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Delegation Vote Assignments, IUPAC Council

5-6 August 2009, Glasgow

NAO Votes

China/Beijing

Germany

Japan

USA

Belgium

Brazil

France

India

Italy

Korea, Republic of

Puerto Rico

Spain

Switzerland

Australia

Canada

China/Taipei

Ireland

Netherlands

Russia

Sweden

Austria

Denmark

Finland

Israel

Malaysia

Norway

Poland

South Africa

Turkey

NAO Votes

Belarus

Bulgaria

Chile

Czech Republic

Egypt

Greece

Hungary

New Zealand

Pakistan

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Thailand

Ukraine

Bangladesh

Croatia

Cuba

Ethiopia

Jamaica

Jordan

Kuwait

Serbia

Sri Lanka

Uruguay

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Official Delegations of National Adhering Organizations

at 45th IUPAC Council Meeting

5-6 August, 2009, Glasgow, United Kingdom

(as of 8 July 2009)

* Number in parentheses is number of votes assigned to the delegation

AUSTRALIA (4)

EASTON

, Prof. Christopher J.

Australian National University
E-MAIL: easton@rsc.anu.edu.au
Delegation Leader

GARSON

, Prof. Mary

University of Queensland
E-MAIL: m.garson@uq.edu.au

HIBBERT

, Prof. D. Brynn

University of New South Wales
E-MAIL: b.hibbert@unsw.edu.au

AUSTRIA (3)

SCHUBERT

, Prof. Ulrich

Austrian National Committee for IUPAC
E-MAIL:
uschuber@mail.zserv.tuwien.ac.at

BANGLADESH (1)

RAHMAN

, Prof. Muhammed Muhibur

Dhaka University
E-MAIL: mmrahman@univdhaka.edu

BELARUS (0)

BELGIUM (5)

BAEKELMANS

, Dr. Paul

Solvay & Cie, S.A.
E-MAIL: paul.baekelmans@solvay.com

CORNELIS

, Dr. Rita

Rijksuniversiteit Gent
E-MAIL: rita.cornelis@ugent.be

DE BIÈVRE

, Prof. Paul

Comité National de Chimie
E-MAIL: paul.de.bievre@skynet.be

BRAZIL (5)

GALEMBECK

, Prof. Fernando

Universidade di Campinas
E-MAIL: balarew@svr.igic.bas.bg

BULGARIA (1)

BALAREW

, Prof. Christo

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: balarew@svr.igic.bas.bg

CANADA (4)

BURFORD

, Dr. Neil

Dalhousie University
E-MAIL: neil.burford@dal.ca

RATCLIFFE

, Dr. Christopher.

National Research Council of Canada
E-MAIL: chris.ratcliffe@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

TUNNEY

, Dr. Jim

National Research Council of Canada
E-MAIL: jim.tunney@nrc.ca

WEST

, Dr. Bernard

Westworks Consulting, Ltd.
E-MAIL: bernard.west@sympatico.ca

CHILE (2)

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* Number in parentheses is number of votes assigned to the delegation

CHINA-BEIJING (6)

BAI

, Prof. Chunli

Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: clbai@iccas.ac.cn
Elected Member of Bureau

CHAI

, Prof. Zhifang

Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: chaizf@ihep.ac.cn

SHUAI

, Prof. Zhigang

Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: zgshuai@iccas.ac.cn

, Prof. Fu

Chinese Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: xifu@iccas.ac.cn

ZHOU

, Prof. Qifeng

Peking University
E-MAIL: qfzhou@pku.edu.cn

CHINA-TAIPEI (4)

CHEN

, Prof. Kan-Nan

Tamkang University
E-MAIL: knchen@mail.tku.edu.tw

CHENG

, Prof. Chien-Hong

National Tsing Hua University
E-MAIL: chcheng@mx.nthu.edu.tw

CHOU

, Prof. Teh-Chang

National Chung Cheng University
E-MAIL: chetcc@ccu.edu.tw

LIU

, Dr. Ling-Kang

Academia Sinica
E-MAIL: liuu@chem.sinica.edu.tw

CROATIA (1)

TOMISIC

, Prof. Vladislav

University of Zagreb
E-MAIL: vtomisic@chem.pmf.hr

CUBA (1)

CZECH REPUBLIC (2)

KRATOCHVÍL

, Prof. Pavel

Academy of Sciences of the Czech
Republic
E-MAIL: krat@imc.cas.cz

VOHLIDAL

, Prof. Jiri

Universita Karlova
E-MAIL: vohlidal@natur.cuni.cz

DENMARK (3)

BRORSON

, Dr. Michael

Haldor Topsoe A/S
E-MAIL: mib@topsoe.dk

FEHRMANN

, Prof. Rasmus

Technical University of Denmark
E-MAIL: rf@kemi.dtu.dk

EGYPT (2)

KANDILE

, Prof. Nadia

Ain Shams University
E-MAIL: nadiaghk@yahoo.com

ETHIOPIA (1)

ABEGAZ

, Dr. Mulat

Chemical Society of Ethiopia
E-MAIL: mulatabegaz@yahoo.com

FINLAND (3)

MINKKINEN

, Prof. Pentti

Lappeenranta University of Technology
E-MAIL: pentti.minkkinen@lut.fi

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FRANCE (5)

BERNARD

, Dr. Daniel

Arkema France
E-MAIL: daniel.bernard@arkema.com

BERNIER

, Dr. Jean Claude

Société Française de Chimie
E-MAIL: jean-
claude.bernier2@wanadoo.fr

MOREAU

, Prof. Nicole J.

CNRS-UMR 7573
E-MAIL: nj.moreau@free.fr
IUPAC Vice President

PARIS

, Dr. Jean-Marc

École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie
de Paris
E-MAIL: jean-marc.paris@enscp.fr

VAIRON

, Prof. Jean-Pierre

Université Pierre et Marie Curie
E-MAIL: vairon@ccr.jussieu.fr

GERMANY (6)

DROESCHER

, Prof. Michael J.

Degussa AG
E-MAIL:
michael.droescher@degussa.com

KOCH

, Prof. Wolfram

Deutscher Zentralausschuss für Chemie
E-MAIL: w.koch@gdch.de

MULLEN,

Dr. Klaus

E-MAIL: muellen@mpip-mainz.mpg.de

TIETZE

, Prof. Lutz

University of Göttingen
E-MAIL: ltietze@gwdg.de

GREECE (2)

HUNGARY (0)

HORVAI

, Prof. George

Budapest University of Technology
E-MAIL: george.horvai@mail.bme.hu

INDIA (5)

BHATTACHARYYA

, Prof. Kankan

Indian Assn. for the Cultivation of
Science
E-MAIL: pckb@mahendra.iacs.res.in

CHANDRASHEKAR

, Prof.

Tavarekere K.
National Institute for Interdisciplinary
Science & Technology
E-MAIL: tkc@iitk.ac.in

IQBAL

, Prof. Javed

University of Hyderabad
E-MAIL: javediqbaldrf@hotmail.com

KRISHNAN

, Prof. Varadachari

J. Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific
Research
E-MAIL: vkrish@jncasr.ac.in

MEHTA

, Prof. Goverdhan

Indian Institute of Science
E-MAIL: diroff@admin.iisc.ernet.in
Delegation Leader

IRELAND (4)

HEGARTY

, Prof. Frank

Royal Irish Academy
E-MAIL: f.hegarty@ucd.ie

ISRAEL (3)

KEINAN

, Prof. Ehud

Israel Chemical Society
E-MAIL: keinan@technion.ac.il

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5-6 August, 2009, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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* Number in parentheses is number of votes assigned to the delegation

ITALY (5)

DE ANGELIS

, Prof. Francesco

Università dell' Aquila
E-MAIL: deangeli@univaq.it

FLORIO

, Prof. Saverio

Universitá di Bari
E-MAIL: florio@farmchim.uniba.it

PAVESE

, Prof. Franco

Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca
Metrologica (INRIM)
E-MAIL: f.pavese@inrim.it

PERUZZINI

, Prof. Maurizio

ICCOM-CNR
E-MAIL: mperuzzini@iccom.cnr.it

SCHETTINO

, Prof. Vincenzo

Università degli Studi di Firenze
E-MAIL: vincenzo.schettino@unifi.it

JAMAICA (1)

DASGUPTA

, Prof. Tara P.

Caribbean Academy of Sciences -
Jamaica Chapter
E-MAIL:
tara.dasgupta@uwimona.edu.jm

JAPAN (6)

HAWEGASA

, Dr. Miki

Aoyama Gakuin University
E-MAIL: hasemiki@chem.aoyama.ac.jp

OHTA

, Dr. Teruto

Chemical Society of Japan
E-MAIL: ohta@chemistry.or.jp

TATSUMI

, Prof. Kazuyuki

Nagoya University
E-MAIL:
i45100a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

SAKAI

, Prof. Ken

Kyushu University
E-MAIL: ksakai@chem.kyushu-univ.jp

SAWAMOTO

, Prof. Mitsuo

Kyoto University
E-MAIL: sawamoto@star.polym.kyoto-
u.ac.jp

TATSUMI

, Prof. Kazuyuki

Nagoya University
E-MAIL:
i45100a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
President, Inorganic Chemistry Division

JORDAN (1)

ABU-ORABI

, Dr. Sultan T.

Jordanian Chemical Society
E-MAIL: abuorabi@excite.com

KOREA (5)

CHO

, Prof. Jung-Hyuck

Korea Institute of Science & Technology
E-MAIL: jungcho@kist.re.kr

KANG

, Prof. Han-Young

Chungbuk National University
E-MAIL: hykang@chungbuk.ac.kr

KIM

, Prof.

Hong Lae

Kangwon National University
E-MAIL: hlkim@kangwon.ac.kr

KIM

, Prof. Myung-Soo

Seoul National University
E-MAIL: myungsoo@snu.ac.kr

YOON

, Prof. Minjoong

Chungnam National University
E-MAIL: mjyoon@cnu.ac.kr

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KUWAIT (1)

AL-DALAMA

, Ms. Khalidah

Kuwait Chemical Society
E-MAIL: kw_chemical@hotmail.com

MALAYSIA (3)

SOON

, Dr. Ting-Kueh

Institut Kimia Malaysia
E-MAIL: soontk@ikm.org.my

ZAKARIA

, Prof. Zuriati

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
E-MAIL: zuriz@ukm.my

NETHERLANDS (4)

APOTHEKER

, Prof. Jan

University of Groningen
E-MAIL: icho34@chem.rug.nl

DONNE,

Dr. Gabriëlle

Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische
Vereniging
kncv@kncv.nl

REEDIJK

, Prof. Jan

Leiden University
E-MAIL: reedijk@chem.leidenuniv.nl

VAN DAM-MIERAS

, Prof. Maria C.E.

Open Universiteit Nederland
E-MAIL: rietje.vandam-mieras@ou.nl
Elected Member of Bureau

NEW ZEALAND (2)

HARTSHORN

, Prof. Richard M.

University of Canterbury
E-MAIL:
richard.hartshorn@canterbury.ac.nz

NORWAY (3)

RUUD

, Prof. Kenneth

University of Tromsø
E-MAIL: kenneth.ruud@uit.no

PAKISTAN (2)

SAKHAWAT SHAH,

Prof. Syed

Quaid-i-Azam University
E-MAIL: sakhawat_shah@yahoo.con

POLAND (3)

LIPKOWSKI

, Prof. Janusz S.

Polish Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: klatrat@ichf.edu.pl

PENCZEK

, Prof. Stanislaw

Polish Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: spenczek@bilbo.cbmm.lodz.pl
Elected Member of Bureau

PORTUGAL (2)

HEROLD

, Prof. Bernardo J.

Instituto Superior Técnico
E-MAIL: herold@ist.utl.pt

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* Number in parentheses is number of votes assigned to the delegation

PUERTO RICO (5)

INFANTE

, Prof. Gabriel A.

Pontifical Catholic University of
Puerto Rico
E-MAIL: gainfante@email.pucpr.edu

LAMBA

, Prof. Ram S.

University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
E-MAIL: rlamba@cayey.upr.edu
Elected Member of Bureau

MARTINEZ

, Ms. Victoria

Colegio de Químicos de Puerto Rico
E-MAIL:

cqpr@cqpr1941.org

RESTO

, Dr. Edgard

University of Puerto Rico
E-MAIL: restoe@gmail.com

TOLLINCHE

, Dr. Carlos

Industry-University Research
Consortium
E-MAIL: catol@coqui.net

RUSSIA (4)

FEDOTOV

, Dr. Petr S.

National Committee of Russian
Chemists
E-MAIL: fedotov_ps@mail.ru
Non-Voting Secretary

MYASOEDOV

, Prof. Boris F.

Russian Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: bfmyas@pran.ru

NEFEDOV

, Prof. Oleg M.

Russian Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: nefedov@ras.ru
Elected Member of Bureau

TARASOVA

, Prof. Natalia P.

Mendeleyev University of Chemical
Technology
E-MAIL: tarasnp@muctr.edu.ru
Elected Member of Bureau

SERBIA (1)

AST

, Prof. Teodor

University of Belgrade
E-MAIL: ast@tmf.bg.ac.yu

SLOVAKIA (2)

BEREK

, Prof. Dusan

Slovak Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: dusan.berek@savba.sk

DRABIK

, Dr. Milan

Slovak Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: uachmdra@savba.sk

SLOVENIA (2)

KAUCIC

, Prof. Venceslav

National Institute of Chemistry
E-MAIL: kaucic@ki.si

KOCEVAR

, Prof. Marijan

University of Ljubljana
E-MAIL: marijan.kocevar@fkkt.uni-lj.si

SOUTH AFRICA (3)

BOOTH

, Dr. Michael D.

Chemical & Allied Industries
Association
E-MAIL: caiainfo@iafrica.com
Delegation Leader

VILAKAZI

, Dr. Lea Sibulelo

University Limpopo
E-MAIL: leav@ul.ac.za

SPAIN (5)

ORO

, Prof. Luis A.

University of Zaragoza C.S.I.C.
E-MAIL: oro@unizar.es

SRI LANKA (1)

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* Number in parentheses is number of votes assigned to the delegation

SWEDEN (4)

KALLNER

, Dr. Anders

Karolinska Hospital
E-MAIL: anders.kallner@kirurgi.ki.se
Elected Member of Bureau

SWITZERLAND (5)

SIEGEL

, Prof. Jay S.

Svenska Nationalkommittén för Kemi
E-MAIL: agneta@chemsoc.se

THAILAND (3)

TANTAYANON

, Dr. Supawan

Chulalongkorn University
E-MAIL: supawan.t@chula.ac.th

TURKEY (3)

AROGUZ

, Prof. Ayse

Istanbul University
E-MAIL: aroguz@istanbul.edu.tr

GULTEKIN

, Prof. Selahattin

Türkiye Kimya Dernegi
E-MAIL: sgultekin@dogus.edu.tr

MAHRAMANLIOGLU

, Prof. Mehmet

Türkiye Kimya Dernegi
E-MAIL: mehmah@istanbul.edu.tr

TUNCEL

, Mr. Cem

Halaskargazi Cad.
E-MAIL: admin@turchemsoc.org
Non-Voting Secretary

UKRAINE (2)

GONCHARUK

, Prof. Vladyslav V.

National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine
E-MAIL: honch@iccwc.kiev.ua

IAKMOVA

, Dr. Tetiana

Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
E-MAIL: t.i.yakimova@iccwc.kiev.ua

UNITED KINGDOM (5)

EVANS

, Dr. David A.

E-MAIL:
dae.jeevans@btopenworld.com

GARELICK

, Dr. Hemda

Middlesex University
E-MAIL: h.garelick@mdx.ac.uk

HUMPHRIS

, Mr. Colin J.

E-MAIL: cjhumphris@btinternet.com

LANGER

, Mr. Stanley S.

E-MAIL: stanley1910@yahoo.co.uk
Non-Voting Secretary

MOSS

, Dr. Gerard P.

Queen Mary, University of London
E-MAIL: g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk
President, Chemical Nomenclature and
Stucture Representation Division

SMITH

, Dr. Alan

E-MAIL: smithazt@aol.com
Elected Member of Bureau
Delegation Leader

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UNITED STATES (6)

CESA

, Dr. Mark C.

INEOS USA, LLC
E-MAIL: mark.cesa@innovene.com
Chairman, Committee on Chemistry and
Industry

EL-SHALL

, Prof. M. Samy

Virginia Commonwealth University
E-MAIL:

mselshal@vcu.edu

KAESZ

, Prof. Herbert D.

University of California at Los Angeles
E-MAIL: hdk@chem.ucla.edu

KOCSIS

, Ms. Jody

The Lubrizol Corporation
E-MAIL: jody.kocsis@lubrizol.com

REICHMANIS

, Prof. Elsa

Georgia Institute of Technology
E-MAIL: ereichmanis@chbe.gatech.edu
Elected Member of Bureau

WILSON

, Prof. Angela K.

University of North Texas
E-MAIL: akwilson@unt.edu

URUGUAY (1)

GONZALEZ

, Dr. David

PEDECIBA Química
E-MAIL: davidg@fq.edu.uy

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CHINA-TAIPEI

LIAW

, Dr. Chun-Chen

Chung-Yuan Christian University
E-MAIL: ccliao@cycu.edu.tw

LIU

, Dr. Ling-Kang

Academia Sinica
E-MAIL: liuu@chem.sinica.edu.tw

HORNG

, Dr. Keh-Ming

CPC Corporation
E-MAIL: 076121@cpc.com.tw

ETHIOPIA

CHEBUDE

, Dr. Yonas

Chemical Society of Ethiopia
E-MAIL: yonasch@chem.aau.edu.et

INDIA

GANESH

, Prof. Krishna N.

Indian Institute of Science Education
Research (IISER)
E-MAIL: kn.ganesh@iiserpune.ac.in

JAPAN

HASEGAWA

, Dr. Miki

Aoyama Gakuin University
E-MAIL: hasemiki@chem.aoyama.ac.jp

JORDAN

AL-ABOUDI

, Dr. Amal

University of Jordan
E-MAIL: alaboudi@ju.edu.jo

KOREA

CHO

, Prof. Cheon-Gyu

Hanyang University
E-MAIL: ccho@hanyang.ac.kr

, Prof. Hyun-Joon

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
E-MAIL: hjha@hufs.ac.kr

SEOK

, Prof. Won Kyung

Dongguk University
E-MAIL: wonkseok@yahoo.co.kr

, Prof. Yeon Gyu

Kookmin University
E-MAIL: ygyu@kookmin.ac.kr

KUWAIT

AL-SHALFAN

, Mr. Adnan

Kuwait Chemical Society
E-MAIL: alshareet@hotmail.com

UNITED STATES

BECKER,

Dr. Edwin D.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
E-MAIL: tbecker@nih.gov

BENHAM

, Dr. Judith L.

American Chemical Society
E-MAIL: jbenham@acs.org

BEVELL

, Ms. Lisa E.

National Academies of Sciences
E-MAIL: lbevell@nas.edu

BOWMAN

, Dr. Katherine

National Academies of Sciences
E-MAIL: kbowman@nas.edu

LANE

, Dr. Thomas H.

American Chemical Society
E-MAIL: tlane@acs.org

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ROMANIA

ZAHARESCU

, Dr. Maria

Romanian Academy of Sciences
E-MAIL: mzaharescu@acad.ro

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FEDERATION OF AFRICAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETIES

ENGIDA

, Dr. Temechegn

E-MAIL: temechegne@faschem.org

FEDERATION OF ASIAN
CHEMICAL SOCIETIES

CHEN

, Prof. Kan-Nan

E-MAIL: knchen@mail.tku.edu.tw

SOON

, Dr. Ting-Kueh

E-MAIL: soontk@ikm.org.my

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
of CHEMICAL
THERMODYNAMICS

DYMOND

, Dr. John H.

E-MAIL: dunmorecot@tiscali.co.uk

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
on COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
(ICCC)

REEDIJK

, Prof. Jean

E-MAIL: reedijk@chem.leidenuniv.nl

INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION for CHEMICAL
SCIENCES in DEVELOPMENT
(IOCD)

KRIEF

, Dr. Alain.

E-MAIL: iocd@igc.org

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY of
MAGNETIC RESONANCE (ISMAR)

BECKER, Dr. Edwin D.,

National Institutes of Health
E-MAIL: tbecker@nih.govr

International Association of Chemical
Thermodynamics

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BANGLADESH

SHOEB

, Prof. Mohammad

University of Dhaka
E-MAIL: shoeb71@yahoo.com

CHINA-BEIJING

SUN

, Prof. Shuqing

National Center for Nanoscience and
Technology, China
E-MAIL: sunsq@nanoctr.cn

CANADA

HEGMANN

, Prof. Torsten

University of Manitoba
E-MAIL: hegmannt@cc.umanitoba.ca

PEREPICHKA

, Prof. Dmitrii F.

McGill University
E-MAIL: dmitrii.perepichka@mcgill.ca

WHEELER

, Prof. Aaron

University of Toronto
E-MAIL: awheeler@chem.utoronto.ca

INDIA
MUKHERJEE

, Prof. Partha S.

Indian Institute of Science
E-MAIL: psm@ipc.iisc.ernet.in

ITALY
METRANGOLO

, Prof. Pierangelo

Politecnico di Milano
E-MAIL:
pierangelo.metrangolo@polimi.it

ISRAEL
FRIEDLER

, Dr. Assaf

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
E-MAIL: assaf@chem.ch.huji.ac.il

PAKISTAN

RAZA SHAH

Dr. Muhammad

University of Karachi
E-MAIL: raza_shahm@yahoo.com

POLAND

DEMCHUCK

Dr. Oleg M.

University of Lublin
E-MAIL: oleh.demchuk@umcs.lublin.pl

THAILAND

THAMYONGKIT

Prof. Patchanita

Chulalongkorn University
E-MAIL: patchanita.v@chula.ac.th

UNITED STATES

BIELAWSKI

, Prof. Christopher

University of Texas, Austin
E-MAIL: bielawski@cm.utexas.edu

BUMPUS

, Miss Stefanie B.

University of Illinois
E-MAIL: sbumpus2@illinois.edu

COLBURN

, Dr. Heather A.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
E-MAIL: heather.colburn@pnl.gov

CONNICK

, Prof. William B.

University of Cincinnati
E-MAIL: bill.connick@uc.edu

MOHAN

, Dr. Ram

Illinois Wesleyan University
E-MAIL: rmohan@iwu.edu

OBARE

, Prof. Sherine O.

Western Michigan University
E-MAIL: sherine.obare@wmich.edu

RABINOVICH

, Prof. Daniel

Univeristy of North Carolina, Charlotte
E-MAIL: drabinov@uncc.edu

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ROGERS

, Dr. Michelle M.

The Lubrizol Corporation
E-MAIL: michelle.rogers@lubrizol.com

SCHWANTES

, Dr.

Jon M.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratories
E-MAIL: jon.schwantes@pnl.gov

SYKES

, Prof. E. Charles H.

Tufts University
E-MAIL: charles.sykes@tufts.edu

ZHAROV

, Prof. Ilya

University of Utah
E-MAIL: i.zharov@utah.edu

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Deceased IUPAC Colleagues

(As of 6 July 2009)

Australia Prof.

Ronald D. Brown – Commission on Molecular Structure and

Spectroscopy 1983-1985; IUPAC Representative on Committee on
Space Research, 1994-2008. (4 November 2008)

Prof. Kevin J. R. Rosman – Member, Subcommittee for Isotopic
Abundance Measurements 2000-2009; Task Group Member: Isotopic
Compositions of Selected Elements; Task Group Member,
Determination of Atomic Weights using New Analytical Techniques,
Task Group Member Review of Isotopic Compositions and Issue of a
Table of Revision Values; Task Group Member: Element by Element
Review of Atomic Weights to the Year 2000. (22 March 2009)

Prof. Alan M. Sargeson – Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic
Chemistry, Associate Member 1985-1987, Titular Member 1987-
1997, Commission Chair 1996-1997; Associate Member, Inorganic
Chemistry Division 1996-1997; Task Group Chair: Transfermium
Element Nomenclature. (29 December 2008)

Prof. Walter C. Taylor – Task Group Member: Workshop for
finalizing the project proposal document for setting up of International
Center for Natural Product Research. (1 January 2009)

Austria

Prof. Irene Schnöll-Bitai: Member, Subcommittee on Modeling of
Polymerization Kinetics and Processes 2004-2009; Task Group
Member: Data Treatment in Size Exclusion Chromatography of
Polymers. (4 December 2008)

Canada

Prof. Robert I. Haines – Member, Subcommittee on Solid Solubilities-
2000-2001. (September 2007)

France

Prof. Etienne Roth – Member, Subcommittee on Natural Isotopic
Fractionation 2000-2001; M202 Subcommittee on Isotopic Abundance
Measurement, 2002-2008;

Task Group Member - Determination of

Atomic Weights using New Analytical Techniques; Task Group
Member - Assessment of Fundamental Understanding of Isotopic
Abundances and Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements; Task
Group Member – Evaluated Published Isotope Ration Data; Task
Group Member – Development of an Isotopic Periodic Table for the
Educational Community; Task Group Member - Isotopic Composition
of Selected Elements. (19 March 2009)

Italy

Dr. Giovanna Costa – National Representative, Division of Polymer
Chemistry 2002-2005; Member, Subcommittee on Developing
Polymer Materials 2006-2007; Member, Subcommittee on Polymer
Education 2006-2007. (December 2007)

Japan

Prof. Kazuo T. Suzuki – Associate Member, Subcommittee on
Toxicology 1998-2001. (24 July 2008)

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Deceased IUPAC Colleagues

(As of 6 July 2009)

Netherlands

Prof. Sjaak Slanina – Associate Member, Division of Chemistry and
the Environment 1996-1997; Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry:
Associate Member 1986-1997, National Representative 1997-2001;
Member, Subcommittee on Diffusive Sampling, 2000-2001; Member,
Subcommittee on Chemistry of Environmental Compartments 2006-
2009, Task Group Member: Atmospheric Deposition and its Impact on
Ecosystems, with Reference to the Mid-East Region, Task Group
Chair: Local Radiation Balance – The Influence of Aerosol; Task
Group Member, Local and Regional Contribution to air pollution in
Asian Developing Countries. (23 March 2009).

Dr. Aaldert H. Wapstra - Commission on Isotopic Abundance and
Atomic Weights, Titular Member/Associate Member 1963-1979 (2
December 2006)

United
Kingdom

Dr. H. B. F. Dixon – IUBMB/IUPAC Joint Commission on
Biochemical Nomenclature 1998-1999; Interdivisional Committee on
Terminology, Nomenclature and Standards 1998-1999; Member,
Subcommittee on IUPAC International Chemical Identifier 2002-
2003. (30 July 2008)

United States

Prof. Ernest L. Eliel – Task Group Member: Frontiers of Chemical
Sciences: Research and Education in Middle Eastern Countries (18
September 2008).

Prof. Dana E. Knox – Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium
Data: Member 2002-2007, Chair, 2008; Associate Member, Analytical
Chemistry Division - 2008 (25 September 2008).

Dr. W. Val Metanomski – Interdivisional Committee on Terminology,
Nomenclature and Symbols: Titular Member 1996-2005; Chair 1996-
2001; Titular Member, Pure and Applied Chemistry Advisory Board,
1998-2001; Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature: Associate
Member 1988-1991, Titular Member 1992-1999; Member, Division
VIII Advisory Subcommittee 2002-2009; Member, Subcommittee on
Polymer Terminology 2002-2009 (12 December 2008).

Prof. A. Ian Scott – Titular Member, Organic and Biomolecular
Chemistry Division 1998-2001; Member, Subcommittee on
Biomolecular Chemistry, 2000-2009. (18 April 2009)

Dr. Harry J. Svec Associate Member, Commission on Isotopic
Abundance and Atomic Weights 1967-1971. (November 2006)

Switzerland

Dr. Fritz Weber – Interdivisional Committee on Terminology,
Nomenclature, and Symbols (1996-1998)

(Deceased date in parentheses, if known)

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IUPAC COUNCIL MEETING

Glasgow, Scotland 5-6 August 2009

AGENDA

11 June 2009

Introductory Remarks and Finalization of Agenda

Approval of Minutes of 44

Council Meeting and Matters Arising

Ratification of Decisions Taken by Bureau and Executive Committee since 44

General

Assembly

Announcement of Nominations for Union Officers and Bureau Members

Announcement of Time of Elections

Statutory Report of President on State of the Union

Vice President’s Critical Assessment

Report of Secretary General

Applications for National Adhering Organization Status

9.1.

Institute of Chemistry Ceylon

9.2.

National Research Fund Luxembourg

9.3.

Institut Kimia Malaysian

9.4.

Academy of Science of Moldova

9.5.

Saudi Chemical Society

9.6.

Chemical Society of Thailand

9.7.

Société Chimique de Tunisie

10.

Plans for International Year of Chemistry in 2011

11.

Report of Committee on Revision of Statutes and Bylaws

12.

Adoption of Recommendations on Nomenclature and Symbols

13.

Reports of Division Presidents (Written reports will be received and 10 minutes allowed for
questions and discussion on each)

14.

Reports of Standing Committee Chairs (Written reports will be received and 10 minutes
allowed for questions and discussion on each)

14.1.

Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications

14.2.

CHEMRAWN Committee

14.3.

Committee on Chemistry and Industry

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14.4.

Committee on Chemistry Education

14.5.

Interdivisional Committee on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols

14.6.

Project Committee

14.7.

Evaluation Committee

15.

Financial Reports

15.1.

Biennial Report of Treasurer

15.2.

Report of Finance Committee

15.3.

Accounts for 2007-2008

15.4.

Appointment of Auditors for 2009 and 2010

16.

Budget Proposal

16.1.

Proposed Budget for 2010-11

16.2.

National Subscriptions for 2010-11

17.

National Adhering Organizations in Arrears

18.

Applications for Associated Organization Status

18.1.

International Chemistry Olympiad

18.2.

Federation of African Societies of Chemistry

19.

Termination of African Association for Pure and Applied Chemistry as an Associated
Organization

20.

Proposals Formally Received from National Adhering Organizations

21.

Organizational Changes in Existing IUPAC Bodies, Proposals for New and Reconstituted
Bodies/Terms of Reference

21.1.

New Division Rules

22.

Election of Union Officers and Bureau Members and Approval of Elected Officers of
Divisions

23.

Plans for 46

General Assembly and 43

Congress (San Juan, 2011)

24.

Approval of Dates and Sites of 47

General Assembly and 44

Congress (2013)

25.

Approval of Dates and Sites of 48

General Assembly and 45

Congress (2015)

26.

Reauthorization of Commissions.

27.

Approval of English as the Official Language of IUPAC

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28.

Important Matters Referred to Council by Bureau at 45

General Assembly not Covered by

Items on Council Agenda

29.

Reports from Round Table Discussions

30.

Any Other Business (discussion only)

31.

Closing Remarks, Adjournment

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Guidelines for Discussion and Debate in Council

Most discussion in the Council meeting is informal, with decisions often made by voice
vote or show of voting cards without an official count. However, for nonscientific matters
that may require extended debate and a formal vote by delegations [Bylaw 2.2], the
procedures for carrying out formal business have sometimes not been entirely clear. The
Statutes and Bylaws do not prescribe detailed procedures for conduct of meetings, but they
do assign to the President the responsibility for ruling on matters that are not clear or
decisive. Under that authority, the President proposes to use the following guidelines for
formal consideration of nonscientific matters in Council. The terminology and concepts in
these guidelines are based on “Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised,” a comprehensive
and widely used authority on parliamentary procedure.

1. Business is formally brought before Council by a

motion

. A motion may be made by a

delegation and seconded by another delegation, or made by an Officer or other
individual presenting a report or recommendation from the Bureau or IUPAC
committee. This latter type of motion does not require a second because the matter has
already been formally considered and approved by the IUPAC body.

2. When a motion has been accepted by the President, it becomes the

pending business

and is considered the

main motion

. No other independent motion may be accepted until

action on the pending main motion has been completed. However,

subsidiary motions

such as amendments to the pending motion, may be considered. Also, under certain
circumstances, the pending business may be interrupted to consider another, usually
urgent, matter.

3. The motion should be clearly stated so that the intent is unambiguous. The wording of

the motion may be modified by agreement with the maker of the motion before it is
formally accepted by the President as pending business. After it becomes pending
business, the wording may be modified by unanimous consent or through the
amendment process.

4. In the course of debate on the motion, one or more

amendments

may be offered as

motions that formally change the wording or even the intent of the pending motion. A
motion to amend must be germane [relevant] to the main motion and must be stated
clearly so that its effect on the main motion is clear. Usually the amendment will
propose to make specific modifications in the language of the main motion or to
substitute new language. The President will rule on the admissibility of an amendment
in terms of clarity and relevance.

5. A proposed amendment requires a second. Once accepted by the President, the motion

to amend becomes the pending business and must be debated and resolved before
proceeding to consideration of the main motion. A

secondary amendment

may be

offered to a pending

primary amendment

, but the secondary amendment may not be

further amended because the parliamentary situation would become too confusing.
[Normally, in such circumstances, it is preferable to quickly reject the amendments and
main motion with the understanding that an alternative motion will be offered to handle
the issue.]

6. The President will make efforts to ensure that all interested delegations have an

opportunity to speak on a question and will attempt to avoid repetition or to recognize a
given delegation several times. However, he may give the maker of a motion the

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opportunity to respond as often as necessary to questions or to explain points that are
not clear.

7. When the President believes that debate has brought out the salient points, he will ask

whether Council is ready to vote on the pending matter. Alternatively, any delegation
may make a motion for the

previous question

[or “the question”]. This motion is

not

debatable but requires a 2/3 affirmative vote for approval. If approved, debate is
terminated, and Council proceeds to vote on the pending motion or amendments in
sequence.

8. Once a matter has been decided formally, it may normally not be brought up again for

discussion and action. However, when subsequent actions or new information make it
desirable to reconsider the matter, a motion [with second] may be accepted to

rescind

amend something previously adopted

. The motion is debatable and requires either a

2/3 affirmative vote or a majority of assigned votes for approval.

9. During debate on a main motion, a motion is in order to

refer

the matter to a standing

ad hoc

committee, usually with instructions to carry out a particular analysis or to

report at a specific time. Such a motion takes precedence over pending amendments. It
is debatable. If approved, consideration of the main motion ceases, but the matter may
be automatically raised again as specified in the motion to refer.

10. Debate on a motion may be interrupted by a

privileged motion

, such as a

point of order

that objects to the procedure or a

point of information

, raising an inquiry on a matter of

fact.

11. The President will augment these guidelines as needed.

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IUPAC COUNCIL MEETING

11-12 August 2007, Torino, Italy

Minutes

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND FINALIZATION OF AGENDA....................1

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 43

COUNCIL MEETING AND MATTERS

ARISING ..........................................................................................................................1

RATIFICATION OF DECISIONS TAKEN BY BUREAU AND EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE SINCE 43

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ................................................1

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NOMINATIONS FOR UNION OFFICERS AND
BUREAU MEMBERS .....................................................................................................2

ANNOUNCEMENT OF TIME OF ELECTIONS .......................................................2

STATUTORY REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT ON STATE OF THE UNION......3

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL.............................................................3

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STREAMLINING IUPAC OPERATIONS3

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF STATUTES AND BYLAWS
............................................................................................................................................3

10.

ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON NOMENCLATURE AND
SYMBOLS ........................................................................................................................4

11.

REPORTS OF DIVISION PRESIDENTS ....................................................................4

12.

REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN..........................................5

12.1. C

OMMITTEE ON

RINTED AND

LECTRONIC

UBLICATIONS

.......................................5

12.2. CHEMRAWN

OMMITTEE

.......................................................................................6

12.3. C

OMMITTEE ON

HEMISTRY AND

NDUSTRY

..............................................................6

12.4. C

OMMITTEE ON

HEMISTRY

DUCATION

...................................................................6

12.5. P

ROJECT

OMMITTEE

..................................................................................................6

12.6. E

VALUATION

OMMITTEE

..........................................................................................6

12.7. I

NTERDIVISIONAL

OMMITTEE ON

ERMINOLOGY

, N

OMENCLATURE AND

YMBOLS

13.

FINANCIAL REPORTS .................................................................................................7

13.1. B

IENNIAL

EPORT OF

REASURER

..............................................................................7

13.2. R

EPORT OF

INANCE

OMMITTEE

...............................................................................7

13.3. A

CCOUNTS FOR

2005-2006.........................................................................................7

13.4. A

PPOINTMENT OF

UDITORS FOR

2007

AND

2008 ......................................................7

14.

BUDGET PROPOSAL ....................................................................................................8

14.1. P

ROPOSED

UDGET FOR

2008-9..................................................................................8

14.2. N

ATIONAL

UBSCRIPTIONS FOR

2008-9 ......................................................................8

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15.

NATIONAL ADHERING ORGANIZATIONS IN ARREARS ..................................8

16.

CHANGE OF NATIONAL ADHERING ORGANIZATION FOR KOREA............9

17.

APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL ADHERING ORGANIZATION STATUS...10

18.

PROPOSALS FORMALLY RECEIVED FROM NATIONAL ADHERING
ORGANIZATIONS .......................................................................................................10

19.

ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES IN EXISTING IUPAC BODIES, PROPOSALS
FOR NEW AND RECONSTITUTED BODIES/TERMS OF REFERENCE..........10

19.1. N

IVISION

ULES

...............................................................................................11

20.

ELECTION OF UNION OFFICERS AND BUREAU MEMBERS AND
APPROVAL OF ELECTED OFFICERS OF DIVISIONS .......................................11

21.

PLANS FOR 45

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND 42

CONGRESS (GLASGOW,

2009) ................................................................................................................................13

22.

APPROVAL OF DATES AND SITES OF 46

GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND 43

CONGRESS (2011)........................................................................................................13

23.

REAUTHORIZATION OF COMMISSIONS ............................................................14

24.

IMPORTANT MATTERS REFERRED TO COUNCIL BY THE BUREAU AT
44

GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOT COVERED BY ITEMS ON COUNCIL

AGENDA ........................................................................................................................14

25.

REPORTS FROM ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS................................................15

26.

ANY OTHER BUSINESS (DISCUSSION ONLY) ....................................................16

27.

CLOSING REMARKS, ADJOURNMENT ................................................................16

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Minutes

1. Introductory Remarks and Finalization of Agenda

Prof. Henry welcomed the delegates to the 44

meeting of the IUPAC Council. He thanked

Prof. Giuseppe Della Gatta and Prof. Claudio Minero for the Congress and General
Assembly arrangements.

Prof. Henry asked for a moment of silence for IUPAC Colleagues deceased since Council
met at Beijing.

The attendance of Prof. Alberto Núñez, President of the Cuban Chemical Society and FLAQ
(Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones Químicas) was recognized. The Cuban
Chemical Society is applying for NAO status and FLAQ is applying for Associated
Organization status.

Prof Henry noted the letter in the Agenda Book describing the necessary actions for the
Council. He then noted the Guidelines for Discussion and the voting procedures in the
Agenda Book.

Prof. Henry introduced Prof. Francis Gudyanga, member of the ICSU Executive Board, who
brought greetings from ICSU and gave a brief overview of the ICSU Strategic Plan.

2. Approval of Minutes of 43

Council Meeting and Matters Arising

Prof. Henry asked if there are any corrections or matters arising not covered elsewhere in the
Agenda. The motion below was moved and seconded and was approved unanimously by a
show of hands (eligible delegates) as is appropriate for a non-scientific matter provided there
is no controversy.

Motion

Minutes of 43

Council Meeting are approved.

3. Ratification of Decisions Taken by Bureau and Executive Committee since 43

General

Assembly

All decisions taken by the Bureau and Executive Committee, since those approved by the
Council at Beijing (Minute 3, 43rd Meeting), are contained in the following Minutes, which
were distributed to National Adhering Organizations as shown:
81st Bureau

7 December 2005

82nd Bureau

7 December 2005

83rd Bureau

2 January 2007

133rd Executive Committee

21 June 2006

134th Executive Committee

5 May 2007

The motion below was moved and seconded and was approved unanimously by a show of
hands (eligible delegates) as is appropriate for a non-scientific matter provided there is no
controversy.

Motion

Council ratifies decisions taken by Bureau and Executive Committee since the 43

General Assembly.

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4. Announcement of Nominations for Union Officers and Bureau Members

Prof. Black noted that biographies of the nominees are available online and in printed form at
the meeting. He informed the delegates that the voting order would be President, Secretary
General, Vice President, Treasurer, and Elected Bureau Members. He then reviewed the
situation for each office. He reported that the Bureau had set the number of Elected Members
at ten, the same as for the current biennium. The nominations received are given below.

Nominations Received
President

Prof. Jung-Il Jin (Korea)
Dr. Anders Kallner (Sweden)
Prof. Nicole J. Moreau (France)

Vice President

Prof. Jung-Il Jin (Korea)
Prof. Nicole J. Moreau (France)

Secretary General

Prof. David StC. Black (Australia)

Treasurer

Prof. John Corish (Ireland)
Dr. David Schutt (USA)

Elected Members of the Bureau (Four minimum)

Prof. Dusan Berek (Slovakia)
Prof. Giuseppe Della Gatta (Italy)
Prof. Vladyslav Goncharuk (Ukraine)
Prof. Minoru Isobe (Japan)
Dr. Anders Kallner (Sweden)
Prof. Venceslav Kaucic (Slovenia)
Prof. Werner Klein (Germany)
Prof. Ram S. Lamba (Puerto Rico)
Prof. Natalia Tarasova (Russia)

5. Announcement of Time of Elections

Prof. Black announced that the elections for President, Vice President, Secretary General,
Treasurer and Elected Members of the Bureau would be held at 9:30 on 12 August 2007. He
then announced that the proposed tellers were Dr. Meyers, Dr. Racke and Dr. Fedotov.

The motion below was moved and seconded and was approved unanimously by a show of
hands (eligible delegates) as is appropriate for a non-scientific matter provided there is no
controversy.

Motion:

Council approves the appointment of Dr. Meyers, Dr. Racke and Dr. Fedotov as

tellers.

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6. Statutory Report of the President on State of the Union

Prof. Henry gave a brief overview of his written report. The report is available on the IUPAC
web site at < http://www.iupac.org/symposia/conferences/ga07/council_agenda.html>.

7. Report of the Secretary General

Prof. Black gave a brief overview of his written report. The report is available on the IUPAC
web site at < http://www.iupac.org/symposia/conferences/ga07/council_agenda.html>. A
delegate from Poland asked that IUPAC arrange as often as possible to have a representative
speak at meetings of national chemical societies. The delegate from Jamaica asked what
IUPAC is doing to popularize IUPAC in developing countries. Prof. Black responded that
the support provided to selected conferences in scientifically emerging countries was
intended, in part, to address this goal.

8. Report of the Committee on Streamlining IUPAC Operations

The Committee’s report reviews the functions and current operations of the Union’s
governing bodies, Council, Bureau, and Executive Committee. The report then suggests
improvements in communications and operations, especially of the various meetings of these
bodies. This detailed Agenda is the result of one of the suggestions of the report. One
recommendation in the report, that the Chairmen of the three operating Standing Committees
(CCE, CHEMRAWN, and COCI) who are now ex officio members of the Bureau without
voting rights be made voting members of the Bureau, will require a change in the Bylaws and
cannot be addressed until 2009. Another action taken as a result of the report’s
recommendations is the change in the schedule of the meetings of the Bureau and Executive
Committee. Starting in 2009, the Bureau will only meet briefly at the General Assembly after
the Council meeting. In addition, the order of these meetings during the year will be changed,
so that the Executive Committee will meet in the fourth quarter and the Bureau in the second
quarter. This change will be made in 2007, with a meeting of the Executive Committee in
November. This meeting will include both current and incoming members of the Executive
Committee. The Bureau will meet in March 2008. This change means that the Executive
Committee and Bureau will meet earlier in the biennium and will be able to begin their work
more quickly. The meeting of the Bureau in the second quarter of 2009 will allow the Bureau
to have a greater influence on the Council agenda. The Committee also recommended that
the Executive Committee have a short meeting at the end of each Bureau meeting.

A delegate from the United Kingdom asked why the change in the bylaws recommended by
the Committee could not be done more rapidly. Prof. Henry responded that the statutory
requirement for ten months notice of proposed changes to Statutes and eight months notice of
proposed changes in Bylaws before the Council meeting had made it difficult to take action
before the 2009 Glasgow Council meeting.

9. Report of the Committee on Revision of Statutes and Bylaws

The Committee has made an initial survey of the Statutes and Bylaws and located out of date
or no longer relevant sections. It is planned to have the proposed changes available for
review by the National Adhering Organizations in late 2008. The delegate from Slovenia
asked if the Committee was considering reducing the time required for notice of changes to

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the Statutes and Bylaws in view of the better communications now available than at the time
the current time limits were set. There was some discussion of this issue, with the point made
that for many National Adhering Organizations significant notice was still needed in order to
allow consideration of proposed changes by the appropriate national committees. Prof. Black
commented that based on the discussion the Committee would consider if a change could be
made.

10. Adoption of Recommendations on Nomenclature and Symbols

Prof. Black noted that Recommendations shown as "to be published at a future date" have
been approved by ICTNS.

The motion below was moved and seconded and was approved unanimously by a show of
hands (eligible delegates) as is appropriate for a scientific matter provided there is no
controversy.

Motion

Council approves the recommendations approved by the Interdivisional Committee

on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols and published, or scheduled to be published, in

Pure and Applied Chemistry

from July 2005 through October 2007.

11. Reports of Division Presidents

Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division. Prof. Brett noted that the Royal Society of
Chemistry had published the third edition of the Green Book, Quantities, Units and Symbols
in Physical Chemistry in July. This was a significant event for the Division and has been
eagerly anticipated. He reported that the Division planned to produce a student edition of the
book and a four-page summary of symbols and quantities.

Inorganic Chemistry Division. Prof. West noted the changes proposed by the Commission on
Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights in the atomic weights of certain elements as well
as in the isotope ratio of one element. These recommendations would be discussed in Item 24
of the Agenda. He also noted the progress that had been made in determining priority for the
discovery of the element of atomic number 112. A motion to delegate to the Bureau approval
of a name for this element would be discussed in Item 24 of the Agenda. Prof. West reported
that the Division would be making a recommendation to the Executive Committee and
Bureau regarding the appropriate organizational structure to increase IUPAC’s profile in
Materials Chemistry.

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division. Prof. Isobe reported that the Division had
published a series of books on Green Chemistry. He also noted the continued success of the
Thieme- IUPAC Prize awarded during ICOS (International Conference on Organic
Synthesis).

Polymer Division. Prof. Jin noted that the Division had created a new Subcommittee on
Molecular Characterization. He also reported that a final agreement was being negotiated
with DSM to create an IUPAC-DSM Prize to be awarded during the World Polymer
Conference.

Analytical Chemistry Division. Prof. Lobinski reported that five projects had been approved
at the meeting of the Division Committee during the general Assembly to update chapters in
the

Orange Book

, the

Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature

. This book is available on

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the IUPAC web site and the updates will be incorporated in the online edition. He also noted
that the Stability Constants Database would in the future be available on the IUPAC web site.
The conversion of the database from the current PC based system to an online version would
be done as part of the agreement with Fachinformationszentrum Chemie-Berlin.

Chemistry and the Environment Division. Prof. Klein, Past President of the Division
represented Dr. Racke who was unable to be present. Prof. Klein reported that a new
Chairman had been named for the Subcommittee on Food Chemistry as part of the Division’s
plan to increase activity in this area. He also noted that the Division Committee at its meeting
during the General Assembly had approved a number of projects to run outreach workshops
in the areas of the Division’s interest. These workshops are intended to inform scientists in
developing countries of the current state of the art in areas such as pesticide management.

Chemistry and Human Health Division. Prof. Erhardt noted that the newly elected Division
Committee would have representatives from 21 National Adhering Organizations out of the
27 members. He reported that the Division had been forced to replace its proposed incoming
President due to the sanctions applied to the Brazilian National Adhering Organization. The
Book Analogue-based Drug Discovery, published by Wiley-VCH had sold out its print run
of 800 copies. Prof. Erhardt reported that the first recipient of the IUPAC-Richter Prize in
Medicinal Chemistry was Prof. Malcolm Stevens, who had given a lecture at the Congress.

Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division. Prof. Moss reported that a
new version of InChI, InChI hash was in beta testing. This will provide a fixed length
chemical identifier more useful for certain applications than the indeterminate length InChI.
He noted that a Spanish translation of the

Red Book

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry -

IUPAC Recommendations 2005

was now available. He pointed out that IUPAC does not

produce translations of the color books; this is a responsibility of the national bodies.

After the reports were finished, President Henry thanked the Division Presidents for their
concise and informative reports.

12. Reports of Standing Committee Chairmen

12.1. Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications

Prof. Glasser noted the following highlights from his written report. The move of the
IUPAC web site from North Carolina to Berlin, the conversion of the online

Gold

Book

to an XML version, the continued addition of electronic copies of the

PAC

archive to the web site, currently at 1973, Volume 33, quality improvement in both

and

PAC

. He also noted that the

Gold Book

would in future be maintained only

online, with no printed editions planned, and the approval of a project to develop a
framework for creating XML versions of all the color books.

The delegate from Jamaica asked what IUPAC’s policy was with regard to open
access. Dr. Glasser replied that PAC was freely available on the IUPAC web site for
all issues other than the current and previous year. In addition the authors of articles
published in

PAC

are free to put pdf files of their manuscripts from

PAC

on their

personal web site or in an institutional repository. IUPAC Technical Reports and
Recommendations are always freely available as soon as they are published.

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12.2. CHEMRAWN

Committee

Dr. Malin drew the attention of the Council to two items from his report,
CHEMRAWN XII -

Chemistry, Sustainable Agriculture and Human Well Being in

Sub-Saharan Africa

to be held in Cape Town South Africa this December and the

publication of selected presentations from CHEMRAWN XV, 21-23 June 2004,
Paris, France,

Chemistry for Water: Contribution of Chemistry to Quantity and

Supply - Can the fresh water supply be sustained.

