankrijklei 128 A,Antwerp, Belgium. R : end of 1963 theCentre.

F 13

6-11 Apr — Université Libre de Bru-xelles (Institut pour l'étude de laRenaissance et de l'Humanisme)— Int symposium. Thème : Sunand thé Renaissance — Scienceand. myths.

Brussels A : 143 avenue Buyl, Brussels 5. F 14

7-12 Apr — Int Whell-Sets Congress. Bergamo(Italia)

A : Segreterìa AIM, Piazzale RodolfoMorandi 2, Milano,

F 15

8-11 Apr — Int Centre for Researchand Information on CollectiveEconomy — 6th biennial con-gress.

Rome A : Dr. Alberto Mortara, Via FratelliGabba 6, Milan, Italy. R: Oct 1963,« Annales de l'Economie Collective »,45 quai de Rome, Liège, Belgium.

F 16

21-25 Apr — 5th Int Symposium on Di-seases of Zoo-Animals. P : 100/10.

Amsterdam A : Dr. E. F. Jacobi, c/o Natura ArtìsMagistra. Plantage Kerklaan 40, Ams-terdam.

F 17

; 22 Apr - 1 May — WHO-Regional Of-fice for Europe — Meeting onpublic health aspects of urbanhousing.

Madrid A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 18

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1963 - AVRIL -MAI - APRIL - MAY INDEX23-26 Apr — 4th European Guide Con-ference. P : 300-100.

Lausanne(Switzerland)

A : J.-C. Veillon, Avenue d'Ouchy 29c,Lausanne.

F 19

• 29 Apr - 3 May — IntergovernmentalCommittee for European Migra-tion — 20th Council session. P :130-150.

Geneva A : 63 rue des Pâquis, Geneva. R : Jun1963, the Committee.

F 20

29 Apr - 4 May — Int Federation ofTourist Centres — General as-sembly. P : 30.

Vienna A : Prof. W. Minarz, Auskunftbüro. Sta-diongasse, Vienna.

F 21

Apr - May — Int symposium on recentapplications of vacuum techno-logy to the semiconductor indus-try.

Paris A : Société Française des Ingénieurs etTechniciens du Vide, 147ter A boulevardde Strasbourg, Nogent-sur-Marne (Sei-ne), France.

F 22

Apr or May — League of Red Cross So-cieties — Regional seminar on' blood transfusion.

Istanbul A : Petit-Saconnex. Geneva. F 23

• 1-4 May — Int League against Un-fair Competition — Biennial con-gress.

Stresa(Italy)

A : 33 rue Jean Goujon, Paris 8. F 24

• 3-4 May — 2nd Int Congress of En-docrinology.

London A : Dr. A. Stuart Mason. The LondonHospital. London E 1.

F 25

6-10 May — Int Association of Meteo-rology and Atmospheric Physics /Int Association of Geomagnetismand Aeronomy — 3rd int confer-ence on atmospheric and extra-atmospheric space electricity.

Montreux(Switzerland)

A : M S C Coroniti, Secretaire du Comi-té Mixte AIGA/AIMPA de l'électricitéde l'atmosphère, AVCO Corporation,201 Lowell Street. Wilmington (Mass)USA.

F 26

7-9 May — 5th Int technical confer-ence for the rationalisation ofinterbank relationships.

Stockholm A : c/o CCI, 38 cours Albert Ier, Paris 8". F 27

• 10-11 May — Int Confederation ofCommercial Representation in theEuropean Community (CIRCEE)— 5th annual congress. P : 100.

Paris A : 30 bd Bonne-Nouvelle, Paris 10e. F 28

13-18 May — 5th Int symposium oncondensation nucleus, congelationnucleus and the condensationprocess.

Toulouse,Clermont-Ferrand(France)

A : Prof. H. Dessens, Université de Cler-mont-Ferrand. Puy-de-Dôme, France.

F 29

14-22 May — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on HealthProtection of the elderly and theaged and prevention of prematureaging.

Kiev A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 30

15-20 May — European Community ofWriters — Congress. Theme :European literature since 1945 andthe conscience of man today. P :300.

