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federation. An executive committee of five members, repre- 

 senting France, Great Britain, Belgium, Italy, and the United 

 States, was appointed to study in detail the questions presented 

 to the Conference and to undertake other duties, especially those 

 relating to the formation of new international organizations. 



Provisional statutes were adopted for an International Astro- 

 nomical Union and an International Union of Geodesy and 

 Geophysics. Plans for an International Chemical Union were 

 also presented for subsequent consideration and action. 



The International Research Council and its associated bodies, 

 the International Astronomical Union, the International Geo- 

 detic and Geophysical Union, and the International Union of 

 Pure and Applied Chemistry, were formally inaugurated at the 

 Palais des Academies, Brussels, at a meeting held July 18-28, 

 1919. Tentative statutes were also adopted for the following 

 bodies, which will be organized as soon as circumstances war- 

 rant, and with such modifications as careful consideration may 

 render advisable : International Unions of Mathematics, 1 

 Physics, Radiotelegraphy, Geography, Geology, Biology and 

 Medicine, and Bibliography. 



The objects of the International Research Council, as defined 

 at the Brussels meeting, are : 



(i). To coordinate international activities in the various 

 branches of science and its applications. 



(2). To encourage the formation of international Associa- 

 tions or Unions needed to advance science. 



(3)- To guide international scientific activities in fields where 

 no adequate organization exists. 



(4). To establish relations with the governments represented 

 in the Union for the purpose of interesting them in 

 scientific projects. 



The General Assembly, consisting of the accredited delegates 

 of the various countries represented in the International Re- 



1 Already in process of organization. 