12.3. Committee on Chemistry and Industry

Dr. Cesa noted the Workshop on the IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training
Program organized at the Congress and the COCI Corner feature in

12.4. Committee on Chemistry Education

Prof. Mahaffy highlighted three of the priority activities for the Committee: joint
efforts with the Divisions on outreach; partnership with the Organization for the
Prevention of the spread of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), UNESCO, and the
Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia (CHF); and the proposed International
Year of Chemistry-2011.

12.5. Project

Committee

Prof. Somsen was unable to be present.

12.6. Evaluation

Committee

Prof. Weir reviewed the conclusions of the Committee as presented in the written
report. He emphasized that the projects evaluated showed that IUPAC was receiving
value for the money spent on these projects.

12.7. Interdivisional Committee on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols

Prof. Lorimer was unable to be present, so Prof. Herold, the Secretary of the
Committee presented the report. He noted that in addition to its regular review of
IUPAC Technical Reports and Recommendations, the Committee was managing a
project to add new terms to the online

Gold Book

A Czech delegate asked why the Committee no longer circulated documents to all
members of the Committee. Prof. Herold replied that this was a misapprehension. All
Recommendations were circulated to all members of ICTNS, while Technical
Reports were circulated to those members who had relevant expertise. Prof. Herold
noted that for some Recommendations as many as fifty outside experts were invited
to comment. This was in addition to the provisional Recommendation being made
available for Public comment on the IUPAC web site. Prof. Herold also commented
that the publication of the revised Purple Book had had to be delayed due to the
number of matters that had to be resolved.

An Australian delegate commented that of the fifteen presenters in the last two items, none
had been a woman. The Officers were asked to make special efforts to increase the number
of women Presidents and Standing Committee chairs. Prof. Henry replied that this was a

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priority of the Officers but it was difficult given the small number of women active on
IUPAC Committees. He noted that the number of women on the Bureau had increased and,
depending on the outcome of the elections on Sunday, could increase further.

After the reports were finished, President Henry thanked the Standing Committee Chairmen
for their concise and informative reports.

13. Financial Reports

13.1. Biennial Report of Treasurer

Dr. Buxtorf noted that while the Union’s reserves are adequate for the near to mid
term, there are possible long term financial issues that could arise due to the decline
in the income realized from the Union’s journal,

Pure and Applied Chemistry

. He

also noted a number of other developments, including the introduction of a Strategic
Opportunities Fund and the success of the project system in promoting the work of
IUPAC. The Treasurer also commented on the success of the concept of calculating
National Subscriptions in national currencies in reducing exchange rate related
payment problems for NAOs.

Prof. Henry thanked the Treasurer for his almost eight years of service and for having
kept IUPAC on a stable fiscal course.

13.2. Report of Finance Committee

Dr. Buxtorf reported that the overall IUPAC portfolio performed well in 2006 with an
overall return of almost 14 %. IUPAC’s investments are in both Euro and USD
denominated securities (equities and bonds) with a total value of USD 5 551 193 as of
31 December 2006. The conservative posture adopted by the Finance Committee has
served IUPAC well in the past two years by minimizing the impact of the fall in
equity prices in 2005. The IUPAC portfolio is not managed to maximize investment
gains but rather to generate current income and to preserve capital.

Prof. Henry thanked Dr. Senti, who could not be present, for his service as Chairman;
he is retiring at the end of 2007. He then emphasized the point made by Dr. Buxtorf
that the goal of IUPAC’s investment policy is to preserve the value of its assets and to
provide funds for operations. The Finance Committee has succeeded in both these
goals.

13.3. Accounts for 2005-2006

Dr. Buxtorf reported that the audited Financial Statements showed no areas of
concern.

A motion was moved and seconded to thank the outgoing Treasurer for his excellent
service. The motion passed unanimously by a show of hands.

13.4. Appointment of Auditors for 2007 and 2008

The Bureau has recommended to Council the appointment of Batchelor, Tillery &
Roberts, LLP, of Raleigh, North Carolina, USA as IUPAC Auditors for 2007 and
2008.

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The motion below was moved and seconded and was approved unanimously by a
show of hands (eligible delegates) as is appropriate for a non-scientific matter
provided there is no controversy.

Motion

Council approves the appointment of Batchelor, Tillery & Roberts, LLP, of

Raleigh, North Carolina, USA as IUPAC Auditors for 2007 and 2008.

14. Budget Proposal

14.1. Proposed Budget for 2008-9

Dr. Buxtorf reported that the proposed budget is USD 2 936 100 with balanced
income and expense. He noted that there are small increases in most expense
categories. The proposed Total National Subscription in the budget is an increase of
3 % per year from that for 2007.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. He asked if there were any comments or questions for Dr. Buxtorf. There
were no comments.

Voting was by delegation cards with simple majority of votes cast being required for
approval. The motion below was approved unanimously with no votes against or
abstentions.

Motion

Council approves the proposed budget for 2008-9 and the National

Subscriptions implied by the proposed Budget.

14.2. National Subscriptions for 2008-9

Dr. Buxtorf noted that the National Subscriptions for individual NAOs are calculated
using a formula based on the Total National Subscription in the approved budget, and
the Chemical Turnover reported for each NAO by recognized international
authorities. Changes in relative Chemical Turnover and changes in exchange rates
have the greatest effect on individual National Subscriptions.

Dr. Jost was asked to explain the calculation of National Subscriptions in national
currencies. He informed the delegates that the calculation of National Subscriptions
was done using a formula approved by Council that uses Chemical Turnover to
allocate the total National Subscription in the approved budget to individual National
Adhering Organizations. The result of this calculation is a set of National
Subscriptions in USD. These are then converted to national currency using the
average exchange rates for the first quarter of the General Assembly year, in this
case, 2007. The Chemical turnover values are obtained from a compilation published
by CEFIC, while the exchange rates are from publicly available sources.

15. National Adhering Organizations in Arrears

Prof. Henry noted that in addition to Argentina and Brazil, who are in arrears for 2005 and
whose situation would be discussed below; two NAOs (Belarus and Chile) have not paid
their 2006 National Subscriptions in full. These NAOs have been reminded that their
delegates will not be able to vote at the Council at Torino if payment is not made.

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Prof. Henry reported that sanctions were approved for Argentina and Brazil by the EC at its
meeting in March 2007. Argentina has requested that it be allowed to change its status from
NAO to ANAO.

Prof. Henry noted that there are three separate Motions. Discussion should be limited to the
Motion currently before the Council.

He asked if there was any discussion of Motion 1. There was no discussion.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. Voting was by delegation cards, 75 % of votes cast were required to approve the
motion. There were no votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved
unanimously.

Motion 1

Council approves the resignation of the Asociacion Quimica Argentina as the

National Adhering Organization of Argentina, with the understanding that if the AQA
reapplies for NAO status the total National Subscription currently owed, ARS 29 970.99,
payable in USD at the then current exchange rate, must be paid before Council will consider
such application. [Requires 75 % of votes cast, by Delegation Cards]

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion of Motion 2. There was no discussion.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. Voting was by delegation cards, 75 % of votes cast were required to approve the
motion. There were five votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore
approved.

Motion 2

Council approves the application of the Asociacion Quimica Argentina for

Associate National Adhering Organization status, to be effective when the annual fee of USD
250 is paid.

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion of Motion 3. There was no discussion.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. Voting was by delegation cards, 75 % of votes cast were required to approve the
motion. There were eighteen votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore
approved.

Motion 3

Council approves the sanctions imposed by the Executive Committee on the NAO

of Brazil.

16. Change of National Adhering Organization for Korea

Prof. Henry reported that the Korean Chemical Society had requested that the National
Adhering Organization for Korea be changed to the Korean Federation of Science and
Technology Societies.

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion. There was no discussion He noted that this is
a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor motion. Voting was by delegation
cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for approval. There were no votes
abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved unanimously.

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Motion

Council approves the request to change the National Adhering Organization of

Korea from the Korean Chemical Society to the Korean Federation of Science and
Technology Societies.

17. Applications for National Adhering Organization Status

Prof. Black reported that three organizations have applied for NAO status. These are: the
Sociedad Cubana de Química, the Chemical Society of Ethiopia and the Programa de
Desarrollo de Ciencias Básicas (Uruguay). In addition, the Federación Latinoamericana de
Asociaciones Químicas has applied for Associated Organization status.

Prof. Henry noted that there are four separate Motions. Discussion should be limited to the
Motion currently before the Council.

He asked if there was any discussion of Motion 1. There was no discussion. He noted that
this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor motion. Voting was by
delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for approval. There were no
votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved unanimously.

Motion 1

Council approves the application of the Sociedad Cubana de Química to become

an IUPAC National Adhering Organization.

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion of Motion 2. There was no discussion. He
noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor motion. Voting was
by delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for approval. There were
no votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved unanimously.

Motion 2

Council approves the application of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia to become

an IUPAC National Adhering Organization.

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion of Motion 3. There was no discussion. He
noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor motion. Voting was
by delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for approval. There were
no votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved unanimously.

Motion 3

Council approves the application of the Programa de Desarrollo de Ciencias

Básicas to become an IUPAC National Adhering Organization.

Prof. Henry asked if there was any discussion of Motion 4. There was no discussion. He
noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor motion. Voting was
by delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for approval. There were
no votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore approved unanimously.

Motion 4

Council approves the application of the Federación Latinoamericana de

Asociaciones Químicas for Associated Organization status

18. Proposals Formally Received from National Adhering Organizations

Prof. Henry reported that no proposals have been received from National Adhering
Organizations.

19. Organizational Changes in Existing IUPAC Bodies, Proposals for New and Reconstituted

Bodies/Terms of Reference

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Prof. Henry reported that there are no proposed organizational changes in existing IUPAC
Bodies or proposals for new and reconstituted Bodies/Terms of Reference.

19.1. New Division Rules

Prof. Henry reported that there are no new Division Rules to be approved.

20. Election of Union Officers and Bureau Members and Approval of Elected Officers of

Divisions

Prof. Black reviewed slides showing the proposed Division Officers for 2008-9. These lists
are given below. He then asked if there was any discussion; there was no discussion.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. Voting was by delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for
approval. There were no votes abstaining, no votes against; the motion was therefore
approved unanimously.

Motion

Council is asked to approve the appointment of the Division Officers as shown on

the slides.

Lists of Division Officers:

Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division
President:

M. Rossi (Switzerland)

Vice President:

A. J. McQuillan (New Zealand)

Secretary:

R. Lynden-Bell (continues, UK)

Inorganic Chemistry Division
President:

K. Tatsumi (Japan)

Vice President:

R. Loss (Australia)

Secretary:

L. Interrante (continues, US)

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
President:

P. Tundo (Italy)

Vice President:

G. Koomen (Netherlands)

Secretary:

M. Garson (Australia)

Polymer Division
President:

J.-I. Jin (continues, Korea)

Vice President:

C. Ober (continues, US)

Secretary:

M. Hess (Germany)

Analytical Chemistry Division
President:

A. Fajgelj (Slovenia)

Vice President:

W. Lund (Norway)

Secretary:

D. B. Hibbert (Australia)

Chemistry and the Environment Division
President:

N. Senesi (Italy)

Vice President:

None for 2008-9

Secretary:

W. Peijnenburg (continues, Netherlands)

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Chemistry and Human Health Division
President:

D. Templeton (Canada)

Vice President:

To be named

Secretary:

M. Chorghade (continues, US)

Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division
President:

G. Moss (continues, UK)

Vice President:

R. Hartshorn (New Zealand)

Secretary:

T. Damhus (Denmark)

Prof. Black reported that there were three candidates for President for the term 2008-9. The
results of the ballot were as follows:
Prof. Jung-Il Jin (Korea)

Dr. Anders Kallner (Sweden)

Prof. Nicole Moreau (France)

Abstain 7

Prof. Jin therefore will be IUPAC President for 2008-9.

Prof. Black noted that with the election of Prof. Jin as President, there was now only one
candidate for Vice President for the term 2008-9. The results of the ballot were as follows:
Prof. Nicole Moreau (France)

123

Against 7
Abstain 12

Prof. Black reported that there was only one candidate for Secretary General for the term
2008-11. The results of the ballot were as follows:
Prof. David StC. Black (Australia)

133

Against 2
Abstain 7

Prof. Black therefore will be IUPAC Secretary General for 2008-11.

Prof. Black announced that Dr. Schutt had withdrawn his candidacy and that there was
therefore now only one candidate for Treasurer. The results of the ballot were as follows:
Prof. John Corish (Ireland)

132

Against 2
Abstain 8

Prof. Corish therefore will be IUPAC Treasurer for 2008-11.

Prof. Black reviewed the composition of the Bureau, other than the members to be elected at
the meeting. He reminded delegates of the importance of geographic representation on the
Bureau. The Division Presidents for 2008-9 will be:
Division I:

M. Rossi (Switzerland)

Division II:

K. Tatsumi (Japan)

Division III:

P. Tundo (Italy)

Division IV:

C. Ober (USA)

Division V:

A. Fajgelj (Slovenia)

Division VI:

N. Senesi (Italy)

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Division VII:

D. Templeton (Canada)

Division VIII:

G. Moss (UK).

The continuing Elected Members of the Bureau are:
C. Bai (China/Beijing)
S. Chandrasekaran (India)
M. van Dam-Mieras (Netherlands)
S. Penczek (Poland)
E. Reichmanis (USA)
A. Smith (UK).

The results of the ballot were as follows:
Prof. Dusan Berek (Slovakia)

Prof. Giuseppe Della Gatta (Italy)

Prof. Vladyslav Goncharuk (Ukraine) 16
Prof. Minoru Isobe (Japan)

Dr. Anders Kallner (Sweden)

Prof. Venceslav Kaucic (Slovenia)

Prof. Werner Klein (Germany)

Prof. Ram S. Lamba (Puerto Rico)

Prof. Natalia Tarasova (Russia)

102

Election requires a simple majority of the votes cast (72 out of 142). The following were
therefore elected as Members of the Bureau for 2008-11: Dr. Kallner, Prof. Klein, Prof.
Lamba, and Prof. Tarasova.

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Congress (Glasgow, 2009)

Dr. Alan Smith reviewed the plans for the Congress and General Assembly in Glasgow,
Scotland.

22. Approval of Dates and Sites of 46

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Congress (2011)

Prof. Black reported that proposals had been received from the Colegio de Quimicos de
Puerto Rico and the Turkish Chemical Society to host the General Assembly and Congress in
2011. The Executive Director has visited each of the proposed venues and determined that
the proposed facilities are suitable. Representatives of each organization made a presentation
concerning their plans and the proposed facilities. Prof. R. Lamba presented the proposal
from Puerto Rico. Prof. A. Aroguz and Prof. S. Gultekin presented the proposal from Turkey.
After the presentations the delegates were asked to vote on the site of the 2011 General
Assembly and Congress. Voting was done by written ballot with a simple majority of the
votes cast required for approval. Prof. Henry informed that at its meeting earlier in the week
the Bureau had approved a recommendation that Council approve the bid of the Colegio de
Quimicos de Puerto Rico. This recommendation was based mainly on the desirability of
holding the Congress and General Assembly in a region other than Europe, given the fact
that the 2007 and 2009 Congresses and General Assemblies will have been held in Europe.

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Prof. Henry reported that the results of the ballot were as follows:
Colegio de Quimicos de Puerto Rico

Turkish Chemical Society

Abstain

23. Reauthorization of Commissions

Motion

Council is asked to reauthorize the Commission on Physicochemical Symbols,

Terminology, and Units, the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights, and
the IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN).

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by Items on Council Agenda

Prof. Henry reported that the Bureau has begun the process of obtaining approval of 2011 as
an International Year of Chemistry. At a meeting with UNESCO staff in Paris on 25 May
2007 it was confirmed that they supported the proposal to designate 2011 as an International
Year of Chemistry and also confirmed that 2011 was the earliest possible year, given the
dates of the meetings of the biennial UNESCO General Conference (October 2007). 2011 is
the centenary of the Chemistry Nobel Prize of Marie Slodowska Curie. The Task Group was
told that the United Nations General Assembly has informed all UN agencies that
International Years can only be named by the General Assembly. The Task Group has
identified the necessary requirements for obtaining the desired designation by the United
Nations General Assembly.

Motion

Council endorses the plan to obtain United Nations approval of 2011 as an

International Year of Chemistry

Prof. Henry reported that the Joint Working Party on Priority claims for the discovery of
elements with atomic number greater than 111 has decided to divide its work into two parts;
they will first consider the evidence regarding the element of atomic number 112 and then
claims regarding elements of higher atomic number. This will enable the naming process for
112 to proceed while the claims for elements 113 et seq. are resolved.

Prof. Henry noted that this is a Bureau proposal and therefore does not require a floor
motion. Voting was by delegation cards, with a simple majority of votes cast required for
approval. There was one vote abstaining, one vote against; the motion was therefore
approved.

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Motion

The Bureau requests that the Council delegate to the Bureau the authority to

approve a proposed name for the element of atomic number 112, providing that there is no
controversy after the Public Comment period.

Prof. Henry reported that the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights
(II.1) had met in Pisa, Italy, prior to the General Assembly. Following its meeting, the
Commission recommended significant changes to the standard atomic weights, Ar(E), of 5
chemical elements. The following changes are based on new determinations of isotopic
abundances and reviews of previous isotopic abundances and atomic masses:

From

lutetium

174.967(1) 174.9668(1)

molybdenum 95.94(2)

95.96(2)

nickel

58.6934(2) 58.6934(4)

ytterbium

173.04(3)

173.054(5)

zinc

65.409(4)

65.38(2)

The values are presented in a concise notation whereby the standard uncertainty is given in
parenthesis next to the least significant digits to which it applies; for example, Ar(Zn) =
65.38(2) is the concise form of the expression Ar(Zn) = 65.38 ± 0.02

In addition, the recommended value for the isotope amount ratio of

Ar/

Ar, which may be

of importance to geochronologists, has been changed from 296.03(53) to 298.56(31).

The above changes will be published in a Press Release to be distributed after the General
Assembly.

Motion:

The Council approves the Press Release prepared by the Commission on Isotopic

Abundances and Atomic Weights after its meeting in Pisa.

25. Reports from Round Table Discussions

Reports were given summarizing the discussions at the four Round Tables held on the Friday
before the Council meeting. Copies of the reports given can be found on the IUPAC web site
at < http://www.iupac.org/symposia/conferences/ga07/council_agenda.html>.

Topic A

: How can we attract more students to chemistry? Do we need to modify the

curriculum? Can IUPAC play a role?
Prof. van Dam-Mieras

Topic B

: How can we help regions and small countries to have a more effective voice within

IUPAC?
Prof. Penczek

Topic C

: How can we interact more effectively with governments and other decision

makers? How can we improve our interactions with industry, other unions, ICSU, UNESCO,

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etc.?
Prof. Moreau

Topic D

: How can we increase the global visibility of chemistry, enhance public

understanding of chemistry, and improve its public image? How can we improve the
visibility and image of IUPAC?
Prof. Mahaffy

Prof. Henry initiated a brief discussion of the concept of Round Table Discussions and asked
for an expression of interest in doing this at Glasgow. Council endorsed, by a show of hands,
holding similar Round Table discussions at Glasgow.

26. Any Other Business (discussion only)

Prof. Henry reminded the delegates that the purpose of this item is to allow general
comments regarding the business of the Council. To ensure general participation, no delegate
may speak twice until all other delegates have had an opportunity to speak.

The delegate from Slovakia suggested that IUPAC arrange for free access to the journals of
the major chemical societies for all IUPAC National Adhering Organizations. One of the
delegates from Puerto Rico suggested that a report be prepared for Council in 2009 on
progress made on the proposals received from the Round Table discussions.

27. Closing Remarks, Adjournment

Prof. Henry noted the close ballot for the selection of the site of the 2011 Congress and
General Assembly. He asked the delegates to indicate by a show of hands if they wished the
Turkish Chemical Society to make a bid for the 2013 Congress and General Assembly. An
overwhelming number of delegates raised their hands in favor.

Prof. Henry thanked the delegates for the insightful debate and their cooperation in keeping
on schedule. He asked that if anyone had any comments on the new Council procedures, they
should send them to him by e-mail. Prof. Henry thanked Prof. Sydnes, Dr. Buxtorf,
Prof. Black, and Dr. Jost for their help during his term as President.

Prof. Henry noted the participation in the Council meeting of a number of Young Observers
and asked them to stand so that they could be recognized. He then congratulated Prof. Jin and
Prof. Moreau on their election as President and Vice President.

Prof. Henry thanked the Italian organizers, wished everybody a safe journey home, and
hoped to “See you in Glasgow!”

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The Statutory Report of President on State of the Union

I am extremely pleased to present the Statutory Report on State of the Union and inform

you of what has been happening in IUPAC since I assumed the office of the Presidency two

years ago. There are a large number of items I should like to report on, but because of

time limitations, I have decided to keep my report focused only on more salient issues.

Besides, many of the other items will be discussed during this Council Meeting. Presently, I

shall discuss

•

International Year of Chemistry and related activities,

•

Increases in the number of National Adhering Organizations (NAOs) and what it

means,

•

Deeper cooperation with the UN and other International Organizations,

•

IUPAC’s Project System and the state of efforts to streamline IUPAC operations and

governance,

•

Several other important developments,

•

Finally, future Visions for the Union.

As I’m sure you are aware, last December, the 63

UN General Assembly officially

declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC). The idea of celebrating the IYC

was initially proposed at the 2005 Beijing General Assembly (GA), and then was approved

by the Council at the last Council Meeting, at Torino in 2007. Since then, our proposal

was adopted by the Executive Board of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the UN GA. I would like to take this opportunity to

express my special thanks to Ethiopian NAO for their profound contributions throughout

the whole process. The Committee on Chemical Education (CCE) also played a very

important role in the process, for which I am very appreciative.

In the past year or so, I have met many presidents and representatives of different chemical

societies in the world, regardless of whether or not they are IUPAC NAOs, and attempted to

explain the importance of the IYC for the whole chemistry community, and sought special

cooperation for this extremely important year. IUPAC has set up and ad hoc committee,

the IYC Management Committee, which will become very busy in the coordination of

planning and activities related to IYC.

The IYC is expected to offer us the opportunities to

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Increase the public appreciation of chemistry in meeting world needs

Increase the interest of young people in chemistry

Generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry

Celebrate the 100

anniversary of Mme. Curie’s Nobel Prize and the 100

anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies.

The success of the IYC primarily depends on activities on national and regional levels.

Nevertheless, IUPAC plans to hold several cornerstone events:

An advance publicity at PACIFICHEM in Honolulu in December 2010

An official launching of the IYC with UNESCO in Paris in January 2011

The IUPAC Congress and GA in San Juan, Puerto Rico in August 2011

A closing event in Brussels in December 2011.

As you all know, we devoted ourselves to the discussion of IYC during the Round Table

Discussions and the World Chemistry Leaders’ Meeting (WCLM), about which you will

hear more during this Council meeting.

I sincerely hope that we, working together, can make IYC a turning point in convincing

the world opinion of how successfully chemistry can contribute to the resolution of global

problems such as climate change, energy in all its ramifications, environmental degradation,

etc. and ultimately to world sustainability. I am greatly encouraged to see the intensive

enthusiasm for IYC being generated in the international chemical communities, including

industry. Let’s take this great opportunity to invigorate chemistry in the world and

facilitate the Renaissance of Chemistry in this century.

IUPAC was established nearly 100 years ago. During this period the number of nations

grew from about seventy to close to two hundreds. In contrast, the number of IUPAC NAOs

in recent decades has remained around fifty. This is about to change. If the Council

approves the six new applications, for the first time in its history, IUPAC will have about

sixty NAOs. Admission of new NAOs will be dealt with later. I understand that a number

of other chemical societies are interested in joining IUPAC, soon. I would like to see the

number grow to at least 100 before IUPAC reaches its hundredth birthday in 2019. I thank

past presidents for their efforts in increasing the number of NAOs. I hope that you,

Council members, help induct more members and do your part to make IUPAC a larger

international union. At the same time, IUPAC shall try its best to be involved more in

global issues and to make all its activities more relevant to our members’ concerns and

desires.

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In recent years, IUPAC has been expanding its cooperation with other international

organizations. Prof. Bryan Henry, the past president, successfully has brought the

International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and the International Chemistry

Olympiad, among others, much closer to us, for which I am deeply thankful to him. Our

Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI) has been very active in establishing closer

cooperation with the industrial communities. As a result, IUPAC was able to begin

working very closely with the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

(SAICM), the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), and the Society for

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). This is of particular importance,

because the international industrial sector will be enthusiastically participating not only in

the IYC but also in other IUPAC activities.

In addition, taking advantage of the UN GA’s acclamation of the IYC, we could approach

the office of the UN Secretary General and the Division of Sustainable Development of the

UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs (DESA) to work on projects of mutual

interest. We have already filed a preliminary application with the UN to acquire status as an

accredited Non-Governmental Organization (NGO). Additionally, we plan to work very

closely with DESA in our efforts to contribute in providing chemical solutions targeted

toward the sustainable progress of the world. Through the IYC, our cooperation with

UNESCO not only will continue but also will be further strengthened. The UN’s

recognition of IUPAC as their most reliable collaborator in the pursuit of the world

sustainability is a watershed event in the history of IUPAC. The expertise of the IUPAC

members will be in full service to this endeavor. Such international cooperation and

contribution will definitely not only improve the public image of chemistry and the

chemical industry but also will open new windows for chemists and the chemical

community to regain a global appreciation of their ability and importance. I anticipate that

IUPAC will continue to strengthen these instances of international cooperation in the years

to come.

I am very happy to report you that the Project System successfully planted its roots deeply

in IUPAC. The Evaluation Committee critically evaluated our Project System and

concluded that the Project System is performing very successfully. Please study the

committee’s report on your own. I am thankful to the Committee for the hard work. It

goes without saying that your active participation in the Project System is making it

successful. I am sure you have read many excellent reports of projects in a wide variety of

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fields relevant to global issues.

In the most recent Council Meeting, IUPAC past president, Prof. Bryan Henry, reported on

the formation of and recommendations of an ad hoc committee for streamlining IUPAC

operations. Many of the committee’s recommendations have been adopted. For example,

the timing of the Bureau, the GA and Council and the Executive Committee meetings have

been readjusted, which you will hear more about later.

I also would like to add that the continued IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO safety training

program and the IUPAC’s active participation in the MALTA conferences clearly

demonstrate the IUPAC’s determination to make positive contributions to the world

chemical community and also to world peace. The successful revision of several books of

nomenclature and terminology has been completed and the newly revised books published.

Such activities help maintain our leadership in chemical nomenclature and terminology,

which, I believe, is a most important task for IUPAC.

As you will hear later, our proposed Bylaw amendments will allow us to accept new

NAOs every year under certain provisions. This will help new NAO candidates in that

they no longer will have to wait two years or more to become actively involved in IUPAC

activities.

The reports of Division Presidents and Committee Chairmen describe their activities in the

past 2 years in detail, and will demonstrate how efficiently the Presidents and Chairmen

have run their divisions and committees, for which I am extremely thankful. CHEMRAWN,

headed by Prof. Leiv Sydnes, the past past president of the Union, continues to hold a series

of special symposia and workshops on the topics of extreme importance to the world.

There are many other items worthwhile to be mentioned, but I shall let you read the reports

on those items or hear the reports of the responsible colleagues during this Council Meeting.

Now, I would like to spend a couple of minutes before closing my report to describe my

view on the future Vision of the Union. As I have already reported, the IYC will provide

the extraordinary momentum for us to promote worldwide the importance of chemistry and

chemical technology. But, at the same time, chemists should try to design constructively

for the future of chemistry. It is natural for this Union should take a solid lead in this

endeavor. The Union, with your cooperation and help, despite the lingering international

financial crisis, financially is in a relatively healthy state. We, however, should realize that

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with the present Union’s financial resources, we can achieve the Union’s goal only to a

limited extent. In other words, in order to increase the global impact of our activities, the

Union should be able to support much larger projects and should be capable of mobilizing a

larger force of chemists to tackle megasize global issues that are waiting for the wisdom and

expertise of international groups such as ours. This strategy requires the Union to have

significantly greater financial strength. Please remember that the Union’s centennial of

2019 is approaching. We have to be ready to open the gigantic new door of the Union’s

second century to the world. The Union should be at the center of global problem solvers.

With this in my mind I would like to dedicate my remaining presidency, impending past

presidency in the next two years and thereafter, to strengthening the financial capacity of the

Union. For this drive, needless to say, your cooperation is indispensable.

A little later on, you will hear and discuss Prof. Nicole Moreau’s Vice President’s critical

assessment. Many of her ideas are excellent for better operation of the Union and I am

sure that implementation of her ideas will make this Union much stronger and global.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have most exiting times before us, especially for this Union. I

look forward to this Council meeting, which not only will bring forward your ideas and

wisdom but also generate new innovative discussions on how chemistry and chemists can

creatively contribute to the worldwide appreciation and application of the chemical sciences,

to the betterment of the human condition and to the protection of this planet.

Last but not least, I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt thanks to

the Royal Society of Chemistry for their excellent arrangements for this Council Meeting

and the whole General Assembly.

I wish you all the best. God bless you.

Jung-Il Jin

Prepared for the 45th IUPAC Council Meeting

Glasgow, Scotland

5 Aug. 2009

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Report of the Vice President Critical Assessment of IUPAC

Nicole J. Moreau

ABSTRACT:

After a somewhat rapid analysis of some new or not yet assessed activities of

IUPAC, this critical assessment will focus on the interactions of the Union with its external
partners: NAOs and ANAOs, chemical societies, other bodies, scientists, policy makers,
journalists, public etc. Two reasons prompted this kind of assessment, i) the success of the
Round Table discussions held for the first time in 2007 before the Council meeting, and
debating subjects within this domain, ii) the celebration in 2011 of the International Year of
Chemistry, which could afford the opportunity to improve and enhance IUPAC’s global
interactions.

CONTENTS:

1. Introduction

2. What to note about IUPAC’s functioning?

2.1. The Project system

2.2. The Streamline Committee

2.3. Miscellaneous

2.4. Round Tables

3. How does IUPAC interact outside the Union ?

3.1. Relations with industry

3.2. Relations with policy makers, politicians

3.3. Relations with NAOs and chemical societies

3.4. Relations with national research and education organisations

3.5. Relations with other organisations - Advertisement

4. Observations

5. IYC

6. Recommendations and suggestions

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1. Introduction

In recent years, the Vice President’s Critical Assessment (VPCA) has moved away from the
traditional analysis of the Union’s scientific activities and general scientific policies to a more
focused analysis of more urgent matters that need addressing. Thus, in 2001, Pieter Steyn
decided to focus his VPCA on IUPAC management, challenging areas of chemistry, the new
project-driven system, the Union’s contribution to the advancement of research in the
chemical sciences, the development of effective channels of communication in the
international chemical community, and IUPAC’s role in the service of chemistry in both
developed and developing countries. In 2003, Leiv Sydnes discussed IUPAC’s
communication with its members and other publics. In 2005, Bryan Henry conducted a
review, assessment, and analysis of our project system, fully operational since 2002. There
was no VPCA in 2007 since the position was vacant that year.

This new focus of the VPCA is, in my opinion, an indication of the progress made by IUPAC
in performing its scientific work following the adoption of the Project System, and of the
competence of the divisions. Using this new type of analysis, I will examine briefly some new
IUPAC activities and some that have been recently modified. Then I will discuss more
thoroughly the interactions of IUPAC with its external partners, namely NAOs and ANAOs,
chemical societies, other bodies, scientists, policy makers, and the public.

Why this choice? I suggest two major reasons: i) a positive one, the general good quality of
work and initiatives inside IUPAC, and ii) a negative one, an urgent need to make IUPAC
better known to the chemistry community and various publics, and to develop plans for
stimulating and promoting chemistry internationally.

2. What to note about IUPAC’s functioning?

2.1.

The Project system

The project system became fully operational around 2002 and was the main subject of
Bryan Henry’s VPCA in 2005. It would be interesting to assess how the suggestions made
by Henry’s VPCA aroused modifications and improvements, but after four years, such an
analysis would need to be updated. I will, however, note two major improvements to the
project system:

i) In 2007, the Finance Committee proposed to add unspent project funds to the

Strategic

Opportunities Fund

, dedicated to the support of projects considered important for the

achievement of the Union’s strategic objectives. Under the proposal, the Strategic
Opportunities Fund would be allowed to carry over uncommitted funds from one
biennium to the next. This would mean that when a project was completed or
abandoned the fact would be recorded, as is currently done for approved projects, and
the Strategic Opportunities Fund would be increased.

ii) In 2002, the

Evaluation Committee

(EvC) published a document entitled “Advice to

Task Group Chairmen,” which I keenly recommend everyone read. An evaluation of
IUPAC projects was initiated on 1 January 2006 by Ron D. Weir, chair of the
Evaluation Committee, using a protocol established in the middle of 2006 and
communicated to the Bureau in Madrid in October 2006. The evaluation used the
following terms of reference:
1. To determine the appropriate criteria for retrospective evaluation of each project.

2.  To evaluate all projects for conformance to plan.
3.  To evaluate the impact of projects on the relevant chemical community.
4.  To report to the Bureau, in writing, annually on the results of the evaluations done.
5.  To inform, after discussion in the Bureau, the National Adhering Organizations of

the completed evaluations.

This is a tremendous work and is very useful for the project system. The EvC chose 26

projects after extensive searching and consultation in order to establish statistics from
which conclusions could be drawn. Following is an extract from the 2007 report: “

The

work by the EvC has led to the following observations:

(a) the use of citations is an accurate measure of impact for some projects, but not for

some other projects;

(b) low-profile projects characterized by a lack of citations may have high value via (i)

their impact on nomenclature, terminology, units, as these documents are used throughout
university instruction, scientific journal standards, often translated into other languages,
and some have CD ROMs issued for sale, (ii) their impact on the scientific development of
young scientists;

(c) there is anecdotal information on the positive value of the conferences (projects), but

quantitative data are lacking.”

The report provides four examples of projects—two high profile and two low profile—to

demonstrate the efficacy of the analysis. These project descriptions could be used to make
an effective advertisement about IUPAC activities.

2.2. The

Streamline

Committee

After the 2005 Council meeting in Beijing, it was agreed to appoint a

Streamline Committee

to oversee two Task Forces: one to revise statutes and bylaws, the outcome of which can be
seen in the Minutes of the March 2008 Bureau Committee, and one to improve operational
efficiency, which reviewed the functions and current operations of the Union’s governing
bodies, including Council, Bureau, and Executive Committee.

A very valuable improvement was the initiative of the Task Force to create the

Detailed

Agenda

, implemented for the first time in August 2007 in Torino, to everybody’s

satisfaction.

It is surprising to see how an apparently minor change can considerably improve

the efficiency of the different committee meetings.

Change to Bureau and Executive Committee meeting times

. One change is the

shifting of the main meeting of the Bureau from the General Assembly to the second quarter
of the year. During the General Assembly year, the main meeting of the Bureau will occur
before the General Assembly. This will enable the Bureau to have more meaningful
discussions of the Council Agenda, to the benefit of the Council. The Executive Committee
will now meet in the third or fourth quarter of the year. This means that the Executive
Committee will meet soon after the General Assembly in a General Assembly year. Thus,
both the Executive Committee and the Bureau will begin work much earlier in the biennium
than in the past. This change in meeting schedules will bring new officers and members of the
Bureau into the work of the Union much earlier in their terms of office.

2.3. Miscellaneous

A very interesting global issue addressed by IUPAC was the

Malta Conferences

, initiated

in 2003. The third Malta conference took place in Istanbul in December 2007, and was the
largest of the three conferences, with 90 participants, including 67 from Middle Eastern

countries. Chemistry

occupies a central position in the world economy, offering the

possibility to bring together scientists from a number of countries in the Middle East in
order to generate trust among communities. The Malta conferences provide unique
opportunities for collaboration among scientists to solve problems of the region

in the

fields of energy, materials science, natural products, green chemistry, education, and
environment.

During the Environmental Workshop for instance, Malta III attendees

unanimously adopted a communiqué addressed to regional and world leaders to urge
action on the degradation of water quality in Gaza.

The political value of the conference justifies continued IUPAC involvement. However,
the scientific content of the conference has to be improved (although a positive point was
the participation of Nobel laureates) as well as the participation, especially the inclusion
of young scientists. The level of financial support per capita—mainly from the American
Chemical Society—is very high. The total is about USD 350 000. In addition, these
conferences are highly time consuming for IUPAC and for all who are involved. To
ensure an optimal price/benefit ratio, it is important to better publicize these conferences:
When a concert is organized with musicians from both Israel and the Middle East, the
media largely diffuses the information. Why not try to do a better job after the Malta
conferences are held, and ask the attending people to help us in this work?

July 2006, Bryan Henry became the first IUPAC President to participate in the

International Chemistry Olympiad

(IChO) held in South Korea. He seized the

opportunity to present IUPAC to the IChO community. He even handed out

Gold Book

to the major prize winners. In 2007, IUPAC signed a Memorandum of Understanding with
the Steering Committee of the IChO, to formalize IUPAC’s support: IUPAC will provide
USD 10 000 to the IChO to help economically disadvantaged countries participate in the
Olympiad.

This is an important fact, perfectly in line with IUPAC’s mission, and is a

means of improving the image of the Union, since the event takes place every year.

There are a number of other issues that deserve mention, but my objective is not to review
all the activities of IUPAC, but only to have a look at the newest ones. There are a few
items related to electronic and print communication that deserve mention:

A new website is in a test period, and a web site specific for IYC is now operational.

The color books continue to be re-edited, improved, and translated. The Gold Book
was published online in an interactive XML version, enabling the creation of many
indexes.

IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (

InChI

), an open-source identifier

algorithmically generated from a two-dimensional graphical structure, is becoming
more widespread. This software contains full structural information and, unlike other
unique identifiers, such as the CAS registry number, the structure can be regenerated
from the InChI with a success rate of over 99 percent.

2.4. Round

Tables

In August 2007, for the General Assembly in Torino, IUPAC launched an initiative, a
series of four

Round Table Discussions

. The purpose of these was to foster discussions

between Council delegates about subjects of mutual interest:

•

How can we attract more students to chemistry? Do we need to modify the
curriculum? Can IUPAC play a role?

•

How can we help regions and small countries to have a more effective voice
within IUPAC?

•

How can we interact more effectively with governments and other decision
makers? How can we improve our interactions with industry, other unions, ICSU,
UNESCO, etc.?

•

How can we increase the global visibility of chemistry, enhance public
understanding of chemistry, and improve its public image? How can we improve
the visibility and image of IUPAC?

These round tables, besides the fact that they were closely linked, gave rise to

very successful,

enthusiastic, and fruitful discussions. The 2007 Council meeting endorsed holding a similar
session in Glasgow. Therefore, it would be very interesting to use the topics of these Round
Tables in this VPCA, and to discuss IUPAC’s role in stimulating and promoting chemistry
internationally. Doing so provides an opportunity to look at external aspects rather than at
internal aspects of our Union’s activity.

Through this rapid review, it appears that the activity of IUPAC

per se

has been increased and

improved since Bryan Henry’s VPCA in 2005. However, suggestions for further discussion or
initiatives will be found in one or other of the following sections of this document.

3. How Does IUPAC Interact Outside the Union?

There are two ways of considering relations of IUPAC outside the Union:

i) Those depending on the activity of active members, officers, Secretariat, presidents, and
members of divisions and standing committees. These interactions are managed at a global
level. They are already developed, but are probably still not enough. ii) Those depending on
individual persons, active members or affiliate members, at a national level. These relations
are extremely poor, because people, whether active or affiliate members appear to completely
“forget” their commitment to IUPAC as soon as they return back home after the meeting of a
committee or after the Council.

The approved recommendation to designate 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry will
probably foster these two types of interactions. Indeed, the UN has placed IUPAC and
UNESCO at the helm of the event, which means that the name IUPAC will be automatically
associated with every event, whether global, national, or regional. Therefore, each of us
would be guilty if we neglect to put forward what he/she knows about the Union’s mission
and activities.

3.1.

Relations with Industry

It was in 1911 that nine chemical societies from Europe, North America, and Asia met in
Paris to form the International Association of Chemical Societies in order to facilitate
international relationships among scientists by adopting rules common to all countries
concerning abbreviations, notations, and symbols. At the end of World War I, IACS was
dissolved to become IUPAC, a new Union conceived both by academic and industrial
chemists

Therefore, it

seems natural to begin by examining IUPAC’s relationships with

industry. It is obvious that we should gain income from the Company Associates Program.
We are forced to note that in the last 10 to 50 years, industry has been less involved. The
reason is not to be found in financial matters, since the minimum annual subscription for a

Company Associate is as low as USD 450. Companies do not know either the amount of the
subscription or what IUPAC can be used for, and they still think that IUPAC’s mission is
mainly a matter of nomenclature.

We must not neglect pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, although they do not easily
recognize that they are closely connected with chemistry. We must not forget small chemical
process industries: In fact, smaller companies are perhaps those to which IUPAC could be the
most beneficial. We must be aware of being able to offer industry a voice through exploiting
our status as a respected and independent NGO, to assist industry with expanding the global
reach of initiatives like “Responsible Care.” If better ties with industries are weaved, they can
help us improve our communication and persuade other companies that we can assist industry
in bringing rational scientific viewpoints to issues that are often judged on emotional grounds
without any basis in science. Would it be beneficial for IUPAC to work more closely with
trade associations?

Prizes such as the Thieme-IUPAC prize awarded by Division III or the Samsung-IUPAC fund
can offer industry an opportunity to achieve wider recognition and can help IUPAC increase
its profile.

In any case, making the Union more widely known is not simple: Who is the person you have
to talk to, to be sure that your letter, e-mail, leaflet, or brochure will not go in the bin? The
IYC will be, of course, a powerful tool for convincing a chemical company that this year will
provide the opportunity to explain that chemistry, instead of being the problem provider, is in
fact the

solutions provider

to many of the real problems our world is facing, such as climate

change, sustainable and renewable energy, pollution, and waste management.

Such

arguments, used by the neutral organization that IUPAC is, could have more force than when
used by the industry itself.

The Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI)

is in charge of issues of

importance to chemical industries.

Although facing difficulties in attracting chemical companies, COCI is very active, with
its highly successful IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training Program that provides
opportunities for young practitioners from developing countries to gain hands-on
experience from IUPAC Company Associates, and important regional workshops that
Company Associates attend. For instance, the Workshop for East Asian National
Adhering Organization representatives and Company Associates is planned for 2009. At
this workshop, COCI will communicate IUPAC's strategic goals, regional
accomplishments, and plans; review its structure, function, and strategy; and gather
information, comments, and suggestions from the attendees on how we in COCI and
IUPAC can best serve chemists from academic as well as industrial establishments in the
East Asian region.

Regarding Company Associates recruitment, the new program of granting Company
Associate status to companies that contribute financially to IUPAC conferences and
workshops should be mentioned for two reasons. First, each of these companies
contributes far more than the typical Company Associate annual subscription (thousands
of dollars, usually, to conferences that are in the company's interest), so they are
contributing directly to the success of IUPAC's scientific mission. Second, as a result, the
number of Company Associates has expanded to around 140 in 22 countries.

An excellent initiative taken by some COCI members was to become involved in SAICM:
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management. SAICM is a policy

framework for fostering the sound management of chemicals. SAICM, developed by a
multistakeholder and multisectoral Preparatory Committee, supports the achievement of
the goal agreed upon at the 2002 Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable
Development. The summit agreement ensures that, by the year 2020, “chemicals are
produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts on the environment
and human health.” A few IUPAC members attended the last UN International
Conference on Chemical Management, ICCM2, where, together with two other groups,
they proposed to provide their advice in organizing and facilitating a science meeting to
consider emerging issues. This proposal was not judged as adequate by some attending
countries and NGOs because “

these groups are seen as heavily influenced by industry.

”

This story is fully indicative of the need to make IUPAC better known.

Although the initiative taken by COCI of granting CA status to companies that contribute
to conferences and workshops has increased CA numbers substantially, it is evident that
COCI cannot assume total responsibility, and that each of us inside our own country has
to work with and promote the Company Associates Program. Each member can alert his
or her chemical society, and industrial chemistry society if any, and provide them with the
IUPAC document “

An Informal Review of IUPAC Members’ Benefits, Duties, and

Functions, and Relevant Programs”

and the leaflet publicizing the Company Associates

Program. Many members have scientific collaborations with individual companies, and
can try to attract them to the Union’s program, and try to identify the person to whom
information should be sent. It is difficult and sometimes embarrassing to seek official
contacts with the people in charge of such matters in an industry, but in fact it is not
impossible, and one just has to be determined to do it. However, it is perhaps easier for a
chemical society to make such contacts. It is up to each of us to try to contact our local
president. Perhaps IUPAC could write an official letter for this use?

Important global issues are addressed by the Committee on Chemical Research Applied
to World Needs (CHEMRAWN) through its series of conferences that have important
socio-political aspects and have brought together experts in science and technology,
including industrial leaders, government policymakers, academic scientists, and members
of the general public. They have debated how chemistry, chemical research, and chemical
resources can help meet major human needs or solve major problems, focusing on issues
of global significance. Perhaps it is possible to better publicize CHEMRAWN
conferences to industry, for instance by asking them which kinds of topic they would like
to be discussed?

3.2.

Relations with Policy Makers and Politicians

We all are very aware that IUPAC is poorly known even by the chemical community. But
what is to be said about most policy makers, and about politicians? They have never ever seen
our acronym! We must not be too shy and unassuming, and realize that IUPAC is not in the
position of asking for something, but of proposing services, such as the capacity to explain to
the public that they (the policy makers) can find some solutions thanks to their links with
chemical research and industry. This may seem to be a somewhat naïve attitude, but if one
constantly thinks that he/she cannot have any influence, cannot be heard by anyone, of course,
nothing will ever happen.

One of IUPAC’s goals for the IYC is to make the organization, and the valuable expertise
it can offer, known to this category of people. The various international “cornerstone”
activities, such as the opening and closing ceremonies will permit IUPAC to be known as

the body behind the IYC. It is probable that we will not be able to completely decide who
should be invited to these events, but we shall probably have some input. It will be up to
us to make the best choices.

CHEMRAWN conferences (see above) are also a means of encouraging policy-makers
and politicians to engage with IUPAC about major issues confronting society.

IYC activities will take place at the local, regional, and national levels in many countries.
Local organizers will be free to create appropriate activities of their own, but depending
on the venue of an activity, universities, schools, libraries, research centers, the national
chemical society, academy of science, or chemistry committee will be able to seize the
opportunity to have such contacts.

Furthermore, at some point in our careers, most of us have the opportunity to make
contact with people active in policy making or in politics. Here, too, we cannot miss the
opportunity to promote IUPAC.

To be more convincing, we must not defend chemistry, but simply state that, yes,
problems exist, but chemistry is the science that can help find solutions. Human wealth is
based on the use and consumption of natural resources, including materials, energy, and
land. Increases in resource consumption and the related environmental impacts can have a
multitude of negative effects, ultimately leading to ecological crises and security threats.
In this context, the European Community’s goal of achieving a 22 percent reduction in
electricity production from nonrenewable energies by 2010 will require drastic changes in
energy efficiency. Obviously, a great deal of chemical research is focused on energy,
including making

more fuel-efficient cars. Another aim of the global community is

achieving a significant overall reduction in the volume of waste generated—again, an area
in which chemistry research is essential.

3.3.

Relations with NAOs and Chemical Societies

A few times a year, IUPAC sends letters to its NAOs. But the Union is not sure that these
letters effectively reach their addressees. It is the role, more the duty, of each IUPAC member
to verify that the communication actually takes place. It may be that in many cases, the letter
is addressed to someone not fully concerned with IUPAC, having the title rather than the
function of the corresponding member of the NAO.

Relationships with NAOs are not always untroubled: NAOs sometimes feel IUPAC is a rival,
a body which tries to surpass them, to give them ideas, advice. IUPAC must clearly state that
it is an equal partner with these NAOs and is not in competition with them. We should attract
prominent chemists with innovative ideas to use them for the benefit of the Union.

IUPAC must determine how to provide NAOs benefits they cannot obtain by themselves. For
this purpose, it is our NGO character that may be most useful: the fact that the Union is an
independent, objective body. In this respect, we are more independent than the federations of
chemical societies, from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

But each of us has to examine his/her behavior: Am I fully active and efficient in my national
chemical society or do people feel that I am more interested in dealing with IUPAC’s

activities? For instance, if I belong to the IUPAC Polymer Division, do I deal with polymers
within my national society? Conversely, within IUPAC, am I really active, or do I let myself
be rocked by the quiet drone of my division which seems to work quite well like that? We
could for instance engage the divisions of our national chemical societies to contact their
equivalent in IUPAC; stressing that if one obtains IUPAC sponsorship for a conference, this
can help to seed money from national funding organizations.

3.4.

Relations with Research and National Education

Organizations

Maintaining effective relationships with research and national education organizations is the
role of each NAO and members from each country. Of course, the IYC provides an excellent
opportunity for such relationships, but we must not wait for two years before being active.
There are many other ways in which we can help IUPAC be known on this level.

Congresses, of course, are one way: We can use the tools provided by IUPAC, such as the
speaker pack and various cards, forms, brochures, and the periodic table of elements is an
excellent hook. The same materials can be distributed at the science festivals held each year in
most countries.

We must improve our biennial congress, since it is generally poorly attended by young
people, and more generally by chemists. This not so much a matter of organization, but a
matter of publicity. How can we encourage young chemists to attend? Of course, lower fees
can be attractive as well as cheap lodging close to the congress center, but why not organize
sessions such as a CV-check, contacts and cooperation with industry, lectures about mobility,
and international careers. Why not invite young chemists from the organizing country to
organize their own sessions within our congress?

Why not be in touch with the communication department of our university, with the head
teacher of secondary or technical schools, and indicate that IUPAC and its website can offer
them useful chemical information? In most cases, the national chemical societies have
regional divisions, or young people’s clubs. They can be in charge of such activities—
provided the chemical society and its members are aware of IUPAC (see above).

To be honest, this is not that easy: Stakeholders in these national entities may be guarded and
may feel our goodwill is an intrusion into their domain, much more than this can occur in the
industrial world.