Warsaw A : Z L P, Wspolnota Europejska Pisar-zy. Centrum Polskie, Krak. Przedmiescie87/89, Warsaw.

F 31

17-18 May — 3rd West European Sym-posium on Clinical Chemistry(Water and Electrolyte) . P : 200.

Amsterdam A: Dr. G. Smits, Amstelkade 154 II,Amsterdam Z.

F 32

17-23 May — World Union for Prophyl-actic Medicine and Social Hy-giene — Int congress. P : 400-600.

Grado(Italy)

A : Dr. med. E. Berghoff. Piaristengasse41, Vienna 8. R : Dr. E. Berghoff.

F 33

20-24 May — 21st Int Congress of theSteel Information Centres.

Harrogate(UK)

A : c/o The British Iron and Steel Fe-deration, Steel House, Tothill Street.London SW1.

F 34

22-31 May — UN European Office —Union nationale des Caisses d'Al-locations familiales de France /European study group on socialsecurity.

Dinard(France)

A : Bureau des Affaires Sociales, UNEuropean Office, Palais des Nations,Geneva.

F 35


1963 - AVRIL -MAI - APRIL - MAY INDEX26-29 May — European ChiropracticUnion — Annual convention.Theme : 65 years of chiropracticprogress. P : 100.

Ostend(Belgium)

A : H. Gillet, 5 rue de la Limite, Brus-sels. R : Jul 1963, H. Gillet. :

F 36

May — 5th Asian Broadcasters Con-ference.

Seoul(Korea)

A : c/o Overseas Broadcasting Depart-ment, Japan Broadcasting Corporation,Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

F 37

Spring — united Bible Societies —Translators' Institute.

Philippines A : Bible House, PO Box 755, Manila. F 38

Spring — Int Geographical Union-Commission on Erosion Surfacesaround the Atlantic-Symposiumon the land forms and old ma-rine terraces in Portugal.

Portugal A : Prof. F. Ruellan. Le Roc Fleuri, LaRichardais (Ille-et- Vilaine), France.

F 39

JUIN-JUILLET 1963 JUNE-JULY

3-5 Jun — Mediterranean MedicalUnion — Congress. P : 2000.

Saint-Sebastien(Spain)

A : Prof. Uzandizaga, Faculté de Méde-cine, Université de Barcelone, Barcelo-na, Spain.

F 40

• 3-11 Jun — Committee on Space Re-. search — 6th annual plenarymeeting and 4th int space sciencesymposium.

Warsaw A : 28 Nieuwe Schoolstr., The Hague. F 41

5-14 Jun — WHO-Begional Office forEurope-Inter-Regional seminar onjoint community water supplies.6 Jun — Int Olympic Committee— Meeting of delegates of na-tional committees and int feder-ations.

Sofia,VarnaLausanne(Switzerland)

A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen.

A : Mon Repos, Lausanne.

F 42

F 43

7-9 Jun — Int Meeting of Port Ma-naging Authorities.

Genoa(Italy)

A : c/o ICHCA. Via Garibaldi 4. GenoaItaly.

F 44

7-10 Jun — World Presbyterian Al-liance — European Area Theolo-gical Committee.

Heidelberg(Germany)

A : 17 route de Malagnou, Geneva. F 45

12-14 Jun — European Association ofExploration Geophysicists —Technical meeting.

Strasbourg(Prance)

A : Z. Simler, c/o C G G, 50 rue Fabert,Paris 7e.

F 46

14-16 Jun — World Union of CatholicWomen's Organizations — Studysession on adult education.

Paris A : 91 rue de Sèvres, Paris 6". F 47

18 Jun - 12 Jul — United Bible Socie-ties — Regional translators' con-ference.

Cameroun A : W. D. Reyburn, BP 1133, Yaounde,Cameroun.

F 48

23-26 Jun — Int Association of ChainStores — Int technical meeting.P : 120.

London A : Ghislain Develle. 27 rue d'Athènes,Paris 9". R : Jul 1963, the Association.

