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I am IUCR NEWS .....................................7 very sorry to say that the Moroccan Crystallographic Association is a member of European Crystallographic Association, ECA, but IUCR XX CONGRESS REPORTS ................8 is not a member of IUCr. I considered what IUCr should do for CRYSTALLOGRAPHY IN AUSTRALIA Yuji Ohashi the crystallographers in such developing countries. AND NEW ZEALAND ....................26 As written in Statues, one of the objects of IUCr is to adhere to the International AWARDS, NEWS AND NOTICES ..............36 Council of Science, ICSU. The most important mission of ICSU is to strengthen FUTURE MEETINGS ............................38 international science for the benefi t of society since its establishment in 1931. The CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC MEETINGS CALENDAR .40 principle of the universality of science has been embedded in the statutes of ICSU from INDEX TO ADVERTISERS ......................40 its very early days. All members agree to adhere to this principle and it provides a model of equity and non-discrimination across the international science community. The membership of ICSU is consisting of three categories. The fi rst one is com- Editors posed of national members. The number of the national members is 104 in 2006. Judith L. Flippen-Anderson The second one is scientifi c union members, in which are included not only the [email protected] IUCr but also IUPAB (International Union of Pure and Applied Biology), IUPAC William L. Duax (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry), IUPAP (International Union [email protected] of Pure and Applied Physics), IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences), IUBMB (International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), IUMRS Newsletter Design & Production (International Union of Materials Research Societies) and so on. The number of Patricia Coley the union members is 29. The third one is composed of scientifi c associates, whose Assistant Editor number is 23. In the General Assembly 76 of 104 national members and 29 scientifi c Jane Griffin unions have full voting rights. The past president of IUCr, Dr. W. Duax, attended the General Assembly as a representative of IUCr. In order to achieve the objects Send Contributions to: P. Coley, c/o of ICSU, the close contact and cooperation between science council and scientifi c Hauptman-Woodward Med. Research Inst. unions in each country are indispensable. 700 Ellicott St., Buffalo, NY 14203, USA The number of membership countries of IUCr is only 40 national crystallographic Tel.: 716 898-8691•FAX: 716 898-8695 associations and adhering body. This is too small compared with 104 or 76 national e-mail: [email protected] members of ICSU. Morocco is, of course, one of national members of ICSU. How- www.hwi.buffalo.edu/iucr/IUCr-News/ ever, the Moroccan Crystallographic Association is not a member of IUCr. When Home.html I saw the list of national members of ICSU, there are many countries in the same Matters pertaining to Advertise- circumstance as Morocco. ments should be addressed to P. It must be emphasized that the member of IUCr should pay the membership fee. Coley at the above address. There are fi ve categories for the membership fee from I to V. For the category I the fee is CHF 1,000 per each year, which is about USD 830. This payment is not so easy for the national crystallographic associations with small members. I know several On the Cover: Images taken from the Asian countries, in which there are only a few crystallographers. It seems diffi cult for article on Crystallography in Australia and New Zealand. Article begins on such crystallographic associations to pay the membership fee. page 26. In order to welcome their opinions and activities to IUCr, we must invite them to IUCr as members. To fi nd out the ways how to reduce their fi nancial duty and Contributors: See Page 34 how to get the benefi t from IUCr is the most important for the future of IUCr. I already sent one proposal to Executive Committee. In the Leuven meeting of EC the proposal will be discussed. The result will be informed to the regional and national IUCr Executive Secretary crystallographic associations as soon as possible. Michael Dacombe ([email protected]) Yuji Ohashi, [email protected] International Union of Crystallography 2 Abbey Square, Chester, CH1 2HU, England The IUCr Newsletter is distributed to 587 libraries and 15,000 crystallographers and other interested individuals in 39 countries. The IUCr also runs Crystallography Online, available at www. The IUCr Newsletter (ISSN 1067-0696; coden IUC-NEB) iucr.org, as a complement to the IUCr print newsletter. Feature articles, meeting announcements Volume 14, Number 1. 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