3.5. Relations

with

Other Organizations

We have traditionally developed relationships with other organizations such as ICSU and
UNESCO. These relationships must be maintained and encouraged if we are to continue to
achieve meaningful goals in a global environment. It is thanks to these relationships that
issues of global concern such as chemical weapons, the contamination of drinking water, and
others have been successfully managed. Concerning UNESCO, the fact that we are both at the
helm of organizing the International Year of Chemistry will improve our collaborations. For
instance, I was invited in June to the fifth meeting of the Scientific Board of the International
Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP). This was an opportunity to meet and discuss with the

representatives of other Unions or Organizations from many countries. As many politicians
are concerned by UNESCO, enhanced links with it is a good means to ensure better contacts
with politicians. Concerning ICSU, the presence of the immediate past president Bryan Henry
on the Executive Committee the last three years has helped us to be more plugged in to ICSU
activities and has made ICSU more aware of IUPAC. Having been re-elected by the General
Assembly in Maputo in 2008, Bryan Henry will continue in this role for another three years.

Perhaps we need to look more broadly at developing partnerships with other organizations.
More exactly, we should properly involve organizations with whom we already have
established collaborations. For instance, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
and the Consultative Committee on Amount of Substance—Metrology in Chemistry both
expressed interest in collaborating with us on IYC 2011 activities.

t is up to IUPAC to take

the next formal step by involving them and other stakeholders in the event.

Some organizations are well aware of IUPAC, such as the World Health Organization, which
insists on IUPAC names for all new drugs and provides a PIN (Preferred IUPAC name) for
compounds (they have to assign the INN, International Nonproprietary Name, which must be
defined chemically). We should further develop our relationships with organizations such as
the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations International Development
Organization, the World Trade Organisation, and others. The earlier discussion of
CHEMRAWN initiatives is a step in this direction.

3.6. Publicity

IUPAC should advertise in scientific as well as in nonscientific newspapers and on radio and
television. The main problem is that IUPAC would have to pay a significant amount of money
for this. How can we obtain seed money?

IUPAC could do a better job of publicizing its activities. Why, for instance does a concert
featuring musicians from several Middles Eastern counties, including Israel and Palestine,
have such an impact, while nobody speaks about our Malta conferences?

4. Observations

When it is referred to:

•

NAOs means the organization in charge of relationships with IUPAC; it may be national
chemical societies, national committee of chemistry, national academy of science

•

IUPAC refers to officers, members of the Bureau and executive committee, presidents of
standing committees and divisions, and also to the staff.

•

Active members are members of the divisions or standing committees responsible for a
project.

•

Members are anyone adherent to IUPAC.

When looking for improvement of communication with the community outside IUPAC, we
can satisfy two objectives:

•

Work for the benefit of chemistry, by improving its image for civil society.

•

Work for the benefit of IUPAC, to acquaint a wider circle of people, and especially young
people, with our work. It can allow us to collect funds.

•

IUPAC must not lose its image as the organization in charge of providing truly
authoritative names, norms, and methods. IUPAC has to enlarge this role to food norms
for instance, where things are very heterogeneous.

5. The International Year of Chemistry

Clearly, the IYC is one of the main points of this assessment and it is an item that will be
largely discussed at our General Assembly. The celebration of the IYC will provide IUPAC
with a helpful tool for fulfilling the following recommendations. However, I should stress that
we all must keep the Union in mind when enthusiastically organizing the year in our own
countries.

6. Recommendations and Suggestions

It is necessary to draw up a list of priorities among all the needs I see for improving the role
of IUPAC in society. This role is a double one:

One role is the classical core of activities, which includes, of course, nomenclature,
standardization, data assessment, and the scientific work of the divisions, which
should continue.

A second role is to provide education and expert, unbiased advice about major
chemical issues of importance to society at large. I wonder whether, in a way, this
might become the main role of IUPAC during and after the IYC celebration. But to
realize such an objective, the first and most important goals

facilitated by IYC, could

be:

Make IUPAC’s exact nature known

Increase the opportunities to meet other organisations

Strengthen and make better the contacts with NAOs

Favour contacts with educational and research bodies

Not hesitate to have contacts with policy makers and politicians

Pursue and enhance contacts with industries, including pharmaceutical ones, work
with trade associations

While maintaining traditional areas such as nomenclature and scientific activities,
increase recognition of our other activities and issues of global concern

Each time we have the opportunity to meet other people or organizations, we must explain the
nature of IUPAC, because whatever the IUPAC’s activity which is concerned, as long as the
exact nature of the Union is not known and recognized by our partners, this activity will not
be fully successful. We must stress that IUPAC is a respected, independent and global NGO,
free of any political, industrial, national influences, In this way, we can bring rational and
scientific viewpoints to issues that are often judged on emotional grounds without any basis in
science.

Report of the Secretary General

According to the Statutes, the Secretary General "shall carry out the business of the
Union as specified by the Council, by the Bureau, by the Executive Committee, or by the
President, and be responsible for keeping its records and for the administration of the
Secretariat". The focus of my report is therefore all those aspects of IUPAC that
particularly involve the Secretariat staff, and this will give an overview of current and
developing policy areas.

The Secretariat

The current staffing component is six positions. The management of the Secretariat
continues in the very secure hands of the Executive Director, John Jost, who also carries
a wide range of specialist administrative and financial tasks, and manages the work of
other staff members. He acts as Secretary for the Finance Committee, the Executive
Committee, the Bureau, the Council, the Division Presidents, the Evaluation Committee,
and the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting. He also arranges schedules and oversees
local arrangements for the GA and Congress, and administers the Manuscript Central site
and oversees production of

Pure and Applied Chemistry

The Associate Director, Fabienne Meyers, is responsible for all electronic publishing, and
is guiding the implementation of website improvements. Fabienne is involved in many
aspects of IUPAC work, the most visible of which is that of editor of the excellent

Chemistry International

magazine. She is also responsible for administration of the

Project System, IUPAC's major work area, and the Young Chemist and Young Observer
awards programs, as well as being proactive in many other ways. Fabienne continues to
work from an office generously provided by the Boston University Department of
Chemistry, whose support is again gratefully acknowledged.

Paul LeClair, the Database Specialist, maintains a database of contact information for

members, fellows, NAOs, etc, as well as a database of conference and journal
information. Through this he provides electronic mailing labels for the distribution of

Chemistry International

and

Pure and Applied Chemistry

. He also manages the election

and selection process for Division and Standing Committees, and handles conference
sponsorship and financial support applications, and poster prizes.

Enid Weatherwax, Administrative Assistant, handles all correspondence related to

Claim Forms, and IUPAC przes, and all fulfillment related to

Pure and Applied

Chemistry

Chemistry International

, or books, and the preparation and shipping of

packages and mailings. She also handles arrangements for meetings as necessary, for the
Bureau, the Executive Committee, or other committees.

Linda Tapp, Accounting Assistant, enters transactions into a bookkeeping program, and

processes claim form payments, bills, and invoices. She generates reports for Division
Presidents and Standing Committee Chairs, and maintains the subscriber databases. She

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handles administrative tasks in support of the Affiliate Member Program, and provides
liaison and support for the Committee on Chemistry and Industry, and support to that
committee for matters relating to Company Associates.

Following the resignation of Erin Carter in May 2007, the staffing situation was
monitored for almost a year, and given the increase in website activities, it was decided to
hire someone with web development skills. Bryan Pearson was appointed as Chemistry
Informatics Specialist and commenced work on 23 September 2008. Bryan is a graduate
in Business Administration and Computer Information Management Systems from
Longwood University, Virginia. He is a very welcome and effective addition to the
Secretariat team.

In addition to the full time staff, IUPAC uses the services of four regular contract
employees:

Ms. Leslie Davis, an accountant, does the official bookkeeping
Mr. Chris Brouwer is a copy editor for

Chemistry International

Ms. Cheryl Wurzbacher is a copy editor for

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Ms. Cheryl Bush is a layout editor for

Pure and Applied Chemistry

IUPAC also uses the services of Dr. Bohumir Valter to handle many aspects of

PAC

online, including preparing and posting the issues, preparing the material for CrossRef,
and compiling tables of contents and indices from the manuscript files. Dr. Valter also
coordinates the work of Dr. Kosata (

PAC

) and Dr. Nic (iupac.org). Daktela - Asterisk

Business Reseni administers the IUPAC web server, now located at FIZ Chemie in
Berlin.

Despite an increasing array of tasks, the Secretariat continues to function well within its
budget.

Dr. Jost has announced his intention to retire after August 2010. It is planned to have a
replacement selected and hired by early 2010 to allow sufficient time for overlap. An
advertisement for the position was placed in

Chemical & Engineering News

Chemistry

World

Science

, the

Chronicle of Higher Education

Chemistry International

, and the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

. Following the closing date of 31 May

2009, the Selection Committee will review the candidates, and hold interviews in June.

Web site developments

The major event regarding the web site continues to be the conversion of the

existing site

to one based on XML technology. After more than twelve

months of operating the new

site in “test” mode, there continue to be

significant issues. The portions of the site related

to the members database

and to membership on IUPAC bodies have been converted to

accept data

generated by the Act databases at the Secretariat. This portion of the new

site

is largely successful. The portions of the site related to projects and

other information

continues to need a significant amount of work both by

the developers in Prague and

Secretariat staff. Communication with the

developers has improved somewhat over the

past year, but is still a

significant barrier to completion of the project.

The Committee on

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Printed and Electronic Publications set up a study group

at the 2008 CPEP Meeting in

Prague. The Group considered how best to

develop the IUPAC Website so as to meet the

wishes and needs of both

members of IUPAC and of others. The Study Group

concluded that a long-term goal for the development

of the web site should be the

creation of two aspects of the site, one oriented

to members and the other oriented to the

general public, mainly students and

chemists not active in IUPAC.

The Project System and Strategic Opportunities Fund

IUPAC's major output is generated by the Project System, through which the Union's
unique global perspective can be put to work: modest amounts of money can be used to
great effect through the efforts of many volunteers. The Project System is very
successful, and numerous worthwhile outcomes are generated. Most projects are initiated
through budget allocations to the Divisions and Standing Committees, and the Project
Committee. The Strategic Opportunities Fund, which was allocated USD120,000 for
2008-2009 is used by the Executive Committee to support projects judged to be of
strategic importance to the Union. In practice, the Project Committee initially reviews
all major projects applying for funding from the Project Fund, and can recommend
projects to the Secretary General for consideration by the Executive Committee for
funding from the Strategic Opportunities Fund. Close liaison between the Chair of the
Project Committee and the Secretary General makes this process quite efficient. The
recent decision to recover unspent funds from projects well past their completion dates,
and add them to the Strategic Opportunities Fund has resulted in further significant
additions to the Fund.

Validation of New Elements

The Joint Working Party established in 2005 to consider claims for the validity of
elements Z>111 decided to divide its work into two parts. They

first considered the

evidence regarding the element

=112 and will then review claims regarding elements of

higher atomic number. This will enable the naming process for element Z=112 to proceed
while the claims for elements

>112. are resolved. The report on the element Z=112 has

been written and circulated to the laboratories concerned. Their comments have been
taken into account, and the report has been extensively reviewed. It has also been
reviewed by ICTNS and approved for publication in Pure and Applied Chemistry as a
Technical Report, following the endorsement of the Executive Committee of IUPAC and
the Executive Council of IUPAP. After approval of the report for publication, the
Inorganic Chemistry Division will request the group named as the discoverer of element

=112 to suggest a name and symbol for the element. A Recommendation will be made

available for public comment, including an announcement on the IUPAC web site, and
will then be brought to the Bureau or Council, whichever meets at the appropriate time,
for approval. The Recommendation will then be published in

Pure and Applied

Chemistry

. Council has already agreed to delegate to the Bureau the approval of a name

for element

=112 if there is no controversy regarding the assignment of priority of

discovery, or regarding the proposed name after the public comment period.

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Guidelines for the establishment of future joint working parties have now been agreed by
both IUPAC and IUPAP. Under these guidelines, each Union would put forward five
nominees, so as to achieve a ten member panel of "Standing Nominees" from whom a
joint working party of five would be chosen, such that each Union would be represented
by at least two members. The list of nominees is currently being compiled. Note,
however, that the current joint working party is proceeding to deal with the validity of
elements

>112.

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Pure and Applied Chemistry

continues to be a significant source of income for IUPAC

despite the continued decrease of institutional subscribers. The journal web site has had a

number of significant improvements over the past year. Two highly visible items are the
availability of the complete journal archive online and the compilation of a complete
index to IUPAC sponsored conference series.

Online access via IP address verification

has been implemented and made available to subscribers. The implementation of
immediate online publication, ASAP, for

Pure and Applied Chemistry

is being phased in.

This entails a significant work flow change for all of those involved in preparation of the
journal for publication. The

impact factor of

Pure and Applied Chemistry

continues to

rise. There is still a special niche for publications arising from plenary, keynote and oral
presentations at IUPAC conferences, and organizers of sponsored conferences should
find

Pure and Applied Chemistry

a highly desirable vehicle for publication. Increasingly,

the younger rising stars see this as an excellent opportunity to present their research to a
wider audience.

Sponsorship of Conferences

This remains one of IUPAC's most important roles and results in much of its current
visibility. It should be noted again that IUPAC sponsorship is not financial, but simply
an accreditation of quality. However, this is a serious factor in attracting participants and
results in significant revenue accruing to the host country. Thus the decision to allow
sponsored conferences to be held only in NAO countries provides a very tangible
incentive to full membership commitment.

Since the previous General Assembly in Torino in August 2007, almost 50 conferences
have received IUPAC sponsorship.

Financial Support of Conferences

Applications for conference financial support must come via the relevant Division, which
must present its case to the Project Committee, which considers applications twice a year.
Quite small amounts of money (~ USD 4000) are granted to add value to a conference
already adequately financed. The aim of the scheme is to encourage Divisions to be
proactive in supporting emerging scientific regions, or exploring new developments in
chemistry. Applications in the former category are not restricted to NAO countries, and

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award of financial support in such cases also automatically confers IUPAC sponsorship.
In this biennium, the number of applications has been small, and Divisions are
encouraged to take the initiative and look for new opportunities.

International Year of Chemistry 2011

Some mention must be made in this report of the International Year of Chemistry which
will occur in 2011. This is a major commitment on the part of IUPAC, and will be the
subject of a separate report to Council.

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Secretariat: P.O. Box 13757, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3757, USA

TEL: 1-919-485-8700 FAX: 1-919-485-8706 EMAIL: secretariat@iupac.org

Application for

IUPAC Adhering Organization Status

The formal Members of IUPAC are the National Adhering Organizations, and this document sets out the information
required for application. The Council is the governing body of IUPAC, and meets every other year (odd numbered years)
at the IUPAC General Assembly. Council must review all applications and is responsible for approving admission. An
application may be submitted at any time: however, an application received no later than 01 February of the year in which
a Council meeting is to be held (usually in August) will enable a decision to be made at that Council meeting.

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC National Adhering Organization:

(i)

According to the IUPAC Statutes, a country may join the Union through only one national organization
representing its chemists. This National Adhering Organization may be a national chemical council, a
national society representing chemistry, a national academy of science, or any other institution or association
of institutions representative of national chemical interests.

(ii)

For countries in which there is not a single body that represents all chemists, a National Chemistry Committee
for IUPAC may be formed to act as the NAO. This committee should represent all members of the various
chemical societies.

(iii)

The word country may include a specific geographic territory that is widely recognized as having the cultural
and administrative characteristics usually associated with an independent state but without necessarily having
complete independence or sovereignty.

(iv)

NAOs pay National Subscriptions annually to IUPAC. The amount of the National Subscription is based on
the chemical turnover for that country, with a minimum National Subscription of USD 1 000. The chemical
turnover is the value of chemical products produced in a country as reported by UNIDO and/or CEFIC.

(v)

The National Adhering Organizations are the Members of the Union.

IUPAC also offers the possibility of Associate National Adhering Organization (ANAO) status.

The Associate National Adhering Organizations have “observer” status only and are not voting members of IUPAC.
There is a time limit of four years for ANAO status. Over that four-year period, it is anticipated that ANAOs will
progressively engage in IUPAC activities and become, at the end, full members with NAO status. It is not however
required that an organization first become an ANAO, and it may become an NAO directly.

Organizations applying for ANAO status may also submit an application at any time. The application will be reviewed by
the Executive Committee, which is responsible for approving admission.

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC Associate National Adhering Organization:

Guidelines (i), (ii), and (iii) above apply also to the composition of ANAOs.

(iv)

ANAOs pay annual dues to IUPAC of USD 250.

(v)

The Associate National Adhering Organizations are not Members of the Union but have Observer status.

Please visit this link: http://www.iupac.org/general/hints.html for further information regarding the benefits and duties of
National Adhering Organizations and Associate National Adhering Organizations. For example, IUPAC-sponsored
conferences generally can only be held in countries with NAO status.

When submitting this application, the following items should be included:

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Application for IUPAC Adhering Organizations

(i)

A letter from the organization addressed to the President of IUPAC formally applying for Associate
National Adhering Organization status or National Adhering Organization Status in IUPAC.

(ii)

A copy of the Statutes & Bylaws of the organization, if they are available in English, or a summary in
English if the originals are available only in another language.

(iii)

A brief description of the goals of the organization and its significant activities.

Please return an electronic copy of the completed application and enclosures to the IUPAC Secretariat by e-mail to

secretariat@iupac.org

. Printed materials should be submitted to the above address.

For administrative use only

Submitted ______________

Check One

_X__

Applying for National Adhering Organization

Status

___ Applying for Associate National Adhering

Organization Status

Organization Name

National Research Fund Luxembourg

Country/Region that the Organization Represents

Luxembourg

Address

Fonds National de la Recherche

B.P. 1777

L-1017 Luxembourg

Organization Contact to IUPAC

Will be published if application is approved

Dr. Carlo Duprel
Programme Manager
--------------------------------

Fonds National de la Recherche
6, rue Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
P.O. Box 1777 L-1017 Luxembourg
Tel: +352 261925-37 / Fax: +352 261925-35
E-mail: carlo.duprel@fnr.lu
www.fnr.lu

Name of the person submitting this form

if not

the Responsible Person

(including address and e-mail)

Approximately how many members does the
organization serve?

Please list any publications that the
organization produces.

Annual report 2008

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Application for IUPAC Adhering Organizations

How does the organization plan to relay the
benefits of IUPAC membership to its
membership?

By regular information via our e-mail list
By nominating the adequate experts in the committes

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S o m m a i r e

FONDS NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE

Loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d’un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur

public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page

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Loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d’un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public.

Nous JEAN, par la grâce de Dieu, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau;

Notre Conseil d’Etat entendu;

De l’assentiment de la Chambre des Députés;

Vu la décision de la Chambre des Députés du 6 mai 1999 et celle du Conseil d’Etat du 18 mai 1999 portant qu’il n’y

a pas lieu à second vote;

Avons ordonné et ordonnons:

Titre I: Fonds national de la Recherche

Art. 1

Il est créé un établissement public sous la dénomination de «Fonds national de la Recherche», ci-après

dénommé le «Fonds».

L’établissement dispose de la personnalité juridique et jouit de l’autonomie financière et administrative, sous la

tutelle du ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche scientifique et la recherche appliquée.

Sans préjudice des dispositions particulières de la présente loi, l’établissement est géré dans les formes et selon les

méthodes du droit privé.

Le siège de l’établissement est fixé à Luxembourg.

Art. 2.

Le Fonds a pour mission

–

de recevoir, de gérer et d’employer des allocations et dons provenant de sources publiques ou privées en vue
de la promotion sur le plan national de la recherche et du développement technologique dans le secteur public,
appelés par la suite «R&D», ainsi que

–

d’entretenir un processus de réflexion continu en vue de l’orientation de la politique nationale de R&D, en fonc-
tion des données économiques et de l’évolution scientifique et technologique ainsi que sur base d’études appro-
fondies.

A cet effet, il est appelé à
–

élaborer des propositions relatives aux objectifs de la politique nationale en matière de R&D,

–

proposer les actions prioritaires en vue d’atteindre ces objectifs,

–

élaborer, sur base des priorités retenues, des programmes pluriannuels d’activités et contribuer par ce biais à
l’établissement d’un programme pluriannuel de la R&D au plan national,

–

assurer par l’attribution des moyens financiers mis à sa disposition la réalisation de ces programmes d’activités
pluriannuels et veiller au suivi de leur mise en oeuvre,

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MEMORIAL

Journal Officiel

du Grand-Duché de

Luxembourg

MEMORIAL

Amtsblatt

des Großherzogtums

Luxemburg

R E C U E I L D E L E G I S L A T I O N

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6 juillet 1999

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assurer l’évaluation systématique et continue des résultats obtenus, afin de permettre tout réajustement des
priorités s’avérant nécessaire,

–

promouvoir en général la coordination efficace des actions de R&D nationales ainsi que la participation luxem-
bourgeoise aux programmes de coopération internationale de R&D,

–

présenter, de sa propre initiative, au ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche scientifique et la recherche
appliquée, toute proposition, suggestion et information relative à la mise en oeuvre de la politique nationale de
R&D.

Art. 3.

Le Fonds encourage l’élaboration et participe au soutien de la réalisation des programmes d’activités plu-

riannuels visés à l’article 2, par le biais d’une contribution financière aux dépenses de réalisation des activités de
recherche concernées.

Peuvent bénéficier de l’intervention du Fonds:
–

les centres de recherche publics créés sur base de la loi du 9 mars 1987 ayant pour objet: 1. l’organisation de la
recherche et du développement technologique dans le secteur public; 2. le transfert de technologie et la coopé-
ration scientifique et technique entre les entreprises et le secteur public,

–

les établissements publics d’enseignement supérieur établis sur base de la loi du 11 août 1996 portant réforme
de l’enseignement supérieur,

–

le Centre d’Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques créé par la loi du 10
novembre 1989, ainsi que

–

les organismes, services et établissements publics autorisés à entreprendre, dans les domaines qui les concer-
nent, des activités de recherche ainsi que de développement et de transfert technologiques visant à promouvoir
le progrès scientifique ou l’innovation technologique.

Les dépenses de réalisation éligibles comprennent notamment les dépenses de personnel, les dépenses pour ser-

vices de tiers, les dépenses de fonctionnement et les dépenses d’acquisitions, ainsi que toute autre dépense liée à la
réalisation des activités de recherche concernées et la diffusion de leurs résultats. Les dépenses d’acquisition, de
construction ou d’aménagement d’immeubles peuvent être retenues comme dépenses éligibles, si de telles dépenses
sont jugées indispensables pour la réalisation de ces activités de recherche.

Les modalités relatives à la présentation, la sélection et la réalisation des activités de recherche sont arrêtées par

règlement grand-ducal.

Dans le cadre de sa mission, le Fonds peut organiser des activités visant la promotion de la culture scientifique, attri-

buer des bourses à des chercheurs et scientifiques et allouer des subsides à des particuliers ainsi qu’à des associations
poursuivant des activités à caractère scientifique.

L’intervention du Fonds peut également porter sur la participation des bénéficiaires précités aux programmes orga-

nisés par la Communauté européenne ou par des organisations internationales.

Art. 4.

En vue de l’exécution de sa mission, le Fonds est autorisé à conclure des conventions avec l’Etat ainsi qu’avec

des personnes physiques ou morales, à s’associer avec des partenaires des secteurs public ou privé, personnes phy-
siques ou morales, ainsi qu’à adhérer à des organisations nationales et internationales.

Art. 5.

Le Fonds est administré par un conseil d’administration qui comprend

–

un membre proposé par le ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche scientifique et la recherche appli-
quée,

–

un membre proposé par le ministre ayant dans ses attributions l’enseignement supérieur,

–

un membre proposé par le ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche-développement industrielle et le
transfert de technologies,

–

un membre proposé par le ministre ayant dans ses attributions le budget,

–

deux membres proposés par le Conseil de Gouvernement après consultation des autres ministres organisant de
la R&D conformément aux dispositions de l’article 1

de la loi du 9 mars 1987 ayant pour objet: 1) l’organisa-

tion de la recherche et du développement technologique dans le secteur public; 2) le transfert de technologie et
la coopération scientifique et technique entre les entreprises et le secteur public, ou ayant sous leur surveillance
un centre de recherche public, ainsi que

–

six membres proposés par le Gouvernement parmi des personnalités du secteur privé reconnues pour leur com-
pétence en matière de R&D.

Ne peuvent devenir membre du conseil d’administration le ou les fonctionnaires qui, en vertu de leurs fonctions,

sont appelés à surveiller ou à contrôler l’établissement ou qui, en vertu des pouvoirs leur délégués, approuvent des
actes administratifs de l’établissement ou signent des ordonnances de paiement ou toute autre pièce administrative
entraînant une dépense de l’Etat en faveur de l’établissement.

Les membres du conseil d’administration sont nommés et révoqués par arrêté grand-ducal.
Le président et le vice-président du conseil d’administration sont désignés par le gouvernement réuni en conseil sur

proposition du ministre de tutelle.

Le conseil peut choisir un secrétaire administratif hors de son sein.
Les membres du conseil sont nommés pour une durée de cinq ans, renouvelable à son terme.
Le conseil d’administration peut à tout moment être révoqué par le Grand-Duc. Toutefois le Grand-Duc peut révo-

quer un membre avant l’expiration de son mandat sur proposition du ministre de tutelle, le conseil d’administration
entendu en son avis.

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En cas de démission, de décès ou de révocation avant terme du mandat d’un administrateur, il est pourvu à son rem-

placement dans le délai de deux mois à partir de la vacance de poste par la nomination d’un nouveau membre qui
achève le mandat de celui qu’il remplace.

Le conseil d’administration a la faculté de recourir à l’avis d’experts s’il le juge nécessaire. Les experts peuvent assis-

ter avec voix consultative aux réunions du conseil d’administration, si celui-ci le leur demande.

Les indemnités et jetons de présence des membres et participants aux réunions du conseil d’administration sont

fixés par le Gouvernement et sont à charge du Fonds.

Art. 6.

Le conseil d’administration se réunit sur convocation de son président aussi souvent que les intérêts du

Fonds l’exigent et au moins deux fois par an. Il doit être convoqué à la demande d’au moins la moitié de ses membres.
Le conseil d’administration ne peut prendre de décision que si la majorité de ses membres est présente. Il décide à la
majorité des voix des membres présents. En cas d’égalité des voix, celle du président est prépondérante.

Pour le surplus, le fonctionnement du conseil d’administration est réglé dans le règlement d’ordre intérieur du

Fonds.

Art. 7.

Le conseil d’administration prend toutes les décisions en relation avec la gestion de l’établissement, sous

réserve de l’approbation du ministre de tutelle pour ce qui est des points suivants:

1) le budget d’investissement et d’exploitation et les comptes de fin d’exercice;
2) les emprunts à contracter;
3) l’acceptation ou le refus de dons et de legs;
4) les acquisitions, les aliénations, les échanges d’immeubles et leurs affectations ainsi que les conditions de baux à

contracter;

5) l’engagement et le licenciement du personnel dirigeant de l’établissement; dont notamment le secrétaire géné-

ral;

6) la grille des emplois et leur classification ainsi que le niveau de rémunération du personnel.
Les actions judiciaires sont intentées et défendues au nom de l’établissement concerné par le président du conseil

d’administration qui représente l’établissement en question dans tous les actes publics et privés.

Art. 8.

Le conseil d’administration est assisté du conseil scientifique qui est son organe consultatif en matière scien-

tifique.

Le conseil scientifique est composé des personnes suivantes:
–

un représentant par centre de recherche public créé sur base de la loi du 9 mars 1987 ayant pour objet: 1. l’or-
ganisation de la recherche et du développement technologique dans le secteur public; 2. le transfert de techno-
logie et la coopération scientifique et technique entre les entreprises et le secteur public,

–

un représentant du Centre d’Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques créé par
la loi du 10 novembre 1989,

–

un représentant par établissement public d’enseignement supérieur établi sur base de la loi du 11 août 1996 por-
tant réforme de l’enseignement supérieur,

–

des personnalités, luxembourgeoises ou étrangères, extérieures aux établissements visés ci-dessus, choisies en
raison de leur compétence. Leur nombre dépasse d’une unité le nombre de ces établissements.

Les missions du conseil scientifique sont arrêtées par règlement grand-ducal.
Les membres du conseil scientifique sont nommés par le ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche scienti-

fique et la recherche appliquée, les membres visés aux trois premiers tirets sont nommés sur proposition des institu-
tions concernées. Le mandat des membres a une durée de 5 ans; il est renouvelable.

Après consultation du conseil d’administration et du conseil scientifique, le ministre ayant dans ses attributions la

recherche scientifique et la recherche appliquée désigne le président parmi les membres du conseil scientifique.

En cas de démission, de décès ou de révocation d’un membre du conseil scientifique, il est pourvu, dans le délai d’un

mois, à la vacance de poste par la nomination d’un nouveau membre qui achève le mandat de celui qu’il remplace.

Pour l’accomplissement de sa mission, le conseil scientifique peut faire appel à des experts.
Le fonctionnement du conseil scientifique est réglé par le règlement d’ordre intérieur du Fonds.
Les indemnités et jetons de présence des membres et participants aux réunions du conseil scientifique sont fixés

par le Gouvernement et sont à charge du Fonds.

Art. 9.

Le conseil d’administration est assisté par du personnel qui a le statut d’employés privés.

Des fonctionnaires ou employés de l’Etat peuvent être affectés au Fonds en vue d’y effectuer des tâches relevant de

la compétence du Fonds pour une durée déterminée, à temps plein ou à temps partiel, selon des modalités à déter-
miner par règlement grand-ducal et dans le cadre des limites budgétaires et des dispositions légales et réglementaires
en vigueur. Une telle affectation est renouvelable et limitée à la durée des tâches attribuées. Aucun droit quant à une
nouvelle affectation ne peut en résulter.

Le règlement grand-ducal précité fixe les modalités de rémunération des intéressés ainsi que la répartition de la

charge des rémunérations entre le Fonds et l’Etat.

Le conseil d’administration nomme un secrétaire général dont il définit les attributions administratives et financières.

Art. 10.

Le Fonds peut disposer notamment des ressources suivantes:

–

des allocations provenant du budget des recettes et des dépenses de l’Etat et dont le montant sera fixé chaque
année par la loi budgétaire,

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des recettes pour prestations fournies,

–

des dons et legs, en espèces ou en nature,

–

des revenus issus de la gestion du Fonds et de la valorisation de son patrimoine.

Le conseil d’administration arrête annuellement le budget du Fonds et le soumet pour avis au ministre ayant dans

ses attributions la recherche scientifique et la recherche appliquée avant le 1

avril de l’année précédant l’exercice en

question, ce dernier saisit le Gouvernement pour approbation.

Art. 11.

Des locaux, des installations et des équipements, appartenant à l’Etat ou loués par l’Etat, peuvent être mis

à la disposition du Fonds.

Art. 12.

Les comptes du Fonds sont tenus suivant les règles de la comptabilité commerciale. L’exercice financier

coïncide avec l’année civile. A la clôture de chaque exercice le secrétaire général soumet au conseil d’administration
un projet de bilan et un projet de compte de profits et pertes.

Art. 13.

Le conseil d’administration établit annuellement un rapport d’activités sur l’exercice précédent, une des-

cription des activités de l’exercice en cours et un programme des activités concernant le ou les exercices suivants qu’il
soumet avant le 1

avril au ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche scientifique et la recherche appliquée. Ces

éléments peuvent être incorporés au rapport global sur les activités de R&D financées par l’Etat, que le Gouvernement
soumet annuellement à la Chambre des députés en application des dispositions de l’article 24 de la loi du 9 mars 1987
précitée.

Art. 14.

Les travaux, fournitures et services pour compte du Fonds ne sont pas soumis aux lois et règlements régis-

sant les marchés publics, à l’exception du règlement grand-ducal du 27 janvier 1994 portant application en droit luxem-
bourgeois des directives CEE relatives aux marchés publics de travaux, de fournitures et de services.

Art. 15.

Un réviseur d’entreprises, désigné par le Gouvernement en conseil, est chargé de contrôler les comptes

du Fonds ainsi que la régularité des opérations effectuées et des écritures comptables.

Le réviseur d’entreprises doit remplir les conditions requises par la loi du 28 juin 1984 portant organisation de la

profession de réviseur d’entreprises. Son mandat a une durée de trois ans et il est renouvelable. Sa rémunération est
à charge du Fonds. Il remet son rapport au conseil d’administration pour le 15 mars. Il peut être chargé par le conseil
d’administration de procéder à des vérifications spécifiques.

Le conseil d’administration approuve ensuite les comptes de fin d’exercice et décide de l’affectation de l’excédent

de recettes éventuel.

Pour le 1

mai au plus tard, le conseil d’administration présente au ministre ayant dans ses attributions la recherche

scientifique et la recherche appliquée les comptes de fin d’exercice accompagnés d’un rapport circonstancié sur la situa-
tion et le fonctionnement du Fonds, ainsi que du rapport du réviseur d’entreprises.

Titre II: Dispositions fiscales

Art. 16.

Le Fonds est affranchi de tous impôts et taxes au profit de l’Etat et des communes à l’exception de la taxe

sur la valeur ajoutée et des taxes rémunératoires.

L’application de l’article 150 de la loi du 4 décembre 1967 concernant l’impôt sur le revenu est étendue au Fonds.
Les actes passés au nom et en faveur du Fonds sont exempts des droits de timbre, d’enregistrement, d’hypothèque

et de succession.

Les dons en espèces alloués au Fonds sont déductibles dans le chef du donateur à titre de dépenses spéciales dans

les limites et conditions prévues par les articles 109 et 112 de la loi du 4 décembre 1967 concernant l’impôt sur le
revenu. A cet effet, l’article 112, alinéa 1

, numéro 1 de la loi précitée est complété par l’ajout des termes «, au Fonds

national de la recherche».

Titre III: Dispositions budgétaires

Art. 17.

La loi du 21 décembre 1998 concernant le budget des recettes et dépenses de l’Etat pour l’exercice 1999

est amendée par l’ajout d’un crédit de 50.000.000 F inscrit à l’article nouveau 11.6.33.012 libellé «Dotations au Fonds
National de la Recherche».

Mandons et ordonnons que la présente loi soit insérée au Mémorial pour être exécutée et observée par tous ceux

que la chose concerne.

La Ministre de l’Education Nationale

Palais de Luxembourg, le 31 mai 1999.

et de la Formation Professionnelle,

Pour le Grand-Duc:

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

Son Lieutenant-Représentant

Henri

Grand-Duc héritier

Doc. parl. 4438; sess. ord. 1997-1998 et 1998-1999.

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Règlement grand-ducal du 27 juillet 2000 arrêtant les missions du conseil scientifique du Fonds

national de la Recherche.

Nous JEAN, par la grâce de Dieu, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau;
Vu la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public et notamment

son article 8;

Vu l’article 2(1) de la loi du 12 juillet 1996 portant réforme du Conseil d’Etat et considérant qu’il y a urgence ;
Sur le rapport de Notre Ministre de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche et après délibération

du Gouvernement en Conseil;

Arrêtons:

Art. 1

En vertu des dispositions de l’article 8 de la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la

recherche dans le secteur public, le conseil scientifique du Fonds national de la Recherche, ci-après appelé «le Fonds»,
est appelé à assister le conseil d'administration, dont il est l'organe consultatif en matière scientifique.

Le conseil scientifique a notamment pour missions :
1. d’élaborer et de soumettre au conseil d’administration des propositions relatives

- aux objectifs de la politique nationale en matière de R&D;
- aux actions prioritaires en vue d’atteindre ces objectifs ;
- aux programmes pluriannuels d’activités découlant de ces actions ;
respectivement de donner son avis sur de telles propositions soumises au Fonds

2. d’assister le conseil d’administration en matière du suivi scientifique et procédural des activités et programmes

mis en œuvre par le Fonds ;

3. d’assister le conseil d’administration dans le suivi et le contrôle des activités subventionnées par le Fonds sur

base de conventions ;

4. de contribuer à assurer l’évaluation systématique et continue des résultats obtenus, en vue de garantir la qualité

scientifique et la pertinence socio-économique des activités du Fonds ;

5. de formuler des propositions visant à promouvoir la coordination efficace des actions de R&D nationales ainsi

que la participation luxembourgeoise aux programmes de coopération internationale de R&D ;

6. de donner son avis sur toute question que le conseil d’administration lui soumettra.

Art. 2.

Notre Ministre de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche est chargée de l'exécution du

présent règlement, qui sera publié au Mémorial.

La Ministre de la Culture,

Palais de Luxembourg, le 27 juillet 2000.

de l’Enseignement Supérieur

Pour le Grand-Duc:

et de la Recherche,

Son Lieutenant-Représentant

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

Henri

Grand-Duc héritier

Règlement grand-ducal du 27 juillet 2000 arrêtant les modalités relatives à la présentation, la sélection

et la réalisation des activités de recherche bénéficiant d'une intervention du Fonds national de la
Recherche.

Nous JEAN, par la grâce de Dieu, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau;
Vu la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public et notamment

son article 3;

du Gouvernement en Conseil;

Arrêtons:

Art. 1

. - Champ d'application

En vertu des dispositions de l’article 3 de la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la recherche

dans le secteur public, le Fonds national de la Recherche, ci-après appelé «le Fonds», encourage l’élaboration et
participe au soutien de la réalisation des programmes d’activités pluriannuels visés à l’article 2 de la loi précitée.

L’intervention du Fonds est réalisée sous la forme d’une contribution financière aux dépenses de réalisation des

activités de recherche prévues dans le cadre des programmes d’activités pluriannuels précités. Par activité de recherche
il faut entendre la réalisation d’un projet de recherche, respectivement la participation à la réalisation d’un tel projet,
ou la diffusion de résultats de projets de recherche.

Les dépenses de réalisation éligibles comprennent notamment les dépenses de personnel, les dépenses pour services

de tiers, les dépenses de fonctionnement et les dépenses d’acquisitions, ainsi que toute autre dépense liée à la
réalisation des activités de recherche concernées et la diffusion de leurs résultats. Les dépenses d’acquisition, de
construction ou d’aménagement d’immeubles peuvent être retenues comme dépenses éligibles, si de telles dépenses
sont jugées indispensables pour la réalisation de ces activités de recherche.

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Art. 2. - Conditions d'éligibilité.

Peuvent bénéficier d'une telle contribution financière les bénéficiaires énumérés au paragraphe 2 de l’art. 3 de la loi

du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public, ci-après appelés «les
bénéficiaires du Fonds».

Les activités de recherche doivent être réalisées par les bénéficiaires du Fonds ou en partenariat avec ceux-ci.

Art. 3. - Présentation des demandes de contribution financière.

Les demandes de contribution financière sont à adresser au Fonds. A cette demande un dossier est à joindre. Le

conseil d’administration arrête la forme et le contenu de la demande, respectivement du dossier, et fixe les délais dans
lesquels les demandes doivent être introduites. Toute information relative à la présentation de la demande peut être
requise auprès du secrétaire général du Fonds.

Art. 4. - Instruction des demandes de contribution financière.

Après avoir constaté que les dossiers de demande sont complets et conformes aux règles applicables, le secrétaire

général les transmet pour avis au conseil scientifique du Fonds et au conseil d’administration.

Le conseil d’administration du Fonds décide de la suite à réserver à la demande. La sélection des demandes se fait

en tenant compte notamment :

1. de la qualité scientifique des activités proposées (facteur créativité, facteur nouveauté ou innovation, emploi de

méthodes scientifiques, production de connaissances nouvelles);

2. de leur intérêt socio-économique;
3. du rapport entre les dépenses de réalisation prévues et les résultats escomptés ;
4. en général, de leur concordance avec les objectifs et priorités des programmes d’activités pluriannuels visés à

l’article 2 de la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un Fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public.

Le conseil d’administration peut compléter les critères de sélection ci-dessus en fonction des objectifs de la politique

nationale en matière de R&D.

Les décisions du conseil d’administration sont consignées dans un procès-verbal transmis au secrétariat pour

exécution.

Art. 5. - Conventions.

Les contributions financières allouées dans l’intérêt de l’exécution des activités de recherche font l'objet de

conventions à conclure entre le Fonds et le ou les bénéficiaires concernés.

Ces conventions régissent les conditions et modalités de l'allocation de la contribution financière et règlent les

questions relatives aux droits de propriété intellectuelle et industrielle. Y sont fixés notamment:

- le montant de la contribution financière et les modalités de son versement,
- les modalités de réalisation des activités de R&D concernées, notamment la période d’exécution
-

les modalités de suivi, de contrôle et d'évaluation de ces activités pendant et après leur accomplissement,

- les mesures à prendre et les sanctions applicables en cas d'inexécution, de retards dans la réalisation ou d'autres

défaillances par rapport aux conditions et modalités d'exécution retenues.

Art. 6. - Modalités de versement des contributions financières.

Sauf pour le cas du versement d'une avance de fonds initiale, les versements sont effectués sur acceptation par le

conseil d'administration d'un décompte financier détaillé ainsi que d'un rapport d'exécution relatifs à la phase
d'exécution concernée.

La convention à conclure conformément à l'article 5 peut stipuler que le décompte financier à produire doit être

accompagné d'un rapport de vérification des comptes établi par un réviseur d'entreprise.

Pour le surplus, les modalités de versement sont fixées par conventions.

Art. 7. - Mention de l'intervention du Fonds.

L'intervention financière du Fonds doit faire l'objet d'une mention dans chaque publication relative à l’activité de

recherche ayant fait l'objet d'une telle intervention financière.

Art. 8. - Arrêt de l'intervention du Fonds et restitution de la contribution financière versée.

1. La défaillance par rapport aux clauses d'exécution essentielles de la convention ainsi que le non-respect des

principes élémentaires d'une gestion administrative et financière appropriée entraînera l’arrêt de l’intervention
financière du Fonds, ainsi que le remboursement de la totalité ou d'une partie de la contribution accordée.

2. Les bénéficiaires d'une contribution financière sont tenus d'informer, par écrit et sans délai, le Fonds de tout

élément susceptible de modifier sensiblement les modalités et conditions de réalisation des activités de R&D
concernées respectivement de conduire les bénéficiaires à déroger à l'une ou l'autre clause de la convention. Le
conseil d’administration peut décider de maintenir ou d'adapter la contribution financière à accorder, pour
autant qu'il approuve les motifs invoqués.

Art. 9. - Contrôle de l'exécution des conventions.

1. Le secrétaire général suit la réalisation des activités et contrôle l’exécution des conventions conclues avec le

Fonds. Il informe régulièrement le président du conseil d’administration de l’état d’avancement des activités et
lui signale sans retard toutes irrégularités. Il transmet les mêmes informations régulièrement au président du
conseil scientifique.

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2. Les bénéficiaires du Fonds prendront toutes dispositions nécessaires pour permettre les contrôles (dossiers,

documents comptables) tant de la part du Fonds que de la part de tout autre organisme ou particulier dûment
mandaté par le conseil d’administration. Ces contrôles peuvent s'exercer sur place et consister en un examen
de la comptabilité et des pièces justificatives relatives aux activités de R&D motivant la contribution financière
allouée. A cet effet, les pièces en question seront conservées pendant 5 ans après la réception du dernier
versement.

Art. 10. - Exécution.

Notre Ministre de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche est chargée de l'exécution du présent

règlement, qui sera publié au Mémorial.

La Ministre de la Culture,

Palais de Luxembourg, le 27 juillet 2000.

de l’Enseignement Supérieur

Pour le Grand-Duc:

et de la Recherche,

Son Lieutenant-Représentant

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

Henri

Grand-Duc héritier

Règlement grand-ducal du 8 août 2000 concernant l’affectation de fonctionnaires ou employés de

l’Etat au Fonds national de la Recherche.

Nous JEAN, par la grâce de Dieu, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau;

Vu la loi du 31 mai 1999 portant création d'un fonds national de la recherche dans le secteur public et notamment

son article 9;

Vu l’article 2(1) de la loi du 12 juillet 1996 portant réforme du Conseil d’Etat et considérant qu’il y a urgence ;

Vu l’avis de la Chambre des fonctionnaires et employés publics;

Sur le rapport de Notre Ministre de la Culture, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, de Notre Ministre

du Trésor et du Budget et de Notre Ministre de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative et après
délibération du Gouvernement en conseil;

Arrêtons:

Art. 1

Des fonctionnaires ou employés de l’Etat peuvent être affectés au Fonds national de la Recherche, ci-après

appelé «le Fonds», en vue d’y effectuer des tâches relevant de la compétence du Fonds, selon les modalités suivantes:

a) la candidature de l’intéressé, introduite par la voie hiérarchique, pour la réalisation de tâches relevant de la

compétence du Fonds doit avoir été retenue par le conseil d'administration du Fonds conformément à la
procédure prévue dans le règlement d’ordre intérieur du Fonds;

b) le Fonds demande l’autorisation de l’affectation auprès du Ministre de qui dépend l’intéressé en spécifiant la

durée de l’affectation et l’envergure de la tâche à effectuer;

c) le Ministre concerné prend une décision quant à l’affectation demandée, le cas échéant sur avis du chef de

l’administration dont le candidat fait partie;

d) le Ministre peut accorder une réduction de tâche à l’intéressé dans son service d’origine pour l’affectation

prévue;

e) les décisions visées sous c) et d) ci-dessus sont transmises à l’intéressé pour accord;

f) les décisions visées sous c) et d) ci-dessus sont notifiées au président du Fonds et au chef de l’administration

dont relève le candidat; copies en sont transmises pour information aux ministres désignés à l’article 2 ci-dessous
ainsi qu’à la Cour des Comptes;

g) pour la durée de l’affectation, l’intéressé se trouve soumis à l’autorité hiérarchique du président du Fonds ou de

son délégué pour la tâche qu’il y accomplit;

h) l’intéressé ainsi affecté continue à toucher ses rémunérations de l’Etat , il conserve tous les droits découlant de

sa nomination ou de son engagement auprès de l’Etat; n’est pas considérée comme diminution de traitement au
sens du présent paragraphe la cessation d’emplois accessoires ni la cessation d’indemnités ou de frais de voyage,
de bureau ou d’autres, lorsque la cause de ces indemnités vient à disparaître avec le nouvel emploi;

i) le montant correspondant à la réduction de tâche accordée selon le paragraphe d) ci-dessus est débité de la

dotation annuelle prévue au budget des recettes et des dépenses de l’Etat au profit du Fonds;

j) le Fonds verse à l’intéressé la rémunération liée à la tâche effectuée, sauf si une réduction de tâche est accordée

selon le paragraphe d) ci-dessus. Dans ce dernier cas, le Fonds verse à l’intéressé la différence entre la
rémunération prévue pour la tâche effectuée et le montant débité en raison de la réduction de tâche accordée.

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Art. 2

Notre Ministre de la Culture, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, Notre Ministre du Trésor et

du Budget et Notre Ministre de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative sont chargés, chacun en ce qui le
concerne, de l’exécution du présent règlement, qui sera publié au Mémorial.

La Ministre de la Culture,

Genève, le 8 août 2000.

de l’Enseignement Supérieur

Pour le Grand-Duc:

et de la Recherche,

Son Lieutenant-Représentant

Erna Hennicot-Schoepges

Henri

Le Ministre du Trésor et du Budget,

Grand-Duc héritier

Luc Frieden

La Ministre de la Fonction Publique

et de la Réforme Administrative,

Lydie Polfer

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The National Research fund (fNR) was set up in 1999
with the objective of supporting and promoting research
activities in Luxembourg. The fNR’s main activities in order
to increase the attractiveness of Luxembourg as a scientific
site are the following: the strengthening of existing,
respectively the creation of new competence, as well as the
development of national and international synergies.

MEANS EMPLOyEd

mULTI-ANNUAL NATIONAL R&d

PRIORITy PROGRAmmES:

Since 2000, several multi-annual research programmes
have been launched in specific fields of interest to
Luxembourg. The board of Administration of the fNR
ratifies these programmes, which have been developed
with the help of the fNR's Scientific council and scientific
experts, before they are presented to the Government for
financing.

In the last years, over EUR 74 million have thus been
allocated to the Luxembourg research site through 143
fNR-funded research projects, whereas the criterion of
scientific quality of the projects as well as the relevancy
of the research content for research users are decisive.
further EUR 59 million are available for the 2009 and 2010
cORE Programme calls. moreover, the internationality
factor plays an important role.

hOw TO PARTIcIPATE IN ThESE PROGRAmmES?

for the new thematic cORE programme, which covers
priority thematic domains for Luxembourg, and for the
ATTRAcT programme, calls for proposals are launched
annually.

for the INTER programme, calls for proposals are launched
regularly.

for the programmes SEcOm, NANO, EAU, bIOSAN-PROVIE,
VIVRE, TRASU, and SEcAL, no further calls for project
proposals are foreseen.

further details on the open calls for research projects and
evaluation procedures are available at www.fnr.lu.

TO whOm ARE ThE cALLS AddRESSEd?

calls are addressed to public institutions, Luxembourg
administrations and public establishments authorised to
undertake R&d activities or technology transfer in their
respective fields of activity.

SUMMARy

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DURATION

PROGRAMME TITLE

BUDGET (EUR)

2008-2010

cORE Thematic Programme
2008 call:

22,000,000

2009 call:

28,000,000

2010 call:

31,000,000

2006-2012

Attract Researchers to Luxembourg -

Opportunities for Outstanding young Researchers

in Luxembourg (ATTRAcT)

6,000,000

2006-2014

Promotion of International cooperation (INTER)

17,700,000

2000-2008

Security and Efficiency of New Practices in

E-commerce for All Socio-economic Actors

(SEcOm)

7,500,000

2000-2008

New materials and Nanotechnology (NANO)

6,700,000

2000-2007

Sustainable management of water Resources

(EAU)

5,000,000

2000-2011

health and biotechnology & Extension medical

Aspects of Ageing (bIOSAN-PROVIE)

10,500,000

2002-2011

Living Tomorrow in Luxembourg (VIVRE)

12,000,000

2003-2009

Surface Treatment (TRASU)

6,000,000

2003-2010

food Safety (SEcAL)

7,500,000

TOTAL

159,900,000

ThE fOLLOwING mULTI-ANNUAL RESEARch PROGRAmmES

hAVE bEEN LAUNchEd SINcE 2000:

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hOw TO APPLy fOR ThESE mEASURES?

for the measures Am1a, Am2c, Am3 and Am5, the
submission deadlines are on 1 April and 1 October of each
year. The submission deadline for the fNR Awards is on 1
April of each year. for the remaining measures, deadlines
are fixed according to the beginning of the activities.

further details on the application procedure for
accompanying measures are available on www.fnr.lu.