F 49

27 Jun - 1 Jul — 9th General Confer-ence of Non-Governmental Orga-nisations in Consultative Statuswith the UN.

Geneva A : Conférence of NGOs, c/o the WorldAlliance of YMCAs, 37 quai Wilson, Ge-neva.

F 50

Jun — European Association of Pro-ducers of Film for Youth (Euro-film Junior) — Constitutive as-sembly.

Europe A : c/o Europress junior, Building Euro-pe. 9-15. av P.-H. Spaak; Brussels 7.

F 51

Jun — Int Conference of Directors ofNational Science InformationCentres of the Asian-Pacific Area.

Hong-Kong A : Dr. Karl F. Heumann, Office of Do-cumentation, National Academy ofSciences, 2101 Constitution Ave, N. W,Washington 25, DC.

F 52


1963 - JUIN - JUILLET - JUNE - JULY INDEX8-10 Jul — Institute of MathematicalStatistics — Int Conference. P :250.

Copenhagen A : DIS Congress Service, 19 Sankt Pe-ders Straede, Copenhagen K.

F 53

10-12 Jul — Econometric Society —1963 European meeting. P : 250.

Copenhagen A : c/o Institute of Economics, Univer-sity of Copenhagen, Studystraede 6, Co-penhagen K.

F 54

15-18 Jul — 1st Int Congress of Chris-tian Physicians. Theme : Minis-terium Medici - the service of theChristian doctor in our society.

Amsterdam A : Prof. A. C. Drogendijk, c/o Instituteof Social Medicine of the Free Univer-sity. Prins Hendriklaan 35, Amsterdam Z.

F 65

• 15-18 Jul — Int Vine and Wine Office— 43rd plenary session and meet-ing of Committees I, II and III.P : 150.

Israel A : 11 rue Roquépine, Paris 8e. F 56

19-25 Jul — World Presbyterian Al-liance — North American Pres-byterian Reformed Youth As-sembly. Theme : " Come HolySpirit ". P : 2000.

Lafayette,(Pa, USA)

A : M. F. B. Gillespie, Board of Chris-tian Education, 705 Witherspoon Build-ing. Philadelphia 7. Pa, USA.

F 57

• 21-27 Jul — Int Catholic Migration• - Commission — 5th triennial worldcongress. P : 250-350.

Rio de Janeiro A : 65 rue de Lausanne. Geneva; Co-missao Nacional Católica de Imigraçao.446 Rua da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro.

F 58

• 22-26 Jul — World Federation forMental Health — 16th annualmeeting. Theme : Population pro-blems and mental health.P : 700.

Amsterdam A : 19 Manchester Street, London W 1. F 59

22-29 Jul — Friends World Committeefor Consultation — Conference ofEuropean Friends.

Birmingham(UK)

A : Woodbrooke, Selly Oak, Birmin-gham 29, UK.

F 60

• 25-29 Jul — Lutheran World Feder-ation — 2nd world conference onsocial responsibility. Theme :Christ today-as One who serves.P : 500. .

Helsinki(Finland)

A : Rev. Pehr Edwall, Kalmar, Sweden. F 61

28 Jul - 3 Aug — Int GeographicalUnion-Commission on AppliedGeomorphology — Meeting ongeomorphology and natural re-sources.

Merida(Venezuela)

A : Professeur J. Tricart, Université deStrasbourg, Centre de Géographie Ap-pliquée. Strasbourg, France.

F 62

29 Jul - 1 Aug — Int Conference ofEsperantists Teachers.

Belgrade A : c/o Oskar Svantesson, Skonert-gatan 1, Göteborg Vr., Svedujo.

F 63

Jul — Int Gymnastic Federation —Congress. P : 100.

Belgrade A : Féd. Yougoslave Gymnastique. Te-razije 35/III. Belgrade. R : end 1963, theFederation. 88 route de Lyon, Geneva.

F 64

Jul — Int Federation of UniversityWomen — 46th annual councilmeeting.

London A : 17a King's Road. Sloane Square,London SW 1.

