IUGG XXIII GENERAL ASSEMBLY 30 June – 11 July 2003 Sapporo, Japan Table of Contents PART I : Proceedings of the General Assembly Officers of the Union, Associations, and Commissions 1999-2003 .............................................................................. 1 Reports Organising Committees for the 23rd General Assembly ............................................................................................... 3 Report of the Chair of the Local Organising Commitee ............................................................................................... 4 Report of the Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee....................................................................................... 5 List of Lectures and Symposia Held at the 23rd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics............................................................................................................................................. 6 Union Lectures.............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Union Symposia............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Inter-Association Symposia and Workshops ................................................................................................................ 6 Association Symposia and Workshop........................................................................................................................... 7 International Association of Geodesy (IAG)............................................................................................................ 7 International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)...................................................................... 7 International Association of Hydrology (IAHS) ...................................................................................................... 8 International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS) .................................................... 8 International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO)........................................................... 9 International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior (IASPEI) .......................................... 9 International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior (IAVCEI)................................... 9 Welcome Ceremony....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Programme..........................................................................................................................................................................................10 Address by Professor Seiya Uyeda, Chair of the IUGG2003 Local Organising Committee .......................................................11 Address by Professor Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, President of the Science Council of Japan..............................................................12 Address by Professor Masaru Kono, President of IUGG................................................................................................................13 Address by Dr. Jo Ann Joselyn, Secretary General of IUGG .........................................................................................................14 Address by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan ................................................................................................................................15 Address by Ms. Yasuko Ikenobo, Parliamentary Secretary for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology..............16 Message from Mr. Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan....................................................................................................17 Minutes of the Council Meetings.................................................................................................................................. 18 Minutes of the First IUGG Council Meeting .............................................................................................................. 18 Minutes of the Second IUGG Council Meeting.......................................................................................................... 22 Approved IUGG Budget 2004 – 07 ....................................................................................................................... 30 The Quadrennium, Membership and the Budget ................................................................................................... 31 Minutes of the Third IUGG Council Meeting............................................................................................................. 32 Officers Elected by the Council .................................................................................................................................... 36 Bureau of the Union.................................................................................................................................................... 36 Executive Committee of the Union............................................................................................................................. 36 Secretaries General of the International Associations................................................................................................. 36 Finance Committee of the Union................................................................................................................................ 36 Resolutions Adopted at the XXIII General Assembly................................................................................................ 37 By the Union – 9 July 2003 ........................................................................................................................................ 37 Résolutions de l’Union Adoptées á la XXIII assemblée Générale ............................................................................. 42 de l’Union – 9 Juillet 2003.......................................................................................................................................... 42 Resolutions Adopted at the XXIII General Assembly................................................................................................ 47 By the IUGG Associations.......................................................................................................................................... 47 The International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy .......................................................................... 47 The International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences ........................................................... 49 The International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior................................................. 50 Closing Ceremony.......................................................................................................................................................... 51 Greetings by Dr. M. Kono, President of IUGG 1999-2003 ........................................................................................ 51 Report of the IUGG Secretary General, Dr. J.A. Joselyn ........................................................................................... 53 Report of the IUGG Treasurer, Dr. Aksel W. Hansen ................................................................................................ 54 Reading of the Resolutions of the Union adopted at the XXIII General Assembly.................................................... 55 Final Remarks by Dr. Masaru Kono ........................................................................................................................... 56 Closing Remarks by Dr. Uri Shamir........................................................................................................................... 57 Administrative Reports................................................................................................................................................. 58 Quadrennial Report of the President, Dr. Masaru Kono ............................................................................................. 58 Quadrennial Report of the Vice President, Dr. Uri Shamir......................................................................................... 63 Quadrennial Report of the Secretary General, Dr. JoAnn Joselyn.............................................................................. 64 Quadrennial Report of the Treasurer, Dr. Aksel Hansen ............................................................................................ 70 Quadrennial Reports of the Associations, 1999-2002 ................................................................................................. 76 International Association of Geodesy (IAG) .............................................................................................................. 76 International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA)......................................................................... 77 International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) ...................................................................................... 78 International Association