TO whOm ARE ThE cALLS AddRESSEd?

These measures are addressed to a larger public:

•

Public institutions or services authorised to undertake

R&d activities,

•

Associations,

•

Individuals who pursue activities of scientific nature,

including teachers and students.

AfR GRANT SchEmE –

AIdES à LA fORmATION-REchERchE:

Since 1 October 2008, the fNR has been awarding the
AfR grants (Aides à la formation-Recherche) to support
researchers in their doctoral and postdoctoral training.
The AfR grant scheme replaces the well-established bfR
(bourses de formation-Recherche) from the Luxembourg
ministry of culture, higher Education and Research.

The AfR grant scheme has no thematic limitations and is open
to all researchers, regardless of their nationality, who are
desirous to engage into research training in Luxembourg or
abroad. however, the interest of the project in the context of
Luxembourg R&d will be evaluated in the selection process.

The AfR scheme provides grants for Phd and postdoctoral
research training projects in Luxembourg and abroad. The
initial duration for Phd grants is limited to 3 years with a
prolongation possibility of at maximum 1 year. Postdoctoral
training is financed up to 2 years.

The main novelty of the AfR scheme is the promotion of work
contracts between AfR beneficiaries and their host institutions.
The beneficiaries are entitled to full access of social security
coverage, including health and pension insurances, during the
whole duration of their research training.

INTERNATIONAL cOLLAbORATION:

The establishment of strong collaborative work at European
level has become a priority within recent years. The National
Research fund is also very active on the international level
through its multi-annual programme INTER, and is a member of:

•

the European Science foundation (ESf),

•

the European heads of Research councils (EUROhORcs),

•

the European Research consortium for Informatics and

mathematics (ERcIm),

•

the European cooperation in the field of Scientific and

Technical Research (cOST),

•

six European Research Area Networks: ERA-Age, ERA-

Sysbio, ERA-Net mATERA, ERA-Net mNT, ERA-Net hERA
and ERA-Net NEURON,

•

the International council for Science (IcSU).

AccOmPANyING mEASURES:

In addition to the support of research as such, the fNR
subsidises accompanying measures. They are addressed
to a larger public as a means to strengthen the general
framework of scientific research in Luxembourg.
The accompanying measures are split into the following
categories:

AM1 - PROMOTION Of SCIENTIfIC CULTURE

a: for Large Activities up to EUR 25,000
b: for Small Activities up to EUR 5,000

AM2 - TRAININg ANd MOBILITy

a: Active Participation of Researchers in Scientific

conferences Abroad
b: Training for Researchers (including summer schools)
c: mobility of Researchers

AM3 - ORgANISATION Of SCIENTIfIC CONfERENCES
IN LUxEMBOURg

AM4 - SCIENTIfIC PUBLICATIONS INCLUdINg Phd ThESES

AM5 - NATIONAL RESEARCh COORdINATION

a: Thematic and Structural Research Platforms
b: Public data Access for Research

AM6 - INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

a: Preparation of a European Union Research Project

fNR AwARdS

for Outstanding Scientific Publications and for

the Outstanding Promotion of Scientific culture

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hOw TO APPLy fOR AN AfR GRANT?

for Phd grants, the submission deadlines are on 15 march, 15 June,
15 September and 15 december.

for postdoc grants, the submission deadlines are on 15 January, 15 April,
15 July and 15 October.

whO IS ELIGIbLE?

At doctoral level, applicants must be holders of a University degree allowing
them to enter into doctoral training.

At postdoc level, applicants must be holders of a Phd diploma. They can apply
until up to 8 years after obtaining their Phd.

PROmOTION Of ScIENTIfIc cULTURE:

The fNR wishes to strengthen the links between science and society. In this
regard, the fNR is focussing on the development of a scientific culture and thus
approaching the population more actively.

The promotion of scientific culture is intended to stimulate the sensitivity for
scientific issues among the Luxembourg population, but the main target group
are young people, since they will be tomorrow’s citizens and researchers. The
objective is to create a profound understanding for the necessity of research as
a guaranty for life quality and to fill youngsters with enthusiasm for scientific
professions.

A major tool to achieve this goal is the ProScience group, which was set
up by the fNR in 2007. It regroups all public research actors as well as the
ministry of Education and the Service National de la Jeunesse. The objectives
of ProScience are to facilitate the organisation of promotion activities and to
increase the research institutions’ support of promoting scientific culture.
Another key instrument is the Accompanying measure Am1 for promoting
scientific culture. The biennial Science festival, for instance, is partly funded
through this measure. This festival embodies the fNR’s philosophy by bringing
the subjects of science and research closer to the public.

for further information, please visit the fNR’s website www.fnr.lu or send an
email to info@fnr.lu. The annual report may be downloaded from www.fnr.lu.

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STRATEgy Of ThE fNR

The fNR was set up by the law of 31 may 1999. Its initial
structure reflects the national R&d policy and the
institutional context of that era.

Since then, the context has significantly changed. The
foresight Study, the OEcd report on the implementation
of the innovation policy in Luxembourg as well as the
Performance contracts signed with the Government and
the Luxembourg public research actors were for the fNR an
opportunity to rethink its position and strategy.

The fNR intends to invest in human resources, in
institutions and in knowledge. hence, the fNR’s strategy
pursues three main objectives:

1. SUPPORTINg RESEARChERS TO BUILd UP

SCIENTIfIC QUALITy ANd ExCELLENCE

Excellent researchers are the cornerstone of a productive
research landscape. The fNR wants to foster scientific
quality by:

•

implementing a research programme which covers the

national research priorities through streamlined and
transparent procedures based on a stringent peer-review
systeme, with scientific quality being the prime criterion:
the cORE programme;

•

attracting outstanding researchers to Luxembourg via the

ATTRAcT programme;

•

improving young researchers’ training conditions and

enhance the career development of researchers through
the reformed AfR grants.

The priority actions of the fNR support the research
institutions and allow them to fulfil their missions and
objectives. In the coming years, the fNR will continue
working on the fostering of the scientific quality of all
activities financed in the framework of the priority actions.
with regard to the maximisation of their socio-economic
impact, the promotion of scientific quality is of crucial
importance in the national priority domains selected by
the Government.

2. CONTRIBUTINg TO A fAVOURABLE

RESEARCh ENVIRONMENT

The fNR aims to improve Luxembourg’s research
environment and institutional framework through:

•

developing a strategic orientation for the INTER

programme, thus providing researchers with a wide range
of opportunities for international collaborations;

•

encouraging the mobility of the researchers;

•

improving existing and developing new Accompanying

measures;

•

improving networking among researchers;

•

assuring the valorisation of research results.

In the medium term, the national R&d policy will focus on
a sustainable development of human resources. Actions
and initiatives will take the particular framework of
research in Luxembourg into account, as e.g. the challenges
related to the size of the country, the strong mobility of
the researchers to foreign countries as well as the labour
legislation. The fNR will contribute to the national R&d
policy by establishing an efficient support of the human
resources in the research domain and by allocating financial
means in order to be able to confront the structural
deficits on the national level. A favourable research
environment depends highly on efficient support for
research collaboration at international and national level. It
is essential to build scientific platforms where all actors and
users of a research domain are brought together.

3. PROMOTINg SCIENTIfIC CULTURE

The fNR also wishes to strengthen the links between
science and society. The promotion of scientific culture is
intended to stimulate the sensitivity for scientific issues
among the Luxembourg population, but the main target
group are young people, since they will be tomorrow’s
citizens and researchers. The objective is to create a
profound understanding for the necessity of research
as a guaranty for life quality and to fill youngsters with
enthusiasm for scientific professions.

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A major tool to achieve this goal is the ProScience group, which was set up by
the fNR in 2007. It regroups all public research actors as well as the ministry
of Education and the Service National de la Jeunesse. The goals of ProScience
are to facilitate the organisation of promotion activities and to increase the
research institutions’ support of promoting scientific culture. Another key
instrument is the Accompanying measure Am1 for promoting scientific culture.
The biennial Science festival and the Researchers' Night, for instance, are
partly funded through this measure.

Additionally, the participative and open approach launched through the
foresight Exercise is a way forward to start a dialogue between the actors in
and the users of scientific research.

At the same time and in accordance with its strategic objectives, the fNR
aspires to further intensify the collaboration and coordination between all the
stakeholders in the innovation system.

while developing, implementing and assessing its policy tools, the fNR aims
to be transparent, efficient, professional and accountable. for its thematic
and structural programmes, the fNR pays attention to use a best-practice
evaluation system with the assistance of independent international experts
(peer review).

The fNR’s strategy was also reflected in the new Performance contract
between the Government and the fNR, which came to effect on 1 January 2008.
with this contract, the fNR commits itself to developing and implementing
priority actions and instruments in order to attain the fixed objectives for the
time period 2008-2010. Additionally, the fNR agrees on performance indicators
translating the strategic objectives for this period, such as the number of
Accompanying measures being allocated, the number of ProScience initiatives,
the co-funding of the AfR grant scheme by the European commission, the
number of theses written by AfR beneficiaries, or the implementation of
impact studies for the finished projects, e.g. the final evaluation of the EAU
programme in 2008.

The Government provides a financial contribution of EUR 90,860,000 to the fNR
(exercise 2008: EUR 22,360,000; exercise 2009: EUR 28,200,000; exercise 2010:
EUR 40,300,000). The fNR shall dedicate its efforts particularly to the continuous
and sustainable development of the national public research system.

for more information about the Performance contract as well as the fNR's
2008 Report to the Government concerning the fulfillment of the performance
indicators, please refer to our website www.fnr.lu.

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President: Datuk Dr Soon Ting Kueh

June 18, 2008

Prof Jung-Il Jin

President
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Dear Prof Jin,

INSTITUT KIMIA MALAYSIA (IKM) – Application as
National Adhering Organization (NAO) of IUPAC

I am pleased to inform you that the Council of Institut Kimia Malaysian (IKM) has
decided to apply as a National Adhering Organization (NAO) of the International Union
of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) at the coming IUPAC General Assembly in
Glasgow in August 2009. Institut Kimia Malaysia or IKM is the national organization of
chemists in Malaysia. IKM was registered under the Societies Act 1966 on October 13,
1967 and subsequently incorporated as a professional body under the Chemists Act 1975
on November 01, 1977. I am attaching the following documents for your reference:

•

Chemists Act 1975

•

Chemists Act 1975 By-Laws

•

A brochure on Institut Kimia Malaysia

Please advise us on the next course of action.

Thank you and with best wishes.

Yours sincerely,

Datuk Dr Soon Ting Kueh

President, Institut Kimia Malaysia

IKM IUPAC Membership:16/06/2008

INSTITUT KIMIA MALAYSIA

MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY

(Inaugurated on 8 April 1967, incorporated under Chemists Act 1975 on 1 November 1977)

127B, JALAN AMINUDDIN BAKI, TAMAN TUN DR. ISMAIL 60000 KUALA LUMPUR.
Fax : 03 – 77289909 Tel : 77283272 (hunting line)
WEBSITE:

http://www.ikm.org.my

EMAIL:

ikmmy@pc.jaring.my

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ACADEMIA DE

TIIN

A MOLDOVEI

bd.

tefan cel Mare,1

MD – 2001, Chi

u, Republica Moldova

tel: (3732) 27-14-78

Fax: (3732) 54-28-23

E-mail: consiliu@asm.md

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF

MOLDOVA

1, Stefan cel Mare Ave.

MD – 2001, Chisinau, Rep.of Moldova

tel: (3732) 27-14-78

Fax: (3732) 54-28-23

E-mail: consiliu@asm.md

_05.12.08_ nr. _2566-05/10_

To: Professor Jung-Il Jin

President of IUPAC

Request from Republic of Moldova to be the member of IUPAC

Dear professor Jung-Il Jin,

Academy of Science of Moldova is responsible for the development of

scientific research and its application in all fields of basic science disciplines.

Following development of our international cooperation with the different

international Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) we would like to become

full member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

We hope that IUPAC General Assembly in August 2009 will approve our

request and from 2010 we shall be able to be recognized, as a full IUPAC member.

We hope to receive the reply from you soon.

We look forward to a fruitful collaboration.

Sincerely,

President of Academy of Sciences of Moldova

Academician

Gheorghe DUCA

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Dear Prof. Jung-II Jin,
President
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Due to the superb achievements of IUPAC and its
internationally reputation for promoting the advancement of
chemistry science world wild and in order for us in the Saudi
Chemical Society (SCS) to benefit from the rich experiences
and excellent activities carried by IUPAC for the development
of chemistry, we here by applying for the membership of
IUPAC (National Adhering Organization Status).

Saudi Chemical Society is a non profit chemical society
dedicate for the advancement of chemical knowledge in the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its various activities such as
conferences, published periodical journals, educational supports,
environmental issues, promotion of chemistry to industry and
public … etc.

Saudi Chemical Society if officially associated to the ministry of
higher education in Saudi Arabia, hence, our society constitution
is adopted from the executive rules for scientific societies in
Saudi Arabia (please see attached file).
Also attached, a brief description of the goals and activities of
Saudi Chemical Society and a letter from King Saud University
to approve that the Saudi Chemical Society is the only
authorized scientific society in Saudi Arabia in the field of pure
chemistry.

No doubt, your cooperation in this matter is highly appreciated.

Best regards,

Dr Ahmad H. Alghamdi
President of Saudi Chemical Society

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Dept. Chemistry
King Saud University
POBox 2455
Riyadh 11451
Saudi Arabia

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Goals of the Saudi Chemical Society (in brief)

Development of the scientific thought and knowledge in the
chemical science.

Facilitate the exchange of chemical knowledge among the

chemical community in Saudi Arabia.

Provide the scientific advisory in industrial chemistry, chemical
education, environmental prevention to governmental, commercial
sector, student and individuals interested in chemical knowledge.

Activities of the Saudi Chemical Society

Conferences

1-1

The Saudi Chemical Society held the 2007 National Chemical
Conference in Mecca, which lasted three days, with around
500 participants, many of them from abroad.

1-2

The Saudi Chemical Society hosted the meeting of the 26

session of the Union of Arab Chemists (2007), with the
participation of various chemical societies and unions from
around ten different Arab countries.

1-3

The Saudi Chemical Society, shared with the Department of
Chemistry at King Saud University, organized (The
Conference of Chemistry and Industry 2006, A Look to the
Future) in Riyadh .

1-4

The Saudi Chemical Society shared in the organization of
2005 petrotech (the fifth Middle East Conference for
petrochemicals and refining, held in Manama, the capital of
the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Symposiums

2-1

The Western Region Branch of Saudi Chemical Society organized
the First Saudi Scientific Meeting on Paints 2006.

2-2

The Women Branch of Saudi Chemical Society organized a
specialized symposium on Chemical Additives on Foods and
Cosmetics at King Abdul Aziz Historical Center in Riyadh (2006).
The Western Region Branch of Saudi Chemical Society organized
a symposium on Waste Treatment and Recycling: The Effects on
the Environment 2005

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Publications of the Society

3-1

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society (jscs), a refereed journal.

3-2 The

Chemistry

Magazine.

3-3 Chemical Education Magazine
3-4 Arabian Journal of Chemistry, a refereed journal
3-4 The Arabian Chemist Magazine

Training Courses

4-1

Safety at the Chemical Laboratories.

4-2 Skills of Scientific Research
4-3

An Introduction to the Theory and Analysis of Electrochemical

Hindrance.
4-4

Atomic Absorption: - Foundations and Application

4-5

Interpretation of the Spectra of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(NMR):

4-6

The Skills of Improving Chemical Demonstrations at Secondary
Schools

4-7

A Concise Course on Corrosion.

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The Executive Rules for Existing Scientific Societies at

Saudi Arabia

Article 1 : Establishment of Scientific Societies

The Saudi universities are entitled to establish Scientific Societies working under their
direct supervision, according to the following procedures:

A recommendation should be issued by the Scientific Counsel for the
establishment of a Scientific Society.

Based upon such a recommendation, a Decree should be issued by the
University Counsel to this effect.

The Scientific Counsel forms a Temporary Constituent Committee of five
members to take care of all jurisdictions and to follow all the procedures.

The Constituent Committee members choose one member from among them
to be Head of the Committee.

after accepting new members in the Society, the Constituent Committee from
requests the General Assembly to hold a session.

The work of the Constituent Committee ends directly after the first session of
the General Assembly.

The Constituent Committee submits a report about its whole work to the
General Assembly

The General Assembly chooses the members of the Board of Directors.

Article 2: Establishing Branches to the Scientific Society.

The Scientific Societies are entitled to establish Branches thereof according to the
following procedures:
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The Society’s Board of Directors recommends the establishment of one or
more Branch to the Society.

The General Assembly approves the recommendation to establish the
Branches.

The Head of the Society submits the approval of the General Assembly on the
establishment of the Branches to the University President. However, this
establishment of the Branch is not considered entering into force until the
receipt of the approval from the University.

Article 3: Jurisdictions of the Branches:

The Branch has no right to take decisions or conclude agreements, but may submit
recommendations about them to the Board of Directors for approval if they are
within the jurisdictions given to the Board according to Article 14 of the rules
regulating the Scientific Societies at the Saudi Universities. However, if they are
not within the Jurisdictions of the Society, it will submit them to the authorized
person for approval, according to the rules regulating the Scientific Societies at
the Saudi Universities.

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Article 4 : Managing the Branches

The Board of Directors nominates a person as manager of the Branch to
follow up its activities.

The Branch works out a quarterly report about its activities to be submitted to
the Board of Directors.

The Branch works out a yearly report about its activities which to be
submitted to the Board of Directors at least a month before the session of the
General Assembly.

Article 5 : Conditions of the Active Membership:

The applicant for active membership should hold at least a bachelor degree or
its equivalent, in the same specialization as the Society.

Applicants for active membership or affiliated membership should submit
their applications to join the Society.

To pay regular annual contribution fees.

To be of good conduct and behavior, and not to practice any work that
contradicts the Society benefit or jurisdiction. Furthermore, he should not have
been sentenced for any crime that affects honor or esteem.

Whatever the Board of Directors finds suitable as additional conditions.

A decision of his acceptance as member should be issued by the Board of
Directors.

The applicant whose membership was refused by the Board of Directors has the
right to appeal to the General Assembly. If accepted by the General Assembly, he
would be considered as a member in the Society after paying the contribution fee.

Article 6 : Conditions for Honorary Membership:

The Honorary Membership is granted by decision of the General Assembly.

Granting the Honorary Membership is conditioned by the fact that the person
to be granted this kind of membership should have contributed to the Society’s
fields of interest, or have supported the Society, whether financially or
morally.

The Honorary Member is exempted from paying the annual contribution fee.

The Honorary member is entitled to attend the General Assembly sessions, or
the sessions of its different committees. Furthermore, he is entitled to
participate in their discussions, but not to vote.

Article 7 : Affiliated Membership

University students have the right to join the Scientific Society, provided that
the target degree of the applicant should not be less than the Bachelor Degree,
or its equivalent, and should be within the specific field of the Society.

Workers and others interested in the Society field, not holding the required
qualification for active membership, have the right to apply to join the
Scientific Society.

The affiliated member is exempted from paying 50% of the annual
contribution fee.

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The affiliated member is entitled to attend the General Assembly sessions, or
the sessions of its different committees. Furthermore, he is entitled to
participate in their discussions, but not to vote.

Artificial Personalities (like Institutions and Companies), have the right to
apply to join the Scientific Society if they meet the membership conditions, in
addition to their financial support to the Society , or their contribution to its
fields of interest. Representative of the Artificial Personality is entitled to
attend the General Assembly sessions, or the sessions of its different
committees. Furthermore, he is entitled to participate in their discussions, but
not to vote.

The Artificial Personalities, who have gained membership of the Society by
affiliation, have no right to benefit personally from the Society’s services, nor
have they the right to be candidates for membership of the Board of Directors
or other committees, unless they are personal active members in the Society.

Article 8 : Duties of the Members

After their acceptance as members, to sign in the register book of membership
which includes the names and addresses of the members.

To fulfill all obligations, and do all duties stipulated in the rules regulating the
Scientific Societies and their executive rules, as well as the internal rules
specific to each Society.

To pay his contribution fees.

To notify the Board of Directors, by writing, about any changes in his address
as fixed in the register book of membership, with no responsibility lying on
the Society. Moreover, the member shall have no right to object to any
decision with the excuse of not having been notified, if his address, given to
the Society, is not correct.

Article :9 : Termination of the Membership

Membership in the Society terminates in the following conditions :
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Withdrawal or death of the member.

Non payment of the annual contribution fees, a year after their becoming due.

In case a legislative or administrative decree is issued against the member, for
lack of honesty and faithfulness.

If one of the membership conditions is missing.

If the member committed an act or activity that bring damage to the Society,
whether materially or morally. In this case the membership is dropped only
after the approval of the Society’s Board of Directors.

Article 10: Regaining of the Membership

The member may regain membership by a decision of the Society’s Board of
Directors, based on the following two conditions :
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If the member applies for regaining his membership.

Removal of the reasons which caused the drop of former membership.

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Article 11 : Formation of the General Assembly , and its Meetings:

All active members form together the General Assembly, which is considered as
the higher authority of the Scientific Society, and whose decisions comprise all
members, including absent members, non attending members, rejecting members,
and members of the Board of Directors.
The General Assembly hold its meetings as follows :

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Normal Meetings :

The General Assembly holds its normal meeting once a year, called by the
Head of Board of directors.

The meeting is not to be considered as legally correct, unless attended by
majority of the members.

If the majority of the members do not attend the meeting, the General
Assembly is entitled to hold another meeting two weeks later, which shall be
considered as legally correct, with whatever attendants.

Deputizing someone to attend the meeting of the General Assembly is not
accepted, as every member should attend the meetings of the General
Assembly in person, and as every member has one vote. Voting through
correspondence, phone or other electronic devices is not acceptable.

Exceptional Meetings

Exceptional Meetings are held, in case of necessity, based on a request submitted
by the Board of Directors, or the request of one fifth of the General Assembly
members.
The meeting is to be considered as legally correct with whatever attendants, its
schedule to be specific to the urgent need that necessitated its call.

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How to call the General Assembly ?

The calls for a meeting of the General Assembly by the Head of the Board of
Director’s should be sent to all members, according to their positions, in writing
attached with the schedule, and subjects to be discussed and place, date and hour
of the meeting, in such a means that will ensure the members’ receipt of the call.

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Date of the call:

The call for the General Assembly meeting should be sent at least one month
before the meeting. Both place and time of the meeting should be carefully
chosen.

If the reason behind the General Assembly meeting is to choose the next
members of the Board of Directors, the present Board of Directors should start
its calling procedures for the General Assembly meeting at least three months
before termination of its period. The first General Assembly meeting for
choosing members of the Board of Directors should be at least three weeks
before end of the period of the present Board of Directors, so that the second
meeting could be held before end of this period, should the quorum be
incomplete for the first meeting.

Article 12 : Decision Making :

Decisions and recommendations of the General Assembly are made by the
majority of votes. If, however, the votes are equal, the side where the Head of

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session is voting is to be preferred. Voting is made either by hand rising signal, or
secretly, if requested by the majority of the presence.

Article 13 : Registration of Attendance:

A special register book should be kept, containing names of the members, who
attend the meeting of the General Assembly, as well as their membership numbers
and signatures. This register book is to be signed by members of the Board of
Directors.
The Board of Directors is entitled to place penalties against members who do not
attend three consecutive meetings of the General Assembly without showing an
excuse that can be accepted by the Board of Directors. Those penalties should be
approved by the General Assembly to become valid.

Article 14 : Chairman of the General Assembly:

The head of Board of Directors, or his deputy, take the responsibility as chairman
of the General Assembly. When both are absent, a head of the session is elected
from the attending members.

Article 15 : Schedule of the General Assembly:

The General Assembly discusses only matters in its schedule which lie within its
jurisdiction, including the following :

To discuss the report prepared by the Board of Directors about the
Society’s works during the past year.

To discuss and negotiate the work plan which the Board of Directors
proposes for the next year, approving or amending it.

To elect members of the Board of Directors, when the existing Board
has completed its period.

To issue rules regulating the internal work of the Board of Directors,
when existing.

To appoint an auditor, indicating his fees.

To discuss the report of the auditor, and to approve the budget and the
final statements of account.

To make decisions about claims of injustice, objections, and appeals
submitted against any decision made by the Board of Directors.

Other subjects mentioned in its schedule.

Article 16 : How to Hold a Meeting of the General Assembly ?

At the start of the hour appointed for the meeting, the chairman checks the number
of attendants. If they have reached the legal quorum, he announces the start of the
meeting and opens the session.
If the number of attendants do not reach the legal quorum, other minor matters can
be discussed relating to the Board of Directors, such as the regulating sheets,
rights of the members, and the arrangements by which the accounts are kept at the
Society, as well as other matters.
If after an hour from the start of the appointed time for the meeting no member
has shown up to complete the quorum, the chairman announces the postponement

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of the session, due to the incomplete legal quorum. Furthermore, he urges the
attendants to contact the rest of the members for attending the next meeting which
should be appointed, as stipulated in Article 8 of the Rules regulating the
Scientific Societies at the Saudi Universities.

Article 17 : How to Elect the Society’s Members of the Board of Directors ?

The right to the Society’s membership, as well as the right of candidature to the
Board of Directors lasts as a guaranteed right to every active member, till the time
appointed for the meeting of the General Assembly.
Following are the election arrangements :
1-

The Society’s secretariat prepares a list of the members with the following
information :

Names and addresses of the active members who had paid the contribution
fees till the year of election.

The working place to which the active member belongs.

To indicate whether the active member belonging to the university is lent or
delegated to work outside the university, or not.

2- The Society’s secretariat submits this list to the Board of Directors for

approval.

When the Board of Directors has checked the correctness of the list of
electors, it calls the General Assembly for meeting, informing the active
members who had paid their contribution fees of their right for election and
candidature for membership of the Board of Directors> This should be done at
least a month before the date of the General Assembly meeting specified for
electing members of the Board of Directors.

The Society’s Secretariat notifies the university about the date of election,
asking it to send its representatives for the follow up.

The Board of Directors prepares election cards for all electors, with a list of
them, both to be signed by the members of the Board at least five days before
the meeting of the Society.

The General Assembly forms an election committee, and ensures the
application of the rules regulating the Scientific Societies at the Saudi
Universities with regard to the election.

The Election Committee prepares an election box, ensuring its emptiness, then
closes it in the presence of electors during the meeting of the General
Assembly. The election committee goes on doing the following in this
consequence:

Checks the identity of the elector, signing the list prepared by the Board of
Directors, mentioned in point (5) above.

Submits the election cards bearing names of the candidates for membership of
the Board.

Each elector has one vote, which he should give in person, having no right to
deputize someone to vote for him.

The elector puts signs beside the names he had chosen from the list of
candidates, then puts the election card in the election box.

10-

If the elector needed assistance for election, he can ask it from any member
present at the General Assembly.

11-

The General Assembly chooses at least two of its members for separating the
votes. One or more university representative may join them in separating.

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The team prepares the election data, signs it, then a proceedings is prepared,
showing results of the election , to be submitted to the election committee.

12-

The election committee announces results of the election, showing how many
votes each candidate has gained, starting from the highest number of votes.
The election committee prepares a proceedings, showing result of the election
and the number of votes that each candidate has gained, in addition to the
following information :

The working place to which each candidate belongs.

To indicate whether the candidate belonging to the university is lent or
delegated to work outside the university, or not.

To indicate whether the meeting of the General Assembly is the first
meeting with complete quorum , or the second meeting , as the quorum
was incomplete in the first one. If the meeting is the first, the number
of attendants should be mentioned , according to Article 8 of the Rules
regulating the Scientific Societies.

13-

Three candidates, belonging to the University, gaining highest votes among
the candidates belonging to the university, are taken first as members of the
Board of Directors. The rest candidates belonging to the university enter
among the other candidates for deciding the Six remaining members with
highest votes for members of the Board of Directors. If the votes of more than
one candidates are equal, with no possibility of taking them all in the Board,
then the election committee makes a lottery between the candidates with equal
votes, in their presence, unless some of them waive their rights..

14-

The election committee approves the proceedings, through signing by all
committee members. If an error appears to have happened in counting or
separation, after approving the results by the General Assembly, the results
remain as approved, and the matter is brought in front of the first meeting of
the General Assembly for decision.

Article 18 : Cases Where Election Cards may be Disregarded

The election cards may be disregarded in the following cases :

If the elector elects more than the required candidates.

If the elector writes his name and his Society number on the card.

If the committee has proof of a card misuse. The decision to accept, or
disregard the card, shall be final.

Article 19 : Formation of the Board of Directors:

The Society is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of nine members
elected by the General Assembly. The elected Board of Directors holds its first
meeting directly after the General Assembly meeting in order to choose its
Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.

It is conditioned that the members of the Board of Director should :

Be not less than nine members in number.

One third of them, at least, should belong to the university which had
established the Society.

Those members belonging to the university should be working there,
not lent or delegated to work outside.

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Chairman of the Board of Directors should belong to the University
which had established the Society.

Time period for members of the Board of Directors :

Membership in the Board of Directors starts from the date of the General Assembly
meeting during which the members had been elected and lasts for a period of three
years, renewable once only.
4- Members of the Board of Directors choose, through secret voting, a member from
them to be their Chairman, for a period of three years, renewable once only.

Article 20 : Absence and membership vacancy:

1- If a member of the Board of Directors absents himself for three consecutive
meetings of the Board, without showing an acceptable excuse, the Board of Directors
is entitled to consider him as resigning. This member has the right to plea injustice
with regard to the decision made by the Board of Directors in front of the first General
Assembly meeting. The decision of the General Assembly is to be considered as final
for him.
2-When the seat of any member in the Board of Directors, who has been chosen by
the General Assembly becomes vacant for any reason, the Board chooses a replacing
member, provided that this member had gained the highest votes in the General
Assembly elections during which the members of the Board of Directors had been
chosen.
However, if the vacant position is that of the Chairman, the Board of Directors
chooses a chairman from the members belonging to the University which had
established the Society. If, due to the membership vacancy, the number of members
belonging to the University in the Board of Directors decreases, the replacing
member should be the one with the highest votes during the General Assembly
elections which had chosen the Board of Directors, belonging to the University which
had established the Society.

Article 21 : Jurisdiction of the Chairman of the Board of Directors

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is to be considered as representing the
Society in front of others, acting on its behalf through correspondence with official
and unofficial entities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and outside according to
regular arrangements in force. Furthermore, he is also Chairman of the General
Assembly.

Article 22 : Meetings of the Board of Directors :

1- Normal Meetings :
The Board of Directors holds a quarterly normal meeting . This meeting is to be
considered as legally correct when attended by the majority of members. The
Chairman, or vice chairman, call for such a meeting.
2- Exceptional Meetings :
It is legally accepted to call the Board of Directors for an exceptional meeting, upon
the request of :

Half its members

One fifth of the General Assembly members.

Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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In such a case, only the subjects for which the Board was called are to
be discussed.

Article 23 : Decisions of the Board of Directors :

Decisions and recommendations of the Board of Directors are made by the majority
of votes. If, however, the votes are equal, the side where the Head of Board is voting
is to be preferred. When the decisions are made by the majority of voters, the
members rejecting the decisions should sign the proceedings, entering with the
majority. However, they are entitled to reject signature only after having written their
rejection.

Article 24 : How to Call the Board for Meeting ?

If there is no specific and appointed date for the meetings of the Board of Directors,
the call for such meetings should be sent at least two days before the meeting,
attached with the schedule. In cases of urgency, this time period may be shortened to
any limit. Calling the members for meeting can be made by phone, telegram or any
other means.

Article 25 : Jurisdictions of Vice Chairman

When absenting himself, the Chairman of the Board of Directors deputizes his vice
chairman, who enjoys his jurisdictions, unless he had already authorized a certain
member of the Board with some or all his jurisdictions.

Article 26 : Budget of the Society

1-The Society accountant prepares its annual budget containing expected revenues,
and potential expenditures, and submits it to the Board of Directors, who, after
approval, presents to the General Assembly for Approval. Furthermore, the
accountant controls the Society’s accounts and budget once at the end of the fiscal
year, submitting his report to the Board of Directors, to be seen, together with the
final statement of account , by the General Assembly.
2-The General Assembly confirms the annual budget of the Society, and approves its
final statement of account.
3-The fiscal year for the Society starts on the first day of Rajab every year, and ends
at the end of Jamada II of the next year.
4-The same methods used for controlling state-owned institutes are followed for
controlling the Society’s accounts.
5-Both the Treasurer and the Secretary are considered responsible in front of the
Board of Directors with regard to financial works and disposals.

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Professor Jung-Il Jin

President, IUPAC

April 9, 2009

Dear Professor Jung-Il Jin

It is my pleasure to inform you that the chemical society of Thailand is now ready to apply for NAO

membership of IUPAC. Please find the files of our constitution and the activities of these past two years as

per attached documents. The Chemical Society will pay the 2009 membership fee of US$3800 via wire

transfer as informed by the secretariat of IUPAC within this month. Please contact Professor Vudhichai

Parasuk, the Vice-President of the Chemical Society of Thailand at for any further detail you may require at

his e-mail address :

parasuk@atc.atccu.ac,th

We are thankful to you for your encouragement and suggestions. We also hope that IUPAC will consider the

acceptance of the Chemical Society of Thailand to be an NAO member of IUPAC soon.

Faithfully Yours

Supawan Tantayanon, Ph.D.

President, The Chemical Society of Thailand

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Secretariat: P.O. Box 13757, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3757, USA

TEL: 1-919-485-8700 FAX: 1-919-485-8706 EMAIL: secretariat@iupac.org

Application for

IUPAC Adhering Organization Status

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC National Adhering Organization:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

The National Adhering Organizations are the Members of the Union.

IUPAC also offers the possibility of Associate National Adhering Organization (ANAO) status.

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC Associate National Adhering Organization:

Guidelines (i), (ii), and (iii) above apply also to the composition of ANAOs.

(iv)

ANAOs pay annual dues to IUPAC of USD 250.

(v)

The Associate National Adhering Organizations are not Members of the Union but have Observer status.

When submitting this application, the following items should be included:

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Application for IUPAC Adhering Organizations

(i)

A letter from the organization addressed to the President of IUPAC formally applying for Associate
National Adhering Organization status or National Adhering Organization Status in IUPAC.

(ii)

A copy of the Statutes & Bylaws of the organization, if they are available in English, or a summary in
English if the originals are available only in another language.

(iii)

A brief description of the goals of the organization and its significant activities.

Please return an electronic copy of the completed application and enclosures to the IUPAC Secretariat by e-mail to

secretariat@iupac.org

. Printed materials should be submitted to the above address.

For administrative use only

Submitted ______________

Check One

_X_

Applying for National Adhering Organization

Status

___ Applying for Associate National Adhering

Organization Status

Organization Name

Chemical Society of Thailand

Country/Region that the Organization Represents

Thailand

Address

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,

Chulalongkorn University

Phyathai Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Organization Contact to IUPAC

Will be published if application is approved

Chemical Society of Thailand

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,
Chulalongkorn University, Phyathai Rd., Patumwan,
Bangkok 10330, Thailand

supawan.t@chula.ac.th

Name of the person submitting this form

if not

the Responsible Person

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vudhichai Parasuk

parasuk@atc.atccu.chula.ac.th

Approximately how many members does the
organization serve?

1,000

Please list any publications that the
organization produces.

Chemical Society of Thailand is a co-owner of
“Chemistry Asian Journal” of Wiley’s publishing

How does the organization plan to relay the
benefits of IUPAC membership to its
membership?

The Chemical Society of Thailand plan to publicize the
benefits of IUPAC memberships through our website
http://www.chemsocthai.org and also at the annual
convention.

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The Chemical Society of Thailand has following objectives:

Promotion of unity among fellow members and people who have an interest in
chemistry subject

Monitoring and promoting ethical practices of chemical related professionals

Protecting the duly right of chemical profession and look after benefit and
safety of common people in topic related to chemistry

Promotion and distribution of chemical knowledge in areas of education,
research, applications and developments for benefit of members and common
people.

Being center for collections of information related to chemistry for benefit to
academics and professionals in:
5.1 Sharing of knowledge, experience and thoughts among members or other
national and international chemistry related institutions
5.2 Consulting and informing people and agencies on topics related to
chemistry
5.3 Coordinating and collaborating both national and international chemistry
related institutions
5.4 Bringing expertise of members to the benefit of society and country
development

Promotion roles of chemists in:
6.1 Monitoring the chemical safety of storage, transportations, commercials,
exchange, usage and disposal of hazardous chemicals
6.2 Practicing chemical professions

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REGULATIONS

CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF THAILAND

Registered at June 24, 1970

Chapter 1

General Statement

Title: This society is named “Chemical Society of Thailand” abbreviated as C.S.T.

Office: The society’s office is at room 116, Chemistry Building, Faculty of Science,
Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Bangkok

Objectives:

The objectives of the Chemical Society are non-political attached as

stated in the followings.
3.1

Promotion of unity among fellow members and people with interest in
chemistry subject.

3.2

Promotion and monitoring of ethical practices of chemical related
professionals.

3.3

Protection of the duly right to carry out chemical profession for fellow
members and look after benefit and safety of common people in topic related
to chemistry.

3.4

Promotion and distribution of chemical knowledge in areas of education,
research, applications and developments for benefit of members and common
people.

3.5

Being center for collections of information related to chemistry for benefit to
academics and professionals in:
3.5.1 Sharing of knowledge, experience and thoughts among members or
other national and international chemistry related institutions
3.5.2 Consulting and informing people and agencies on topics related to
chemistry
3.5.3 Coordinating and collaborating both national and international
chemistry related institutions
3.5.4 Bringing expertise of members to the benefit of society and country
development

3.6

Promotion roles of chemists in:
3.6.1 Monitoring the chemical safety of storage, transportations,
commercials, exchange, usage and disposal of hazardous chemicals
3.6.2 Practicing chemical professions

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Secretariat: P.O. Box 13757, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3757, USA

TEL: 1-919-485-8700 FAX: 1-919-485-8706 EMAIL: secretariat@iupac.org

Application for

IUPAC Adhering Organization Status

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC National Adhering Organization:

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

The National Adhering Organizations are the Members of the Union.

IUPAC also offers the possibility of Associate National Adhering Organization (ANAO) status.

Guidelines/Information for becoming an IUPAC Associate National Adhering Organization:

Guidelines (i), (ii), and (iii) above apply also to the composition of ANAOs.

(iv)

ANAOs pay annual dues to IUPAC of USD 250.

(v)

The Associate National Adhering Organizations are not Members of the Union but have Observer status.

When submitting this application, the following items should be included:

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Application for IUPAC Adhering Organizations

(i)

A letter from the organization addressed to the President of IUPAC formally applying for Associate
National Adhering Organization status or National Adhering Organization Status in IUPAC.

(ii)

A copy of the Statutes & Bylaws of the organization, if they are available in English, or a summary in
English if the originals are available only in another language.

(iii)

A brief description of the goals of the organization and its significant activities.

Please return an electronic copy of the completed application and enclosures to the IUPAC Secretariat by e-mail to

secretariat@iupac.org

. Printed materials should be submitted to the above address.

For administrative use only

Submitted ______________

Check One

_x__

Applying for National Adhering Organization

Status

___ Applying for Associate National Adhering

Organization Status

Organization Name

Société Chimique de Tunisie

Country/Region that the Organization Represents

Tunisia

Address

Faculty of Science,

Chemistry Department;

2092 Tunis El Manar

Tunisia

Organization Contact to IUPAC

Will be published if application is approved

Société Chimique de Tunisie, Faculty of Science,
Chemistry Department, 2092 Tunis El Manar, Tunisia

e-mail : contact@sctunisie.org

Name of the person submitting this form

if not

the Responsible Person

(including address and e-mail)

Approximately how many members does the
organization serve?

500

Please list any publications that the
organization produces.

Journal de la Société Chimique de Tunisie

How does the organization plan to relay the
benefits of IUPAC membership to its
membership?

+/ by publishing information in the journal
+/ by sending e-mails to the members.

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Summary of The Statutes and Bylaws of

Société Chimique de Tunisie
(

written in February 14, 1978

)

=====================

1/ The aim of the ‘Société Chimique de Tunisie’ (SCT) is to promote

Science and support Education particularly in Chemistry in Tunisia. This could
be made by:

+/ the organization of scientific meetings, conferences and workshops on

chemistry and its applications.

+/ the publication and support of research in the various chemistry fields

2/ The “Société Chimique de Tunisie” is located in Tunis and could be

transferred to another place on decision of the Bureau.

3/ Any modification of the location should be acknowledged an approved

by the Administrative Authorities.

4/ The Directory Committee should inform the Administrative Authorities

of any modification in the Bureau composition within one month from the
modification date.

5/ Any modification of the statute should be acknowledged by the

Administrative Authorities. The proposed modifications, if any, can’t be
executive before approval by the Authorities.

6/ The members of SCT could be : +/ordinary members, +/ honorable

member or +/ supporting members

7/ Each member has to pay the affiliation fee

8/ The SCT is not allowed to organize events or meetings in which funds

are collected and distributed over the members

9/ Funds of SCT could come from +/ adherent affiliation fee +/ financial

donation and +/ money resulting from the organization of allowed meetings

10/ SCT is directed by a Bureau of 12 members with a +/President, +/ two

vice-Presidents, +/ a General Secretary, +/ a vice-General Secretary +/ a
Treasurer. +/ a vice-Treasurer, and 5 ordinary members.

11/ The participation in the Bureau activities is free and not retributive.

12/ The Bureau should meet regularly at least once every month, and

decisions it takes should be approved by the majority of all members.

13/ SCT is represented by its President in all circumstances, and

particularly in justice court. He also has the responsibility of executing and
coordinating the Bureau activities.

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Description of significant activities of

« Société Chimique de Tunisie »

=======================

Since 1978 the « Société Chimique de Tunisie » (SCT) has accomplished

a lot of actions in order to promote chemistry at University, Secondary School
and Industry, either by organizing meetings, seminars and workshops dedicated
to research and Education in Chemistry or by taking part in training secondary
school teachers in order to help them in teaching and performing laboratory
experimentation. SCT participated also in activities at the Arabic and African
levels.

The main activity SCT used to do is the organization of the Chemistry

National Meeting. This event gathers regularly between 350 and 400 chemists,
and takes place once every two years. The last National Meeting, the 15

one,

was organized in Hammamet, Tunisia, 21 to 24 December 2008.

In the last few years, SCT started the organization of two specific

meetings. This concerns the “Journées de Chimie Organique” (JCO) and the
“Journées de Chimie du Solide” (JCS). Each one of these events is also
organized once every two years and used to gather between 120 and 150
participants. The last JCO, the 4

one, took place in September 2006, and the

last JCO, the 3

one, was organized in November 2007.

SCT organized also workshops in collaboration with Industry in Tunisia,

on Analytical Methods, Pollution, Energy Saving and other items Industry is
interested in.

SCT participated also in the curricula commission launched by the

Education Ministry in Tunisia and took part in training secondary school
teachers in order to help them understand some concepts in Chemistry and to
make them aware of chemistry experimentation using small devices and local
materials.

SCT participated in the formation of the Arab Union of Chemists (AUC)

and the Federation of the African Chemical Societies (FASC). It also organized
the 7

meeting of AUC in Hammamet, 1983, and participated in the two

congresses of FACS, in Addis Ababa and Cairo.

SCT publishes regularly the “Journal de la Société Chimique de Tunisie”

since 1980. This Journal appears twice a year and is abstracted by CAS.

Tunis,

January,

2009.

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Report on the International Year of Chemistry 2011

Designation by the United Nations

In 2007, the IUPAC Council unanimously endorsed the plan to obtain the proclamation of
2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. Less than a year later, UNESCO's Executive
Board recommended the adoption of a resolution to that effect and agreed to support all
efforts leading the UN General Assembly to declare 2011 the International Year of
Chemistry. On 19 December 2008, the 63rd Session of the UN General Assembly took the
decision to proclaim 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. The resolution was
brought forward by Ethiopia, with the formal sponsorship of over 35 countries and the
support of many more. The text of the resolution, which was presented under the
Sustainable Development Agenda, recognizes that humankind’s understanding of the
material nature of our world is grounded, in particular, in our knowledge of chemistry. It
stresses that education in and about chemistry is critical in addressing challenges such as
global climate change, in providing sustainable sources of clean water, food and energy,
and in maintaining a wholesome environment for the wellbeing of all people. The Year will
help to draw attention to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-
2014. The year 2011, the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize in chemistry
to Mme Maria Sklodowska Curie, will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the
contribution of women to science. The Year also marks the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies (IACS), which was
succeeded by IUPAC a few years later. IACS and IUPAC were established to address the
needs for international scientific communication and cooperation among chemists by
standardizing nomenclature and terminology. For full details of the press release, see
<<

http://media.iupac.org/news/archives/2008/IYC2011_Release_081230.pdf

The UN General Assembly requested IUPAC and the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to assume the major planning
responsibilities.

Through our UNESCO link, Julia Hasler, all UNSCO regional and national offices will be
informed of UNESCO's official involvement in IYC 2011, in effect authorizing their
participation in local activities.

Meetings with Chemical Societies

The President of IUPAC has been meeting with the Presidents of national chemical
societies around the world to encourage their participation in IYC 2011. In 2008,
President Jin met with some Latin American presidents during a meeting of the Federation
of Latin American Chemical Societies (FLAQ). The opportunity was taken for a more
extensive meeting with the leaders of the American Chemical Society during the meeting in
Philadelphia in August 2008. In January 2009, the Deutscher Chemischer Gesellschaft
hosted a meeting with a group of European chemical society leaders in Frankfurt. Contact
was also made with representatives of the African and some Arabian chemical societies

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during the conference of the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry (FASC) in Cairo
in January. A further European meeting, adjacent to the IUPAC Bureau meeting in
Bratislava in April, brought together presidents and representatives of more Central and
Eastern European countries. Further meetings are planned with the Royal Society of
Chemistry in London, and with representatives of the Asian chemical societies during the
13th Asian Chemical Congress of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies (FACS) to be
held in Shanghai in September.

United Nations Contacts

In January, President Jin also met with the  Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr.
Ki-Moon Ban, to thank him for the United Nations designation of 2011 as the International
Year of Chemistry, and to discuss closer cooperation between IUPAC and UN Agencies.
In particular, it was indicated that IUPAC could most effectively work together with the
UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs (DESA), as well as UNESCO. It was
agreed that IUPAC should take steps to become an accredited Non-Governmental
Organization (NGO) of DESA. A meeting to develop future cooperation is planned.

Management and Planning

The IYC Management Committee has met several times and planning has begun in earnest.

The IYC 2011 logo design and the tag line "Chemistry - Our Life, Our Future" have been
agreed, together with guidelines for their use. A version is available as a footer attachment
for emails, and its use is encouraged.

The IYC web site <_

http://www.chemistry2011.org

http://www.chemistry2011.org/

)> is

now open and contains the prospectus for downloading. The professionally designed web
site will be expanded over the next few months to a fully functional interactive tool for
communication and collaboration.

Main areas will include an open ideas forum for

discussion of events and activities and the facility for submitting proposals for approval.
IUPAC will monitor the open area to ensure that content is consistent with the objectives
for the year. An “approved activities” area will be posted so that visitors can see the
schedule of local events and the overall program. The front page will provide details on
how to engage in the year, and identify national points of contact. It will show the global
extent of activities and the themes for the year, based partly on the core challenges for
chemistry in meeting society’s needs. The website will also offer a place for official
sponsors of IYC to display their logos and for other supporting organizations and
individuals to be identified.

So far, a number of cornerstone events are being planned. These include:

• the Inaugural Event at UNESCO in Paris, 27-28 January 2011
• the Congress and General Assembly in San Juan, August 2011
• the Closing Ceremony in Brussels in December 2011

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Also there will be a promotional reception held at PACIFICHEM in December 2010 to
publicize IYC 2011 and activate further enthusiasm.

Ideas for further events, both global and national are welcome, and for this purpose, the
World Chemistry Leadership Meeting and the Round Table Discussions held in Glasgow
will concentrate in aspects of IYC 2011.

All NAOs and ANAOs are members of the IYC Stakeholders Forum and have access to the
IYC Stakeholders Discussion Board. All NAOs and ANAOs are strongly urged to
participate with ideas, comments, and information.

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Definition of the Union

The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) (hereafter referred to as “the

Union”) is a voluntary, nongovernmental, nonprofit association of organizations each representing

the chemists of a member country, a member country being a country whose Adhering

Organization has joined the Union.

S2 Objectives

The objectives of the Union are as follows:

S2.1

to promote continuing cooperation among the chemists of the member countries;

S2.2

to study topics of international importance to pure and applied chemistry which need

standardization or codification;

S2.3

to cooperate with other international organizations that deal with topics of a chemical nature;

S2.4

to contribute to the advancement and understanding of pure and applied chemistry in all its

aspects.

S2.5

In pursuing these objectives, the Union will observe the basic policy of political nondiscrimination

and affirms the rights of chemists of any country to adhere to or to associate with international

activity in the field of chemistry without regard to race, religion, or political philosophy.

S3 Membership

S3.1

A country may join the Union through only one national organization representing its chemists.

This Adhering Organization may be a national chemical council, a national society representing

chemistry, a national academy of science, or any other institution or association of institutions

representative of national chemical interests.

S3.2

The Adhering Organizations are the Members of the Union.

S3.3

A country requesting admission to the Union shall provide full information about its proposed

Adhering Organization.

S3.4

An Adhering Organization may withdraw from the Union provided that it has fulfilled its financial

obligations, or may be removed from the Union for failure to fulfill such obligations.