F 65

AOUT-SEPTEMBRE 1963 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER

• 4-9 Aug — Int Conference on LatticeDynamics. P : 400.4-11 Aug — World Association of Es-peranto Journalists — Annualassembly. P : 60.

Copenhagen

Sofia

A : DIS Congress Service, 19 Sankt Pe-ders Straede, Copenhagen K.A : Ivan Keremidciev Esperov, « Rabot-nicesko delo », bulv. Lenina 47, Sofia.R : In Internacia Jurnalisto'.

F 66

F 6712-21 Aug — Int Association of Stud-ents in Economics and Commer-cial Science — Meeting. Theme :Economics in the training stud-ents for future roles of leadershipin business or government ser-vices.

Berlin(Fed Rep)

A : 5 av de Champel, Geneva. F 68


1963 - AOUT - SEPTEMBRE - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER INDEX14-17 Aug — Int Council on Health,Physical Education and Recrea-tion — 6th congress. Theme :Quality teaching. Pp : 200 (Stock-holm) (Ex).

Rio de Janeiro A : 1201 16th Street NW, WashingtonC DC.

F 69

16-23 Aug — Int Youth Hostel Feder-ation — 23rd annual congress(Ex). P : 150.

Dublin A : C. A. Ebrill, Irish Youth HostelAssociation, 39 Mountjoy Square, Sth.,Dublin 1. K : Nov 1963, the Federation,Vesterbrogade 35, Copenhagen V.

F 70

• 17-21 Aug — World Federation of theDeaf - 4th congress with exhib-ition (Ex). P : 1500.

Stockholm A : O. Gröstedt, Fack 16103, Stockholm16. R : 1963, Organizing Committee.

F 71

19-23 Aug — League of Red Cross So-cieties — Int Bed Cross meetingof first aiders.

Macolin(Switzerland)

A : Petit-Saconnex, Geneva. F 72

• 19-31 Aug — Int Association of Meteo-rology and Atmospheric Physics— 13th triennial general assem-bly.

Berkeley(Cal, USA)

A: Dr. W. L. Godson, MeteorologicalOffice, 315 Bloor Street West, Toronto 5,Ontario, Canada.

F 73

21-24 Aug — Int Association of Meteo-rology and Atmospheric Physics /Int Association of Physical Ocea-nography — Symposium on in-teraction between atmosphere andocean.

Berkeley(Cal, USA)

A : Prof. David K. Todd, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley. Cal., USA.

F 74

21-31 Aug — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on childhealth and the school.

Noordwijk(Netherlands)

A : 8 Scherfigsvej. Copenhagen. F 75

• 24-30 Aug — Catholic Int Union forSocial Service — Congress. The-me : Social service and the well-being of man. P : 1000.

Nijmegen(Netherlands)

A : Boite Postale .233. Nijmegen, Nether-lands. R : The Union.

F 76

31 Aug - 7 Sept — Int Federation ofTranslators — 3rd Int Congresson Translation.

Dubrovnik(Yugoslavia)

A : I. G. Citroem, Int Federation ofTranslators, Rembrand Haan 47, Hilver-sum, Netherlands.

F 77

Aug - Sept — European Federation ofZootechnics — Annual meeting.Pp: 150/19 (Baden bei Wien).

Rome A : c/o Fed. Int Veterinaria de Zoo-tecnia, Apartado 1200, Madrid.

F 78

1-7 Sept — Int Union for Child Wel-fare — Commission on child de-linquents and the socially handi-capped — 10th session, p : 80.

Helsinki A : Ministère des Affaires Sociales,Helsinki. Finland. R: 1964, the Union,1 rue de Varembé. Geneva.

F 79

2-5 Sept — Int Association for ShellStructures — Symposium on non-classical shell problems. P : 170.R: 1964.

Warsaw A : Wspolna 32/46, POB 155. Warsaw 1. F 80

• 2-6 Sept — IAEA — Symposium onexponential and critical experi-ments. P : 300.

Amsterdam(Netherlands)

A : Reactor Centrum Nederland. Sche-veningseweg 112, The Hague.

