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relating to the number of members composing the Executive Committee 
of the Council, and certain possible conditions governing their choice. 
For example, many delegates were apparently in favor of the proposal 
that each affiliated union should have one representative on the Executive 
Committee of the Council, either ex-officio or by the choice of the union. 
There was not time to consider the probable effects of the various proposals, 
and the Committee was fixed temporarily at five members, with the under- 
standing that this provision should be subject to discussion and modifica- 
tion at the next general meeting of the Council, in 1922. 
The Constitution as adopted was in French text, and it was formally 
agreed that interpretations of its provisions should be based upon that 
text. The Constitution follows herewith, the text being that issued from 
the office of the General Secretary of the I. R. C. 
INTERNATIONAL RBSKARCH COUNCIL 
Statutes of Convention 
I — Objects of Internationai. Council and Conditions of Admission 
1. The purpose of the International Research Council is: 
{a) To coordinate international efforts in the different branches of science and its 
applications. 
(6) To initiate the formation of international Associations or Unions deemed to be 
useful to the progress of science in accordance with Article I of the resolutions adopted 
at the Conference of London, October, 1918.^ 
{c) To direct international scientific activity in subjects which do not fall within the 
purview of any existing international associations. 
{d) To enter through the proper channels into relation with the Governments of the 
countries adhering to the International Research Council in order to promote investi- 
gations falling within the competence of the Council. 
II — Domicile 
2. The legal domicile of the International Research Council shall be at Brussels 
where the General Assemblies will be held and the archives kept. 
Donations and legacies will be received and administered according to Belgian law, 
III — Conditions of Admission 
3. The countries in the following list may participate in the foundation of the 
International Research Council, and of any scientific Union connected with it, or join 
such Union at a subsequent period: 
Belgium, Brazil, United States, France, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, Italy, Japan, Poland, 
Portugal, Roumania, Serbia. 
1 "That it is desirable that the nations at war with the Central Powers withdraw 
from the existing conventions relating to International Scientific Associations in ac- 
cordance with the Statutes or Regulations of such Conventions, respectively, as soon as 
circumstances permit; and 
"That new associations, deemed to be useful to the progress of science and its ap- 
plications, be established without delay by the nations at war with the Central Powers 
with the eventual cooperation of neutral nations." 