S4 Organization

S4.1

The organization of the Union comprises its Council, a Bureau, an Executive Committee, Standing

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Committees, Divisions, Commissions, and other appropriate bodies as determined by the Council.

S4.2

A General Assembly of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry shall be held

normally each second year, and shall consist of a set of meetings of the Council and such other

bodies of the Union as the Bureau shall decide. Where the duration of office of Officers of the

Union, Elected Members of the Bureau, and Titular Members and Associate Members of Division

Committees, Commissions, or other bodies of the Union is referred to in these Statutes, it shall

begin on 1 January of the year following their election at a General Assembly and shall end on 31

December of the year when the appointment is due to terminate. In the filling of casual vacancies

the Bureau may authorize an appointment to Division Committees, Commissions, and other

bodies of the Union except for the Executive Committee and Bureau to begin at an intermediate

date. Any such appointment should be regarded as dating from 1 January of the year following the

previous General Assembly in respect of the period of office for Division Committees, and

Commissions. No person shall hold more than three appointments to bodies of the Union, except

at the discretion of the Bureau in respect of membership of a subcommittee or acting as an official

representative within or outside the Union.

S4.3

The official headquarters of the Union shall be in Zürich (Switzerland) until otherwise decided by

the Council. Any change in location requires the approval of two-thirds of the total number of

votes assigned to the Adhering Organizations.

S4.4

The legal domicile of the Union is accepted by Finanzdirektion des Kantons Zürich as an

Association under Swiss Law and for legal purposes the Union will act in accordance with

Articles 60 and following of the Swiss Civil Code and by the present Statutes.

Council

S5.1

The Council, to which the Bureau, Executive Committee, Standing Committees, Divisions,

Commissions, and all other bodies of the Union are responsible, is composed of the Delegations of

the Adhering Organizations. Each Delegation shall be assigned a specific number of

votes/Delegates (1-6) according to principles decided by the Council. Each Adhering Organization

shall appoint its Delegates for every Council meeting.

S5.2

Regular meetings of the Council shall take place every two years as part of a General Assembly;

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special meetings may be convened by the President of the Union and shall be convened by the

President at the request of one-third of the total number of Adhering Organizations, which shall

specify the reason for such requests.

S5.31

No decision of the Council shall be valid unless taken at a meeting of the Council at which at least

one-half of the maximum number of votes is represented.

S5.32

For all voting by the Council, abstentions shall not be recorded as votes.

S5.33

The voting procedure to be adopted is different according to whether a proposal is a scientific or

nonscientific matter. The Presiding Officer shall decide whether for the purpose of voting a matter

shall be considered to be of a scientific or nonscientific nature, and that decision shall be final. The

method of voting shall be specified in the Bylaws.

S5.34

There shall be no voting by proxy.

S5.4

Functions of the Council not mentioned in other Articles of these Statutes shall be as follows:

S5.401 to elect the Officers of the Union and the Elected Members of the Bureau;

S5.402 to discuss and determine the general policy of the Union;

S5.403 to approve the Bylaws of the Union and changes therein;

S5.404 to approve the terms of reference of the Bureau, Executive Committee, Standing Committees,

Divisions, Commissions, and all other bodies of the Union as prescribed in the Statutes and

Bylaws;

S5.405 to determine every four years, the one language in which the official records of the meetings of the

Council, Bureau, and Executive Committee shall be kept and published;

S5.406 to receive and consider reports

(i)

by the President on the state of the Union,

(ii)

by the Bureau, Executive Committee, Division Presidents, and other bodies of the Union;

S5.407 to ratify decisions taken by the Bureau and Executive Committee between General Assemblies;

S5.408 to consider and adopt or reject the accounts of the Union;

S5.409 to examine and establish the budget of the Union for the next two financial years;

S5.410 to determine the dates and place of General Assemblies;

S5.411 to take such other actions as are required in the exercise of its authority under the Statutes and

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Bylaws.

S5.5

The official text of a report shall be in the official language of the Union.

S6 Officers

S6.1

The Officers of the Union shall be the President, the Vice-President, the Past-President, the

Secretary General, and the Treasurer.

S6.21

The President shall hold office for two years and shall not be reelected.

S6.22

The President is the administrative head of the Union, shall preside at the meetings of the Council,

of the Bureau, and of the Executive Committee and shall be

ex officio

a member of all bodies of

the Union. The President may delegate power as chief representative of the Union and to preside

at meetings to the Vice-President, to another Officer of the Union, or to an Elected Member of the

Bureau. When neither the President nor the Vice-President is able to perform the functions of the

office of President, the immediate Past-President or, if absent, an Elected Member of the Bureau,

chosen by the Bureau, shall assume temporarily the office of President.

S6.23

The President shall submit to each regular meeting of the Council a report on the general state of

the Union.

S6.31

The Vice-President, designated as President-Elect, shall assume the office of President in the event

of the President being unable to perform the functions of that office, without prejudice to the

forthcoming period of office as President.

S6.32 The

Vice-President

shall submit to the Bureau a critical assessment of the programs and the

projects of all IUPAC bodies.

S6.41

The Secretary General shall carry out the business of the Union as specified by the Council, by the

Bureau, by the Executive Committee, or by the President, and be responsible for keeping its

records and for the administration of the Secretariat.

S6.42 The Secretary General shall be elected for four years and be eligible for reelection up to a

maximum of a further four years.

S6.51 The Treasurer shall be responsible for the accounts of the Union, shall prepare a budget for

approval of the Bureau and the Council, shall approve expenditures from the funds of the Union,

and, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, shall be responsible for the investment

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and custody of the funds of the Union. The Treasurer shall ensure that an appropriate record of all

financial authorities and transactions is maintained.

S6.52

The Treasurer shall be elected for four years and be eligible for reelection up to a maximum of a

further four years.

S6.6

To assist in the administration of the business of the Union, the Executive Committee shall

appoint an Executive Director responsible to the President and Executive Committee (Bureau,

Council) through the Secretary General and in financial matters through the Treasurer.

S6.7

The Secretariat shall consist of an Executive Director and any such other staff as approved by the

Executive Committee.

S6.8

The Council shall establish a Bureau to act for the Union during intervals between meetings of the

Council, except on matters specifically excluded from its delegated authority.

S6.9

The Council shall establish Standing Committees to advise the President and the Executive

Committee; such bodies shall include a Finance Committee.

S7 Bureau

S7.1

The Bureau shall normally meet once a year and at other times when the President considers it to

be desirable. In a year when the General Assembly meets, a meeting of the Bureau shall take place

during the General Assembly.

S7.2

The Bureau shall consist of the President, the Vice-President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer,

the immediate Past-President, and Presidents of Divisions, together with not less than ten other

members elected by the Council who shall be known as Elected Members. The period of service

of these Elected Members of the Bureau shall be four years. The periods of service shall be

arranged in such a way as to ensure continuity. These Elected Members are eligible for reelection

to the same office for one more period of four years. No President of a Division may be

simultaneously an Elected Member of the Bureau. Unless exceptional circumstances are

established and special permission of the Council is granted, no Adhering Organization shall have

more than one Elected Member on the Bureau, and the principle of fair geographical

representation of Members shall be taken into account. The Council shall specify those bodies of

the Union whose Chairs shall also be designated Members of the Bureau; such Members shall

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have full voting powers.

S7.3

In case of an emergency which prevents the holding of elections, the Officers of the Union, the

Elected Members of the Bureau, and the Presidents of the Divisions will continue to serve until

statutory elections can be held.

S7.4

The principal duties of the Bureau, subject always to the Statutes and Bylaws, are as follows:

S7.41

to ensure the strict observance of Statutes and Bylaws;

S7.42

to prepare the agenda for meetings of the Council and in particular to make provision for elections;

S7.43

to make recommendations thereon to the Council;

S7.44

to attend the meetings of the Council;

S7.45

to implement the decisions of the Council and execute the program of the Union as directed by the

Council;

S7.46

to take steps to ensure that International Congresses of Pure and Applied Chemistry are held;

S7.47 to take decisions about the holding of scientific meetings as proposed by the Division and

Standing Committees;

S7.48

to take all other steps necessary for the good conduct of the affairs of the Union.

S7.5

The Bureau may neither elect Officers of the Union nor admit nor remove Members of the Union,

but it may fill temporarily vacancies among the Officers pending the next regular meeting of the

Council, when the Council shall fill such vacancies.

S7.6

The Bureau may fill casual vacancies in accordance with Statute 4.2.

S7.7

The Bureau shall establish an Executive Committee to act for it in ensuring an orderly discharge of

the functions of the Union.

S8 Executive

Committee

S8.1

The Executive Committee may formulate standing orders to facilitate its discharge of the

foregoing functions.

S8.2

The Executive Committee shall be limited to eight members and shall include the President, the

Vice-President, the Secretary General, the Treasurer, and the immediate Past-President. The other

members shall be elected by the Bureau from among its Elected Members

The period of service

of an Elected Member shall be four years or until the end of the term as a Bureau Member,

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whichever is the shorter. An Elected Member is eligible for reelection to the same office for one

more period of four years. Terms of office shall be arranged such as to ensure continuity.

S9 Finance

S9.1

Each Adhering Organization shall pay an annual subscription to the Union, due 1 January and

payable before 31 December in each year. The minimum amount of this annual subscription shall

be decided from time to time by the Council.

S9.2

Any Adhering Organization in arrears with its subscription for a period of twelve months from the

due date, shall be warned, shall be deprived of its voting rights, and all publications of the Union

shall be withheld from it. Any Adhering Organization in arrears for a period of twenty-four

months from the due date shall automatically cease to be a Member of the Union. Partial payment

of the subscription shall be regarded as nonpayment, unless the Union exceptionally waives the

outstanding subscription. Membership of bodies of the Union of all persons belonging to an

Adhering Organization, which ceases to be a Member, shall continue at the discretion of the

Bureau to the end of the period of service.

S9.3

Any Adhering Organization that shall withdraw (see also Statute 3.4) or cease for any reason to be

a Member of the Union shall forfeit claims upon the funds of the Union.

S9.41

In addition to the annual subscription, the Union may receive financial contributions from other

sources, such as gifts, bequests, and legacies. The Executive Committee may set up any auxiliary

bodies to the Union that will enable such financial contribution to be received.

S9.42 None of the constituent bodies of the Union (e.g., a Division) may solicit funds for Union

purposes from organizations other than the Union until the specific approval of the Bureau of the

Union has been obtained. The disposal of any such funds shall be only with the approval of the

Bureau.

S9.51

Any expenditure from the funds of the Union shall require authorization from the Treasurer, acting

on behalf of the Bureau. The Treasurer may delegate to the Executive Director the expenditure of

limited amounts from the funds of the Union.

S9.52 Members of IUPAC bodies may receive contributions towards travel and subsistence expenses

from funds of the Union, as authorized by the Treasurer. The Bureau shall establish procedures

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and guidelines for the approval of such expenses.

S10

Divisions and Commissions

S10.1

The scientific work of the Union shall be undertaken by the Divisions, which shall be responsible

to the Bureau and which shall represent within the Union the branches of chemistry indicated by

their Divisional titles, and by such other bodies as are appointed by the Council.

S10.2

Divisions may be created and existing ones may be dissolved or modified by the Council. The

initial Members of Division Committees shall be appointed by the Council.

S10.3

The procedures of each Division shall be governed by the Bylaws but a Division may also adopt

rules which shall be in accord with the general policy of the Union, its Statutes and Bylaws, and

which shall be subject to the approval of the Council.

S10.4

Each Division may include such Commissions as are approved by the Council.

S10.5 Joint Commissions between Divisions and/or Joint Commissions between the Union and other

international scientific bodies may be attached to one of the Divisions or to the Bureau of the

Union as decided by the Council. Rules for such joint bodies shall, if necessary, be set up by the

Division Committee or by the Bureau, as the Bureau shall decide.

S10.6 A Division Committee may appoint such subcommittees as are appropriate to the work of the

Division and its Commissions.

S11

Standing Committees

Standing orders for these committees shall be determined by Council. Members shall be

appointed by the President of the Union.

S12

Attendance at meetings

Attendance at meetings of bodies of the Union shall be restricted to members of those bodies and

observers as approved by the meeting Chair. The names of approved observers shall be

communicated to the Secretary General via the Secretariat.

S13 Associated

Organizations

The Council may decide to associate with existing international organizations whose aims and

activities are in harmony with those of the Union. Their international scope of activities, with no a

priori limitation to a part of the world, shall be explicit in their title or statutes. In the case of

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apparent competition with another international organization already associated with IUPAC, the

Council shall make a choice and decide with which organization IUPAC wishes to be associated,

while avoiding to associate with both at the same time. These organizations shall then be known as

Associated Organizations of the Union.

S14 Company

Associates

Organizations such as industrial companies, research and development institutions and

laboratories, scientific societies, or any other bodies interested in the activities of the Union may

become associated with it as Company Associates. The conditions under which such association

shall occur or continue, including the determination of the minimum amount of annual

subscription or donation, shall be decided by the Council on the recommendation of the Bureau.

S15

Congresses and Other Scientific Meetings

S15.1

At suitable intervals, International Congresses of Pure and Applied Chemistry shall be organized

under the auspices of the Union. These Congresses shall comprise one or more branches of

chemistry represented by the Divisions of the Union. The Council shall approve the scope of each

Congress on the recommendation of the host country, with a view to achieving, by suitable

rotation, the coverage of all branches of pure and applied chemistry. The Council shall also decide

upon the place and dates of the Congress. The arrangements for such a Congress shall be entrusted

to a committee set up in the host country. This committee shall cooperate with the Bureau, the

Officers of the Union, and the appropriate Division and Standing Committees.

S15.2 Cooperation of the Union in the organization of a Congress shall not involve the Union in

financial responsibility.

S15.3

The Council may organize other scientific meetings or may offer the collaboration of the Union in

the planning and arrangement of scientific meetings initiated by other organizations.

S16

Adoption, Changes, and Interpretation of Statutes

S16.1

The Statutes shall take effect immediately after their adoption by the Council.

S16.2 The English text of the Statutes shall be used exclusively as the authorized text for the

interpretation of the Articles of the Statutes and Bylaws, but the Council may approve the Issue by

the Union of versions in other languages.

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S16.3

Changes in the Statutes may be proposed by the Bureau or any Adhering Organization. Notice of

changes so proposed shall reach the Secretary General via the Secretariat in writing at least six

months before the meeting of the Council at which the proposal is to be considered. No change

shall be made except at a meeting of the Council and with the approval of two-thirds of the total

number of votes assigned to the Adhering Organizations.

S16.4

In all cases where the Statutes are not clear or do not give a decision, the President’s ruling shall

be decisive.

S17 Duration

The Union shall not be dissolved except at a meeting of the Council convened specifically for this

purpose by notice given three months in advance. At such a meeting, more than three-quarters of

the maximum possible number of votes of the Adhering Organizations must be represented and

cast, and two-thirds of the votes recorded shall be required for dissolution. If three-quarters of the

maximum possible number of votes are not represented, the Council shall be convened again after

a period of at least six months and at this second meeting the Union may be dissolved if the

proposal for dissolution receives two-thirds of the votes recorded. In the case of dissolution of the

Union, the Council shall appoint three trustees to carry out the liquidation of the assets of the

Union. The net assets shall be transferred to one or more international scientific organizations.

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Membership (cf. Statute 3)

A request of a country for admission to the Union can be received in writing, together with the

appropriate documentation, by the Secretary General via the Secretariat at any time. It will then

be considered by the Executive Committee , Bureau, or Council, whichever meets next after the

application has been received, and if approved, membership shall begin on 1 January of the

following year, provided that payment of that year's dues are received. The admission of a new

Member approved by the Executive Committee or Bureau must be ratified by Council at its

next regular meeting. If payment has been received of the dues for the current year, Council

may allow a newly admitted NAO to vote at the current Council meeting, on all items after the

ratification of membership.

Voting Procedure in Council (cf. Statute 5)

B2.1 Scientific

Matters

B2.11

Recommendations of a scientific nature received from Divisions, or other bodies of the Union,

shall be the responsibility of the Council. The Council may adopt them by a simple majority of

personal votes cast by the Delegates present at a regular meeting. Between such meetings, the

Bureau may act on behalf of the Council in these matters. The Bureau shall establish

procedures for approval of recommendations in nomenclature, symbols, terminology, and

conventions.

B2.12

Postal and electronically submitted ballots on scientific matters may be conducted in

accordance with a procedure to be determined by the Bureau for each ballot.

B2.2 Nonscientific

Matters

Voting on nonscientific matters shall be by Delegations, each Delegation being entitled to cast

the number of assigned votes. All the votes to which the Adhering Organization is entitled shall

be cast in the same sense.

B2.21

Admission and Removal of Members

Admission of Members shall be by a simple majority of votes recorded at a regular meeting of

the Council. Removal of an Adhering Organization shall be valid only if at least three-quarters

of the votes recorded at a regular meeting of the Council are cast in favor of such removal. Any

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reassignment approved by the Council shall become effective on 1 January of the following

year.

B.2.22 Elections

For election of Officers of the Union and Elected Members of the Bureau the following rules

shall apply:

B2.221

Nominations may be made by the Adhering Organizations. These nominations must be

received in writing by the Secretary General via the Secretariat at least two months before the

beginning of the meeting of the Council at which the elections will take place. They must

indicate clearly the position for which each candidate is nominated and shall be accompanied

by a biographical note on each candidate.

B2.222

The Bureau shall discuss the nominations made by the Adhering Organizations at a meeting

prior to the meeting of the Council at which the elections are to take place. It has the right to

make additional nominations for which information shall be provided. When the number of

nominations exceeds the number of vacancies, the Bureau may make recommendations to the

Council for filling the vacancies. These recommendations are not binding on the Council.

The officers of the Union and the Elected Members of the Bureau, as defined by the Statutes,

shall be elected at a regular meeting of the Council by a written and secret ballot, a simple

majority of the votes recorded being required for election. The election for each officer shall be

held separately. If no nominee receives a majority on the first ballot, the nominee receiving the

smallest number of votes shall be eliminated from the next ballot and successive ballots shall

be held until a nominee receives a simple majority of the votes recorded or there are only two

nominees on which to vote. If two nominees get an equal number of votes, the Presiding

Officer, after consultation with the Executive Committee, shall cast the deciding vote.

For election of Elected Members of the Bureau, the nominees receiving the highest number of

votes shall be elected to the vacancies, provided that the number of votes cast for each such

nominee shall be a majority of the total votes cast per vacancy. If fewer nominees than the

vacancies receive a majority of such votes cast, then those receiving a majority shall be

declared elected and a second ballot conducted among the remaining nominees for the

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remaining vacancies. If, in this second ballot, no nominee receives a majority, the nominee

receiving the smallest number of votes shall be eliminated from the next ballot and successive

ballots conducted until all vacancies are filled. In each ballot, the number of names on ballot

papers submitted by each Delegation shall be no more and no less than the number of vacancies

outstanding at the conclusion of the previous ballot.

B2.23 Other

Nonscientific

Matters

Proposals on other nonscientific matters, after consideration, may be adopted without a formal

vote unless objections are raised, when a vote shall be taken. Unless specifically stipulated

otherwise in the Statutes and Bylaws, a simple majority of the votes recorded shall be required

for adoption.

B2.24

Postal and Electronically Transmitted Ballots

Postal and electronically transmitted ballots on nonscientific matters may be conducted in

accordance with a procedure described below, each Adhering Organization being entitled to

cast the number of assigned votes, provided always that decisions on admission and removal of

Members [(B2.21) above] and elections [(B2.22) above], the location of the official

headquarters of the Union, changes in Statutes and Bylaws, and the dissolution of the Union are

excluded from such postal and electronically transmitted ballots. Decisions reached by postal

and electronically submitted ballot on nonscientific matters shall be subject to ratification by

the Council at its next meeting. In postal and electronically submitted ballots on nonscientific

matters, only those votes shall be valid which are received within four months from the date of

mailing of the request for voting. Action shall only be taken if more than one-half of the

maximum possible number of votes has been received at that date. A simple majority of the

votes shall be required for a decision.

B2.25

Additions to Council Agenda

Matters to be considered at a meeting of the Council must appear on the agenda of that

meeting, which shall be sent to the Adhering Organizations at least four months before the

meeting is to be held. However, in case of urgency, a question may be added to the agenda with

the consent of at least three-quarters of the Delegates present at the meeting. Modification of

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the Statutes or Bylaws, admission or removal of Members, and elections of Officers or Elected

Members of the Bureau, are excluded from this procedure.

Divisions and Commissions (cf. Statute 10)

B3.1 Division

Committees

B3.101

Each Division shall be administered by a Division Committee consisting of Titular Members,

Associate Members, and National Representatives with appropriate expertise.

B3.102

The Titular Members, Associate Members, and National Representatives of a Division

Committee and of Commissions within a Division shall together form the Membership of the

Division.

B3.103

The Division Committee shall be the organ of liaison between the Bureau on the one hand and

the various bodies constituting the Division on the other hand.

B3.104

The Titular Members of each Division Committee shall be chosen by an electorate comprising

the Titular Members, Associate Members and National Representatives on the Division

Committee, together with the members or officers of such other bodies within the Division that

the Bureau may specify. The number of Titular Members shall not exceed ten unless otherwise

determined by the Bureau. The term of service of a Titular Member shall be not more than four

consecutive years, but shall cease on election as an Officer. The Vice-President and the

President of a Division shall not hold these respective offices for more than four consecutive

years; the Secretary of a Division shall serve for four consecutive years and be eligible for

reelection up to a maximum of a further four years. Exceptional circumstances must be

established and special permission of the Bureau granted for Titular or Associate Membership

of the same or more than one Division Committee beyond a total of twelve years of total

Titular and Associate Membership, whether the Memberships are consecutive or not.

The immediate Past-President of the Division shall be one of the Titular Members of the

Division Committee for a period of two years. In addition to these Titular Members, the

President, Vice-President, Past-President, Secretary General, and Treasurer of the Union shall

ex officio

Members of all Division Committees.

The number of Associate Members, who shall have full voting rights, shall not exceed six. The

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term of service of an Associate Member shall be two years, with the possibility of reelection

consecutively for two more years only.

A newly elected Titular Member, Associate Member, or National Representative of a Division

Committee shall assume office only after approval by the Bureau or Executive Committee.

The Adhering Organization with which the Titular Member or Associate Member is connected

shall be notified of the appointment.

A Division Committee may elect no more than ten National Representatives on the nomination

of Adhering Organizations, with no more than one representative from a given Adhering

Organization. The term of a National Representative, who shall have full voting rights, shall be

two years, with the possibility of re-nomination and re-election consecutively for only two

more years. Exceptional circumstances must be established and special permission obtained

from the Bureau for the election of a National Representative from a country already

represented on the Committee by a Titular or Associate Member.

B3.105

The Division Committee shall elect from among its existing and, subject to confirmation, new

Titular Members a President, a Vice President designated as President-Elect, and a Secretary.

These elections shall be subject to approval by the Council.

B3.106

The Division Committee may form a Division Executive Committee, consisting of the

President, the Vice-President designated as President-Elect, and the Secretary of the Division,

to carry out the necessary administrative duties between meetings of the Division Committee.

B3.107

The functions of the Division Committee shall be as follows:

B3.1071 to initiate, approve, and manage projects;

B3.1072 to plan and organize scientific meetings and engage in other activities that are deemed useful in

furthering the objectives of the Division; this includes the approval of Union sponsorship of

scientific meetings;

B3.1073 to manage a budget for a Division in accordance with a procedure to be prescribed by the

Treasurer;

B3.1074 to advise the Bureau for recommendations to the Council on scientific matters;

B3.1075

to propose to the Council through the Bureau the establishment of Commissions to be attached

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to it and to appoint the membership and the initial officers of these, the appointments having to

be approved by the Council;

B3.1076

to propose to the Council through the Bureau the dissolution of existing Commissions when

required;

B3.1077

to supervise the work of its Commissions and other bodies.

B3.108

The Division Committee shall meet at least every two years, during a General Assembly.

B3.109

Decisions of the Division Committee must receive the approval of the Bureau when they would

have financial consequences involving the budget of the Union. In addition, in order to ensure

the fullest coordination between the activities of all the Divisions, the Secretary General via the

Secretariat shall be informed of all other decisions taken by the Division Committee.

B3.110

At a General Assembly, the Division President shall report to the Council on the activities of

the Division since the last General Assembly. In a year in which a General Assembly is not

held, the Division President shall present to the Division Committee and to the Bureau a written

report on the activities of the Division since the last General Assembly.

B3.111

Each Division shall make provision for the conduct of the work of its Commissions and other

bodies. Such provision, which must receive the approval of the Bureau, may be incorporated in

Divisional rules.

B3.2

Annual Meeting of Division Presidents

A meeting of the Division Presidents shall be held each year. At this meeting, topics that are of

interest for cooperation between the Divisions or between the Divisions on the one hand and

the Council, the Bureau, and the Executive Committee on the other hand shall be discussed and

the meeting may make recommendations to the Bureau.

The meeting shall be presided over by one of the Division Presidents elected for this task at the

previous meeting. The Secretary General shall be invited to attend.

B3.3 Commissions

B3.301

On the recommendation of a Division Committee, through the Bureau, the Council may create

a Commission of the Division. Each Commission shall have as its objective the study of topics

of international scientific or technical significance requiring agreement, standardization, or

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codification in some aspect of pure or applied chemistry. The terms of reference of a new

Commission shall be clearly described and approved by the Council. If a Division Committee

wishes to create a Commission, it must apply to the Bureau for the appointment of an ad hoc

committee of three persons who shall study the question and then report back to the Bureau.

This report, if favorable to the creation of a new body, shall contain an indication as to the

probable duration of the life of the new body and an estimate of its annual cost.

B3.302

At each General Assembly, the Council shall, in the light of the Division President’s report and

on the recommendation of the Bureau, decide whether or not to continue each Commission.

B3.303

Each scientific and technical Commission shall be composed entirely of specialists. They may

consist of Titular Members, Associate Members, and National Representatives, who all shall

have full voting rights.

Each Commission shall elect from among its existing and, subject to confirmation, new Titular

Members by a simple majority a Chair, a Secretary, and, if desired, also a Vice-Chair. These

elections are subject to approval by the Bureau.

B3.304 The

Membership

of each new Commission is determined by the Council. Thereafter, both

Titular Members and Associate Members may be nominated by the Commission but shall

assume office only after approval by the Division Committee and by the Bureau or Executive

Committee. The terms of service of Titular Members and Associate Members shall be two

years, with the possibility of reelection for two years of Membership up to a maximum of eight

years. The sum of the years of service as a Titular Member, including service as Chair, Vice-

Chair, or Secretary, shall not exceed a total of ten years, whether these are consecutive or not,

and further appointment thereafter as an Associate Member shall be for two years only. The

rotation of a person through alternate periods of Associate, Titular, and Associate Membership

may be permitted to a total of twelve years. Exceptional circumstances must be established and

special permission of the Bureau granted for:

(i)

the reappointment as a Titular Member of a person who has served eight years as a

Titular Member, whether these are consecutive or not. The extension shall be for a

period of two years.

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(ii)

the rotation of a person through alternate periods of Titular and Associate

Membership beyond a total of twelve years, whether these are consecutive or not.

The extension shall be for a period of two years.

(iii)

membership in any capacity, other than that of National Representative, of one or

more Commissions of a Division or of different Divisions beyond a total of twelve

years, whether these are consecutive or not. The extension shall be for a period of

two years.

(iv)

the replacement by a Division President between General Assemblies of a Member

of a Commission.

The number of Titular Members, Associate Members, and National Representatives of each

Commission shall not exceed eight. Titular Members, Associate Members, and National

Representatives shall be authorities in the field covered by the Commission and shall be so

recognized by their Adhering Organizations. Before submitting their names for election, the

Chair of the Commission shall explain to them their duties, and they shall agree to undertake

them if they are elected.

The choice of a Titular Member or an Associate Member by a Commission may take place

either during a meeting of the Commission or by correspondence. The nomination shall then be

submitted via the Division Committee to the Secretary General via the Secretariat for approval

by the Bureau or Executive Committee. The Adhering Organization with which the Titular

Member or Associate Member is connected shall be notified of the appointment.

B3.305

National Representatives may be nominated by the various Adhering Organizations and

approved by the Commission; such representation shall not be permitted if the Commission

already has a Titular or Associate Member from that Organization, unless exceptional

circumstances are established and special permission is granted by the Bureau. Such

representation shall lapse at the conclusion of the next General Assembly unless the person is

re-nominated by his Adhering Organization and re-approved by the Commission.

Reappointment of National Representatives beyond a total of twelve years service, whether

these are consecutive or not, requires that special circumstances should be established by the

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Adhering Organization. The names of these National Representatives shall be communicated

to the Secretary General via the Secretariat by the Chair of the Commission concerned.

B3.306

The Division President shall be

ex officio

a member of all the Commissions attached to the

Division.

B3.307

A Commission may propose to the Division Committee the establishment of subcommittees

with responsibility for designated functions within the scope of the Commission.

B3.308

A meeting of a Commission can be financed only upon authorization of the Treasurer after

recommendation by the appropriate Division Committee.

B3.309

The Chair of a Commission shall each year present to the Division Committee a written report

on the activities of the Commission, outlining the results obtained and indicating any new work

that is to be undertaken.

B3.310

All reports of Commissions shall be forwarded via the Division Committee to the Bureau, and

then submitted to the Council if required by Bylaw 2.11.

Associated Organizations (cf. Statute 13)

B4.1

The Bureau, having satisfied itself that the claims and activities of an organization seeking to

become an Associated Organization of the Union are in accordance with Statute 13, may

recommend acceptance to associate membership by the Council provided that:

(i)

the period of existence of the applicant organization has been adequate to establish

its stability and the quality of its activities;

(ii)

the statutes and bylaws of the organization do not conflict with the Statutes and

Bylaws;

(iii)

the activities of the organization neither duplicate nor are in conflict with the

legitimate functions of the Union, such as standardization, codification, or other

matters of scientific importance.

B4.2

The Union shall invite Associated Organizations to send representatives to its General

Assembly and to relevant meetings of IUPAC bodies when joint sponsorship of meetings or

other joint activities may be discussed.

B4.3

The Union shall offer assistance in publicizing meetings of Associated Organizations.

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B4.4

The Union shall present to Associated Organizations such particulars as are decided by the

Officers of the Union to be relevant to joint activities.

B4.5

The continuation of membership of each Associated Organization shall be reviewed by the

Council every four years.

Adoption, Changes, and Interpretation of Bylaws

B5.1

The Bylaws shall take effect immediately after their adoption by the Council.

B5.2

Changes in the Bylaws may be proposed by the Bureau or by any Adhering Organization.

Notice of changes so proposed shall reach the Secretary General via the Secretariat in writing at

least six months before the meeting of the Council at which the proposal is to be considered. A

change shall be made only if more than one-half of the total number of votes assigned to the

Adhering Organizations are cast in favor of such a change.

B5.3

In all cases where the bylaws are not clear or do not give a decision, the President’s Ruling

shall be decisive.

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Recommendations on Nomenclature and Symbols

Robin K. Harris, Edwin D. Becker, Sonia M. Cabral de Menezes, Pierre Granger, Roy E.
Hoffman and Kurt W. Zilm;

Further conventions for NMR shielding and chemical shifts (IUPAC

Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80, Issue 1, p. 59

Ernö Lindner and Yoshio Umezawa;

Performance evaluation criteria for preparation and

measurement of macro- and microfabricated ion-selective electrodes (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue 1, p. 85

Werner Kördel, Hans Egli and Michael Klein;

Transport of pesticides via macropores (IUPAC

Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue 1, p. 105

Peter Mahaffy, Anthony Ashmore, Bob Bucat, Choon Do and Megan Rosborough;

Chemists and

"the public": IUPAC's role in achieving mutual understanding (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol.

80, Issue 1, p. 161

Mahdi Balali-Mood, Pieter S. Steyn, Leiv K. Sydnes and Ralf Trapp;

Impact of scientific

developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue

1, p. 175

W. Mormann and K.-H. Hellwich;

Structure-based nomenclature for cyclic organic

macromolecules (IUPAC Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80, Issue 2, p. 201

Heinz Gamsjäger, John W. Lorimer, Pirketta Scharlin and David G. Shaw;

Glossary of terms

related to solubility (IUPAC Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80, Issue 2, p. 233

Jonathan Brecher;

Graphical representation standards for chemical structure diagrams (IUPAC

Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80, Issue 2, p. 277

Michael Schwenk, Reinhild Klein and Douglas M. Templeton;

Lymphocyte subpopulations in

human exposure to metals (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue 6, p. 1349

Frederick P. Schwarz, Timm Reinisch, Hans-Jürgen Hinz and Avadhesha Surolia;

Recommendations on measurement and analysis of results obtained on biological substances
using isothermal titration calorimetry (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue 9, p. 2025

Andrey Yerin, Edward S. Wilks, Gerard P. Moss and Akira Harada

Nomenclature for rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80,

Issue 9, p. 2041

Stanis

aw Penczek and Graeme Moad;

Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics,

and mechanisms of polymerization (IUPAC Recommendations 2008);

Vol. 80, Issue 10, p. 2163

M. Mosihuzzaman and M. Iqbal Choudhary;

Protocols on safety, efficacy, standardization, and

documentation of herbal medicine (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 80, Issue 10, p. 2195

Michael Schwenk, Reinhild Klein and Douglas M. Templeton;

Immunological effects of mercury

(IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 81, Issue 1, p. 153

Giovanni Balducci, Andrea Ciccioli, Giovanni de Maria, Fiqiri Hoda and Gerd M. Rosenblatt;

Teaching high-temperature materials chemistry at university (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol.

81, Issue 2, p. 299

Dick J. Dijkstra;

Guidelines for rheological characterization of polyamide melts (IUPAC

Technical Report);

Vol. 81, Issue 2, p. 339

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Recommendations on Nomenclature and Symbols

Robert F. T. Stepto;

Dispersity in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 2009);

Vol. 81,

Issue 2, p. 351

Alain Berthod, Tatyana Maryutina, Boris Spivakov, Oleg Shpigun and Ian A. Sutherland;

Countercurrent chromatography in analytical chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 81,

Issue 2, p. 355

Kenneth N. Marsh, Joan F. Brennecke, Robert D. Chirico, Michael Frenkel, Andreas Heintz,
Joseph W. Magee, Cor J. Peters, Luis Paulo N. Rebelo and Kenneth R. Seddon;

Thermodynamic

and thermophysical properties of the reference ionic liquid: 1-Hexyl-3-methylimidazolium
bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide (including mixtures). Part 1. Experimental methods and
results (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 81, Issue 5, p. 781

Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Joseph W. Magee, Michael Frenkel and Kenneth N. Marsh;

Thermodynamic and thermophysical properties of the reference ionic liquid: 1-Hexyl-3-
methylimidazolium bis[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide (including mixtures). Part 2. Critical
evaluation and recommended property values (IUPAC Technical Report);

Vol. 81, Issue 5, p.

791

Monica Nordberg, Douglas M. Templeton, Ole Andersen and John Henderson Duffus;

Glossary

of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009);

Vol. 81, Issue 5, p. 829

Eli Breuer, Mukund Shankar Chorghade, János Fischer and Gershon Golomb;

Glossary of terms

related to pharmaceutics (IUPAC Recommendations 2009);

Vol. 81, Issue 5, p. 971

Máximo Barón, Karl-Heinz Hellwich, Michael Hess, Kazuyuki Horie, Aubrey D. Jenkins,
Richard G. Jones, Jaroslav Kahovec, Pavel Kratochvíl, W. Val Metanomski, Werner Mormann,
Robert F. T. Stepto, Ji

í Vohlídal and Edward S. Wilks;

Glossary of class names of polymers

based on chemical structure and molecular architecture (IUPAC Recommendations 2009);

Vol.

81, Issue 6, p. 1131

Robert C. Barber, Heinz W. Gäggeler, Paul J. Karol, Hiromichi Nakahara, Emanuele Vardaci
and Erich Vogt;

Discovery of the element with atomic number 112 (IUPAC Technical Report)

Published online 2009-05-25

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IUPAC DIVISION I: PHYSICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

REPORT TO COUNCIL for the biennium 2008-2009

Michel J. Rossi

President

May 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary and Highlights

II.

Activities of Division I within the IUPAC Framework and its Goals

III.

Projects with Updated Progress Reports

A. Current projects

B. Projects recently completed and/or near completion

C. Other interdivisional projects

D. Projects in review

IV.

Tabular Material

A. List of publications since 2000

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND HIGHLIGHTS

The Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division (PBCD) has continued its activities in both
physical and biophysical chemistry according to the charter the division. The composition of
the Division Committee is chosen to cover all different areas of physical and biophysical
chemistry and identify areas to which the division can make new contributions.

For the biennium 2008-09, the Division has 24 projects running, 8 nearing completion or
recently completed, and 7 on-going interdivisional. This total compares with 26 for the 2006-
07 and 28 for the 2004-05 biennium, representing a slight reduction as the Division continues
to focus its efforts on fewer but better funded projects. The erosion of the US $ may also
explain some of the decrease. These projects encompass different areas of physical and
biophysical chemistry. Each project has a monitor who is a member of the Division
Committee and is responsible for overseeing its running, whether or not it adheres to the
timeline and helping to solve any difficulties which may arise. Many of the projects have
resulted in publications even before they are completed, and new and on-going projects have
been briefly described in articles in Chemistry International. A cumulative list of publications
is presented in Section IV of this report.

Details of the current slate of projects are to be found in Section III of this report.

The focal points of the activities of Division I for the biennium 2008-09 are as follows:
(1)

The publication of the third edition of the Green Book

(project no.

110/2/81;

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/110-2-81

), resulting from the activities of the Subcommittee on

Symbols, Terminology and Units in Physical Chemistry, was published just on time for the
GA in Torino (August 2007) and was met with great acclaim with 782 copies sold as of April
2009. This long-term effort has to be understood as a service to the chemistry community at
large as the royalties benefitting IUPAC (10% of net revenue from book sales) do not cover
the investment in the project by far. Building on this success, Division I supports two follow-
on projects: (a) the underwriting of a

student edition

of the Green Book (project no.

2007-

032-1-100;

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-032-1-100

), and (b) the

preparation of the

translation

of the Green Book into six languages (German, French, Italian, Turkish,

Japanese, Portuguese) (project no.

2008-007-3-100;

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2008-007-

3-100

). IUPAC does not support the translation per se, only the preparations in order to

minimize errors in translation. This guarantees a virtually errorless translation and
transcription of the symbols, formulas and units into a foreign language. Other languages into
which the Green Book should be translated in high priority would be Spanish, Chinese and
Russian. It remains to be seen to what extent the web may be involved in the dissemination
of the content of the Green Book, either in its full version or as an abridged version of the
forthcoming student edition.

(2)

Creation and Maintenance

of Physical and Biophysical

Data Bases

that are

critically

evaluated

are seen as one of the core activities of IUPAC. Much has been said in the past

about the difference between a mere compilation (collation) of data and a critically evaluated
data base comprising rational recommendations that are discussed and decided upon by a
recognized international panel of experts. In the following “Data Base” is understood as
being critically evaluated because in our experience it is this kind of data that the user
increasingly demands. These activities are seen as central to the activity of Division I,
especially in the long term. Five examples may be given: (a) the Atmospheric Chemistry

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data base spanning all atmospheric processes except in the liquid phase (cloud and fog
chemistry) (original project no.

141/3/89 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/141-3-89

)

, follow-on

projects no.

1999-037-2-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/1999-037-2-100

) and following,

the latest one being 2007-001-2-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-001-2-100

)

performed by the Subcommittee on the Evaluation of Kinetic Data for Atmospheric
Chemistry, (b) the H

O spectroscopic data base regarding line positions and line strengths of

all known isotopomers of H

O (project no.

2004-035-1-100

(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2004-035-1-100

)

), (c) the Comparison of Experimental and

Theoretical Heats of Formation of Free Radicals and Reactive Transients (project no.

140/9/97

(http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/140-9-97

), 2000-013-1-100

(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2000-013-1-100

)

), (d) Evaluated Kinetic Data for Combustion

Modeling (project no. 140/6/93 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/140-6-93

), 2005-036-1-100

(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2005-036-1-100

)) and the Standard Potentials of free radicals

in solution (

project No. 2001-015-1-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2001-015-1-100

)

). In

terms of practical needs by the chemistry community several data bases might be of interest
some time in the near future, among them a data base on the kinetics of atmospheric processes
in aqueous solution for the description of cloud and fog processing chemistry. One should not
forget that this type of data base is at the origin of complex climate simulation schemes
performed within the framework of the renowned Fourth Assessment Report of IPCC FAR
2007:

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm

Other suggestions of future creations of critically evaluated data bases might be the
processing kinetics data base for electronic materials, both in the gas as well as in the
condensed phase, and planetary and/or interstellar chemistry including kinetics and
thermodynamics (at low to ultralow temperatures) in order to foster our understanding of
extraterrestrial planetary phenomena. This kinetic and thermodynamic information will
enhance our understanding of potential run-away phenomena in the context of global change
that may threaten the survival of our planet in the future. In conjunction with the

management

of such

data bases

the question regarding the servicing of the data (updating

the information, adding new processes, expanding the scope in response to new research) may
be posed. IUPAC would be well advised to find a definitive answer within a few years in
order to preserve the heritage for generations of chemists to come and to protect the
considerable effort and investment made by IUPAC. New ways to operate must be found for
new ways to deal with easily accessible albeit prolific information assembled in data bases.

(3) For the foreseeable future Division I is motivated to tackle

Energy-related Questions

and

in fact, already has made inroads into this technologically important field. Several aspects are
within reach and expertise of Division I: (a) Energy Storage; (b) Hydrogen Economy (see for
example 2008-006-3-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2008-006-3-100

)); (c) Materials

Chemistry and Corrosion Issues; (d) Alternative fuels and biofuels, some of the topics perhaps
in collaboration with Div III (Organic/Green chemistry) and VI (Environment). These
subjects touch upon technologies requiring a chemistry background to answer relevant
questions on the molecular level. Typical Div I subjects such as electrochemistry, surface
chemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics and solid state chemistry are all part of the solution to
technological problems in the energy-related field. Monographs authored by multiple experts
offering detailed views into a field and describing the state-of-the-art provide a rapid and
handy entry to complex fields of expertise. Examples are the IUPAC (book) projects
coordinated by T. Letcher in the field of energy (project no.

2007-015-2-100

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(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-015-2-100

Future Energy: Improved, sustainable and

clean options for our planet) and climate change (

project no. 2007-050-2-600:

Climate and

global change: observed impacts on planet earth (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-050-2-

600

)).

Materials chemistry

is an emerging and important area in Material Sciences (and has

remained so for some time) but has so far not found a “home” within IUPAC. Division I is
prepared to host and nurture this “orphan” for the time being.

(4) Division I is acutely aware that many

solutions to complex problems

are only accessible

through an

interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approach

. Albeit supported by IUPAC in

a significant way through its Project Committee (PC) it turns out that such multidisciplinary
projects have several hurdles to overcome in practive, not the least of which is the way such a
project is perceived by the various concerned divisions. Often, funding levels agreed by the
“interested” divisions are seriously deficient, time lines are unilaterally extended, and
priorities and due diligence are left wanting. It is suggested to commit a substantial amount
of financial power to

problem-oriented questions

that often evidently transcend the

classification into traditional disciplines. In addition to a vertically oriented structure in terms
of Divisions following the traditional classification, a horizontal (orthogonal) layer of
management dealing with cross-disciplinary questions could co-exist naturally without
interference by the classically organized divisions. This would introduce a 2-D “maze” of
management structures optimally suited to respond to the challenge of cross-disciplinarity.
Global change is a vivid example of a combination of problems, addressing both “classical”
disciplines as well as interdisciplinary approaches. It is clear that no single (“disciplinary”)
approach affords a satisfactory solution, only concerted action in all compartments may lead
the way to a viable solution. Although this has been known for some time now, the science
structure only slowly and hesitantly resolves itself to address these overarching issues.

(5)

Strengthening of industrial participation

in problem-solving where technology matters.

To the extent that chemistry will be part of the solution of a complex technological problem,
for example energy-related problems in future mobility in a sustainable world it is proposed to
actively seek the involvement of the corresponding industry.  In some cases it may be an
industry other than chemical depending on the problem.  It seems clear that industry
participation in projects will be different from the open structures in academia as far as
keeping key information confidential. However, it may well turn out to be a win-win
situation for the industry/academia collaboration:  on the one hand, industry has an
international partner with an independent opinion or approach, on the other hand IUPAC
becomes involved hands-on in a practical realization of theoretical concepts.

The Division remains active with its chemical thermodynamics component, in part through its
link with the International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics [IACT;

http://iactweb.org/

] which is an Associated Organisation of IUPAC since 2003. The IACT

held its biennial meeting, the 20

IUPAC International Conference on Chemical

Thermodynamics, in Warsaw during August 2008 with symposia covering a variety of topics
related to different phases, theoretical and biophysical aspects.

The International Society of

Electrochemistry is also an Associated Organization of IUPAC with a direct link to members
of the Division Committee, and has had a direct input in areas such as electrochemical
terminology and nomenclature and in one of the division projects.

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After the name change from Physical Chemistry Division to Physical and Biophysical
Chemistry Division in December 2001 a lot of efforts were spent to include biophysical
aspects in Div I activities. Seven years in hindsight these

biophysical aspects are less well

represented than desired

, a fact that also is reflected in the low number of biophysically

inspired IUPAC projects that Division I previously supported or currently supports. Although
some progress was made in the last (2006-2007) and current biennium (2008-2009) in this
regard, there still remains a lot to be done in order to fully justify the name of the Division.

The Advisory Subcommittee currently consists of 48 distinguished scientists and engineers,
some of whom are drawn from industry and who cover all the areas of physical chemistry and
related areas of interest. The members of the subcommittee are all IUPAC Fellows. The role
of the subcommittee is to suggest and identify areas that need to be dealt with by the Division,
drawing attention to the need for experimental protocols in specific subject areas, taking part
in IUPAC conferences, and acting as expert referees for IUPAC proposals. The immediate
benefit to the Division from the subcommittee lies in the rapid response for assessment of
project proposals in the range of a few weeks rather than months.

The division has representatives on two commissions of IUPAP. The first is on Commission
on Statistical Physics to reflect the strong relation between statistical physics and physical and
biological chemistry (

http://www.iupap.org/commissions/c3/members.html

). The second is on

Commission on Symbols, Units, Nomenclature, Atomic Masses, and Fundamental Constants
(SUNAMCO). This representation should be maintained in the near future in order to keep
the communication channels open in areas of mutual concern.

As stated in previous reports from the Division, it is important to realise that the responsibility
for leading and guiding the Division and to encourage and support its growing activities lies
on the shoulders of a relatively few individuals, who also have heavy responsibilities in their
work place. They essentially undertake IUPAC work for public service and service to their
profession. The network created by the establishment of our Advisory Subcommittee has been
helpful in this regard, the membership of which is reviewed biannually.

There are three concerns that have been brought to the attention of the IUPAC Bureau by the
Division president on the occasion of one of its recent meetings and which will briefly be
mentioned here:
(a) The maintenance of Data Bases. The last updates should not be older than six months.
This necessitates technical updating on a semi-regular basis.
(b) The choice of the proper scientific journal for the publication of Technical Reports and
reporting of scientific results obtained in the course of an IUPAC project. In special cases the
use of a journal other than Pure and Applied Chemistry may be justified.
(c) The sharing of reviewing authority for papers to be published between ICTNS and the
corresponding division.

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II. ACTIVITIES OF DIVISION I WITHIN THE SIX GOALS IN THE IUPAC

STRATEGIC PLAN

The activities of Division I in relation to the six long-range goals are as follows:

IUPAC will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively

addresses global issues involving the chemical sciences.

Scientific leadership is evident through all the Division’s projects through the
Recommendations which are being established and the Technical Reports which are
produced. The critically evaluated databases which have been created and are being
maintained so far by the original task group members are unique and serve as a resource for
all colleagues working in this field, being a good example of how IUPAC has taken a leading
role. Citing just two examples it is the atmospheric chemistry data base (project 1999-037-2-
100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/1999-037-2-100

)) and the water vapour spectroscopy data

base (project 2004-035-1-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2004-035-1-100

)) that serve as a

resource for the regularly updated global climate predictions performed by the IPCC (Fourth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change under the auspices of
the UN:

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm

). Additional examples are provided by

combustion chemistry and reactive transients such as free radicals.

The Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology, and Units

of Division I

continues to exert a strong role through the publication of the 3rd edition of the Green Book
in August 2007 which has been well received. Its influence will undoubtedly continue to be
very significant in education, research, industry, and publishing throughout the world. This
activity has involved the Division consistently during the last ten years, and currently there
are significant follow-on projects underway such as a Green Book student edition, web-
version and various translation projects that need intellectual support by the Committee.

Leadership is also seen through the cooperation with the Committee of Chemical Education,
and a joint project (project 2006-050-3-100 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2006-050-3-100

))

has recently been commenced, which deals with innovative ways to present experiments to
undergraduates in a way which is applicable in many countries in a harmonised way and
needing only modest resources.

The Division is represented on the Green Chemistry Subcommittee which addresses the
important points of sustainable chemistry which is of increasing concern to society as a
whole, and not just to the chemical community.

IUPAC will facilitate the advancement of research in the chemical sciences through the

tools that it provides for international standardization and scientific discussion.

This is one of the core activities of the Division. The majority of the Division’s projects are
geared towards international standardization in terms of standard nomenclature, terminology
and formats and standard methods for presentation of data. All the projects involve extensive
scientific discussion and promote the advancement of chemical sciences through
recommendations, technical reports or books. In some cases regularly updated websites have
been created in addition to hard copy documentation. The example of the atmospheric
chemistry data base (IUPAC Subcommission for Gas Kinetic Data Evaluation) may be cited
(

http://www.iupac-kinetic.ch.cam.ac.uk/

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IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable

development, wealth creation, and improvement in the quality of life.

Its projects, particularly in the area of thermodynamics, promote connections to chemistry-
related industry via workshops and communications among individuals. Several projects
involve members of the task force from industry and the Division is represented on COCI.