F 81

2-10 Sept — 2nd Int symposium ondermatoglyphics (within frame-work of 11th Int Genetics Con-gress).

The Hague A : Prof. S . J . Geerts, University of Nij-megen, Netherlands.

F 82

o 5-19 Sept — International ScientificRadio Union — 14th general as-sembly.

Tokyo A : Prof. S. Okamura, c/o Science Coun-cil of Japan. Ueno Park, Tokyo. R : Spring 19S4, Elsevier Publishing Co.

F 83

» 9-11 Sept — Society for BiologicalRhythm — 8th genera] assemblyand open conference. Theme :Biological and mathematical pro-blems. P : 100.

Hamburg(Germany)

A : Professor H. J. Bochnik, Psychia-trische und Nerven klinik, Univ. Kran-kenhaus, Hamburg-Eppendorf. Germa-ny.

F 84


1963 - AOUT - SEPTEMBRE - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER, INDEX• 9-12 Sept — Socialist Int — 16th bien-nial congress.

Amsterdam A : 88 A St Johns Wood High St., Lon-don, NW8.

F 85

9-13 Sept — Int Geographical Union— Commission on Methods ofEconomic Régionalisation — 2ndgeneral meeting.

Lancut(Poland)

A : Prof. St Leszczycki, Polish Academyof Sciences, Institute of Geography,Krakowskie Przedmiescie 30, Warszawa,Poland.

F 8G

• 10- 15 Sept — World YWCA — Confer-ence on migration. Theme : Pro-blems of women workers migrat-ing abroad.

Geneva A : 37 Quai Wilson, Geneva. F 87

« 13-15 Sept — 4th Congress of Int LatinGroup for Physical and SportsMedicine. Theme : Physiology andTraumatology.

Barcelona(Spain)

A : Dr. H. Périe, Haut Commissariat àla jeunesse et aux sports, 34 rue deChàteaudun, Paris 9".

F 88

15-19 Sept — 14th Int Congress of In-dustrial Medicine.

Madrid A : D. Pedro Sangro, Pabellón numero 8.Facultad de Medecina, Ciudad Universi-taria, Madrid 3.

F 89

• 17-27 Sept — Int Council for Philo-sophy and Humanistic Studies —7th biennial general assemblyand symposium. P : 40.

Mexico City A : 6. rue Franklin, Paris 16". R : Jan1964.

F 90

19 Sept - 6 Oct — World Federation ofCatholic Young Women andGirls — European conference.

Wernau(Germany)

A : Springweg 8. Utrecht. Netherlands. F 91

21-22 Sept — Amnesty Int — Confer-ence on the pressures on the ju-dicial system in political cases.P : 100. R : Nov 1963.

W Germany A : R. Burke. 1 Mitre Court Buildings.Temple, London EC 4. R : Nov 1933.

F 92

• 22-26 Sept — World Medical Associa-tion — nth general assembly.

Mexico City A : 10 Columbus Circle, New York 19.NY.

F 93

23-25 Sept — Asociación OdontológicaArgentina — Int Dental Session14th.

Buenos Aires A : Junta, 959. Buenos Aires. F 94

« 23-27 Sept — Scientific Committee onAntarctic Research — 7th meet-ing. P : 40.

Cape Town(S Africa)

A : Dr. E. Boden, CSIR, PO Box 396.Scientia, Pretoria, S. Africa. R : inter-nal.

F 95

24-28 Sept — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on venerealdisease control.

Sweden A : 8 Scherfigsvej. Copenhagen. F 96

26-28 Sept — World YWCA — Con-sultation. Theme : 1) YWCA res-ponsibility for education; 2)Structure and methods of workof national associations.

Nyborg Strand A : 37 Quai Wilson, Geneva. F 97

26-29 Sept — European Committee forRural Law — Symposium.

Brussels A : Jean Megret. Institut des HautesEtudes de Droit Rural et d'EconomieAgricole. 9, rue de l'Arbalète, Paris 5e.

F 98

Sept — Int Federation of TourismJournalists and Writers — 8thgeneral assembly and congress.P: 150.

