Sixteenth General Assembly and International Congress of Crystallography, Beijing, China, 21-29 August 1993

• Introduction and Opening Ceremony
• Sixteenth International Congress

Minutes of the Sixteenth General Assembly

• Introduction and list of delegates

First Session, Sunday 22 August 1993, 8.05 p.m. - 10.15 p.m.

• (1) Introductory remarks by the President
• (2) Procedural matters
• (3) Approval of agenda
• (4) Applications for membership of the Union
• (5) Changes in names of Adhering Bodies
• (6) Approval of Minutes of Fifteenth General Assembly
• (7) Report of Executive Committee
• (8) Financial Report
• (9) Ewald Prize
• (10) Commission on Journals. Report by Chairmen and review of activities (This item actually took place in the Second Session.)
• (11) Commission on Structure Reports. Report by Chairman and review of activities
• (12) Commission on International Tables. Report by Chairman and review of activities
• (13) Report of Director of Archiving and Crystallographic Information
• (14) Non-publishing Commissions. Reports by Chairmen and review of activities
• (15) Possible confirmation of Commission on Aperiodic Crystals, established ad interim in 1991
• (16) Determination of number of elected members of each Commission
• (17) Proposal to change name of Commission on Neutron Diffraction
• (18) Reports of Representatives on Regional and Scientific Associates

Second Session, Monday 23 August 1993, 8.00 p.m. - 10.15 p.m.

• (19) Reports of Representatives on bodies not belonging to the Union
• (20) Sponsorship of meetings: Sub-committee on the Union Calendar
• (21) IUCr/Oxford University Press Book Series
• (22) Determination of general policy and timetable for period to Seventeenth General Assembly
• (23) Preliminary consideration of activities for period 1996-1999
• (24) Budget estimates for period to Seventeenth General Assembly: determination of unit contribution
• (25) Confirmation of date and place of Seventeenth General Assembly
• (26) Preliminary consideration of date and place of Eighteenth General Assembly

Third Session, Thursday 26 August 1993, 8.05 p.m - 9.25 p.m.

• (26) Preliminary consideration of date and place of Eighteenth General Assembly (continued)
• (27) Confirmation of appointments of Editors of publications of the Union
• (28) Election of Chairmen and members of Commissions
• (29) Election of Representatives on bodies not belonging to the Union and on Regional and Scientific Associates
• (30) Election of Officers of the Union

Closing Ceremony, Sunday 29 August 1993

Annex I: Appendices to the Agenda of the Sixteenth General Assembly

• (A) Report of the Executive Committee
  • Executive Committee and Finance Committee meetings
  • Publications
  • Sponsorship of meetings
  • Commissions of the IUCr
  • Regional Associates, Scientific Associates, and other bodies
  • IUCr staff
  • Acknowledgements
• (B) Financial Report. (Tables 1 to 13 of the financial report are printed in Acta Cryst. (1995). A51, 605-611.
  • The Funds' Structure
  • General Financial Development
  • General Fund
  • President's Fund
  • The Journals Funds
  • Structure Reports
  • International Tables
  • The Book Fund
  • Molecular Structures and Dimensions
  • Publications and Journals Development Fund
  • Research and Education Fund
  • Ewald Fund
• (C) Ewald Prize
• (D) Reports of Commissions of the Union
  • Commission on Journals
  • Commission on Structure Reports
  • Commission on International Tables
    • Volume A. Space-Group Symmetry
    • Volume B. Reciprocal Space
    • Volume C. Mathematical, Physical and Chemical Tables
    • Volume D. Physical Properties of Crystals
    • Volume E. Subperiodic Symmetry Groups
    • Volume F. Multidimensional Crystallography
  • Commission on Biological Macromolecules
  • Commission on Charge, Spin and Momentum Densities
  • Commission on Crystal Growth and Characterization of Materials
  • Commission on Crystallographic Apparatus
  • Commission on Crystallographic Computing
  • Commission on Crystallographic Data
  • Commission on Crystallographic Nomenclature
  • Commission on Crystallographic Teaching
  • Commission on Electron Diffraction
  • Commission on Neutron Diffraction
  • Commission on Powder Diffraction
  • Commission on Small Molecules
  • Commission on Synchrotron Radiation
  • Ad interim Commission on Aperiodic Crystals
• (E) Report of Director of Archiving and Crystallographic Information
• (F) Reports of Representatives on Regional and Scientific Associates
  • American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
  • Asian Crystallographic Association (AsCA)
  • European Crystallographic Committee (ECC)
  • International Organization of Crystal Growth (IOCG)
  • International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD)
• (G) Reports of Representatives on bodies not belonging to the Union
  • Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society (EPS CMD)
  • IUPAC Interdivisional Committee on Nomenclature and Symbols (IDCNS)
  • International Council for Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI)
  • International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)
  • ICSU Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
  • ICSU Committee on Science and Technology in Developing Countries (COSTED)
  • ICSU Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
  • ICSU Committee on the Teaching of Science (CTS)
• (H) Sponsorship of meetings: Sub-committee on the Union Calendar
• (I) IUCr/Oxford University Press Book Series
• (J) Budget estimates for period to Seventeenth General Assembly: determination of unit contribution

Annex II: Statutes and By-Laws of the International Union of Crystallography

See Acta Cryst. (1995). A51, 632-640. Current hypertext version

Annex III: Committees, Commissions and representatives on Regional and Scientific Associates and bodies not belonging to the Union

See Acta Cryst. (1995). A51, 641-644. Current hypertext version

Annex IV: Adhering Bodies and National Committees for Crystallography

See Acta Cryst. (1995). A51, 645-648. Current hypertext version

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