The Division is also represented on the Green Chemistry Sub-Committee and was actively
involved in the organisation of the recently-established series of IUPAC Green and
Sustainable Chemistry Conferences.

IUPAC will foster communication among individual chemists and scientific organizations,
with special emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing countries.

The members of the Division Committee and Advisory Sub-Committee of Division I are
taken from a broad geographical base as well as topical areas within Physical and Biophysical
Chemistry and seek to identify and address the needs of the world-wide chemistry
community. The members strive to hand out all the tools in a fair and equal way which can
help them in their research and communication with each other, by providing a common
language and common conventions, through the projects which the division has and is
carrying out. The division sponsors conferences all over the world, which includes the needs
of chemistry and applied chemistry in developing countries.

Additionally, the Division fosters communications with other associations such as the
International Association of Chemical Thermodynamics and the International Society of
Electrochemistry, both of which are Associated Organizations of IUPAC. The former is
directly associated with the biannual IUPAC Conferences on Chemical Thermodynamics.

The division has a representative on the Green Chemistry Subcommittee which is concerned
with the important problem of green and sustainable chemistry, and which includes the
particular needs of developing countries.

IUPAC will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the enhancement

of chemistry education, the career development of young chemical scientists, and the public
appreciation of chemistry.

The Division has always welcomed Young Observers and encourages them to become
involved in Division activities. Several of the Division Committee members in the current and
last biennia were recruited in this way, and we are looking forward to welcome additional
Young Observers for this coming GA. The Division’s Advisory Subcommittee seeks to
redress any remaining imbalances. Chemical education is a concern in all the projects
involving recommendations for terminology, data presentation and in the publishing of books
and monographs. Joint projects with the CCE are important for standardising protocols for
experimentation. The public appreciation of chemistry is inherent in most of the Division’s
activities and will certainly get a boost during the coming biennium with the preparations for
the International Year of Chemistry in 2011.

IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the maximum feasible

diversity in membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography, gender, and age.

The Division has actively sought to have a membership in its committee which reflects
IUPAC as a global organisation in terms of geography, gender and age. In the current and last

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biennium these efforts have borne more fruit than previously and so this has been more
successfully achieved. Twenty one countries are represented as TM’s AM’s and NR’s of
Division I. Nevertheless, it remains a difficulty to attract interested younger colleagues, who
are often at crucial points in their career, to agree and to be able to devote time to IUPAC
activities.

In their totality, the projects of Division I embody all of the six long-range goals of IUPAC.
Some projects support certain goals more strongly than other projects depending on the nature
of the project.

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III. PROJECTS WITH BRIEF PROGRESS REPORTS

In contrast to the more general goals of IUPAC as a whole (see Section II) the specific
objectives of the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division, as stated on the Division web
page (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/100

), are to organize and promote the international

collaboration between scientists in physical and biophysical chemistry and related fields in
order to

•

address problems and formulate recommendations on nomenclature, symbols, units,

terminology and conventions in physical and biophysical chemistry, disseminate the
recommendations, encourage their translation as well as monitor their acceptance by
the chemical community;

•

establish and stimulate the use of methodologies, standards and reference materials in
physical and biophysical chemistry;

•

encourage the compilation and documentation of critically evaluated physical
chemical data;

•

recognize new developments in physical and biophysical chemistry and its fields of
applications; and

•

promote future oriented activities important for the contribution of physical and
biophysical chemistry to science and technology and to the needs of the world
community.

This section contains the list of all projects underway together with their current brief
progress reports. These include the current Projects, the projects completed during the current
biennium and/or the ones nearing completion, the other interdivisional projects and the single
project in review at the time of writing this report. It is strongly recommended to consult the
corresponding website of the Division for more detailed information
(

http://www.iupac.org/indexes/Projects/bodies/100

NOTA BENE: The projects with an asterisk * in their titles are interdivisional.

CURRENT PROJECTS

1999-037-2-100

– (Cox) Evaluation of kinetic data for atmospheric chemistry

The objectives of this project are to enhance the accessibility and availability of the
evaluated kinetic database, to develop and implement a way to update material on the
website to include various linkages and the creation and maintenance of a mirror website
at IUPAC in North Carolina at the request of the IUPAC Secretariat.

By the end of 2006 the data base was migrated to the Website (http://www.iupac-
kinetic.ch.cam.ac.uk/) and comprises now more than 1000 data sheets including gas
phase, photochemical and heterogeneous reactions of atmospheric interest. An additional
Subcommittee member (Wahid Mellouki, Orléans) joined the group before the imminent
retirement of several colleagues in the near future. The work of the panel continues along
two lines: (a) continuous update of the whole data base whereby all panel members are
assigned several tens of reactions, (b) new organisation and representation of the
heterogeneous data base that will also include recommendations. Before the

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heterogeneous part was a compilation rather than an evaluation. Four panel members are
heavily involved in this effort (R. A. Cox, J. Crowley, M. Ammann and M. J. Rossi). The
fate of the mirror site in North Carolina is uncertain at this time after having been in
operation for several years. It is currently not accessible from the home page.

The full panel met in January 2009 in Cambridge in order to discuss ordinary updates of
existing data sheets, additional data sheets on heterogeneous reactions as well as a
hecatomb of new data sheets in relation to gas phase oxidation of organic and biogenic
hydrocarbons. This project seems on track and will continue for some time until the
migration of all data sheets to the web will have been completed. The project of migrating
the data base on the web proper is terminated and a final report including a list of
publications has been submitted (

http://www.iupac.org/projects/1999/1999-037-2-

100_final-report_071218.pdf

). Dr. Glenn Carver of the Center for Atmospheric Science

in Cambridge/UK will remain available to offer technical help for the incorporation of the
remaining data sheets as they may come along. It is important to make the distinction
between the migration of the data base proper (see above project and its one-time
extension project) and the on-going projects of the same group that enable the completion
of the data base in view of on-going research in this area (project 2007-001-2-100
(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-001-2-100

)). This flag-ship project incurs on

average 400 visits of its website per week, which is a respectable success that coincides
with its ten-year anniversary of providing atmospheric chemistry data on the web. A list
of publications resulting from this project reaching further back is also available
(

http://old.iupac.org/divisions/I/I.4/141_publications.html

2001-015-1-100 – (Stanbury)

Standard potentials of free radicals

The aim of this project is to evaluate critically the standard potentials of inorganic and
organic radicals in the literature, to recommend values, and to identify reduction potentials
for further experimentation. There are two compilations which are now both more than ten
years old and in need of updating. The project has compiled new data that has been
published since 1989, set up a thermodynamic network and develop in this fashion values
for standard potentials that are internally consistent. Data sheets have been prepared for
each radical as found in the JANAF Tables.

One set of evaluations and eight summary tables have been prepared, including: Inorganic
Standard Potentials, Organic Standard Potentials, Gibbs Energies of Formation for
Radicals, Inorganic Radical p

’s, Hemicolligation Equilibrium Constants, Inorganic

Radical Equilibrium Constants and Radical Henry's Law Constants,. Linked to these
tables are individual evaluation sheets which are being prepared.

One particularly challenging task is to obtain a least-squares optimisation for a thermo-
chemical network that links the properties of about 50 radicals, primarily inorganic in a
manner that recalls Active Thermochemical Tables (ATcT) of Ruscic and coworkers. .A
no-cost extension to June 30 2009 has been requested and granted.

2001-028-1-100 – (Stoynov)

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy - terminology,

nomenclature and data exchange formats

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The aim is to summarize, standardize and disseminate the nomenclature of fast developing
new fields of application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. It seeks to
standardize conventions of formats for experimental data exchange and analysis.

The main work has been completed and the paper is now written for two of the three
items, namely the aspects of nomenclature and data exchange formats. Terminology is
still under discussion. Reductions in the size of the first draft are still being finalised. The
first draft of the paper for the terminology or definitions aspect resulted in 70 pages,
which is currently being reduced to about 20 pages.

2003-006-1-100 – (Harris)

NMR chemical shifts: updated conventions

The objectives are to update IUPAC Recommendations 2001: NMR Nomenclature,
Nuclear Spin Properties and Conventions for Chemical Shifts [

PAC

73, 1795 (2001)

] by

addressing several issues in setting standards for chemical shifts, including temperature
variation of the NMR signals of reference compounds, the use of magic-angle spinning for
both solutions and solids, solvent effects, and magnetic susceptibility corrections.

Recommendations are given for reporting chemical shifts under most routine experimental
conditions and for quantifying effects of temperature and solvent variation, including the
use of magnetic susceptibility corrections and of magic-angle spinning (MAS).

This document provides the first IUPAC recommendations for referencing and reporting
chemical shifts in solids, based on high-resolution MAS studies. Procedures are given for
relating

C NMR chemical shifts in solids to the scales used for high-resolution studies in

the liquid phase. The notation and terminology used for describing chemical shift and
shielding tensors in solids is reviewed in some detail, and recommendations are given for
best practice.

This project has been completed and the IUPAC Recommendations have been published
in PAC (

Pure Appl. Chem

. 80(1), 59-84, 2008

). These Recommendations have been

reprinted in several places in the scientific literature (see project website
http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2003-006-1-100). Several publications resulting from
project work have appeared in the recent literature whose references may be found on the
same website.

2003-024-1-100 – (Rusciç)

Selected free radicals and critical intermediates:

thermodynamic properties from theory and experiment

The objective of this project activity is the compilation and critical evaluation of published
thermodynamic properties, including the computation of accurate thermo-chemical data
for selected free radicals that are of importance in atmospheric and combustion chemistry.

In September 2006 a no-cost extension for this project was requested from IUPAC in
order to compensate for the long delay of publication of volume I (

J. Phys. Chem. Ref.

Data

2005

34(2)

, 573-656) of the projected three volumes on the thermochemistry of free

radicals. This no-cost extension until September 30 2007 was granted in November 2006.
The published article has been cited 101 times (to the date of this writing) and clearly
demonstrates a need for critically evaluated thermochemistry of reactive transients. A
meeting of the full panel (except R. Janoschek and Phil Westmoreland) was held in
Budapest on 9 and 10 December 2006 in order to resume the activity and regain the initial
momentum. Several free radical data sheets were finalized and discussed, however, it

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seems that several data sheets are still missing for submission. From the Website of the
panel (

http://atct.anl.gov/IUPAC/assignments.html

) that was accessible until a few months

ago it appears that 7 free radical data sheets are ready for submission.  The website also
displays two additional sections, one for “perennial references” and the other for “project
publications” of the group.  It should be mentioned that the thermochemistry of several
smaller free radicals are being calculated using sophisticated methods in parallel to the
compilation of experimental and theoretical literature results.  This dual methodology is
somewhat delaying the compilation of both experimental and theoretical results for the
corresponding free radicals. However, it seems that the original plan of submitting the
data sheets of all 32 free radicals of set I will not be on schedule as of May 2009.
Therefore, closure of this project has been requested with the option of submitting a new
proposal under new leadership.

2003-036-2-100 – (Corti)

Thermodynamics and non-equilibrium criteria for development

and application of supplemented phase diagrams

The aim of the project is to establish rational links between thermodynamic aspects of
phase diagrams supplemented by the non equilibrium curve of the glass transition
temperature for mixtures of water with vitrifying agents used in the cryo- and dehydro-
preservation of natural (foods, seeds, etc.) and synthetic products (pharmaceuticals).

The update and literature classification on supplemental phase diagrams for relevant
aqueous systems for food and pharmaceuticals has been completed. The initial critical
evaluation of this database to includes the shortcomings of current practice. The
information produced so far is available on

http://www.iupac.org/publications/cd/phase_diagrams/index.htm

. A technical report will

be prepared on how to construct supplemented phase diagrams when there is not enough
experimental information on a given system. A second technical report will deal with the
use of such diagrams for different particular cases. The final review of the drafts were
supposedly performed at the task group meeting in September 2007. A no-cost extension
to April 30 2009 has been granted.

2004-010-3-100 – (Ruzicka)

Heat capacity of liquids: critical review and recommended

values for liquids with data published between 2000 and 2004

The aims are to update and to extend two publications that contained recommended data
on liquid heat capacities for almost 2000 mainly organic compounds, "Heat Capacity of
Liquids: Critical Review and Recommended Values", and its "Supplement I" by M.
Zábranský, V. Ruzicka, V. Majer (1st publication only), and E.S. Domalski published in

Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

in 1996 and 2001. The publications

were the product of IUPAC Projects 121/10/87 (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/121-10-87

)

and

2000-031-1-100

(

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2000-031-1-100

Updating the databases of experimental data has been completed. New data on
calorimetrically measured liquid heat capacities of compounds having their melting
temperature below 573 K published in 193 primary literature sources between 1999 and
2006 were entered into computer readable databases.

Compounds were divided into several families (see the previous report). New data for 411
compounds were entered, out of them 202 compounds being new additions, not covered in

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the previous work. That represents 479 new data sets, each data set consisting of a table of
heat capacity and the corresponding temperature. The new additions include data for 3
inorganic compounds and for 50 ionic liquids. Most of the new data cover organic
substances (408 compounds, 202 of them new additions).

By November 2007 the:critical assessment of data as well as the correlation has been
performed. By the end of March 2008 a manuscript has been submitted to

J. Phys. Chem.

Ref. Data

for publication. In addition

an extension of the estimation method for heat

capacity of liquids as a function of temperature utilizing the updated database of
recommended data (Kolská, Z.; Kukal, J., Zábranský, M., Ružicka, V. Estimation of the
Heat Capacity of Organic Liquids as a Function of Temperature by a Three-Level Group
Contribution Method) has been submitted for publication to

Ind. Eng. Chem. Res

2004-026-2-100 – (Arunan)

Categorizing hydrogen bonding and other intermolecular

interactions

The aims are to provide a modern definition of the hydrogen bond by examining
comprehensively the various intermolecular interactions in the light of all current
experimental and theoretical information. Hydrogen bonded systems both in gaseous and
condensed phases in chemical and biological systems will be examined.

The Task Group met in Pisa, on 5-9 September 2005 in the form of a workshop. Eleven
out of the fourteen task group members participated in the meeting. All task group
members and 10 invited speakers gave talks in the area of hydrogen bonding and
molecular interactions. A core-group met in Bangalore between 18 and 22 September
2006. with a one-day discussion including talks by the core-group members and some
outside experts. The presentations are available on the web
(

http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in/~arunan/iupac

). The final report is now being prepared. However,

the subject proved to be controversial and the writing of a final report building on
scientific consensus does not seem to be as straightforward as it looks owing to scientific
disagreement among the task group members. A no-cost extension to December 31 2007
was granted. A report on the project was published in

Chem. Int

. Mar-Apr 2007, p. 16

2004-035-1-100 – (Tennyson)

A database of water transitions from experiment and theory

The aims are a critical compilation, experimental determination and validation, and
theoretical verification and extension of accurate frequency, energy level, line intensity,
line width, and pressure effect spectral parameters of water and all of its major
isotopologs.

The present collaborative effort is aimed at devising and constructing a database
comprising, eventually, the complete linelist of all major isotopologs of water for studies
at all temperatures. To achieve this goal this project will bring together researchers from
around the globe who are active in studying the rovibrational spectra of water as well as
experts in related data handling. The linelist to be compiled will include theoretical and
(where available) experimental values of transition frequencies, intensities, and pressure
broadening parameters for all major isotopologues. Emphasis will be on validation,
comparisons, and test of the database. To achieve the stated goals of this project requires a
concerted effort of experimental and theoretical chemists and physicists, spectroscopists,
and computer scientists. The first paper was recently accepted by the Journal of
Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. Apparently, two further publications

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are well underway, and a fourth paper is planned until the end of 2009 after which the task
group will be terminated after a final meeting towards the end of the year.

2004-036-1-100 – (Sedlbauer)

Establishing recommended data on thermodynamic

properties of hydration for selected organic solutes

The objectives are to establish a database of thermodynamic properties of hydration for
approximately 200 selected organic solutes at reference conditions of

= 298.15 K and

0.1 MPa and as a function of temperature and pressure up to the near critical region of
water, to calculate from the reliable experimental data the values of hydration properties
for solutes covering different molecular structures, to use the established database as a
standard for testing and deriving new physico-chemical models and methods of molecular
simulation to include the development of semi-theoretical prediction schemes for
chemical engineering, environmental chemistry and geochemistry. A first draft paper
concerning gaseous solutes has been prepared.

2006-021-2-100 – (Rouquerol)

Liquid intrusion and alternative methods for the

characterization of macroporous solids

The aim of this project is to analyse the various liquid intrusion techniques available today
to assess the pore-size of materials (with special attention to the pores above 50 nm
width), together with other alternatives, in order to provide (i) a critical and comparative
appraisal and (ii) an appreciation about the ways which should be favoured and developed
to solve the issue described hereafter.

A first step will be made towards satisfactory answers, by listing, examining and
evaluating all trials already made in the field. These include the intrusion of safer liquids
(other molten metals, water, organics…) and also the extension of the analysis of capillary
condensation data up to the macropore range where, for technical reasons it was, until
recently, considered inapplicable. In any case, the need of improvement and/or of
alternative methods is urgent. By clarifying the situation, this project should help selecting
and developing the most promising approaches. The issue concerns most scientists and
industrialists working with porous materials (catalysts, pharmaceuticals, building
materials, stones of ancient monuments to be restored or protected, adsorbents for
chromatography, liquid purification or gas separation …) and it needs an evaluation
accepted and used by all persons involved all over the world.

It is planned to present the main conclusions in a conference in May 2008. From the
financial records to date it seems that most of the action is yet to come.

2006-023-3-100 – (Alberty)

Recommendations for nomenclature and databases for

biochemical thermodynamics

The aim is to revise IUPAC Recommendations for Nomenclature and Tables in
Biochemical Thermodynamics 1994*. Update these recommendations and increase their
usefulness by providing more about computers and databases that have been developed
since 1994. Describe the connection between the thermodynamics of enzyme-catalyzed
reactions and the kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions that is provided by Haldane
relations. These Recommendations will be published as

IUPAC-IUBMB Joint

Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature

(JCBN).

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The Sections to be drafted include:
1 Preamble; 2 Introduction; 3 Basic Thermodynamics,4 Thermodynamics of Chemical
Reactions; 5 Legendre Transform to Introduce the pH as an Independent Variable in
Biochemical Thermodynamics; 6 Equations for the Standard Transformed Formation
Properties of a Reactant; 7 Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions; 8 Stoichiometry;
9 Standard Apparent Reduction Potentials for Half Reactions of Enzyme-Catalyzed
Reactions; 10 Building a Database; 11 Relations Between Biochemical Thermodynamics
and Biochemical Kinetics; 12 Nomenclature.
The first draft has been met with critical acclaim during 2008 such that more work is
almost certainly going to be needed.. A no-cost extension until December 1 2008 was
granted.

2006-050-3-100 – (McQuillan)

Wet surface vibrational spectroscopy experiments

The aim of this project is to promote the application of wet surface vibrational
spectroscopies (ATRIRS, SEIRAS, SERS) to problems in interfacial chemistry by
selecting, testing, and disseminating to universities a collection of experiments suitable for
undergraduate teaching laboratories and able to be performed with inexpensive
equipment.

Undergraduate experiments in interfacial chemistry are presently dominated by
measurements of macroscopic quantities such as surface tension and amount adsorbed
when increasingly spectroscopic and microscopic data are presented in the corresponding
lectures. IUPAC can take a lead in encouraging a more modern molecular approach to
interfacial physical chemistry through international collaboration of leading expertise to
compile and test a series of appealing experiments which can be readily carried out in
undergraduate laboratories with relatively inexpensive equipment.

This project brings together leading physical chemists in the fields of attenuated total
reflection infrared spectroscopy (ATRIRS), surface enhanced infrared spectroscopy
(SEIRAS), and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), to select practicable
experiments which can be carried out in teaching situations throughout the world. Both
SERS and SEIRAS employ finely divided metal surfaces while the ATRIRS particle film
approach can be applied to any solid. All of the chosen surface spectroscopies are
applicable to solid/aqueous interfaces that are of considerable interest in studies of natural
and technological systems.

The experiments will be tested and refined in their laboratories of origin, followed by
testing in at least two university undergraduate laboratories elsewhere under normal
laboratory conditions. Progress has been slower than expected, and 2009 will be crucial
as the task group will meet at the beginning of 2009. The task group leader envisages a
one year no-cost extension of the project. A meeting is planned in September 2009.

2007-001-2-100 – (Cox)

Evaluated kinetic data for atmospheric chemistry

. This is

essentially a follow-on to the earlier project and serves to update and expand the existing
data base in yearly or semiannual workshops. For details see presentation of project 1999-
037-2-100 above.

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2007-002-1-100 – (Grolier)

Guidelines for modulated-temperature differential scanning

calorimetry (MTDSC)

Modulated-temperature differential scanning thermal analysis techniques are widely used
in many fields. Particularly in pharmaceutical, food and polymer studies where first order
transitions, glass transitions and polymorphism are key issues. All sorts of relaxation
phenomena as well as coupled thermal and kinetic contributions can advantageously be
investigated and selectively studied with such techniques. Typically, calorimetric
measurements are subject to systematic errors especially when they depend upon the
choice of physical parameters such as amplitude and period of modulation and the
temperature scanning rate. Not only the instrument used plays an important role but the
sample itself to investigate requires the parameters to be tuned to optimize the response of
the instrument in order to eliminate systematic errors and get full unambiguous
information. It has to be recognized that whatever the instrument and the associated
methodology used the same quantitative information must be obtained on a given sample.

Extension will be made to thermal analysis techniques, where a modulation is
superimposed to the temperature ramp, underlying the basic principles and the derived
mathematical description of the data treatment. The different methods of measurement
and calculation of the main thermodynamic quantities, such as specific heat capacities,
first order transitions and glass transitions, will be carefully analyzed. On the different
typical aspects associated to the techniques clear description will be made of the operating
procedures and methodologies. The project should bring a consistent set of
recommendations to be internationally accepted for the use of modulated-temperature
calorimetry.

2007-024-2-100 (DeLoos)

Guidelines for reporting of phase equilibrium measurements

The objective is to come up with a set of recommendations for potential authors seeking
to start phase equilibria measurement and reporting of such data. The main focus of these
recommendations will be on the documentation issues. This is a joint project with the
International Association on Chemical Thermodynamics (

www.iactweb.org

2007-032-1-100 (Marquardt)

Green Book - Abridged Version

The goal of this project is to provide an abridged student version of the

3rd edition of the

IUPAC Green Book

(Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry) suitable for

University teaching, and continuing education in an industrial context. The book will
consist of 40-50 pages, which will be made available both as printed material and via the
web together with appropriate tutorial examples and exercises

2007-048-2-100 (Ramasami)

Assessment of theoretical methods for the study of reactions

involving global warming gas species degradation and byproduct formation

The objectives of this project are (i) To review the quantum mechanical methods which
have been used to investigate the reactions involving global warming gas species
degradation and byproduct, and (ii) To assess the performance of the methods used by
comparison with experimental data

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2007-055-2-100 (Yamanouchi)

Ultrafast intense laser chemistry

By surveying the current and recent investigations on molecules in an ultrashort intense
laser field, we elucidate how important these investigations are for fundamental
understanding of light-molecule interaction as well as for controlling chemical and
biological reaction processes, and propose future research directions in this newly
emerging research field

2007-059-1-100 (Letcher)

Heat capacities of liquids and vapours

The purpose is to produce a single, up-to-date volume on all aspects of heat capacity for
liquids and vapours, pure substances and mixtures written by the world's experts in each
of about 20 subject areas. The outline of the proposed book may be found on the web
(http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-059-1-100).

2008-006-3-100 (Sun)

Critical evaluation of thermodynamic properties of hydrogen

storage materials: metal organic frameworks and metal or complex hydrides

The primary purpose of the project is to investigate the thermodynamics of hydrogen
production and storage, as a basis for the development of materials with improved
hydrogen storage capability. This will be a systematic study of hydrogen
adsorption/absorption by divided/confined materials (frameworks, for example Metal
Organic Frameworks, MOFs, such as Li-MOFs), and the study of hydrogen production by
(thermal) decomposition of Metal Hydrides (MHs, such as La-Mg-Ni/TiCrV-hydrides,
MgH

,etc.), and Inorganic Hydrides (Complex Hydrides, such as Li(Na, K, Mg)BH

, Li-

N-H, etc.). The project will consist of 3 major components: a. Establishing a
comprehensive bibliography; b. Critical evaluation and compilation of the data; c.
Creating an open domain XML-based web archive so that the results will be freely
available

2008-007-3-100 (Marquardt)

Preparation for the translation of the

Green Book

The goal of this project is to pave the way and facilitate the process of using the English
original computer source files for the preparation of a structurally identical Green Book
document in other languages such as German, French, Italian, Turkish, Japanese or
Portuguese. In the long run adherence to the present structure will facilitate generating
across-the-languages dictionaries that are virtually produced error-free owing to minimal
handling of the content.

2008-014-1-100 (Sengers)

Experimental Thermodynamics Vol. VIII.

Applied

Thermodynamics of Fluids

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The intent of this volume is to update and reprint

Experimental Thermodynamics Volume

V, Equations of state for Fluids and Fluid Mixtures

(ISBN-10: 0444503846) and first

published in Oct 2000. This text is out of print and because it was in two volumes with
928 pages was not always accessible to the intended practitioners within academia,
government and industry. The proposed outline of the revised edition may be found at

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2008-014-1-100

2008-045-2-100 (Assael) A critical evaluation of the viscosity and density of molten
copper and tin

The widely different data obtained for the viscosity of molten iron and aluminum will be
critically reviewed via an interlaboratory comparison and recommended values will be
proposed

B. PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION AND/OR RECENTLY COMPLETED

2000-026-1-100 – (Marsh)

Critical compilation of vapour liquid critical properties

The objective is to review all measurements of vapour-liquid critical properties for pure
organic compounds containing

nitrogen

halogen

(s), and

sulphur

and

silicon

and to

recommend values for critical temperature, critical pressure and critical densities, with
uncertainties.

To date, the project has resulted in nine review papers (Parts 1 to 9) published in the

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

   Part 10. Organic Compounds containing Halogen. A draft manuscript on this extensive
set of compounds has been sent out for final review, with submission to the Journal of
Chemical and Engineering Data planned for next month.
   Part 11 on Multifunctional Organic Compounds, and Miscellaneous Compounds for
which Data had been published since the earlier Items in this Series.
Work on this is well advanced, with recent assistance from Alan Abramson, who has a
very comprehensive collection of critical property data, and who was not previously
involved.
   The proposed Part 12, on Inorganic Compounds and Elements, has not progressed for
some time but steps are being taken to include new members of the task force so that this
can move ahead.

2001-030-1-100 – (Schwarz, Hinz)

Recommendations on the measurement and analysis of

results obtained on biological substances with isothermal titration calorimetry

The aim has been to prepare recommendations for measurement procedures for isothermal
titration calorimetry applied to biological substances, the calibration procedures. The
recommendations include analysis and reporting of the results in order to facilitate
universal comparability of isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) data from different
laboratories.

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Measurements have been done for a working standard NAD/NADH binding to a protein,
lactate-dehydrogenase for checking the performance of isothermal titration calorimeters.
The ‘round-robin’ ITC results from 12 laboratories on the binding of 4-carboxybenzene
sulfonamide to carbonic anhydrase were carried out and were evaluated for inclusion in
the IUPAC Recommendations.

The final report has been received, published (

Pure Appl. Chem.

, 2008, Vol. 80, No. 9, pp.

2025-2040

) and the project is now completed.

2002-005-1-100 – (Marsh)

Thermodynamics of ionic liquids, ionic liquid mixtures, and

the development of standardized systems

The aims of this project are to initiate systematic studies of thermodynamic and thermo-
physical properties of Ionic Liquids (IL) based on the needs of industrial chemical
processes, to establish a reference system of IL's and (IL + liquid mixtures) with reliable
stability and purity and well defined thermodynamic properties, and to define guidelines
regarding where research activities and future cooperation should be directed.

Extensive measurements for the standard reference materials have been completed at ten
different laboratories around the world, regarding the viscosity, density, thermal
conductivity, heat capacity, electrical conductivity, enthalpy of dilution, gas solubility at
high pressure, and speed of sound over the temperature range from 238 K to 378 K. The
project is completed and the findings have been published as Technical Reports in PAC
(

Pure Appl. Chem

., 2009, Vol. 81, No. 5, pp. 781-790

(part I) and

Vol. 81, No. 5, pp. 791-

828

(part 2)

). A list of scientific publications resulting from this project may be found on

the web

(http://www.iupac.org/projects/2002/2002-005-1-100-publi070702.pdf)

2003-020-2-100 – (Seddon)

Ionic liquids database

The aim is to create an open-access, free, on-line, comprehensive database for storage and
retrieval of metadata and numerical data for ionic liquids, including their syntheses,
structure, properties, and uses.

The collection of data has been assigned among the seven participating laboratories along
with the assignment of the development of the WEB outlet for the system and the storage
and retrieval system. The database, storage and retrieval systems have been developed at
the Thermodynamics Research Centre at NIST. A meeting of the Task Group took place
in Beijing, P.R. China in August 2005. The website was officially launched in March
2006 at the American Chemical society Meeting and the database can be accessed at

http://ilthermo.boulder.nist.gov/ILThermo/mainmenu.uix

. The web site is divided into

pure ionic liquids, binary and ternary mixtures and further chemical information.
However, the data base has not been edited since 7/23/2006 which is some reason for
concern regarding a field that is expanding at a fast pace. The project has been completed
with the submission of the final report at the beginning of 2008.

2003-005-1-100 – (Wakeham)

Recommended values of the viscosity of molten iron and

aluminum

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The widely different data obtained for the viscosity of molten iron and aluminum will be
critically reviewed via an interlaboratory comparison and recommended values will be
proposed.

The available experimental data for the density and viscosity of liquid aluminum and iron
were critically examined with the intention of establishing a density and a viscosity
standard. All experimental data were categorized into primary and secondary data
according to the quality of measurement specified by a series of criteria. The proposed
standard reference correlations for the density of the aluminum and iron are characterized
by standard deviations of 0.65 and 0.77% at the 95% confidence level respectively.

The final manuscript was approved by ICTNS in June 2005. The report was published in

J Phys. Chem. Ref. Data,

Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 285-300, 2006> doi:

10.1063/1.2149380

. An

extension project has been submitted and recently funded (2008-045-2-100 (Assael)).

2005-016-1-100 – (Letcher)

Developments and applications in solubility

A book “Developments and applications in solubility” ed. T.M. Letcher was published by
the Royal Society of Chemistry in February 2007.

Solubility is one of the most basic and important of thermodynamic properties, and a
property which underlies most industrial processes. This book is a collection of 24
chapters involving recent research works, all related to solubility. The objective brings
together research from disparate disciplines which have a bearing on solubility. The book
highlights the Theory, Techniques, interesting and new Results, Modeling and Simulation,
and Industrial Applications related to solubility.

The book has its origins in committee meetings of the International Association of
Chemical Thermodynamics. It is a project produced under the auspices of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). In true IUPAC image, the
authors, which represent some of the most important names in their respective fields,
come from many countries around the world, including: Australia, Austria, Finland,
France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa,
Switzerland, Poland, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

2005-048-2-100 – (Letcher)

Solubility and thermodynamic properties related to

environmental issues

A book “Thermodynamics, Solubility and Environmental Issues” ed. T.M. Letcher was
published by Elsevier in April 2007.

Environmental problems are becoming an important aspect of our lives as industries grow
apace with populations throughout the world. Thermodynamics, Solubility and
Environmental Issues highlights some of the problems and shows how chemistry can help
to reduce these them. The unifying theme is Solubility – the most basic and important of
thermodynamic properties. This informative book looks at the importance and
applications of solubility and thermodynamics, in understanding and in reducing chemical
pollution in the environment. Written by experts in their respective fields and representing
the latest findings in this very important and broad area. A collection of twenty-five
chapters cover a wide range of topics including; mining, polymer manufacture and
applications, radioactive wastes, industries in general, agro-chemicals, soil pollution and

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biology, together with the basic theory and recent developments in the modelling of
environmental pollutants.

2007-015-2-100 (Letcher)

Future Energy: Improved, sustainable and clean options for our

planet

The objective is to first consider the reasons for developing alternate forms of energy and
to then detail all the possible forms available to us. Each chapter will be written by an
engineer or scientist, working in the field. Much of the argument and details of the forms,
depend on environmental and chemical issues. The project is now completed and the
book titled "Future Energy - Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for our Planet" has
been published by Elsevier, 2008 [

ISBN 978-0-08-054808-1

]. The outline of the book

may be found at

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/2007-015-2-100.

C. OTHER INTERDIVISIONAL PROJECTS (with lesser involvement of Division I)

2001-036-1-300 – (Parmon, Serpone)

Glossary of terms in photocatalysis and radiation

catalysis

(Division III)

2003-056-2-500 – (I. Murray, K.K. Murray)

Standard definitions of terms relating to mass

spectrometry

(Division V)

2004-005-2-500 – (Camões)

Comparable pH measurements by metrological traceability

(Division V)

2004-021-1-300 – (Brauer, San Román)

Reference methods, standards and applications of

photoluminescence

(Divisions III and V)

2005-042-1-300 – (Torbjörn)

Chemistry for Biology - an inventory of interdivisional and

interdisciplinary activities within IUPAC in the field of biological chemistry

(Division III)

2007-039-1-024 – (Frenkel)

Extension of ThermoML - the IUPAC standard for

thermodynamic data communications

(Division VI)

2007-050-2-600 – (Letcher) (book project),

Climate and global change: observed impacts

on planet earth

(Division VI)

D. PROJECTS IN REVIEW

2008-037-1 – (Griesbeck) Standard Photochemical Processes* (Division III).

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IV PUBLICATIONS LIST (since 2000)

Sources: project updates, project websites and projects list taken from the Divisional
webpage (

http://www.iupac.org/web/ins/100

). This list is

not

exhaustive.

IV.1 Reports and scientific papers

Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume IV – gas
phase reactions of organic halogen species
Atmos. Chem. Phys.

, 4141–4496 (2008)

Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume III - gas
phase reactions of inorganic halogens
Atmos. Chem. Phys.

, 981-1191 (2007

)

Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume II - gas
phase reactions of organic species
Atmos. Chem. Phys.

, 3625-4055 (2006

)

Evaluated kinetic and photochemical data for atmospheric chemistry: Volume I – gas
phase reactions of O

, HO

, NO

and SO

species

Atmos. Chem. Phys., 4

, 1461–1738 ( 2004)

Standards, calibration, and guidelines in microcalorimetry. Part 2. Calibration
standards for differential scanning calorimetry

(IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem

(7), 1455-1476 (2006)

Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds. 9. Organic Compounds
Containing Nitrogen
J. Chem. Eng. Data

;

(2), 305-314 (2006)

Reference data for the density and viscosity of liquid aluminum and liquid iron

J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data

(1), 285-300 (2006)

Atomic force microscopy and direct surface force measurements

(IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(12), 2149-2170 (2005)

Evaluated kinetic data for combustion modeling: supplement II

J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data

(3), 757-1397 (2005)

Measurement and interpretation of electrokinetic phenomena

(IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(10), 1753-1805 (2005)

IUPAC Critical Evaluation of Thermochemical Properties of Selected Radicals: Part I.

J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data

, 573-656 (2005)

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Practical guide to measurement and interpretation of magnetic properties

(IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2), 497-511 (2005)

Electrochemistry at the interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions

(IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(12), 2147-2180 (2004)

Quantities, terminology, and symbols in photothermal and related spectroscopies

(IUPAC Recommendations 2004)

Pure Appl. Chem. 76

(6), 1083-1118 (2004)

Measurement of pH. Definition, standards, and procedures

(IUPAC Recommendations 2002) (V, I)

Pure Appl. Chem

(11), 2169-2200 (2002)

Definitions, terminology and symbols in colloid and surface chemistry

Pure Appl. Chem.

, 579-638 (1972)

Web Version 2001

Heat capacity of liquids: Critical review and recommended values. Supplement I

J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data

(5), 1199-1689 (2001)

NMR nomenclature. Nuclear spin properties and conventions for chemical shifts

(I.5)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(11), 1795-1818 (2001)

Standards in isothermal microcalorimetry

(I.2)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(10), 1625-1639 (2001)

Quantum chemical B3LYP/cc-pvqz computation of ground-state structures and
properties of small molecules with atoms of Z £ 18 (hydrogen to argon)

(I.5)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(9), 1521-1553 (2001)

Use of Legendre transforms in chemical thermodynamics

(I.2)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(8), 1349-1380 (2001)

Nomenclature of Structural and Compositional Characteristics of Ordered Microporous
and Mesoporous Materials with Inorganic Hosts

(IUPAC Recommendations 2001) (I.6)

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2), 381-394 (2001)

Vapor-Liquid Critical Properties of Elements and Compounds: Part 8. Organic Sulfur,
Silicon and Tin Compounds

(I.2)

J. of Chem. and Eng. Data

, 480-485 (2001)

Guidelines for presentation of methodological choices in the publication of
computational results. B. Semiempirical electronic structure calculations

(I.5)

Pure Appl. Chem. 72

(8), 1449-1452 (2000)

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Evaluated Kinetic and Photochemical Data for Atmospheric Chemistry. Supplement
VIII (Halogen Species)

(I.4)

J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data

, 167-266 (2000)

Thermochemical Properties of the Hydroxy-formyl Radical HO CO, and the Formyloxy
Radical, HC(O)O, and their Role in the Reaction OH + CO .H + CO

: Computational

G3MP2B3 and CCSD(T)-CBS Studies
J. Mol. Struct. TheoChem

713

, 227 (2005)

Ab Initio Determination of the Heat of Formation of Ketenyl (HCCO) and Ethynyl
(CCH) Radicals.
Mol. Phys

103

, 2159-2168 (2005)

Pulsed Field Ionization Photoelectron-photoion Coincidence Study of the Process N

+ N + e

: Bond Dissociation Energies of N

and N

J. Chem. Phys

123

, 074330/1-7 (2005)

Thermochemical Properties of Free Radicals from G3MP2//B3 Calculations, Set-2: Free
Radicals with Special Consideration of CH

=CH-C=CH

, cyclo-C

, CH

OOH, HO-

CO and HC(O)O.

Int. J. Chem. Kinet

, 661 (2004)

W3 Theory: Robust Computational Thermochemistry in the kJ/mol Accuracy Range.
J. Chem. Phys

120

, 4129 (2004)

Benchmark Thermochemistry of the Hydroperoxyl Radical.
J. Phys. Chem.

108

, 3195 (2004)

Vibrational Spectrum and Thermochemistry of the Formyl (HCO) Radical: A
Variational Study by the Coupled Cluster CCSD(T) Method with Complete Basis Set
Extrapolation.

J. Phys. Chem. A

108

, 5431 (2004)

Thermodynamic Properties of C

and C

Bromo Compounds and Radicals: A

Relativistic ab Initio Study.

J. Phys. Chem. A

108

, 7752 (2004)

Introduction to Active Thermochemical Tables: Several “Key” Enthalpies of Formation
Revisited.
J. Phys. Chem. A

108

, 9979 (2004)

Equilibrium Geometry of the Ethynyl (CCH) Radical

J. Phys. Chem. A

108

, 3030 (2004)

HEAT: High Accuracy Extrapolated Ab Initio Thermochemistry

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J. Chem. Phys

121

, 11599 (2004)

Enthalpy of Formation of SH

J. Phys. Chem. A

107

, 2061 (2003)

Equilibrium Structure and Force Field of NH

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys

, 3359 (2003)

Structural and Thermochemical Properties of the Hydroxymethyl (CH

OH) Radical: A

High Precision Ab Initio Study.
J. Chem. Phys

119

, 10105 (2003)

Coupled Cluster CCSD(T) Calculations of Equilibrium Geometries, Anharminic Force
Fields, and Thermodynamic Properties of the Formyl (HCO) and Isoformyl (COH)
Radical Species

J. Phys. Chem. A

107

, 2343 (2003)

A Variational Study of Nuclear Dynamics and Structural Flexibility of the CH

Radical.

J. Chem. Phys

119

, 3098 (2003)

Thermochemical Properties of Free Radicals from G3MP2//B3 Calculations

Int. J. Chem. Kinet

, 550 (2002)

The Enthalpy of Formation of

CH.

Mol. Phys

100

, 3879 (2002)

Anharmonic Force Field, Structure, and Thermochemistry of CF

and CCl

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys

, 3282 (2002)

Pure Appl. Chem.

2008, Vol. 80, No. 9, pp. 2025-2040

(project 2001-030-1-100

Schwarz/Hinz))

Temperature dependence of the

H chemical shift of tetramethylsilane in chloroform,

methanol, and dimethylsulfoxide

J. Magn. Reson. 176 (2005) 87

Measurement of magnetic susceptibility and calculation of shape factor of NMR samples

J. Magn. Reson

178

(2006) 237

Standardization of chemical shifts of TMS and solvent signals in NMR solvents

Magn. Reson. Chem

(2006) 606

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IUPAC Recommendation published in PAC (

Pure Appl. Chem

. 80(1), 59-84, 2008

.) with

reprinting in

(a)

Magn. Reson. Chem

(2008) 582-598 (together with an editorial letter in

Magn. Reson.

Chem

(2008) 507)

(b)

Solid State NMR

(2008) 41-56

(c)

Encyclopedia of Magnetic Resonance (on-line)

, Editors-in-Chief R. K. Harris & R. E.

Wasylishen, DOI 10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1019

Glossary of terms used in photochemistry

, 3rd edition (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)

Pure Appl. Chem

(3), 293-465, 2007

IUPAC Recommendations published in

Pure Appl. Chem. 78(3), 541-612, 2006

Supporting Information (zip file - 38KB)

Active Thermochemical Tables

in: 2005 Yearbook of Science and Technology, McGraw-

Hill, New York, 2004, pp. 3-7

IV.2 BOOKS

Developments and applications in solubility

, ed. T.M. Letcher

Royal Society of Chemistry, February 2007.
(from project 2005-016-1-100 -

Developments and applications in solubility

Thermodynamics, solubility and environmental issues

, ed. T.M. Letcher

Elsevier, April 2007.
(from project 2005-048-2-100 -

Solubility and thermodynamic properties related to

environmental issues

Revision of "Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical Chemistry" and the Appendices
(3rd edition)

(Result of project 110/2/81-

Revision of "Quantities, Units and Symbols in Physical

Chemistry" and the Appendices (3rd edition)

. The 3

Edition has been published by the Royal

Society of Chemistry /IUPAC in August 2007 coincident with the GA 2007 in Torino.

IV.3 DATABASES

Kinetics on atmospheric reactions (homogeneous gas-phase, heterogeneous gas-
condensed phase and gas-phase photochemical) database on

http://www.iupac-kinetic.ch.cam.ac.uk/

Ionic liquids datbase. Thermodynamic data are available on

http://ilthermo.boulder.nist.gov/ILThermo/mainmenu.uix/

Supplemental phase diagrams on

http://www.iupac.org/publications/cd/phase_diagrams/index.htm

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DIVISION III REPORT FOR THE COUNCIL

Executive Summary

The current and future Divisional funding is dependent on more advanced plans and
therefore the importance of developing relevant project is decisive. The number of
Projects (active, submitted and to be submitted) was increased during the last
biennium.

The Division administers the CHEMRAWN VII prize for Atmospheric and Green
Chemistry. The prize will be awarded every two years to a young investigator from a
developing country, beginning in 2010. The Selection Committee is composed by
the President of the Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division as Chair, the Chair
of the Subcommittee on Green Chemistry, and the Chair of CHEMRAWN

Division III Activities

Division III is characterized by a large number of Sub-Committees, S/Cs, who are
very active in six specific sectors. They organize biannual International Conferences
and Workshops, promote and manage Projects, publish the results on Special Issues of
PAC. They are:

Sub-committee on Organic Synthesis;

Chairman, Frank McDonald, USA

Sub-committee on Biomolecular Chemistry;
Chairman, Mike Blackburn, UK

Sub-committee on Photochemistry;
Chairman, Sylvia Braslavsky, Germany

Sub-Committee on Green Chemistry;
Chairman, Buxing Han, China

Sub-committee on Structural and Mechanistic Chemistry;
Chairman, Einar Uggurud), Norway

Sub-committee on Biotechnology;
Chairman, Francesco Nicotra), Italy
Revised S/C membership will be carried out in the occasion of the Glasgow IUPAC
Congress.

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Goal 1: IUPAC will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that
objectively addresses global issues involving the chemical sciences.

The Conferences organized by the S/Cs are always carried out with the support of the
National and International Organizations. A new series of Conferences on Green
Chemistry is now established. The second event was carried out in Moscow-S.
Petersburg on September 2008. The third one will be in Ottawa on August 2010.

Goal 2: IUPAC will facilitate the advancement of research in the chemical sciences
through the tools that it provides for international standardization and scientific
discussion.

Three projects are presently addressing this aim:
1. Glossary of Physical Organic Chemistry (Perrin, USA);
2. Standard photochemical processes (Griesbeck, Germany) and
3. Evaluation of measurement methods and QA/QC for PCDD/F, PCB and PAHs in
environmental matrices (air quality, soil, sediments and wastes) used in estimation of
global pollution (Raccanelli, Italy);

Goal 3: IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable
development, wealth creation, and improvement in the quality of life

The Division is administering the

CHEMRAWN VII prize for Atmospheric and

Green Chemistry

. The prize of USD 5000 will be awarded every two years to a

young investigator from a developing country, beginning in 2010.The nominees
should be <45 years, since many young chemists from developing countries require
some years to develop the appropriate track record of accomplishment. The prize
was announced at the Moscow ICGC-2 Conference, and that nominations for the
prize would close on December 31st of the year preceding the Green Chemistry
conference at which each prize would be awarded.
We are pleased to announce that the CHEMRAWN VII Future Actions Committee
and the Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division have agreed to establish the
title Prize, to be awarded biennially at the IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry.
The first award will be given at the IUPAC ICGC-3, Ottawa, August 15-19 2010.
Nominations for the prize would close on December 31st of the year preceding the
Green Chemistry Conference, that is on December 31

, 2009. Each nomination

should include a CV and two letters of support plus a brief summary of research,
emphasizing the contribution of the applicant in the field of green chemistry and
emphasizing atmospheric chemistry.

The Selection Committee is composed by the President of the Organic and
Biomolecular Chemistry Division as Chair, the Chair of the Subcommittee on Green
Chemistry, and the Chair of CHEMRAWN

Goal 4: IUPAC will foster communication among individual chemists and scientific
organizations, with special emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing
countries.

Professor Liliana Mannino, University of Venda, South Africa, is managing the
project: Biomass burning in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Goal 5: IUPAC will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the
enhancement of chemistry education, the career development of young chemical
scientists, and the public appreciation of chemistry

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Particularly active at this regards are the Translation in Romanian and Dissemination
of a monograph for Universities and Secondary Schools on "Global Climate Change”.
A new request is now in evaluation concerning its translation in Greek.

Under evaluation are also two Projects concerning dissemination, workshops, media:
1. Green Chemistry – creation and implementation of international cooperation in
teaching and investigations. THE GREAT GREEN WAY (Lunin) and
2. Green Chemistry: Sustainable Education and Environmental Development in Latin
America. SEEDS (Vasquez).

Goal 6: IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the
maximum feasible diversity in membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography,
gender, and age.

The present Membership of the Division, S/Cs, Projects and Conferences takes care of
that.

Additional Information

Divisions I, III, V and VI intent to propose the institution of an

Interdivisional

Committee on Green Chemistry.

The importance of establishing this Committee on Green Chemistry is based upon the
relevance that this field has acquired during the last years. In fact Green Chemistry
involves not only the educational aspects, but more importantly represents a joint
endeavour of numerous Projects carried out by the sub-Committee on Green
Chemistry of the Division III. In fact the above-referenced Divisions were in the past
often involved in various aspects of Green Chemistry ranging from fundamental
(Division I), specific systematic (Division III) and analytical (Division V) as well as
general environmental (Division VI) implications, so much so that we propose this
Interdivisional Committee in order to realize the synergy and cohesion that this topic
naturally commands. This new organization will enable the debate on ideas and
concepts, provide a forum for discussion and facilitate the formulation of projects in
this rapidly advancing field that is intimately connected to global sustainability issues.
In a sense, the proposed Commission should be the voice of chemistry in the climate
change debate. As a case in point, the importance of fundamental and applied
chemistry in this field was recently confirmed by numerous research projects financed
worldwide by several countries and agencies.
It should highlight these aspects as they will be useful to increase the visibility of
Chemistry in the scientific community also in view of the forthcoming International
Year of Chemistry; IYC. The coordination afforded by the four proposing Divisions
may increase the visibility of IUPAC by approaching projects that involve a larger
context and may reach a wider public.

International Year of Chemistry

. This topic will be fully discussed in the occasion

of the Divisional meeting in Glasgow, taking the advantage of the presence of the
Sub-Committee presence and their active Chairmen. Particular importance will be
devoted to the organization of joint Festivals or/and Olympic Chemical Games,
involving the multiform actors in Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division.

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4. Tabular Material

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Organic Synthesis

. ICOS-17 (Daejeon, Korea: June 22-27, 2008)

Biomolecular Chemistry

. The CHEMBIOTECH meeting in Torino (August 2007)

and ISCNP26/ICOB6 in Charlottetown, PEI, Canada (July 2008) were successfully.

Green Chemistry

. ICGC-2; Moscow, Russia: September 14-20, 2008; a special

issue of Pure Appl. Chem. is linked to this meeting.

Photochemistry.

22nd IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry (Gothenburg,

Sweden: July 28-1 August 2008)

Structural and Mechanistic Chemistry

. ICPOC-19, Santiago de Compostela, Spain:

July 13-18, 200 during the International Symposium on Physical Organic Chemistry.