Netherlands A : W. N. Freni, 134 de Cortalaan. Rijs-wijk. Netherlands.

F 99

• Sept — Int Union of Official TravelOrganizations — nth annual ge-neral assembly.

Rome A : Centre International. Place desNations. Geneva.

F 100

Sept — Organisation for EconomicCooperation and Development —Conference on transmission to in-dustry of recent scientific andtechnological information.

Stockholm A : Château de la Muette. 2 rue AndréPascal, paris 16e.

F 101

Sept — UNESCO — Advisory Commit-tee on Arid Zone Research —19th session.

Not fixed A : Maison de l'UNESCO, place deFontenoy, Paris 7e.

F 102


1963 - AOUT - SEPTEMBRE - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER INDEXSept or Oct — Federation of Scandina-vian Paint and Varnish Techni-cians — General meeting. The-me : Organic coatings. P : 200.

Helsinki A : Färg-och Lackteniska Föreningen,Dickursby, Finland.

F 103

OCTOBRE-NOVEMBRE 1963 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER

1-2 Oct — Int Union of Local Au-thorities — 4th Int Conference onWholesale Markets.

Lyon(France)

A : Marché de Gros de Lyon, 34-36 rueCasimir-Périer, Lyon.

F 104

7-12 Oct — WHO-Regional Office forEurope — Meeting on in-patientpsychiatry treatment of children.

Germany A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 105

15 Oct — European Association ofProducers of Publications forYouth (Europressjunior) — Con-gress.

Brussels A : Building Europe, 9-15 ave P. -H.Spaak, Brussels 7.

F 106

22-29 Oct — WHO-Regional Office for. Europe — Meeting on post-gra-duate medical education in. Eu-rope.

Prague A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 107

23-25 Oct — World Union of CatholicWomen's Organisations — Studysession on catholic women andinternational life.

Paris A : 91 rue de Sèvres, Paris 6". F 108

Oct — Int Federation of Agricultural•Producers — 3rd Meeting ofmember organization in the Me-diterranean basin.

Montpellier(France)

A : 1 rue de Hauteville. Paris 10e. F 109

• Oct — Int Union of Pure and Ap-plied Physics — 11th triennialgeneral assembly.

Warsaw . A : Prof. P. Fleury. 3 bd Pasteur. Paris15".

F 110

Oct — European Atomic Forum —Study session on the utilisation ofradio-elements in industry. P :300.

Zurich(Switzerland)

A : Association Suisse pour l'Energie.Atomique, Schauplatzgasse II, Berne,Switzerland.

F 111

• Autumn — Liberal European Youth —6th congress.

Belgium orGermany

A : M. van Doosselaere, 39 rue de Na-ples, Brussels 5.

F 112

Autumn — Int symposium on the pro-blems of seed physiology.

Greifswald(Germany)

A : Prof. Borriss, Universität Greifs-wald. Greifswald, Germany.

F 113

2-23 Nov — Int Union for Child Wel-fare — Seminar. Theme : Welfareservices for the child of today. P :50.

Beirut A : Union Libanaise de Protection del'Enfance, Maman Street. Adib RubeizBuilding, Beirut. R : 1964, the Union, 1rue Varembé.. Geneva.

F 114

4-9 Nov — NATO Parliamentarians'Conference — 9th annual con-ference. P : 250.

Paris A : O. van H. Labberton, 20 rue Des-bordes Valmore, Paris 16«. R : Nov 1963(stencil), Feb 1964 (printed).

F 115

7-9 Nov — Int Rescue and First-AidAssociation — 16th annual con-vention and exhibition (Ex).

Columbus' (Ohio, USA)

A : PO Box 26, Alexandria, Va USA. F 116

12-20 Nov — WHO-Regional Office for. .. Europe — Meeting on publichealth aspects of rheumatism.

Italy A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen. F 117

Nov — Int Federation of Document-ation — Latin American Com-mission — 4th meeting.

Montevideo A : Consejo Nacional de .InvestigacionesCientificas y Técnicas; Rivadaira 1917(R. 25) Buenos Aires, Argentino.

