The Eighth Session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Program (IHP) was held June 21–25 in Paris. Gordon Young of Canada was elected chairman for the next 2 years. The council elected four vice chairmen: Mario C. Fuschini Mejia (Argentina), Riyadh Al‐Dabbagh (Iraq), Umar Kawu (Nigeria), and Slavoljub Jovanovic (Yugoslavia). Anat Arbhabhirama (Thailand), as chairman of the previous council, is a member of the Bureau.Of the 30 council members, 29 attended the meeting. Observers were present from 30 Unesco Member States not council members. The United Kingdom and United States also participated as observers under a ruling of the Unesco Executive Board. Other organizations represented were the African Union for Water Distribution, Arab Federation for Technical Education, Food and Agriculture Organization, Comite Interafricain de Etudes Hydraulique, International Association of Hydraulic Research, International Association of Hydrogeologists, International Association of Hydrologic Sciences, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage, International Water Resources Association, Palestine Liberation Organization, and World Meteorological Organization.