Biotechnology

. 13-IBS; Dalian, China: October 12-17, 2008

PROJECTS

Projects in progress (2007-2007 biennium, allocation shown)

2007-025-1; Biomass burning in Sub-Saharan Africa (Mammino; $8k);

2007-035-1; Translation in Romanian and Dissemination of a
monograph for Universities and Secondary Schools on "Global
Climate Change"' (Pascariu; $4.5k);

2007-051-1; Workshop for finalizing the project proposal document
for setting up International Center for Natural Product Research
(ICNPR) (Mozzihuzamann, $6k);

Approved during 2008-2009 biennium (total to date $14.8k)

2008-016-1-300; Making the online journal of green chemistry: Green
Rapid Internet Communications (Tundo; $3,5k);

2008-026-1-xxx; Strategic planning for a new East and SouthEast
Asian Network for Organic Chemistry (Isobe; $5k);

2008-006-3-100; Thermodynamic Study on Hydrogen Storage
Materials: Metal Organic Frameworks and Metal or Complex Hydrides
(Sun, China; $1k)

2009-002-1-300; Update of IUPAC Glossary of Physical Organic
Chemistry (Perrin, USA; $4.8k);

Projects currently in review

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2008-1-017-4; Green Chemistry – creation and implementation of
international cooperation in teaching and investigations. THE GREAT
GREEN WAY (Lunin; $10k requested; Div. recommendation to PC to
fund $5k);

2008-018-1; Translation in Greek and dissemination of a monograph
for secondary schools on Global Climate Change (Siskos, $7.5k
requested);

2008-037-1; Standard photochemical processes (Griesbeck, $15k
requested; to be resubmitted);

2009-007-1; Evaluation of measurement methods and QA/QC for
PCDD/F, PCB and PAHs in environmental matrices (air quality, soil,
sediments and wastes) used in estimation of global pollution
(Raccanelli, $9.9k requested of which $3.3k from Div III);

2009-014-1; Green Chemistry: Sustainable Education and
Environmental Development (

SEED

) in Latin America (Vasquez,

$10k requested from various IUPAC Divs);

PLANNING FOR FUTURE SYMPOSIA

ICOS-18

(Bergen, Norway, August 1-6 2010; organizer L. Sydnes), and ICOS-19

(Melbourne, Australia, 2012).

ICPOC -20:

(Korea, August 2010)

ISCNP27/ICOB7

(Brisbane: July 10-14, 2011)

ISBOC-8

(North America, Townsend/Vederas, 2010) and then in Europe in 2012.

Biotechnology

The 2010 meeting will take place in Italy, Bologna, while an

application from Korea to host the meeting in 2012 has been accepted.

ICGC-3.

Int. Conference on Green Chemistry (Ottawa, Canada, 15-19 August

2010).

Pietro Tundo
President of Division III

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IUPAC Polymer Division Report 2008-2009

Prepared by C. K. Ober, Division President

I. Highlights:

The Polymer Division of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry is concerned

with the science and technology of macromolecules and polymers. Its aims are:

•

To facilitate international scientific exchange

•

To cooperate with other international organizations

•

To promote macromolecular and polymer science and technology at the international
level, including education, conferences and the assessment of societal impact

•

To define terminology and standards in macromolecular and polymer science and
technology

The Polymer Division is organized into 6 subcommittees: i) Polymer Terminology; ii)

Developing Polymer Materials; iii) Polymer Education; iv) Molecular Characterization of

Polymers; v) Structure and Properties of Commercial Polymers; and vi) Modeling of

Polymerization Kinetics and Processes. The activities of each subcommittee are well

described by its title.

Of particular note, the Subcommittee on the Structure and Properties of Commercial

Polymers is almost entirely made up of members from the chemical industry. The

Subcommittee on Developing Polymer Materials is unique in that its goal is to generate new

ideas at the forefront of polymer chemistry and to pass the resulting projects onto the other

subcommittees. In addition there are small groups of Division members responsible for the

Division Web Page and Electronic Publications, fostering International Cooperation focused

on the IYC and for enhancing Industrial and International Relations.

During the last year and a half the Division has been actively working to achieve these goals.

Some of the highlights of the past 18 months include:

Preparing for the International Year of Chemistry:

At the recent IUPAC World Polymer

Congress (WPC) and as a follow-up to IUMACRO-07, a mini-summit was held between the

Polymer Division and representatives of several international polymer societies to discuss

possible areas of co-operation. Attendees included representatives of the European Polymer

Federation, the Japanese Society of Polymer Science, the Korean Polymer Society, and the

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American Chemical Society. Several topics for greater co-operation were identified including

education, the developing world and in sponsoring symposia aimed at younger polymer

scientists. A meeting will be held at the Glasgow WCC with leaders of other polymer

societies to build a joint program around the International Year of Chemistry. At the moment

the current ideas include:

1) Joint symposia and conferences - There are a variety of possible topics including polymer

education, the impact of polymers on society, etc. It might be very nice to hold joint

programs at the meeting of the European Polymer Federation or with the Asian Pacific

Federation as well as during the Puerto Rico IUPAC General Assembly. Joint symposia

might be focused on younger polymer scientists. A direct result of prior discussions was the

International Young Polymer Scientist Symposium held at MACRO 2008 in Taipei. We will

explore particular topics or other ways to work together.

2) An enhanced web presence - the IUPAC Polymer Division has established an education

web site that it is working to improve. Currently it rates very high in Google searches of

“polymer education” and is continuing to climb. The web address is:

http://www.iupac.org/polyedu/

This web site links to educational web sites in over 4

continents and 8 countries and distributes without cost an educational CD that explains the

basics of polymer chemistry. This web site is already linked to the CCE and IYC web pages.

It might be appropriate, for example, to include video messages from distinguished polymer

scientists representing different parts of the world celebrating IYC. This web site could also

list events focused on polymers related to the IYC.

3) The value of polymers to society - the IUPAC polymer division has spoken with members

of the polymer industry and they are interested in communicating the value of polymers to

society. While this is a difficult year to talk to industry due to the economy, they might in

future years (by 2011) be interested in supporting this.

IUPAC Visibility and Promotion of Polymer Chemistry

: It has been the goal of the

Polymer Division to increase its visibility to the scientific community, to increase its value to

younger polymer chemists and to honour its most productive members. The division

administers the IUPAC-Samsung Young Polymer Scientist Award,

the “DSM Performance

Materials Award (with the cooperation of IUPAC)” and the IUPAC-Polymer International

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Award. Both the ”DSM-IUPAC” and the “IUPAC-PI” Award were newly presented at the

recent 2008 IUPAC World Polymer Congress. Division IV was directly involved in the

selection of the award winners. Each award has been well received by the chemical

community and the following polymer chemists were honoured: Craig Hawker (USA), DSM-

IUPAC Award; Zhenan Bao (USA), IUPAC-PI Award; and Eric Cloutet (France), Samsung

Award. Nominations for the DSM-IUPAC and the IUPAC-PI awards are underway with

presentations expected for the 2010 World Polymer Congress to be held in Glasgow.

International Research Funding Pilot Project:

As an outgrowth of this educational effort,

Division IV is planning a showcase project with the IUPAC Task Group on “International

Research Funding in the Chemical Sciences” to examine the possible role of IUPAC in

fostering international joint research projects. Discussions were recently held in December

2008 in Washington DC and a detailed plan for a call for proposals involving researchers of 3

or more countries was discussed. It is the goal to involve researchers and students from

developing countries as part of the Div. IV educational efforts. A timetable has been set and a

joint project is planned in this activity. We hope to have the call for proposals in place

shortly and functioning so that we can hold a symposium of all participants during IYC or

shortly thereafter.

II. Report of Division/Committee Activities during 2008 2009.

In all its activities, the Polymer Division strives to achieve several of its strategic goals

simultaneously. For this reason, this report somewhat artificially divides its activities into the

sub-categories that are the IUPAC strategic objectives.

a) IUPAC will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively
addresses global issues involving the chemical sciences.

The creation, study and manufacture of polymers are actions of worldwide significance.

Polymers are key elements in virtually all the major science and technology fields ranging

from medicine to microelectronics to nanotechnology. Increasingly, the large-scale

production of polymers is shifting to the developing world. For these reasons the Polymer

Division, has targeted efforts in education of and involvement of chemists from these regions.

As an example, Division IV is working on two activities that we see as opportunities to

address this. Our planned activities for the International Year of Chemistry, through our joint

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activities with polymer societies, through our increased web presence and through our

increased focus on symposia for younger scientists will help us better connect with the

developed and developing region. In particular, the education subcommittee is developing

new teaching material that it will distribute over the Internet. As another example, our pilot

project with the IUPAC Task Group on “International Research Funding in the Chemical

Sciences” on developing new models for research funding involves the engagement of

developing countries. By encouraging the hiring of students and post-docs from developing

regions as part of this multi-country effort, we hope to better train these researchers, raise

their level of chemical expertise, build professional networks that are so important in the

sciences and through this process make them more aware of IUPAC.

b) IUPAC will facilitate the advancement of research in the chemical sciences through the
tools that it provides for international standardization and scientific discussion.

The Polymer Division works consistent with this goal through its sub-committees to identify

current polymer trends and topical areas and help to develop standard definitions, processes,

methods and materials. For example, the Terminology Subcommittee is refining the language

of polymer chemistry and through its collaborations, working to develop terminology of

materials chemistry as well. The Subcommittee on

Structure and Properties of Commercial

Polymers

works with members of the chemical industry to standardize terms and methods

related to the characterization of polymers.

The Subcommittee on Modeling of

Polymerization Kinetics and Processes is providing a wealth of scientific literature to

standardize the known rate constants and mechanistic models for polymerization chemistry

while the Subcommittee on Molecular Characterization of Polymers is developing a common

framework for the analysis of polymers at the molecular level, for example, in the area of the

molecular weights, molecular size and other properties of polymer molecules. These

Subcommittees publish regular reports to disseminate this information to the polymer

chemistry community.

Purple Book:

In addition to the reports that the Division produces throughout the year as a

result of its project system, the division is responsible for the Purple Book. An updated and

enhanced version has just been published. As one of our most significant terminology

projects the Division is justifiably proud.

Compendium of Polymer Terminology and

Nomenclature

, IUPAC recommendations 2008

RSC Publishing

, 2009 [ISBN 978-0-85404-

491-7] Congratulations to the editors, especially Prof. Richard Jones.

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IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable

development, wealth creation, and improvement in the quality of life.

A strategic goal of the division is to improve our links to the chemical industry. Two ways to

do this are through our existing sub-committees. The Division IV Subcommittee on Polymer

Structure-Property Relationships has an extraordinarily high level of industrial participation

(over 90%). A major reason for this is that the round-robin style of data collection and

sharing has an enormous benefit for industry. It is our plan to use the high industrial

participation to reach out to industry and build further ties. Bob Stepto, former Division

President, has also been appointed to serve as a new Industrial Liaison and has attended the

sub-committee meeting to make connections to industry and also visited a trade organization

located in Brussels to explain the role of IUPAC to the Polymer Industry. It has been

recommended that he temporarily hold off on his efforts because of the economy, but we

expect that later this year these and other actions will serve to further engage industry in our

activities. We do expect that a strong interest voiced by industry to help with our educational

efforts and participation in the IYC will lead to stronger connections despite the current

economic situation. We would also like to work with COCI on this topic and expect to

continue discussions started in Bratislava on this topic.

d) IUPAC will foster communication among individual chemists and scientific organizations,
with special emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing countries.

The Polymer Division communicates with the polymer chemistry community through its

publications, through the organization of conferences and through the internet using both the

IUPAC website and its own Polymer Education website.

Publications

: Since the reports of the Division subcommittees are mentioned above, I will

only add that the Polymer Division has published many of its conference proceedings as part

of the Macromolecular Symposia Series, through Wiley. This venue offers both an additional

means of communication and also provides a modest income for the Division.

Conferences:

The World Polymer Congress (June 2008, Taipei. Organizer: Prof. Show-An

Chen) attracted more than 1,200 participants from 50 different countries. The IUPAC web

site describing sponsored symposia lists the additional conferences sponsored by Div. IV. In

addition the WPC 2010 will be held in the same venue as the current WCC. It would be good

in future to better coordinate WCC and WPC locations so that these repeats do not occur. In

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addition, several more conferences to be held in 2009 are in the process of being granted

IUPAC sponsorship. WPC 2012 is expected for early July in Blacksburg, VA, USA and

WPC 2014 is expected to be in Asia with the frontrunner for host being Thailand.

In the immediate past and current years, 12 sponsored conferences were or are scheduled.

Just as the Torino WCC hosted the first technical sessions devoted to topics related to the

Polymer Division interests, the Glasgow WCC will also host symposia organized by and

related to Division topics. We are grateful to the Glasgow organizers for enabling us to do

this. It is our ongoing goal to continue to carry out organization of polymer-focused symposia

at future WCC.

Internet

: IUPAC provides a website for provision of information about the organization. At

present this website is inadequate for two reasons – it is just now becoming functional but

still needs improvement. But is also misses a real opportunity to better communicate the

benefits of chemistry to society. Perhaps this will change with the website planned for the

International Year of Chemistry.

The Polymer Division educational website is slowly growing. Already it is one of the most

highly ranked web sites at Google for polymer education. Originally planned as a tool to

disseminate the contents of a CD on polymer science, it has now grown to include links to

international polymer education web sites, it provides educational material created at

Polymer Division conferences and workshops, it will provide links to the IYC web site as it

develops and it will serve as a platform for additional Polymer Division IYC activities.

e) IUPAC will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the enhancement of
chemistry education, the career development of young chemical scientists, and the public
appreciation of chemistry.

The education sub-committee is energetically working on several activities. In addition to its

web site mentioned above, in line with the strategic goals of the Polymer Division, it has a

particular focus on educational activities for the developing world and especially younger

scientists. It is developing links to polymer education groups across the globe. It is also a

goal to use the web site to provide access to the educational material developed for IUPAC

sponsored polymer division conferences. It has recently made available educational materials

resulting from workshops and conferences through its web site.

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As an outgrowth of this educational effort, Division IV is planning a showcase project with

the IUPAC Task Group on “International Research Funding in the Chemical Sciences” to

examine the possible role of IUPAC in fostering international joint research projects.

Discussions were recently held in December 2008 in Washington DC and a detailed plan for

a call for proposals involving researchers of 3 or more countries was discussed. It is the goal

to involve researchers and students from developing countries as part of the Div. IV

educational efforts. A timetable has been set and a joint project is planned in this activity.

We hope to have the call for proposals in place shortly and functioning so that we can hold a

symposium of all participants during IYC or shortly thereafter.

Other activities include UNESCO/IUPAC polymer education workshops, held periodically in

South Africa to offer training to young chemists from the developing world. The

UNESCO/IUPAC Postgraduate Course in Polymer Science

organized by the Institute of

Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, in Prague also

offers financial support and training fro students from the developing world. Finally, each

year the PolyChar conference offers a workshop aimed at students to better understand the

methods of polymer characterization. Also important is the Samsung prize, recognizing the

accomplishments of young polymer scientists, given at the World Polymer Congress. This

and other prizes (see Other Information below) provide recognition of the accomplishments

of polymer chemists.

f) IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the maximum feasible
diversity in membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography, gender, and age.

The Polymer Division makes every effort to ensure that its membership is represented by

chemists from all major regions of the earth. We have a tradition of rotating the leadership

between Europe, the Asia Pacific region and the Americas. In order to maximize

participation, our electoral process involves voting by Titular Members, Associate Members,

National Representatives, Subcommittee Chairs, and project members. In this way all

relevant persons can participate. We regularly involve 10 NRs in our activities. We are

working hard to bring in younger members to participate in our leadership and as members of

our subcommittees.

III. Other substantive information

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Polymer Chemistry Awards:

It has been the goal of the Polymer Division to increase its

visibility to the scientific community, to increase its value to younger polymer chemists and

to honour its most productive members. The division now administers the IUPAC-Samsung

Young Polymer Scientist Award,

the “DSM Performance

Materials Award (with the

cooperation of IUPAC)” and the IUPAC-Polymer International Award. Both the ”DSM-

IUPAC” and the “IUPAC-PI” Award were newly presented at the recent 2008 IUPAC World

Polymer Congress. Division IV was directly involved in the selection of the award winners.

Each award was a great success and the following polymer chemists were honoured: Craig

Hawker (USA), DSM-IUPAC Award; Zhenan Bao (USA), IUPAC-PI Award; and Eric

Cloutet (France), Samsung Award. Nominations for the DSM-IUPAC and the IUPAC-PI

awards are underway for the 2010 World Polymer Congress.

IV. Tabular Material.

The following section provides information on the recently published

Purple Book

Macromolecular

Symposia

, Polymer Division Conferences with IUPAC sponsorship and

Division Created Technical Reports.

Purple Book

Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature - IUPAC

Recommendations 2008

published by RSC, 2009 [ISBN 978-0-85404-491-7].

This new edition of the "Purple Book" is one of a series of books issued by IUPAC. It

collects into a single volume the most important position papers on the nomenclature and

terminology of several types of polymers, such as Regular Single-Strand Organic Polymers,

Regular Double-Strand (Ladder and Spiro) Organic Polymers, and Irregular Single-Strand

Organic Polymers. The scope has been extended to include papers on terminology for

polymers. It is a handy compendium for scientists and is invaluable for those professionals

working in this field.

Macromolecular Symposia

- The following volumes have been published since the last

biennial report as of March 30, 2009 by Wiley – VCH in 2008 – 2009, based on presentations

in the sponsored conferences.

Macromolecular Complexes

, Macromol. Symp. vol 270, Aug 2008

12th IUPAC International Symposium on MacroMolecular Complexes (MMC-12) was held
August 27-31, 2007 in Fukuoka, Japan

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Editor: Naoki Toshima

Advanced Polymer Materials for Photonics and Electronics

, Macromol. Symp. vol 268, July

2008
The conference Advanced Polymer Materials for Photonics and Electronics took place in
Prague, 15-19 July 2007
Editor: Vera Cimrová

Nanostructured Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites

, Macromol. Symp. vol 267, June

2008
The conference Nanostructured Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites took place in Prague,
July 2007.
Editor: Libor Matejka

POLYCHAR-16 World Forum on Advanced Materials

, Macromol. Symp. vol 277, March

2009
POLYCHAR 16 was held February 17th-21st 2008 in Lucknow, India
Editor: Michael Hess

IUPAC Conferences sponsored by the Polymer Division

17 February 2008
POLYCHAR-16 - World Forum on Advanced Materials

02 June 2008
6th International Symposium on Molecular Order and Mobility in Polymer Systems

29 June 2008
Macro 2008 - Polymers at Frontiers of Science and Technology

20 July 2008
2008 Prague Meetings on Macromolecules - 48th Microsymposium "Polymer colloids: From
design to biomedical and industrial applications"

07 September 2008
4th International Symposium on Macro- and Supra-molecular Architectures and Materials
(MAM-08)

08 September 2008
10th Annual UNESCO/IUPAC Conference on Macromolecules & Materials

15 February 2009
Materials of the Future-Science of Today: Radical Polymerization

20 April 2009
PolyChar 17 - World Forum on Advanced Materials

07 June 2009
Frontiers in Polymer Science - International Symposium Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of
the Journal "Polymer"

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28 June 2009
2nd International Conference on Self-Healing Materials

05 July 2009
13th International IUPAC Conference on Polymers and Organic Chemistry (POC-'09)

05 July 2009
New Frontiers in Macromolecular Science: From Macromolecular Concepts of Living Matter
to Polymers for Better Quality of Life

12 July 2009
European Polymer Congress 2009

26 July 2009
19th IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization (IP ‘09)

Technical Reports and Recommendations

Commission On Macromolecular Nomenclature
J. Alemán, A. V. Chadwick, J. He, M. Hess, K. Horie, R. G. Jones, P. Kratochvíl, I. Meisel, I.
Mita, G. Moad, S. Penczek and R. F. T. Stepto

Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and
inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)
Vol. 79, Issue 10, p. 1801 [Details + Abstract] [Full text - pdf 295 kB]

Commission On Macromolecular Nomenclature - Subcommittee On Macromolecular
Terminology - Subcommittee On Polymer Terminology
Stanis

aw Penczek and Graeme Moad

Glossary of terms related to kinetics, thermodynamics, and mechanisms of polymerization
(IUPAC Recommendations 2008)
Vol. 80, Issue 10, p. 2163 [Details + Abstract] [Full text - pdf 269 kB]

Subcommittee On Modeling Of Polymerization Kinetics And Processes
Sabine Beuermann, Michael Buback, Pascal Hesse, Frank-Dieter Kuchta, Igor Lacík and
Alex M. van Herk

Critically evaluated rate coefficients for free-radical polymerization Part 6: Propagation rate
coefficient of methacrylic acid in aqueous solution (IUPAC Technical Report)
Vol. 79, Issue 8, p. 1463 [Details + Abstract] [Full text - pdf 246 kB]

Subcommittee On Polymer Terminology
Robert F. T. Stepto

Dispersity in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)
Vol. 81, Issue 2, p. 351 [Details + Abstract] [Full text - pdf 164 kB]

Subcommittee On Structure And Properties Of Commercial Polymers
Dick J. Dijkstra

Guidelines for rheological characterization of polyamide melts (IUPAC Technical Report)
Vol. 81, Issue 2, p. 339 [Details + Abstract] [Full text - pdf 299 kB]

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Analytical Chemistry Division

Report to Council 2009

(Period covered 2008-2009)

Aleš Fajgelj, President

Content:

Highlights and Executive Summary

Report of activities since January 2008

III

Other information

Tabular material

IV.1

IUPAC Recommendations and Technical Reports 2008-2009

IV.2

Conference proceedings

IV.3

Books

IV.4

Current projects

IV.5

Conferences/Symposia

IV.6

Lectures and seminars

IV.7

Workshops

Highlights and Executive Summary

–

In the current biennium (2008-2009) the core bodies of the Analytical Chemistry Division remain the
Division Committee, the Interdivisional Working Party on Harmonization of Quality Assurance
(

WPHQA

) and the Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data (

SSED

)

–

The Division continuous to successfully run a number of divisional and interdivisional projects.

–

The Division keeps and actively supports its key publication/databases, namely

The Compendium of

Analytical Nomenclature - Orange Book,

the

Solubility Database

and the

Stability Constants

Database.

–

For the current biennium Division has established focus (interest) groups on Communication, Critical
evaluation of data, Electronic resources for IUPAC terminology work, Emerging analytical issues,
Metrology, and the Analytical potential of nuclear techniques.

–

The Division continues publishing its newsletter

Teamwork

, which serves for communication within

the Division and with other IUPAC members and bodies.

–

The Division is actively involved in global harmonization and standardization activities, where in
current biennium a special emphasis was put to metrology in chemistry.

–

The Division actively cooperates with number of international organizations and bodies (e.g. BIPM,
CITAC, EURACHEM, IAEA, IAM, IUPAP, UNIDO, etc.)

–

Based on a good geographical distribution of its members, and on the above mentioned cooperations,
the Division is continuing its efforts in supporting chemists in developing countries and economies.

Report of activities since January 2008

(Organized by the six Goals of the current IUPAC Strategic Plan.)

Note: Many of the Division activities described below span over more than one point of the IUPAC
Strategic Goal.

a) Providing leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively addresses global issues
involving the chemical sciences:

Taking into account limited human resources, the Division can only address a limited number of issues.
This is done through interest groups. For the biennium 2008-2009 the following interest groups (formerly
tasks groups) were created:

Communication, Critical evaluation of data, Electronic resources, Emerging

analytical issues, Metrology and the Analytical potential of nuclear techniques

. Interests groups were

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established under the new project oriented IUPAC structure. They are expected to reflect the current core
interests of the Division and to foster creation of new projects. However, Interest Groups are not aimed to
replace any of the Sub-committees or Working Groups and they serve for the biennium when they will be
reviewed and terminated or prolonged as appropriate.

The Division continued to publish its newsletter

Teamwork

, as one of the main sources of information

within the Division members as well as with other IUPAC Divisions and Committees. Being available on
the IUPAC web page

http://old.iupac.org/divisions/V/Teamwork/index.html

, Teamwork is also freely

available for everybody interested.

b) Facilitating the advancement of research in the chemical sciences through the tools that it provides for
international standardization and scientific discussion:

Beside the IUPAC Technical Reports and Recommendations resulting from projects run by the Division
(listed in IV.1 and IV.4), the Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature - Orange book, the Solubility
Database and the Stability Constants Database, as well as the k

-NAA database, remain to be the main

Division tools of general interest for analytical chemistry community. However, critical review of

Orange

Book

coordinated by the Division Secretary revealed a need of complete revision of this document.

Revision of the Orange Book is foreseen to be the most important activity for the near future with the
involvement of all Division Committee Members. A dedicated one day workshop on Orange Book
revision is planned during the IUPAC GA in Glasgow (See also III).

The IUPAC

Stability Constant Database

(SCDB)

is the most comprehensive compilation of stability

constants available, covering the years 1877 to 2005. It is the primary source of data for the Critical
Evaluations of Stability Constants that are published on a regular basis by Division V. It is a major
research tool for those involved in the equilibrium modelling of environmental, biological and
industrial systems. The future of SCDB was the subject of a Division V presentation to the Bureau
meetings in 2004 and 2007. All aspects of the management of the database — program development,
data conflation, advertising, marketing — have for the last 16 years been undertaken on behalf of
IUPAC by the developers of the current database, Academic Software. In 2007 this company has
indicated that it wishes to transfer the responsibility for management and maintenance of SCDB to
IUPAC within about 2 years. Division V formed a consultative team to work with Academic Software
to achieve a successful transition of management of SCDB from Academic Software to IUPAC or an
alternative external systems manager. Further, the Division was represented by Kip Powell on the
Secretary-General’s

ad hoc

committee that had as its Terms of Reference: “To explore requirements

to achieve a modernized interactive IUPAC web site and an ability for IUPAC to provide large
databases of value to chemists”. The work of this committee led to the current developing
arrangements with FIZ-Chemie.

It can be reported now that agreement was reached with the IUPAC

Bureau that the database will be frozen as soon as collection of literature data for 2006 is completed. For
the future the database will be made available to users through IUPAC as a frozen compilation. Division V
is ready to support further work compilations if such a need will be identified in the future.

Regarding

-NAA database

contacts were established with the the BIPM Consultative Committee for

Ionizing Radiation (CCRI) and the International Atomic energy Agency (IAEA) regarding future updates
and developments. The Division expressed interest for further cooperation and for further hosting this
database.

c)

Assisting chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable development, wealth creation, and

improvement in the quality of life:

In understanding the role measurement results produced by analytical chemists play in international trade
and in helping lowering barriers to trade, the following projects of Analytical Chemistry Division deserve
special attention, namely, the

Metrological Traceability of Measurement Results in Chemistry

and the

interdivisional project on Comparable pH Measurements by Metrological Traceability. The first project is
aimed to establish common understanding of metrological traceability and to describe common concepts as

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prerequisite for comparability of measurement results, while the second one already utilizes given concepts
and applies them to the most frequent chemical measurement – measurement of pH. The third, recently
initiated WPHQA project is titled

Investigating out-of-Specification Test Results of Chemical Composition

Based on Metrological Concepts

, which is aimed in developing a guide for identification of root causes of

out–of-specification (OOS) test results of chemical composition based on metrological concepts. The
guide should be helpful for full-scale investigation of OOS test results, already detected according to
existing requirements in pharmaceutical and other industries. Another WPHQA project of relevance to
industry is

Trace Element Analysis – Role of Particle Size Distribution in Solid Reference Materials

, which

is very important for reference materials production in assuring ‘commutability’ of reference materials.

d) Fostering communication among individual chemists and scientific organizations, with special
emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing countries.

Members of the Analytical Chemistry Division have been actively involved and have cooperated with the
following organizations and bodies: the International Committee on Weights and Measures/Consultative
Committee on the Amount of Substance (BIMP/CCQM); the ISO-Committee on Reference Materials
(ISO/REMCO); the International Committee on Weights and Measures/Joint Committee for Guides in
Metrology (BIPM/JCGM) Working Group1 and Working Group 2; Inter-Agency Meeting (IAM); the Joint
Committee on Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (JCTLM), the Cooperation on International
Traceability in Analytical Chemistry (CITAC), etc. One of the most important documents published during
this biennium in which Division members were actively involved is the 3

Edition of the

International

vocabulary of metrology — Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM).

IUPAC was together

with BIPM, IEC, IFCC, ILAC, ISO, IUPAP and OIML one of eight international organizations, which
worked together in producing this document under the coordination of the Working Group 2 of the Joint
Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM/WG 2).

e) Utilizing global IUPAC perspective and networks to contribute to the enhancement of chemistry
education, the career development of young chemical scientists, and the public appreciation of chemistry.

The Analytical Chemistry Division continued to be actively involved in the IOCD project

Standardization

of analytical approaches and analytical capacity building in Africa.

Also, as indicated in paragraphs V.5

and V.6, Division members have organized or have been involved in numerous seminars, workshop and
conferences in various parts of the world.

f) IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the maximum feasible diversity in
membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography, gender, and age

The current and proposed 2010-2011 Division memberships are well balanced regarding geographical
distribution, gender and diversity of scientific fields. However, there is still room for improvement
regarding involvement of young chemists in projects and other Division activities.

III

Other information

In 2008-2009 biennium the WPHQA and SSED have after many years changed their Chair persons. This
means that simultaneously with the change of Division Officers all leading positions of the Division have
in 2008 been newly occupied.

At the Division last Division Committee meeting in February 2008 in Rome it was confirmed that the
Orange Book will remain one of the most important Division products. In this line the Division will focus
its efforts on the revision of the complete Orange Book, which should then continuously be updated and
should serve as a source of information for the IUPAC Gold Book. Selection of new Division Members
should take this into account in assuring that all fields of analytical chemistry will be properly covered.

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IV.1

IUPAC Recommendations and Technical Reports 2008-2009

Performance evaluation criteria for preparation and measurement of macro and microfabricated ion-
selective electrodes (IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem.

, Vol. 80, No. 1, pp. 85–104, 2008.

Glossary of terms related to solubility (IUPAC Recommendations 2008)

Pure Appl. Chem.

, Vol. 80, No. 2, pp. 233–276, 2008.

Countercurrent chromatography in Analytical chemistry (IUPAC Technical Report)

Pure Appl. Chem

., Vol. 81, No. 2, pp. 355–387, 2009.

IV.2

Conference proceedings

International Conference on Solution Chemistry (ICSC 30), Perth, Australia, 16–20 July 2007 2008,

(E. Königsberger, editor)

Pure Appl. Chem.

Vol. 80, No. 6 (dedicated issue)

International Symposium on Metallomics 2007 (ISM 2007), Nagoya, Japan, 28 November–1 December
2007, (H. Haraguchi, editor)

Pure Appl. Chem.

, Vol. 80, Issue 12, 2008 (dedicated issue)

Challenges to metallomics and analytical chemistry solutions (Sandra Mounicou and Ryszard Lobinski)

Pure Appl. Chem

., 2008, Vol. 80, No. 12, pp. 2565-2575, 2008.

IV.3

Books

D. B. Hibbert, Quality Assurance for the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University Press, 2007.

IV.4

Current projects

2008-031-1-500: Methods of measurement and evaluation of natural antioxidant capacity/activity
2008-025-1-500: Humic-metal binding constants database
2008-030-1-500: Investigating out-of-specification test results of chemical composition based on
metrological concepts
2008-008-1-500: An introduction to the IUPAC-NIST Solubility Data Series: Preparation and use of
compilations and evaluations
2008-002-1-500: A glossary of concepts and terms in chemometrics
2007-039-1-024: Extension of ThermoML - the IUPAC standard for thermodynamic data communications
2007-041-1-500: Mechanistic aspects of chemical vapor generation of volatile hydrides for trace element
determination
2007-044-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Solubility in systems with lithium and/or
sodium nitrates
2007-047-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Nitriles C+3: binary and multicomponent
systems
2007-046-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Mutual solubility of esters with water
2007-045-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Solubility of higher alkynes in liquids
2007-010-2-500: International harmonized protocol for standard preparation, irradiation and measurement
for assuring metrological traceable results in neutron activation analysis
2006-026-1-500: Electrochemical DNA-based biosensors: terms and methodology
2006-039-2-600: Extraction and fractionation methods for exposure assessment related to trace metals,
metalloids and hazardous organic compounds in terrestrial environments

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2006-037-1-500: Metal-focused -omics: guidelines for terminology and critical evaluation of analytical
approaches
2006-034-1-500: The solubility of oxygen in all solvents (update of SDS vol 7. 1981)
2006-033-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Rare earth metal chlorides (Sc, Y,
lanthanoids) in water and aqueous systems
2006-032-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Mutual solubility of ethers and ketones
with water
2006-022-1-500: Spectrochemical Analysis - Conversion of Orange Book Chapter 10 to Glossary Format
2006-016-1-200: Recommendations for isotope data in geosciences
2006-010-1-500: Adjustment, estimation and uses of equilibrium reaction constants in aqueous solution
2005-041-2-500: Determination of selenomethionine in selenized yeast supplements
2005-035-2-500: Trace elements analysis: role of grain size distribution in solid reference materials
2005-048-2-100: Solubility and thermodynamic properties related to environmental issues
2005-033-1-500: Transition and 12 to 14 main group metals, lanthanide, actinide and ammonium halates
Series: Solubility Data Series; editor-in-chief: Mark Salomon
2005-024-2-600: Establishment of guidelines for the validation of qualitative and semi-quantitative
(screening) methods by collaborative trial: a harmonized protocol
2005-019-2-500: Selection and use of proficiency testing schemes for limited number of participants
(chemical analytical laboratories)
2005-017-1-500: Glossary of terms related to solubility - updates and revisions to the Orange Book
2005-014-1-500: IUPAC Stability Constants Database - completion of data collection up to 2006
2004-005-2-500: Comparable pH measurements by metrological traceability
2004-017-1-500: Standardization of analytical approaches and analytical capacity-building in Africa
2003-056-2-500: Standard definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry
2003-015-2-500: Terminology, quantities and units concerning production and applications of
radionuclides in radiopharmaceutical and radioanalytical chemistry
2002-058-1-500: Definitions and fields of application of the terms robust and rugged and the
characteristics or qualities of robustness and ruggedness in analytical chemistry
2002-044-1-500: Solubility data related to industrial processes. Carbon dioxide in aqueous non-electrolyte
solutions
2002-038-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to human health. Antibiotics: peptide antibiotics
and macrocyclic lactone antibiotics
2002-037-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to human health. Solubility of halogenated
aromatic hydrocarbons Series: Solubility Data Series; editor-in-chief: Mark Salomon
2002-036-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to human health. Solubility of hydroxybenzoic
acids and hydroxybenzoates
2002-035-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to human health. Solubility of substances related
to urolithiasis
2002-032-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to mobility of metals in the environment. Metal
carbonates (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ag, Cd, Hg, Pb)
2002-031-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to mobility of metals in the environment. Alkaline
earth metal carbonates
2002-025-1-500: Solubility data of compounds relevant to mobility of metals in the environment.
Inorganic actinide compounds
2002-009-2-500: Optical spectrochemical analysis using waveguides and optical fibers
2001-072-1-500: Low activation materials for fusion technology: state and prospects
2001-063-1-500: Revision of terminology of separation science
2001-010-3-500: Metrological traceability of measurement results in chemistry (revised title)
1999-050-1-500: Chemical Speciation of Environmentally Significant Heavy Metals and Inorganic
Ligands

IV.5

Conferences/Symposia

The 13th International Symposium on Solubility Phenomena and Related Equilibrium Processes (13th
ISSP) was held at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, from July 27th to 31st, 2008. This was the latest in a

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successful series of biennial meetings that bring together scientists from diverse areas where solubility
and associated equilibria play important roles. The 13th ISSP continued the tradition of ultidisciplinarity
with contributions ranging from theory and modelling, biological systems, industrial processes,
environmental chemistry and geochemistry among others.

IV.6

Lectures and seminars

Seminars on the new International Vocabulary of Metrology (VIM 3) were given by P. De Bièvre in:
Gaithersburg, USA, National Institute for Standards and Technology, 24 October 2008;
Helsinki, Finland, National Institute for Metrology of Finland (MIKES) on 3 February 2009, and
Labquality Days on 25 February 2009.
Bangkok, National Metrology Institute of Thailand, 24 to 27 March 2009; and
Singapore, Health Science Authority, 30 March 2009:

Lectures on the redefinition of the kilogram and the mole were given by P. De Bièvre in:
Bangkok, Kasetsart University, 27 March 2009; and
Singapore, National University of Singapore, 31 March 2009.

Seminar ‘Traceability in Chemistry’, 26 February 2008, Rome, Italy
Lecturers: R. Dybkaer, P. De Bièvre, and M. Sega

Lecture on Introduction to IUPAC and other relevant guidance documents was given by A. Fajgelj at the
APLAC Workshop on Reference Materials Producers Assessors Training Workshop, Hog Kong. 17 to 19
November 2008.

IV.7

Workshops

IUPAC-SSED Workshop on Metrological Traceability of Solubility Data, 28 February 2008, Rome, Italy
Lecturers: D. B. Hibbert, H. Gamsjäger, M. Costa-Gomez, and D. Knox.

IUPAC-WPHQA Workshop on Trace Element Analysis: Role of Particle Size Distribution in Solid
Reference Materials, 29 February 2008, Rome, Italy
Lecturers: M. Belli, A. Sahuquillo, P. de Zorzi, Z. Mester, U. Sansone, and A. Fajgelj

IUPAC Workshop on Metrology, Chinese Academy of Metrology Science (CAMS), Beijing, China, 21
November 2008
Lecturers: A. Fajgelj, B. Hibbert, W. Lund, and Hongmei Li

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

A member of the International Council of Scientific Unions

Division VI “Chemistry and the Environment” (DCE)
President: Nicola Senesi

REPORT on Activities 2008 and first part of 2009

I. HIGHLIGHTS

I.1 Terms of Reference

Through its internationally recognized membership and project teams, the Division of Chemistry
and the Environment (DCE) will provide unbiased and timely authoritative reviews on the behavior
of chemical compounds in the environment and food. The DCE will undertake both fundamental
and applied evaluations that contribute to solving environmental problems and enhancing the
quality of environment and food on a global scale.

I.2. People

The Division Committee (DC) is currently (biennium 2008-2009) comprised of 27 members: 10 TM’s,
6 AM’s, and 10 NR’s and 1 PM, and includes representatives of 23 countries. Each region of the globe
is well represented, with the exception of Latin America. The DC includes 5 women and
representatives from scientifically emerging countries.
The Division has completed the IUPAC election process for the 2010-2011 biennium according to
deadlines indicated by IUPAC. A roster of 10 TMs, 6 AMs, 10 NRs and 1 PM has been provided in
due time to IUPAC Secretariat and approved by the Bureau.
The work of the Division Committee is assisted by the efforts of four sub-committees, which help
identify new priority project areas, stimulate proposals, recruit potential project leaders, and
facilitate external communication encompassing the broad areas of environmental and food chemistry:

•

Biophysical-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems (Chair: Prof. Nicola Senesi)

•

Chemistry of Environmental Compartments (Chair: Dr. Hemda Garelick)

•

Crop Protection Chemistry (Chair: Dr. Ken Racke)

•

Food Chemistry (Chair: Dr. Patrick Dysseler)

I.3. Projects

Projects sponsored by the DCE generally are comprised in three broad categories.
First, the expertise within the DCE subcommittees is used to coordinate and develop state-of-the-art

authoritative reviews

of a particular area of environmental chemistry, which are generally published

in book form. To this end, the Division has a long-standing working partnership with Wiley Press with
two book series currently in production, the one on “Analytical and Physical-Chemistry of
Environmental Systems” and the other on “Physical-Chemical Processes in Environmental Systems”,
both edited by former and actual DCE members. Top international experts are recruited to contribute
the chapters of each volume in the Series. Eleven volumes have been published so far in the former

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Series, and one volume in the latter one. In the new series “Physical-Chemical Processes in
Environmental Systems”, one volume is currently in production by the Publisher Wiley with expected
publication in August 2009, and another one is currently in advanced state of preparation, both as part
of specific DCE projects, and a third one will be submitted in the course of the year 2009 to the DCE as
a project proposal. One added benefit of this cooperative approach with Wiley is that book royalties are
credited back to the DCE so that it may sponsor additional projects in the series.
Second,

technical evaluations

which are traditional IUPAC projects that

focus on critical assessment

and development of specific recommendations for an area of environmental or food chemistry so as to
assist and influence research, regulatory approach, and public policy. Primary areas of emphasis
include definitions, methodologies, and regulations.
Third,

outreach

activities, which help move IUPAC project outcomes outside the small circle of

specialists and into the broader scientific and regulatory arena, with a strong emphasis on technology
transfer to developing countries. In addition to standard IUPAC sponsorship of relevant chemistry
conferences, DCE has made strong efforts to actively plan and organize both international congresses
and regional workshops that are designed not only to bring together leading scientists and regulators to
exchange and debate their latest findings, but also to highlight key IUPAC projects and project
outcomes. Multiple and high levels of IUPAC involvement are maintained, from the organizing and
scientific committees to individual lectures highlighting IUPAC projects.
At the moment there are

active projects, including

that are interdivisionally sponsored and

sponsored also by the PC (see below IV. Tabular Material). Most of the projects are demonstrating
good progress, although some of these have asked for formal extensions. An additional

project

proposals are under review with funding decisions expected in the Division meeting to be held during
the IUPAC GA to be held in August in Glasgow.

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IUPAC Congress, 3-7 August 2009, SECC, Glasgow

The DCE is responsible of the organization of a two half-days Symposium to be held within the
Congress, with the title “Analytical and Risk Considerations for Emerging Environmental Issues. The
Convener, the Scientific Committee of the Symposium and 7 of the invited lecturers are TMs and AMs
of DCE. The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) has been invited to collaborate in the
organization.

I.5. Interdivisional Cooperation

Within IUPAC, DCE shares

interdivisional projects with Divisions I, III, IV, V, and VII. A

representative of DCE is present in the Subcommittee on Green Chemistry of Division III (now
proposed as an Interdivisional Committee), CCE, ICTNS, COCI, CODEX, PAC.
We are planning to strengthen and expand the interdivisional collaboration by sharing support of more
projects and conferences of mutual interest.

I.6. External Collaboration

The DCE is maintaining hystorically strong collaboration with a number of external bodies including
several CODEX committees, FAO, International Standard Organization (ISO), Intergovernmental
Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS), and ICSU Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
(SCOPE). DCE has recently moved to increase collaboration with he WHO International Program on
Chemical Safety (IPCS), Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC), International
Organization for Chemistry in Development (IOCD), and International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS).

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I.7. Budget (as of 1 January 2008)

For the 2008-2009 biennium the Division was granted $68,000 total budget. Of this, up to 36% is being
spent on operations (authorized), mostly to subsidize travel of AM’s and NR’s to attend the annual DC
meeting in 2008 and the IUPAC Congress in Glasgow in 2009, and up to 64% is allocated for funding
new projects or project extensions. So far, a total of $34,000 or 50 % has been committed to funding of
newly approved projects, with an actual residue of about $ 9,500. In addition to the biennial Divisional
budget, active projects will attract supplemental funding from the IUPAC Project Committee ($ 12,000
have already been assigned to two projects, 2007-050-2-600 and 2008-003-3-600), and matching funds
from external organizations during 2009. Finally, book royalties will be granted to the Division for new
project development by Wiley based on the ongoing book contracts. A residue of $2,264 book royalties
is remaining available from the biennium 2006-2007.

II. OVERALL REPORT

II.1. REPORT ON DIVISIONAL ACTIVITIES

Some relevant current and planned project activities of DCE in the biennium 2008-2009 are provided
below in relation to several of the long-range goals established by IUPAC. This list should provide
insight into the project areas of greatest involvement for the Division.

2.1 IUPAC will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that objectively
addresses global issues involving the chemical sciences.

•

Remediation Technologies for Removal of Arsenic from Water and Wastewater

(2003-017-2-

600).

Project completed in 2008

. The impetus for this project was the apparent toxicity of water

supplies in several regions through natural arsenic contamination affecting the health of millions of
residents, and the urgent need to reduce arsenic levels in drinking water supplies and, in some areas,
irrigation waters. Although several technologies have been proposed, this project has addressed
important issues such as evaluation, especially for routine treatment, of large volumes of water, and
agreement on assessment criteria. A final report outlining the issue, providing a critique of remediation
technologies, and containing case studies for Bangladesh and Thailand has been completed and
published as a special volume in the series

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

•

Evaluation of Food and Feed Safety Implications of Altered Residues of Pesticides

Applied on Transgenic Crops

(2006-015-3-600).

On-going,

Project deadline Dec 2010

. Production

of a sustainable global food supply has for the past 60 years relied upon a combination of cultural,
biological, and chemical pest management tools. The recent introduction of transgenic crops containing
genetic modifications for pest resistance or pesticide tolerance across millions of hectares of
agricultural land has raised worldwide interests and significant differences of views between countries
as relates to potential environmental and human health impacts. This active project will provide
unbiased and authoritative international views to these areas of concern based on scientific assessment
methodology, and provide an opportunity for IUPAC to take an important leadership role in promoting
the importance of chemistry in applied molecular biology. This project is a follow-up project of a
previous one emphasizing environmental impacts, and was initiated during 2007 to address primarily
human health aspects.

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•

Air Pollution Models in Environmental Management and Assessment

(2003-058-1-600)

. On-going,

Project deadline July 2009

. The Division has had a historical strength related to atmospheric

chemistry and air pollution considerations. Air pollution models are powerful and necessary tools in
environmental management programs and predictions. The aim of this project is to describe the
methodology behind application of mathematical models in various assessments of air pollution
impacts. The outcome of the project will be a technical guidance book describing key approaches and
providing guidelines for avoiding incomplete or even incorrect answers when models are applied.

2.2 IUPAC will facilitate the advancement of research in the chemical sciences through the
tools that it provides for international standardization and scientific discussion.

•

What are Dietary Fibres?

(2007-017-1-000).

On-going,

Project deadline July 2009

. During the past

several years the Division has been reinvigorating activities related to food chemistry and has launched
several new projects. The “dietary fibres” project will characterize the nature of dietary fibres and how
they are altered as a result of food processing, and plans to offer a clear set of internationally accepted
definitions.

•

Use of Reference Soils for Testing Fate and Effects of Chemicals

(2001-026-1-600).

Project

completed in 2008

. There is difficulty comparing results of environmental tests on the behavior of

chemicals due to the use of different soils with various physical, chemical, and biological
characteristics. This project aimed to develop recommendations related to selection of standardized,
reference soils so as to allow greater comparability of tests conducted on different chemicals and in
various laboratories. The results have been published in “Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 28, n.1,
2009. An extended abstract is in publication in Chemistry International.

•

Biophysical-Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in Environmental Systems.

(2003-014-

2-600).

Project completed

. This is volume No. 11 of the continuing publication of multi-chapter

critical-reviews

Wiley-IUPAC Book Series “Analytical and Physical Chemistry of Environmental

Systems”

(Series Editors: J. Buffle and H. Van Leeuwen). The current project has also produced a

Workshop during the European Geoscience Union (EGU) Congress held in Wien on 13-20 April 2008
as Session n. 28 of the Soil Science Systems (SSS) Division of EGU on 18 April. The oral session
comprised five invited lectures presented by authors of the volume, and the poster session included
several volunteered submission.

•

Wiley-IUPAC Book series “Physical-Chemical Processes in the Soil Environment”

The first

volume has been produced by the end of

2007 based on the project

“Biophysical-Chemical Processes

of Heavy Metals and Metalloids in Soil Environments”

(2004-003-2-600). A second volume is now in

production by the Publisher Wiley via the project

“Biophysical-Chemical Processes Involving Natural

Nonliving Organic Matter in Environmental Systems”

(2006-014-1-600) with

publication expected by

August 2009

. A third volume

“Biophysical-chemical processes of anthropogenic organic compounds

in environmental systems

” (2008-001-1-600) has been approved and is now in advanced state of

preparation with a

deadline 31 Dec 2010

. The highest academic standards are being

maintained also in

this volume through the careful selection of the chapter authors and

thorough review and editing

procedures.

•

Combination of Chemical Analytical Measurements and Remote Sensing Techniques for

Coastal Water Monitoring

. (2006-049-2-600).

On-going,

Project deadline July 2009

. The objectives

of this project are to record the state of the art in remote sensing techniques and methods used for

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marine environment monitoring, and to assess the potential combination of remote sensing data with in
situ and laboratory monitoring. Case studies based on the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea regions
will be developed.

2.3 IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable development,
wealth creation, and improvement in the quality of life.

DCE will maintain an interest in the Green Chemistry area, and strengthen its contribution through the
proposed institution of an Interdivisional (Divs. I, III, V, VI) Committee.

2.4 IUPAC will foster communication among individual chemists and scientific
organizations, with special emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing countries.

•

Development of Simplified Methods for Ecological Risk Assessment of Pesticides

(2004-011-

1-600)

Project completed in 2008

, and

Environmental Risk Assessments for the Registration of

Pesticides used in Rice Paddy Fields

(2006-044-2-600)

On-going,

Project deadline April 2009

. Risk

assessment involves integration of chemical exposure

information with effects data to determine the

likelihood of adverse effects. Scientists and regulatory authorities in developing regions increasingly
wish to rely on this advanced approach

in order to make informed risk management decisions related to

the use of pesticides, and

IUPAC is developing guidance on application of these principles within the

agricultural context

and level of information available in these countries. The “simplified methods”

project

addresses a critical gap that now exists between the highly sophisticated and resource-intensive

approaches to risk assessment practiced in some developed countries with the unreliable or non-
scientific consideration of exposure and risk that plagues many developing countries. A project
team consisting of leading government, industry, and academic modellers and risk assessment
experts has been assembled to make rapid progress. In particular, the “pesticides in rice” project aims
to develop a specific framework for assessment of pesticides for use in this highly important crop.

•

The

IUPAC International Symposium on Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins

has been hosted for

more than 30 years. Although much scientific and public attention is directed at chemistry and human
exposure aspects of synthetic chemicals in food, natural toxins are far more prevalent and potentially
impactful for the majority of the world’s population. IUPAC has had a longstanding interest in
mycotoxins and phycotoxins, and this symposium will be the next in a series that has become the
premiere forum for exchange of research results and methodologies related to these important naturally
occurring toxins. The traditional strength of IUPAC as related to the chemistry aspects of these
biotoxins has been an important factor in the success of this series. The XII Symposium was held in
Istanbul, Turkey during May 2007. The XIII IUPAC International Symposium on Mycotoxins and
Phycotoxins is in preparation for 2010. These symposia typically attract more than 300 participants
from 40+ countries.