F 118

— Scientific Council for Africa Spe-cialists Meeting on Libraries andDocumentation.

Africa A : Private Mail Bag 2359, Lagos Nige-ria.

F 119

— WMO-Regional Association forAsia 4th session (AR II).

Teheran A : 41 av Giuseppe-Motta, Geneva. F 120


1964 INDEX

• 3-5 Apr — 3rd Int Symposium onFleming's Lysozyme.

Milan A : Prof. Giuseppe Podio, Via Modica 6,Milan.

F 121

8-10 Apr — Institution of ElectricEngineers (UK) — Int confer-ence on dielectric and insulat-ing materials.

London A : Institution of Electric Engineers.Savoy Place, London WC 2.

F 122

29 Jun - 4 Jul — Int Institute of Weld-ing — 17th Annual assembly. P :500-600.

Prague A : Výskumný ústav Sváracsky. 135 Ul.Febr. vít'az, Bratislava, Czechoslavia.

F 123

• Jun — Int Catholic Film Office —Biennial world congress. P : 250.

Venice(Italy)

A : C C C , 2/c via della Conciliazione,Rome.

F 124

G-9 Jul — European Organisation forResearch on Fluorine and DentalCaries Prevention — Congress.

Oslo A : Dr. H. R. Held, ORCA. 18 Passagedu Terraillet, Genève.

F 125

• 13-18 Jul — 4th World Congress onPrevention of OccupationalBisks.

London A : Royal Society for Prevention of Ac-cidents. Industrial Safety Div., TerminalHouse. Grosvenor Gardens. LondonSW1.

F 126

o 6-8 Aug — Int Rescue and First AidAssociation — nth annual con-vention.

Miami Beach(USA)

A : PO Box 26, Alexandria. Virginia.USA.

F 127

o 30 Aug - 5 Sept — Int Society of Hea-matology — 10th congress. P :1000.

Stockholm A : Dr. L. E. Böttiger. Serafimerlasa-rettet, Stockholm K.

F 128

Summer — Int Council for Bird Pre-servation — Conference of Eu-ropean Continental section.

N Ireland A : c/o British Museum (Natural His-tory). Cromwell Road. London SW 7.

F 129

• Summer — Int Special Committee onRadio Interference — Triennialplenary assembly. P : 100.

Stockholm A : Svenska El. Kommissionen. Ing.Algotson. Box 160 35. Stockholm 16. R :1985, Int Electrotechnical Commission,1, rue de Varembé. Geneva.

F 130

• 25 Aug - 3 Sept — Int AstronomicalUnion — 12th triennial generalassembly.

Hamburg(Germany)

A : D. H. Sadler. Royal Greenwich Ob-servatory, Herstmonceux Castle, Hails-ham, Sx, UK.

F 131

• Aug — Pan-Pacific and Souheast AsiaWomen's Association — 10thtriennial conference, with exhib-ition (Ex). P : 200.

Nuku'Alofa.(Tonga)

A : Miss N. T. Burbidge, 76 CaptainCook Crescent, Canberra ACT, Austra-lia. K : Post-conference.

F 132

Aug — Int Law Association — 51stBiennial conference.

Tokyo A : Prof. Hidebumi Egawa. C-4 6-3 chô-me, Marunouchi, Chiyodaku, Tokyo. R :1935. the Association, 3 Paper Buildings,Temple, London EC 4.

F 133

• 3-11 Sept — Inter-ParliamentaryUnion — 53rd annual confer-ence.

Copenhagen A : 6 rue Constantin, Geneva. F 134

• 6-11 Sept — Int Federation of Phy-sical Medicine — 4th quadrennialcongress.

Paris A : Dr. J. P. Held, 30 rue de Londres,Paris 9e.

F 135

Sept — Socialist Int — CeremonialCongress.

Belgium A : 88 A St Johns Wood High St.. Lon-don. N.W.8.

F 136

• Sept — WHO-Regional Committee forAfrica — 14th session.

