42nd IUPAC Council Meeting
Ottawa, Canada, 16-17 August 2003
42nd
IUPAC General Assembly
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Election of Officers and Bureau Members
According to Statute 5.401, Council must elect:
- Officers of the Union
- Elected Members of the Bureau
Nominations for the various positions that fall
vacant at the end of 2003 must be received by the Secretary General
at the IUPAC Secretariat before 15 June 2003, i.e., two months before
the start of the Council meeting (Bylaw 2.221). The situation for each
position is set out below:
President
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Prof.
Leiv K. Sydnes (Norway), Vice President and President-Elect,
becomes President on 1 January 2004 (Statute 4.2).
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'01 bio - while candidate for vice president
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Vice President–Vacancy
The vice president to be elected at the 42nd Council Meeting will
be president-elect, and will become president on 1 January 2006.
Nominations for vice president received are as follows:
- Prof. Hitoshi Ohtaki (Japan) >
bio
- Prof. Robert G. Gilbert (Australia) >
bio
- Prof. Bryan Henry (Canada) >
bio
Past-President
The retiring President, Prof.
Pieter S. Steyn (South Africa), will remain an
Officer (Statute 6.1) and a Member of the Bureau for a period of two
years (Statute 7.2).
Secretary General
Dr. Edwin D. Becker
(USA), the present Secretary General, completes eight years (1996-2003)
of service and is not eligible for re-election.
Nominations for secretary general received are as
follows:
- Prof. David StClair Black (Australia) >
bio
- Prof. John Corish (Ireland) >
bio
Treasurer
Dr. Christoph
F. Buxtorf (Switzerland), the present Treasurer, was elected to
a four-year term (2000-2003) in 1999. He is eligible for re-election
for a second four-year term. As of 15 June 2003, there were no other
nominations for treasurer.
- Dr. Christoph F. Buxtorf (Switzerland) >
bio
Bureau (Four Vacancies Minimum)
According to Statute
7.2, the Bureau consists of the Officers, the Presidents of the
Divisions/Sections, together with not less than ten other Members elected
by Council, who shall be known as "Elected Members".
At the conclusion of the 41st Council in Brisbane,
there were ten Elected Members of the Bureau. At the 42nd Council, the
Bureau will make recommendations to Council as to the number of Elected
Members (ten or more), who should be on the Bureau for the succeeding
two years.
Elected Members are elected for a period of four
years, and they are eligible for election for a second period of four
years.
No Adhering Organization shall have more than one
Elected Member of the Bureau.
Statute 7.2 also states that "the principle of fair
geographical representation of Members shall be taken into account".
Elected Members of Bureau, retiring in 2003, who
are not eligible for reelection, but may be nominated for another office:
Prof. H. Ohtaki
(Japan); Prof.
G. M. Schneider (Germany).
Elected Members of Bureau, retiring in 2003, who
are eligible for reelection for a further four-year period:
Prof. N. J. Moreau
(France); Prof. O.
M. Nefedov (Russia).
Elected Members of Bureau,
who were elected at the 41st Council until 2005:
Prof. Chunli Bai
(China); Prof.
S. Chandrasekaran (India); Prof.
Robert G. Gilbert (Australia); Dr.
Edwin P. Przybylowicz (USA); Dr.
Alan Smith (UK); Prof.
Gus Somsen (Netherlands).
At least four Elected Members of the Bureau must
be elected at the 42nd Council in Ottawa, i.e., the minimum number of
ten Elected Members (Statute 7.2) less the six Elected Members who continue
in office until 2005.
Nominations for Bureau received by the statutory
deadline of June 15th, 2003, are as follows:
- Prof. Bryan Henry (Canada) > bio
- Prof. Anders Kallner (Sweden) > bio
- Prof. Dr. Werner Klein (Germany) > bio
- Prof. Nicole Moreau (France) – reappointment > bio
- Prof. Oleg Nefedov (Russia) – reappointment > bio
The situation -as
of 1 May 2003- is published in Chem.
Int.
25(4), 16-22, 2003.
