International Council of Scientific Unions

Abstract

The first General Assembly of this Council since the war has concluded its meetings, which were held at the rooms of the Royal Society of London, under the Presidency of Dr H. R. Kruyt of Utrecht University. Over seventy representatives of the principal Scientific Academies, of a number of National Research Councils and of the various International Scientific Unions, were present. The countries officially represented were Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Great Britain, India, Italy, Netherlands, Netherlands East Indies, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, United States and Yugoslavia. In addition, as guests, a welcome was extended to Monsieur A . Establier and Madame Malterre of the International Organization of Intellectual Co-operation of the League of Nations, and to Dr Needham, head of the Scientific Division of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).