Brazzaville A : Palais des Nations, Geneva. F 137

Sept — Int Council of ScientificUnions — General assembly.

Zurich(Switzerland)

A : 2 Via Sebenico, Borne. F 138

• 7-14 Nov — Int Dental Federation —52nd congress.

San Francisco(Cal, USA)

A : 35 Devonshire Place, London W 1. F 139

16-21 Nov — Int Public Works andMunicipal Services Congress andExhibition (Ex).

London A : Municipal Agency Ltd, 3-4 Clement'sInn, London WC2.

F 140


1964 INDEX• — int Association for the Develop-ment of Public Libraries in Afri-ca — 3rd Afro-Scandinavian con-ference ou libraries and docu-mentation, centres in Africa.

Africa A : Jörgen Schlcimann, Islands Brygge,17, Copenhagen S; CCP 53. St Louis.Senegal.

F 141

• — Int Federation for Document-ation — 30th conference.

The Hague(Netherlands)

A : 7 Hof weg. The Hague. F 142

• — Int Society for Research onMoors — 9th congress. P : 400.

Hungary A : Dr. E. operschal, Hauptstrasse 26,Vaduz. R : post-congress, the Society.

F 143

— Int Catholic Association for Ra-dio and Television — Generalassembly and 7th Int CatholicTV Meeting.

Monte Carlo A : 6 avenue de la Gare, Fribourg, Swit-zerland.

F 144

— Int Council of Industrial Editors— Conference.

New York A : Mina Sennot, Bennis Brothers BagCo. 604 S. Fourth St., Minneapolis 15.Minn.

F 145

— WHO Regional Committee forEurope — 14th annual meeting.

Prague A : 8 Scherfigsvej, Copenhagen 0. F 146

— World Federation of CatholicYoung Women and Girls — Con-gress.

Rome A : Springweg 8, Utrecht, Netherlands. F 147

— Int Federation of Journalists —7th World Congress.

Vichy(France)

A : Maison de la Presse, 4 Petite Rueau Beurre, Bruxelles 1, Belgium.

F 148

— Int Catholic Girl's Society —15th congress.

Not fixed A : 1 route de Jura, Fribourg. Switzer-land.

F 149

— Int Musicological Society — 9thTriennial congress.

Not fixed A : Ernst Mohr, Case postale 588,Basle 1, Switzerland.

F 150

1965

23-28 Aug — Istituto di storia medio-evale dell' Università Cattolica dìMilano — 3rd Int week. Theme :Laics in the religious life of the11th and 12th century. P : 200.

Trento(Italy)

A : Prof. Cinzio Violante, Istituto distoria medioevale, piazza s. Ambrogio 9,Milan. R : 1965. Vita Monástica.

F 151

12-18 Sept — Stanford Research Insti-tute / National Industrial Confer-ence Board (USA) — Int indus-trial conference. P : 500.

San Francisco A : Stanford Research Institute. MenloPark. Cal, TíSA. R : Spring 1966.

F 152

• 3-8 Oct — Int Federation for Docu-mentation — 31st annual confer-ence and open conference.

Washington A : Robert Harte, Chairman, ConferencePlanning Sub-Committee, 9650 Wiscon-sin Av.. N. W., Washington DC.

F 153

— New Education Fellowship —Conference. Theme : Les scienceset les arts au service de la com-préhension humaine.

Denmark A : Dr. M, Myers, Mall Cottage, Chis-wick Mall, London W 4.

F 154

— Int Seed Testing Association —14th Int congress.

Germany F R A : State Seed Testing Station, Binnen-haven 1, Wageningen, Netherlands. R :in Proceedings, the Association.

F 155

— Int Society of Radiologi' - Ge-neral assembly ( in connectionwith int congress of radiology).

Rome A : Prof. Arduino Ratti, 44/1 via Mos-cova, Milan, Italy.

F 156

— Int Federation of UniversityWomen — 15th Triennial confer-ence. Pp : 800/37 national asso-ciations (Mexico City),

Not fixed A : 17a King's Road, Sloane Square,London SW 1. R : in Bulletin, the Feder-ation.

F 157

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