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EDITOR: GEORGE H. MORRISON
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IUPAC Seeks Broader Participation In August the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) held its 32nd General Assembly in Lyngby, Denmark. This biennial meeting of the General Assembly is the working meeting of IUPAC, a voluntary nonprofit association of adhering organizations (nongovernmental) representing the chemists of 45 countries. IUPAC’s objectives are to promote continuing cooperation among the chemists of member countries; to study topics of international importance to pure and applied chemistry that need regulation, codification, or standardization; to cooperate with other international organizations that deal with topics of a chemical nature; and to contribute to the advancement of pure and applied chemistry. The work of IUPAC is carried on by special committees and by commissions of the Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Macromolecular, Analytical Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, and Clinical Chemistry Divisions. The Analytical Chemistry Division (V) was represented a t Lyngby by seven commissions: V.l-Analytical Reactions and Reagents, V.2-Microchemical Techniques and Trace Analysis, V.3-Analytical Nomenclature, V.4-Spectrochemical and Other Optical Procedures for Analysis, V.5-Electroanalytical Chemistry, V.6-Equilibrium Data, and V.8-Solubility Data. Commission V.7 on Analytical Chemistry and Nuclear Materials is being reorganized into an interdivisional commission on Radiochemistry and Nuclear Techniques with the Analytical Division as the “lead” division. Titular and associate members elected by members of the various commissions represented analytical chemists from more than 30 nations around the world. While the General Assembly accomplishes much toward international cooperation among chemists, the membership of the commissions has in the past been dominated by the same people for many years. At the Lyngby meeting a new guideline limiting membership to a total of 12 years was recommended. To encourage broader participation, the U.S. National Committee of IUPAC, operating through the National Research Council, initiated a special program several years ago to select younger chemists as observers to the General Assembly meetings. A t Lyngby 16 bright young chemists from academia, industry, and government were present to observe the commissions of their choice. It is hoped that many of them will become titular and associate members in the future. It is only through the infusion of new people and ideas that IUPAC will be responsive to the needs of the community. It will be interesting to see how other countries facilitate change in membership. Finally, we are pleased to note that Professor George Nancollas of SUNY, Buffalo, has been elected the new president of the Analytical Chemistry Division.
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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, VOL. 55, NO. 14, DECEMBER 1983
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