•

IUPAC Regional Crop Protection Chemistry Workshops.

During the past 20 years the Division has

sponsored a series of regional workshops focused on broadening the adoption of harmonized,
international approaches to crop protection chemistry research and regulation in developing countries.
The workshops create a forum where IUPAC project outcomes as well as recommendations from other
international bodies can be discussed and applied within the context of local environmental problem
areas. Following successful sessions in China, Thailand, Taiwan, Brazil, Korea, Costa Rica and China
last year, the 8

workshop is planned for Brazil during 2009 as part of the in-review project proposal

“

Crop Protection Chemistry in Latin America: Environment, Safety, and Regulation- 3

International

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Workshop

” (2007-057-1-600)

On-going,

Project deadline 31 Dec 2010

. The Workshop is expected to

bring together the diverse regional stakeholders in crop protection chemistry from the research and
regulatory communities.

•

Lecturers on Environmental Chemistry Topics.

The Division is more and more active in

identification of important conferences for IUPAC sponsorship and planning for involvement of
IUPAC Lecturers. The objectives for involving the IUPAC Lecturers are to publicize relevant
findings of recently completed IUPAC Projects and to recruit new project proposals and task
group members from scientifically emerging regions. Three IUPAC lecturers from Australia and USA
have presented plenary lectures at the

First

International Conference on Agrochemicals Protecting

Crop, Health, and Natural Environment

held in Delhi, India during January 2008. Additional lectures

at universities has followed. Two IUPAC lecturers from Canada and New Zealand presented plenary
lectures at the

International Symposium of Interactions of Soil Minerals with Organic Components and

Microorganisms

which was held in Pucón, Chile, during November 2008. The lecturers have also

visited local universities to provide more detailed presentations. The

International Symposium of

Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces of the Earth’s Critical Zone (ISMESS 2009)

, to

be held in Hangzhou, China, October 10-14, 2009 has been supported for two IUPAC lecturers (one
from USA and one from UK) by IUPAC-Program Conferences in New Directions in Chemistry upon
endorsement of DCE.

•

The

IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide/Crop Protection Chemistry

has been hosted for

more than 40 years. The 11th IUPAC International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry was held during
August 2006 in Kobe, Japan, and it was co-organized with the Pesticide Science Society of Japan
(PSSJ). More than 1100 chemists from 52 countries participated in the Congress, which was
organized around the theme “Evolution for Crop Protection, Public Health, and Environmental
Safety”. The core of the scientific program consisted of welcoming speeches on behalf of PSSJ
and IUPAC, 5 keynote addresses, more than 100 invited lectures, and nearly 600 posters. The
Congress included an outreach program to consumer groups and the media which drew nearly
400 additional, non-chemist participants. Two strong bids for future Congress locations were
received, and the Division recently agreed to organize the 12th IUPAC International Congress
of Pesticide Chemistry for July 2010 in Melbourne, Australia in cooperation with the Royal
Australian Chemical Institute.

•

The

IUPAC Congress, 3-7 August 2009, in Glasgow

. DCE is organizing a two half-days

Symposium to be held within the Congress, with the title “Analytical and Risk Considerations for
Emerging Environmental Issues”. The Convener, the Scientific Committee of the Symposium and 7 of
the invited lecturers are TMs and AMs of DCE.

2.5 IUPAC will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the enhancement of
chemistry education, the career development of young chemical scientists, and the public
appreciation of chemistry.

DCE has not had a strong direct role in chemical education but in its sponsorship of international
symposia, congresses and workshops (see above and below) there is an emphasis on providing avenues
to support young scientists and materials that are useful in educating, publicising and promoting
particular areas of chemistry. DCE will maintain a permanent representative in the CCE.

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2.6 IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the maximum feasible
diversity in membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography, gender, and age.

DCE maintains a broad membership base through the organization of its core activities through four
advisory panels (the subcommittees), which have wide geographical (about 40 countries including
several scientific emerging ones), gender (14 women), and age distributions, and include, besides the
TMs, AMs and NRs, a range of interested active scientists without official titles.

III. OVERALL STRATEGY . FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES, ISSUES AND DIRECTIONS

To remain effective and maintain relevance, the Division will need to pay attention to both current
strengths and weaknesses of the IUPAC approach, and seek a way forward that takes advantage of
the opportunities while avoiding looming threats.

•

Strengths –

Global audience; international, rather than a national/regional, viewpoint and approach;

good productivity; important issues for society; credibility; networks (individuals, institutions, cross
disciplines); possibility for projects to garner external funding; wide breadth (scholarly, applied,
workshops/symposia); subcommittees contributing bring new issues, projects and people to IUPAC.

•

Weaknesses –

Token in-house funding; reliance on enthusiasm and availability of volunteers; high

dependence on single individuals (i.e. task group leader); length for project performance and
completion; lack of recognition for individual efforts; low impact/visibility for PAC.

•

Opportunities –

Increase credibility through higher impact projects (planning and outputs); increase

input from developing countries; more emphasis on food chemistry (functional foods); increase
partnerships with other international organizations; seek more interdivisional projects; make better use
of electronic media (web, email); attract funding from multiple sources to make more viable projects.

•

Threats –

Loss of relevance; losing intellectual property to collaborating organizations; having

Division direction driven by randomly submitted project proposals; having lead on key areas taken by
other organizations; slowness in addressing key issues of interest and project areas; not reaching the
intended audience; conflicts of interest in funding decisions; inability to define and measure success.

The Division Committee recently took the first steps toward development of a long-range Division
activities plan in alignment with the IUPAC long-range goals. Key future areas of interest for the
Division in its operations are listed briefly below, and these are expected to be the subject of intense
discussions during the next DCE meeting to be held during the GA in Glasgow in August 2009.

•

Maintenance of a diverse membership and participation in Divisional activities –

It will be important for the health of the Division to continue to maintain diversity of representation for
areas of disciplinary emphasis, affiliation, geographic origin, age, and gender. This need for diversity
also applies to the activities of Division sub-committees and project task groups. There is in particular a
need to increase participation in Divisional programs from Latin American, Middle Eastern, and
African countries. There is also a tendency for an under-representation of IUPAC contributors from
the industrial sector, and greater efforts are needed to ensure adequate participation of industry
chemists.

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•

Selection of new members – A large amount of DC energy has been devoted to the biennial election

process for covering eight (over ten) TM positions, which terminate with the biennium 2008-2009, for
the 2010-2011 biennium. The election process is now completed for the 2010-2011 biennium according
to deadlines indicated by IUPAC. A roster of 10 TMs, 6 AMs, 10 NRs and 1 PM has been provided in
due time to IUPAC Secretariat and approved by the Bureau. However, the 2-year term of TM, AM and
NR seem too short to allow significant contributions.

•

Continued generation of project proposals – A continued flow of high quality project proposals is

critical to the future effective contributions of the Division. A good number of new proposals have
been received for consideration during the current biennium, and most of them approved, with several
still in review. In addition, although conference proposals come from many quarters, project proposals
primarily originate from those with some familiarity with IUPAC. Today’s chemists face many choices
for project involvement at the national and regional levels. The Division needs to find creative ways to
continue to identify relevant new project topics and solicit proposals from interested and enthusiastic
chemists willing to lead and serve in IUPAC task groups.

•

Timely completion of ongoing projects – About 30 active projects are now supported by the Division,

and the Division collects regular progress reports so as to allow monitoring of project progress. It is
important that IUPAC projects are completed within a reasonable time so as to produce relevant and
useful findings. Decisions to accelerate (e.g., top-up funding) or abandon several of the older, slower-
moving projects will be needed in near future.

•

Continued ramp-up of food chemistry activities – One immediate outcome of the long-range planning

exercise involves a continuing effort to reinvigorate the area of food chemistry. A new subcommittee is
charting a renewed direction that brings to bear the traditional strengths of the Union with
contemporary issues and problems related to food chemistry. As a result, food chemistry activities are
increasing following a lull of several years, and three active projects on food chemistry are now active
and well in progress.

Despite its overall integrated approach, the Division will also operate sectorially to address customer
needs:

•

Protection objectives

- (which are partly the basis for the DCE subcommittees) including air, water,

soil and food with (integrated) risk assessments and management options. Collaboration with external
bodies and other IUPAC Divisions, for example Division VII for human risks, will be essential to deal
authoritatively with such issues.

•

Scientific approaches to study processes,

the advancement of methodology, the concepts of

chemical safety and chemical hazards, with a focus on environmental fate, food and environmental
analytical chemistry, modelling environmental processes. Also to implement these issues
authoritatively, collaboration with external bodies and other IUPAC Divisions, for example the
Division of Analytical Chemistry, will be essential.

•

Chemicals groupings

, including

bulk and fine chemicals, agrochemicals (of continuing high

relevance), pharmaceuticals and veterinary drugs, natural toxicants (to expand from mycotoxins),
biochemicals and the chemical safety of genetically modified organisms (environment and food). The
combined efforts in conjunction with external bodies and pertinent IUPAC Divisions will surely
strengthen these activities.

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IV. TABULAR MATERIAL

SUMMARY OF ON-GOING PROJECTS

1999-041-1-600 - Bioavailability of xenobiotics in the soil environment (completed in 2009)
2001-022-1-600 - Global availability of information on agrochemicals (ongoing)
2001-023-1-600 - Agrochemical spray drift: Assessment and mitigation (nearing completion)
2001-039-1-600 - Pest management for small-acreage crops: a cooperative global approach (nearing
completion)
2003-011-3-600 - A critical compendium of pesticide physical chemistry data* (ongoing)
2003-013-1-600 - Crop protection chemistry in Latin America: Harmonized approaches for
environmental assessment and regulation (ongoing)
2003-014-2-600 - Fractal structures and processes in the environment (completed in 2008)
2003-017-2-600 - Remediation technologies for the removal of arsenic from water and wastewater
(completed and report in-press)
2003-058-1-600 - Air pollution models in environmental management and assessment (ongoing)
2004-005-2-500 - Comparable pH measurements by metrological traceability* (ongoing)
2004-011-1-600 - Development of simplified methods and tools for ecological risk assessment of
pesticides (ongoing)
2004-017-1-500 - Standardization of analytical approaches and analytical capacity-building in
Africa* (ongoing)
2004-022-3-400 - Terminology and measurement techniques of starch components* (ongoing)
2005-024-2-600 - Establishment of guidelines for the validation of qualitative and semi-quantitative
(screening) methods by collaborative trial: a harmonized protocol* (continued as 2006-027-1-
600) (ongoing)
2005-042-1-300 - Chemistry for Biology - an inventory for interdivisional and interdisciplinary
activities within IUPAC in the field of biological chemistry* (ongoing)
2005-048-2-100 - Solubility and thermodynamic properties related to environmental issues* (ongoing)
2006-011-1-600 - Critical review of available methods to predict VOC emission potentials for
pesticide formulations (ongoing)
2006-014-1-600 - Biophysico-chemical processes involving natural nonliving organic matter in
environmental systems, Vol. 3 of Wiley-IUPAC book series “Physical-Chemical Processes in the Soil
Environment” (ongoing)
2006-015-3-600 - Evaluation of food and feed safety implications of (altered) residues of pesticides
applied on transgenic (GM) crops (ongoing)
2006-017-2-600 - Crop protection chemistry in Asia: harmonized approaches for safety evaluation,
regulation, and protection of trade (ongoing)
2006-039-2-600 - Extraction and fractionation methods for risk assessment related to trace metals,
metalloids and hazardous organic compounds in terrestrial environments* (ongoing)
2006-044-2-600 - Environmental risk assessments for the registration of pesticides used in rice
paddy fields (ongoing)
2006-049-2-600 - Combination of chemical analytical measurements and remote sensing techniques
for coastal water monitoring. The cases of Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea (ongoing)
2007-015-2-100 - Future energy: sustainable and clean energy alternatives for our planet* (ongoing)
2007-017-1-600 - What are dietary fibres?* (ongoing)
2007-050-2-600 - Climate and global change: observed impact on planet earth (ongoing) ***

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2007-057-1-600 - Crop protection chemistry I Latin America: environment, safety, and regulation-3

International Workshop (ongoing)
2007-026-2-600 – Soils contaminated with explosives – environmental risk assessment and evaluation
of state-of-art treatment processes (ongoing)
2008-001-1-600 – Biophysical-chemical processes of anthropogenic organic compounds in
environmental systems - Vol. 3 of Wiley-IUPAC book series “Physical-Chemical Processes in the Soil
Environment” (ongoing)
2008-003-3-600 – Regional drinking water quality assessment in the Near East (Palestinian Authority,
Jordan, Israel)-An overview and perspective.(ongoing)**
2008-011-2-600 – Development of a pesticide ecological risk assessment and training module
(ongoing)
2008-041-1-600 – Global availability of Information on agrochemicals (ongoing)

PROPOSED PROJECTS (UNDER REVIEW)

2008-039-1-600 – Waste: problems and solutions for our planet or what to do with the things we throw
away.
2009-007-1 – Evaluation of measurement methods and QA/QC for PCDD/F, PCB and PAHs in
environmental matrices (air quality, soil, sediments and wastes) used in estimation of global pollution.*
2009-010-1 – Requirements for proficiency testing on environmental sampling. *

* Interdivisional project
** Also supported by Project Committee
***Also submitted for support by ICSU Grant Programme 2008

LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Technical Reports and Recommendations

Garelick, H. “Remediation technologies for the removal of arsenic from water and wastewater.”

Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.

(

2008

Kleter, G.A.; Bhula, R.; Bodnaruk, K.; Carazo, E.; Felsot, A.S.; Harris, C.A.; Katayama, A.;
Kuiper, H.; Racke, K.D.; Rubin, B.; Shevah, Y.; Stephenson, G.R.; Tanaka, J.; Unsworth, J.;
Wauchope, D.; Wong, S.S. “Altered pesticide use on transgenic crops and the associated general
impact from an environmental perspective.”

Pest Manag. Sci.

(

2008

Kördel , W.; Egli, H.; Klein, M.; “Transport of pesticides via macropores.”

Pure Appl. Chem.

(

2008

Books

Ohkawa, H.; Miyagawa, H.; Lee, P.W.

Pesticide Chemistry: Crop Protection, Public Health,

Environmental Safety.

Wiley-VCH, Berlin (

2008

Senesi, N. and Wilkinson K.J.

Biophysical Chemistry of Fractal Structures and Processes in the

Environment.

John Wiley and Sons, Chichester (

2008

) 323 pages.

Stephenson, G.; Solomon, K.; Carazo, E.

Pesticides in the Environment

. University of Costa Rica

Press, San Jose (

2008

Violante, A.; Huang, P.M.; Gadd, G.M.

Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Metals and Metalloids

in Soil Environments.

John Wiley and Sons, New York (

2008

) 658 pages

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Report to Council

IUPAC General Assembly, Glasgow August 2009

Doug Templeton, President Division VII

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Part I - Summary of Division Activities

This Summary deals with Division VII initiatives and structure, membership,

budget, projects, highlights of Subcommittee activities, adherence to IUPAC goals
(details in Part II), and current and future initiatives. Parts III and IV, provide details of
projects, publications, and activities of our individual Subcommittees. In this summary, I
address business arising from the 2008 meeting, and various initiatives being targeted in
the current Biennium.

1. Operating procedures and rules of DVII

After lengthy consultation with the DVII Committee, a final version of our

Operating Procedures was submitted to the Secretariat in early March, 2009. This has
been an opportunity to re-examine our mandate in Chemistry and Human Health, and
crystallize our thoughts on efficient DVII management. Two Division-specific initiatives
were highlighted in appendices to that document; they are rules for declaring DVII
Emeritus Fellowship, and for granting IUPAC Sponsorship on a limited Divisional basis.
We also built in a provision to remove non-performing members of the Division. These
three issues are described briefly here.

i) Last year we introduced a proposal to the Bureau for an IUPAC program of Emeritus
Fellows, and we have proceeded to implement this plan on a Divisional basis. Emeritus
Fellows must renew membership annually and express willingness to serve as an advisor
or consultant, according to their schedule, if called upon by the Division or by any other
IUPAC body. They are offered life-long membership within IUPAC without payment of
annual dues and standard membership benefits which presently include a subscription to
Chemistry International, and a standing invitation to attend Division and Subcommittee
Meetings appropriate to their technical background. At the discretion of the Division
Committee, some funds may be available for this when relevant expertise is sought. We
do not believe it is a significant financial burden to IUPAC to provide a subscription to
CI for three new individuals each Biennium, all of whom will have, typically, given
several decades of volunteer service.

ii) Implementing IUPAC Sponsorship - as an outreach initiative, we will enhance and
implement fully Divisional sponsorship of selected scientific meetings of relevance to the
Division. Any Division Committee Member who regards this type of sponsorship to be of
mutual value to a specific event that he/she has become aware of, should propose it to the
Division Officers with a brief description and justification. The Officers will comment
and then the Division President will make a quick decision on behalf of the Division.
Divisional Endorsement does not imply any financial aid or assistance in participation. It
is an endorsement of the scientific quality of the meeting, and is seen as a venue to
promote Divisional objectives.

iii) Removal of non-performing members – Division Committee members who are
unable to perform their duties and/or who do not participate at the levels expected for
their particular type of membership, will be designated as ‘non-performing members.’

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and, after appropriate attempts to contact them, termination of their appointment may
occur, as outlined in our Operating Procedures.

2. Structure of the Division

DVII is organized into four Subcommittees (SCs), three of which deal with

technical aspects of our mission. These are the SCs on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug
Development (MCDD); Nomenclature, Properties and Units in Laboratory Medicine
(NPU-LM); and Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TRA). The fourth SC manages our
Public Relations and Elections (PRE). The SCs are chaired by Robin Ganellin (MCDD),
Françoise Pontet (NPU-LM), John Duffus (TRA), and Tom Perun (PRE). Detailed
reports of activities from each of the SCs are included in Part III.

Our executive positions consist of a President, Past President or President-elect,

and Secretary. Our operating procedures mandate a four-year term for the Division
President with the role of Vice President being served for the first two years of that term
by the Past President and in the last two by the President-elect .

3. Membership

As we are at the mid-term of the Biennium, our roster will change in 2010. Five

new TMs will begin terms in Jan. 2010. We have nominated a President-elect, and the
position of Secretary from Jan. 2010 remains open. In both the current and next
Biennium, we have a healthy rejuvenation of our TMs, and they represent diversity of
gender, geography, and expertise with respect to our technical SCs. Our TMs and AMs
have representation from Asia, Eastern and Western Europe, and North America; a
gender balance; and representatives from government, industry, the private sector, and
academia.

4. Budget

In the past Biennium, DVII exceeded its total budget by 8.3 % and the 30 %

operations guideline by 24.3 %. This was a consequence of the Division meeting
traditionally at 6-month intervals, scaled back to 9-month intervals in the latter part of the
term. The desirable geographic diversity of the Division contributed to increased travel
costs of meetings. In addition, we have a well-founded policy of supporting travel for
our SC Chairs to attend DVII meetings. These meetings resulted in much fruitful
discussion of initiatives that informed our agenda for the current Biennium, but also
compromised our ability to fund several worthy projects.

As a cost saving measure, Division VII (DVII) has met once since the GA in

Turin (Research Triangle Park, April 3-4, 2008), immediately following the Istanbul
Bureau meeting. Much of our activity is conducted more efficiently by e-mail. I decided
on this course of correction of the budgetary balance, holding one DVII meeting in RTP
both as a cost-saving measure and an opportunity for our members to meet the faces
behind the e-mails. We stand today well within the operations budget (at 21.6 %), and
we are now actively soliciting new projects with 35 % of our total budget unspent as of
May '09. We expect several new proposals will be presented for discussion in Glasgow.

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We have also moved forward with productive working meetings of our SCs, funded by
Project budgets. It is my expectation that each TM should chair at least one task group
during their 4-year term. We are also now in a position to use resources judiciously to
co-operate with other entities within IUPAC, and with cognate scientific bodies, e.g.,
through SAICM, and with SNOMED/IHSTDR/LOINC via our SC NPU-LM. I have also
allotted a discretionary budget of $1200 to each SC Chair to facilitate these initiatives.

5. Projects

Together the three technical SCs are currently involved in 33 ongoing projects.

These are summarized in Annex 6. These, together with projects submitted or under
discussion, are described in the individual SC reports and collected in Part IV. A
classification of our current and recently completed projects shows the following balance
(number of projects in parentheses):

Education and Training (4)

Terms and Glossaries (12)

Data Bases (3)

Drug Discovery (6)

Clinical Chemistry (8)

6. Highlights of SC activities (details are found in Part III)

6.1. MCDD – This SC remains very active, meeting approximately four times in each
Biennium, in addition to regular DVII meetings. They currently manage 17 projects, all
of which have arisen within the SC. The IUPAC-Richter prize is awarded by this SC
every two years. The successful book “Analogue-based Drug Discovery”’ which went to
a second printing in 2008, is being followed by a second volume at the request of the
publisher.

6.2. NPU-LM - The SC has close contacts with the International Federation of Clinical
Chemistry (IFCC) in maintaining a web-based generic database (NPU), of which they
share ownership. They are collaborating on mapping of the database to the Systematized
Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT) through contact with the
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) in
Copenhagen, and with the Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC) at
Indiana University. Legal arrangements are currently being negotiated for joint
ownership of the harmonized data base. A major initiative with IFCC to update the
IUPAC Silver Book (Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of Properties in
Clinical Laboratory Sciences) is underway. NPU maintains representation on both Joint
Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) working groups WG1 (GUM – Guidelines
for Uncertainty in Measurement) and WG2 (VIM - International Vocabulary of

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Metrology). In Bratislava, the Bureau approved the change of name of this SC to
"Nomenclature for Properties and Units (NPU)"

6.3. TRA - Projects on childhood education and several glossaries are underway. A
contract was signed with the Royal Society of Chemistry to publish “Concepts in
Toxicology” in 2009, and a monograph is now in press. Contacts with the WHO and its
International Program in Chemical Safety (IPCS) are being established in collaboration
with COCI. Participation in a Biomonitoring Equivalents Workshop established contacts
with the US Environmental Protection Agency, Health Canada, and the American
Petroleum Institute, among others.

6.4. PRE - This SC has been helpful in providing IUPAC material for public
dissemination and branding. In the past year it has conducted our elections for new TMs,
which deserves one comment on procedure. I understand it has been general practice (at
least in DVII) to give all Task Group members a vote on the TM ballot. I decided to
exclude them, restricting the vote to the Division Committee, for two reasons. First, our
extended cadre of about 40 Task Group members includes individuals with little
experience of the IUPAC structure and function. Second, the various subcommittees are
unevenly represented among the Task Group members, and while I am confident that no
bias based on SC affiliation exists within our Division Committee, I was not as confident
about our extended family. The result was a strong consensus on the five new TMs, who
will surely serve us well.

Part II - Meeting IUPAC's Goals

Goal 1.

Leadership in global chemical issues - Recent highlights include publication of

Properties and units in clinical and environmental human toxicology [PAC 79:87-152
(2007)], and the revised Glossary of terms used in toxicology [PAC 79:1153-1344
(2007)], whose predecessor has been adopted by a number of legislative bodies. Both are
on-going initiatives of the Division. The NPU database and ongoing revision of the
Silver Book are also noteworthy. Harmonization of terminology with the Danish
IHSTDO/SNOMED-CT and the American LOINC is a major undertaking described in
more detail in the NPU-LM report. A new IUPAC recommendation, Glossary of terms
used in ecotoxicology, is scheduled to appear in 2009 in a full issue of PAC, and a book
Concepts in Toxicology is in press by the RSC (UK) that is intended to clarify a number
of issues relevant to risk assessment for legislators, and to the basic science of toxicology
for chemists. The involvement of our SC-NPU-LM representing IUPAC as one of eight
international bodies in the production of the 3rd revision of the Vocabulaire
Internationale de Metrologie (VIM3), and its free access publication in 2008 is a
highlight.

Goal 2.

Provision of tools - As noted above, a dozen glossaries of terminology have

recently been published or are currently under construction, including two new projects
for a glossary in immunotoxicology and revision of terms in clinical chemistry are
underway. These glossaries are of use to, among others, the WHO and the UN in

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formulating policy, and the authors of the toxicology glossaries participate in WHO
initiatives such as the International Program in Chemical Safety (IPCS).

Goal 3.

Assistance to the chemical industry in sustainable development, wealth creation,

and improving quality of life - The PRE SC is active in COCI and the TRA is forging
links with external bodies in collaboration with COCI. The MCDD has a long-standing
association with industry, and its projects on natural products with medicinal value,
nutraceuticals in Latin American Plants, and the 2nd edition of the very successful book
“Analogue-based Drug Discovery” are examples of current projects with immediate
value to the chemical industry.

Goal 4.

Fostering communication - Examples of particular relevance to this goal are the

NPU-LM projects Internationally agreed terminology for observations in scientific
communication, Mapping of IFCC-IUPAC laboratory coding system to SNOMED-CT,
and Translation of NPU database elements and properties into French. The legal
agreements being forged amongst NPU-IUPAC-IFCC, SNOMED-CT, and LOINC are a
landmark in global harmonization of terminology. The TRA projects Concepts in
Toxicology, and new glossaries in Ecotoxicology (in press) and Immunotoxicology
(underway) are intended to facilitate a common vocabulary in toxicology and risk
assessment.

Goal 5.

Education in chemistry - Examples of our efforts to further chemical education

are the recently published Fundamental Toxicology (2nd Edition), Analogue-based Drug
Discovery, its follow-up volume now in progress, and the soon-to-be published Concepts
in Toxicology. Ongoing projects include Training of School Children on Pesticides and
Health (TRA), Research and Training in Medicinal Chemistry in the Indian Subcontinent
(MCDD), and Practical Studies for Medicinal Chemistry Students (MCDD). TRA Chair
John Duffus has close links with CCE and participates globally in designing and
delivering toxicology curricula.

Goal 6.

Public relations and diversity - The PRE SC is active in improving the visibility

of DVII and of IUPAC. “Limited DVII sponsorship” is used to distribute IUPAC
material and make an oral presentation on DVII activities. An example was the
“Advances in Chemical Sciences Symposium” held in Boston, which was heavily
attended by members of the pharmaceutical industry, who heard a presentation by the
DVII Secretary. Details of this process for limited sponsorship are now formalized in the
DVII operating procedures. A DVII poster has been produced to complement the
individual SC posters, and is intended for presentation at international meetings. It will
next appear in Glasgow, where the TRA SC is hosting a Mini-Symposium during the
Chemical Congress in Aug. 2009. The IUPAC-Richter Prize adjudicated through the
MCDD SC is gaining prestige, and provides an international forum for scientific
presentation by the winner, with IUPAC’s name associated. The winner for 2008 was
Jan Heeres, the inventor of ketoconazole and related fungicides, and he gave the IUPAC-
Richter Award Lecture in Pittsburgh, Vienna, and Torquay. Our TM and AM
membership in 2010 will include men and women from the 4th, 5th, and 6th decades of
life, from Asia, Europe, and North America, and from industry, government, and
academia.

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Part III - Subcommittee Summaries (MCDD, NPU-LM, TRA, and PRE)

a. Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development (MCDD)

Meetings: Two meetings of the Subcommittee on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug
Development were held during the past year, in Pittsburgh, PA, 14 June 2008 and Vienna
30-31 August 2008, attended by 7 and 12 members respectively. The next meeting is
planned for 26 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the time of the ACS National
Meeting. Minutes have been posted on the IUPAC web-site.

Membership: We have two new members: Prof Peter Matyus (Hungary) and Dr. Noel J.
de Souza (India). We have lost Dr Stephen Jaroch (Germany) who has resigned.

Projects: As previously, no new projects have arisen from proposals outside of the
Subcommittee membership.

Individual Projects (in numerical order):

2000-009-1-700 Glossary of Drug Metabolism Terms. (Paul Erhardt)

Definitions are being adjusted to IUPAC format. The plan is to have the glossary
available for public comment by the end of 2009.

2000-010-1-700_ Project on Human Drug Metabolism Database. (Paul Erhardt)

A prototype of the drug metabolism database has been assembled. Paul is pursuing
opportunities for public funding to complete the project through the end of this year. One
company from the private sector has expressed an interest in the database and discussions
are ongoing.

2001-048-2-700_ Research and Training in Medicinal Chemistry in the Indian
Subcontinent. (Mukund Chorghade)

A short course on medicinal chemistry is being planned to be held in India. No new
information.

2001-049-2-700_ Glossary of Terms in Pharmaceutical Technology. (Eli Breuer)

Definitions have been adjusted to IUPAC format and the revised glossary was sent out to
20 reviewers and many of the suggestions returned were incorporated into the document.
After responding to further comments from Jack Lorimer, the document has been
accepted as an IUPAC Recommendation for publication in PAC.

2001-049-2-700_ Glossary of Terms in Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry. (Mukund
Chorghade)

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Definitions have been adjusted to IUPAC format. The Glossary has been submitted to the
USP with a request that they review the terms.

2001-050-2-700_ Natural Products with Medicinal and Nutritional Value. (Mukund
Chorghade)

Document is being edited and adjusted to IUPAC format. A review article is planned for
publication in PAC.

2002-001-1-700_ Compendium of Glossaries. (Robin Ganellin)

There was continuing debate on whether to publish a collection of Glossaries in book
form given the growing use of internet resources for information retrieval and the delayed
availability of new glossaries. It was decided that this collection of Glossaries should be
provided online, rather than as a published manuscript.

2003-044-1-700_ Glossary of Combinatorial Chemistry Terms. (A. Ganesan) The
project leader has been changed (from Derek MacLean) to A. Ganesan. Derek stays on as
a team member. Two new members have joined the project. No new information.

2004-019-3-700_ Glossary of Terms for Biomolecular Screening. (John Proudfoot)

A draft version of the glossary containing 152 terms has been reviewed by members of
the Society for Biological Screening and it has been adjusted to IUPAC formatting
requirements.

Publication as a joint recommendation from IUPAC, SBS and IUPHAR is proposed.

2004-028-1-700_ Practical Studies for Medicinal Chemistry Students. (Antonio
Monge). www.iupac.org/publications/cd/medicinal_chemistry/

A printed version of the book will be produced by Dra Rosa Cattana, Universidad
Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Cordoba, Argentina. It will be dedicated to Prof. Dr. Liliana
Giacomelli who was a co-author of exercises (I.6, I.7, and VI.2) and who, sadly, died in
an accident at work last December 2007.

2005-031-2-700_ Latin American Plants as Sources for Functional Foods (Antonio
Monge)

The objective is to provide possible commercial opportunities for local industry in Latin
American countries. An article for this on Functional Foods has been published in
Chemistry Internat. 2008, vol 30, N°5, pp 9 -13. The intention is to follow this up with
detailed articles per Latin American country and, ultimately, to combine all these into a
book.

2005-032-1-700_ Stand-Alone Drugs (Janos Fischer)

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The project will study drugs having no structural and pharmacological analogues with the
intention of providing a perspective on situations where it has not proven possible to
improve an existing drug with an analogue-based approach. A preliminary short
communication about this was sent to Chemistry International last July.

Only about 5 % of the Top 400 drugs belong to this category. A review article and
a chapter in the book Analogue-based Drug Discovery II will be produced by the
project group.

2005-042-1-300_ Working Party on Chemistry for Biology. (Robin Ganellin

representative)

An interdivision feasibility study jointly with the Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
and the Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Divisions. Progress unknown.

2005-049-1-700_ Biological Context by Data Mining. (Michael Liebman)

To extend the usefulness and applicability of the glossaries, it would be worthwhile to
explore methods for identifying the various contexts in which the terms appear in the
scientific literature. In the ideal situation, this project can transcend the three
Subcommittees of the Division to incorporate activities of each. No new information.

2005-050-1-700 Prototype Analysis of Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer. (Michael
Liebman)

Molecular Biomarkers have become a major focus of disease management and drug
development, particularly in oncology. This prototypic study aims to identify the existing
biomarkers in breast cancer and classify them in terms of disease progression and also as
to their clinical vs. research use. The project is underway. No new information.

2008-010-1-700 Glossary of Terms in Medicinal Chemistry Updated (Derek Buckle)

This project was approved in June with Derek Buckle as project leader and Robin
Ganellin, Joerg Senn-Bilfinger, Paul Erhardt, Toshi Kobayashi, Tom Perun and John
Proudfoot as task group members. Some 90 additional terms were collated and discussed
and will be further explored

2008-013-1-700 Analogue-Based Drug Discovery (Janos Fisher)

The book “Analogue-based Drug Discovery” published in January 2006 by Wiley-VCH
generated significant interest in the drug discovery and development community and the
intention is to provide a second volume of equivalent quality. Janos has decided on an
outline for the book, and identified authors and topics. Chapter outlines have been
received from the authors and their full manuscripts are expected within the next few
months.

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New Projects under discussion:

To set up a global network to promote the study of new drugs for the treatment of
neglected diseases.

Research and Training in Medicinal Chemistry in Latin America.

Prize

: The IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry of US $ 10,000, to be awarded

5 times over 10 years, has been established by a generous gift from Gedeon Richter Ltd,
Budapest, Hungary. The Prize will recognize a prominent scientist for outstanding
contributions in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery and was awarded for the first
time in 2006. The Prize for 2008 was awarded to Jan Heeres (Janssen, retired) for his
outstanding contributions to the invention of ketoconazole and the conazole class of
antifungal agents. He has subsequently worked on various other projects, including
Rilpivirine, an antiviral agent that is currently being assessed in Phase 3 clinical trials for
the treatment of AIDS. The award was presented to him during a special awards session
at the ACS 31st National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium on June 18th 2008, in
Pittsburgh, where Jan received his plaque and cheque, and gave the IUPAC - Richter
Award Lecture entitled: “Progress in the Development of Non-nucleoside Reverse
Transcriptase Inhibitors: From TIBO to Rilpivirine”. He was joined by Professor Edward
Arnold (Rutgers University) who lectured on “High-Resolution Structures of HIV-I RT /
Rilpivirine complexes.” He repeated his lecture in the antiviral session of the XXth
International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry_ (Vienna) 2nd September and, again,
at the 2

Coast to Coast Medicinal and Synthetic Chemistry Symposium_ (Torquay, UK)

in October 2008. Thus the prize has had excellent publicity. In each case we were helped
financially by the Symposium organizers who paid the travel expenses for Heeres.

The Subcommittee shall soon be publicizing the third award of the prize, due for 2010.

b. Nomenclature, Properties and Units in Laboratory Medicine (NPU-LM)

Meetings:

SC-NPU-LM

Kemer-Antalya, Turkey 2008-04-10 – 04-11

Uppsala, Sweden 2008-10-23 – 10-25

Technical project meetings:

International vocabulary for nominal examinations in scientific communication :

Kemer-Antalya,

Turkey

2008-04-12

Uppsala, Sweden 2008-10-22

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Data base management transfer to IFCC headquarters (HDQ)

Kemer-Antalya,

Turkey

2008-04-12

Silver Book revision

Kemer-Antalya,

Turkey

2008-04-15

Paris, France 2008-11-17 – 11-19

IHTSDO teleconference

2008-04-17

Mapping of IFCC-IUPAC laboratory coding system to SNOMED CT

Securing and structural updating of information in the NPU coding system and its
environment

Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008-09-27

SNOMED CT-NPU-LOINC negotiations (For IFCC, the official name abbreviation is C-
NPU. For the SNOMED CT-NPU-LOINC negotiation, the official contract defines
« NPU » as being the abbreviation for « NPU terminology ».)

Washington

DC,

USA, 2009-02-25 – 02-27

NPU terminology:

The NPU terminology is, as the « generic database » 2004-09-01 version, published on
the net under the URL: <http://dior.imt.liu.se/cnpu/>. It is freely accessible at both the
IFCC homepage (Scientific division) and IUPAC (Division of Chemistry and Human
Health) homepage. An updated version is available in Danish (English version on
request) at http://www.labterm.dk. Negotiations with IHTSDO (International Health
Terminology Standards Development Organisation), which manages SNOMED CT, and
with the Regenstrief Institute, which manages LOINC, have moved a step forward by
initiating a 6 months period of trial to map NPU, LOINC and SNOMED CT
terminologies according to a common scheme.

Completed projects:

VIM3 was released on free access on the BIPM website in June 2008. According to
JCGM agreements, the two IFCC representatives to WG2 VIM provided an IFCC front
page for the publication on the IFCC website.

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Ongoing projects:

1. Properties and units for function examinations (IUPAC: 2001-067-1-700). Progressing.

2. Properties and units for urinary calculi (IUPAC: 2001-070-1-700). Progressing.

3. Internationally agreed terminology for observations in scientific communication.
(IUPAC 2004-023-1-700) Chair : Françoise Pontet. End date and budget extended.
Renamed «

International vocabulary for nominal examinations in scientific

communication ». List of terms stated and spread among TGM.

4. Mapping of IFCC-IUPAC laboratory coding system to SNOMED CT (IUPAC 2006-
008-1-700) Chair : Ulla Magdal. Progressing along with cooperation with IHTSDO (see
above).

5. Securing and structural updating of information in the NPU coding system and its
environment (IUPAC 2006-012-1-700) Chair : Ulla Magdal. User’s guide in Danish
available online at http://www.labterm.dk. English version to be available within a few
months. A logical model (information model) for a new database has been suggested. The
model was implemented in the Danish LabTerm database in 2008. This has enabled
explicit filing in the Danish database of formerly implicit or silent information, awaiting
migration to the IFCC database by the end of 2009.

6. Recent advances in Nomenclature, Properties and Units : strategy for promoting SC-
NPU achievements (2006-048-1-700) Chair : Françoise Pontet. A chart about C-SC-NPU
was provided to Howard Morris for IHTSDO collaboration and for a presentation to the
Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists. This chart can be further used for
promoting C-SC-NPU activities. A poster abstract for the ICCC-Fortaleza Congress was
rejected, so the project milestones have been changed.

7. HbA1c : IFCC recommendations further promoted (see publication below).

8. Silver Book (Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of Properties in Clinical
Laboratory Sciences) revision (joint IFCC CPD project + IUPAC 2008-033-3-700) Co-
Chairs : Françoise Pontet, Georges Férard. Project started, structured, work scheme set
up, calendar defined.

9. Translation of NPU database elements and properties into French (F. Pontet). A first
version has been sent to the SFBC (French Society of Clinical Biology) at the end of
November 2008.

10. Demonstration of NPU – SNOMED CT mapping/harmonization of terms used in
Clinical Laboratory Sciences (IUPAC:2009-05-1-700) Chair : Urban Forsum.

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Future projects:

The SC-NPU is currently working on a number of proposals to become projects during
2009.

Representation of SC members in other committees:

IUPAC Division VII Subcommittee on elections : Urban Forsum, Xavier Fuentes-
Arderiu

IFCC Scientific Division : Françoise Pontet

JCGM (WG1-GUM), René Dybkær (formerly IFCC, now IUPAC).

JCGM (WG2-VIM), IFCC : René Dybkær (formerly IFCC, now IUPAC), Françoise
Pontet

CCQM, IFCC : René Dybkær

CEN TC 251 wg2 : Daniel Karlsson

Publications:

1. Nordin G, Bruunshuus I, Dybkaer R, Ihalainen J, Magdal U, Olesen H, IUPAC : 41
Kongress, Turin, Italien, augusti 2007. Klinisk Biokemi i Norden 2008; 20(2) :24-25.

2. Dybkaer R. Description of chemical systems by their properties. Pure Appl Chem
2008;80(8):1719-1723.

3. Forsum U, Gryfelt G, Klinteberg B, Nilsson L-Å, Nordin G, Persson B. Svenska koder
för laboratoriemedicin enligt C-NPU kodverkets principer 2008. Ed EQUALIS AB &
Swedish Societies for medical microbiology, clinical immunology, clinical chemistry and
transfusion medicine.

4. John WG, Nordin G, Panteghini M. What’s in a name? Standardisation of HbA1c: a
response. Clin Chem Lab Med 2008;46(9) :1326-1327.

5. Queraltó Compañó JM, Bosch Ferrer MÁ, Bedini Chesa JL, Raventós Monjo J,
Fuentes-Arderiu X. Computers in Clinical Laboratories. Chemistry International
2008;30(5):5-8.

6. Férard G. Revision of the Silver Book. Chem Int 2008;30(6):15.

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c. Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TRA)

Projects

completed or in progress - 2008/2009:

1999-047-1-700 - Immunochemistry of metal sensitization

Following the publication of the three papers already resulting from this project, two
further papers entitled 'Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Human Exposure to Metals' and
'Immunological Effects of Mercury' have been published in PAC as technical reports.

2004-045-1-711 - Training of school children on pesticides and health - "Toxiclaro"

The Task Group meetings resulted in a prototype computer animation package developed
at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. The material has been evaluated in accordance with the
theory of learning and will shortly be available as a CD. Final publication of the material
is expected very shortly. An amended version of the Toxiclaro multimedia package has
now been developed incorporating the IUPAC logo and this can be found at
https://webmail.staff.otago.ac.nz/owa/redir.aspx?C=45941ce401c144c3851b59edda487a
33&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.prn2.usm.my%2ftoxicology2009.

2005-047-1-700 - Glossary of Terms Used in Ecotoxicology

The final document following review and revision has been accepted for publication by
Pure and Applied Chemistry and will be published in 2009.

2006-020-1-700 - Explanatory dictionary - part 2

The Working Group has submitted the final document for publication in Pure and
Applied Chemistry and it is being prepared for the final part of the PAC review process.

Book “Concepts in Toxicology”

The two papers which comprise the “Explanatory Dictionary” have been combined and
the contents re-organized using concept diagrams to produce a book by Drs. Duffus,
Templeton and Nordberg which emphasizes the relationships between concepts and how
concepts can be combined to generate higher order concepts. This process may be seen as
analogous to the combination of elements to produce compounds and compounds to
produce cells etc. The book is currently being prepared for publication by the Royal
Society of Chemistry and will be published this year.

2007-053-1-700 - Glossary of Terms Used In Immunotoxicology

The objective of this project is to prepare a glossary defining terms in the specialized
field of immunotoxicology, to supplement the recently published Glossary of Terms Used
in Toxicology (2nd ed.), and aid chemists in the interpretation of the output of 1999-047-
1-700, Immunochemistry of Metals. A meeting of the Working Group was held in
Tübingen, hosted by Professor Schwenck. This was followed up by collaboration by
email and a first draft of the glossary has been prepared.

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New Projects:

Emphasis has been placed on completing current projects and further projects have been
delayed until these are finished satisfactorily. Once the “Glossary of Terms Used in
Ecotoxicology” is published, there are terms that justify a further explanatory dictionary.
With the subsequent completion of the “Glossary of Terms Used in Immunotoxicology”,
there is a case for amalgamating the toxicology glossaries, with accompanying revision
and updating.

Other Activities:

The results from the Biomonitoring Equivalents Workshop, organized by Summit
Toxicology and sponsored by US EPA, Health Canada, ACC, the Soap & Detergent
Association, the American Petroleum Institute, and two pesticide industry groups,
CropLife America and Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, which Monica
Nordberg attended and to which John Duffus contributed have been published in
“Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology”.

For further information see the BE website,

http://www.biomonitoringequivalents.net/html/additional_resources_.html.

Our involvement in the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
(SAICM) is lead by John Duffus. He is collaborating with Colin Humphris and Mark
Cesa of COCI, and Stanley Langer of the RSC in an attempt to revive IUPAC
collaboration with WHO and IPCS, through their current initiative SAICM. SAICM
seeks to establish a harmonized global approach to management and minimization of risk
associated with production, use and disposal of chemicals. It is likely that IUPAC will
become a recognized nongovernmental organization (NGO) for SAICM and join the
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) in setting up an advisory
body, perhaps with the involvement of IUTOX.

The WHO/IPCS Harmonization Project draft "Framework for Risk Assessment of
Combined Exposures to Multiple Chemicals" is now available for public and peer review
comment. The document is accompanied by two case studies which illustrate the
application of the framework. The first case study (case study A) is on polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and the second (case study B) is on carbamates.

d. Public Relations and Elections (PRE)

Elections:

The election process for the 2010-2012 term for Titular Members went well, although
there was some question about the long time before the new term began. The
Nominating Committee consisted of two current Titular Members, and three others who
have been involved with IUPAC. Thus, candidates were selected who had participated in

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IUPAC projects or had expressed interest in IUPAC activities. The nominees represented
a diverse geographical, gender and scientific background. Two of the new Titular
Members elected had been proposed as National Representatives from the NAOs of
Russia and Japan.

Public Relations:

Discussions of Division VII activities have been held with other scientific organizations
such as the American Chemical Society and the European Federation for Medicinal
Chemistry. Such discussion led to an agreement for joint funding of a medicinal
chemistry glossary between Division VII and the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry.
The ACS Division has already agreed to publish the glossary in its Annual Reports in
Medicinal Chemistry when completed.

Part IV - Projects and Publications

a. List of current projects

1999-047-1-700 Immunochemistry of Metal Sensitization (Doug Templeton)

2000-009-1-700 Glossary of Drug Metabolism Terms (Paul Erhardt)

2000-010-1-700_ Project on Human Drug Metabolism Database (Paul Erhardt)

2001-048-2-700 Research and Training in Medicinal Chemistry in the Indian
Subcontinent (Mukund Chorghade)

2001-049-2-700 Glossary of Terms in Pharmaceutical Technology (Eli Breuer)

2001-049-2-700_ Glossary of Terms in Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry (Mukund
Chorghade)

2001-050-2-700 Natural Products with Medicinal and Nutritional Value (Mukund
Chorghade)

2001-067-1-700 Properties and Units for Function Examinations (Antonin Jabor)

2001-070-1-700 Properties and Units for Urinary Calculi (Antonin Jabor)

2002-001-1-700 Compendium of Glossaries (Robin Ganellin)

2003-044-1-700_ Glossary of Combinatorial Chemistry Terms (A. Ganesan)

2004-019-3-700_ Glossary of Terms for Biomolecular Screening (John Proudfoot)

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2004-023-1-700 Internationally Agreed Terminology for Observations in Scientific
Communication (Françoise Pontet)

2004-028-1-700_ Practical Studies for Medicinal Chemistry Students (Antonio Monge)

2004-045-1-711 Training of School Children on Pesticides and Health - "Toxiclaro"
(Wayne Temple)

2005-031-2-700_ Latin American Plants as Sources for Nutraceuticals (Antonio Monge)

2005-032-1-700 Stand-Alone Drugs (Janos Fischer)

2005-042-1-300_ Working Party on Chemistry for Biology (Robin Ganellin
representative)

2005-047-1-700 Glossary of Terms Used in Ecotoxicology (Monica Nordberg)

2005-049-1-700 Biological Context by Data Mining (Michael Liebman)

2005-050-1-700 Prototype Analysis of Molecular Biomarkers in Cancer (Michael
Liebman)

2006-008-1-700 Mapping of IFCC-IUPAC Laboratory Coding System to SNOMED CT
(Ulla Magdal)

2006-012-1-700 Securing and Structural Updating of Information in the NPU Coding
System and its Environment (Ulla Magdal)

2006-020-1-700 Explanatory Dictionary of Terms in Toxicology - Part 2 (Monica
Nordberg)

2006-048-1-700 Recent Advances in Nomenclature, Properties and Units : strategy for
promoting SC-NPU achievements (Françoise Pontet)

2007-053-1-700 Glossary of Terms Used In Immunotoxicology (Doug Templeton)

2008-010-1-700 Glossary of Terms in Medicinal Chemistry Updated (Derek Buckle)

2008-013-1-700 Analogue-Based Drug Discovery (Janos Fisher)

2008-033-3-700 Silver Book (Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of
Properties in Clinical Laboratory Sciences) revision (Joint project with IFCC) (Françoise
Pontet, Georges Férard)

2009-005-1-700 Demonstration of NPU SNOMED CT. Mapping harmonization of
terms used in clinical laboratory sciences (Urban Forsum)

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Translation of NPU database elements and properties into French (Françoise Pontet).
Updated, corrected and reviewed before posting on the Société Française de Biologie
Clinique (SFBC) website.

Book “Concepts in Toxicology” (John Duffus)

HbA1c: IFCC recommendations further promoted (W.G. John).

b. Publications 2007-2009

Publications in PAC:

- Duffus, J.H., Nordberg, M. & Templeton, D.M., Glossary of terms used in

toxicology, 2nd edition, Pure Appl. Chem. 79: 1153-1344 (2007).

- Nordberg, M., Duffus, J.H. & Templeton, D.M., Explanatory dictionary of key

terms in toxicology, Pure Appl. Chem. 79: 1583-1633 (2007).

- Duffus J. , Bruunshuus I., Cornelis R., Dybkær R., Nordberg M., & Kuelpmann

W., Properties and Units in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Part XX. Properties and
Units in Clinical and environmental human toxicology, Pure Appl. Chem. 79: 87-152
(2007).

- Dybkaer R. Description of chemical systems by their properties, Pure Appl.

Chem. 80:1719-1723 (2008).

- Schwenk, M., Klein, R., & Templeton, D.M., Lymphocyte subpopulations in

human exposures to metals, Pure Appl. Chem. 80: 1349-1364 (2008).

- Schwenk, M., Klein, R., & Templeton, D.M., Immunological effects of mercury,

Pure Appl. Chem. 81: 153-167 (2009).

- Nordbeg, M., Templeton, D.M., Andersen, O., & Duffus, J.H., Glossary of

Terms Used in Ecotoxicology, Pure Appl. Chem. 81: 829-970 (2009).

Others:

- Duffus J, Bruunshuus I, Cornelis R, Dybkær R, Nordberg M, Kuelpmann W.,

Properties and Units in the Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Part XX. Properties and Units
in Clinical and environmental human toxicology. eJIFCC 18(2) (2007).

- Joint Committee on Nomenclature, Properties and Units (C-NPU) of the IFCC

and IUPAC. Soares de Araujo, Fuentes-Arderiu X, Nordin G, Bruunshuus I, Ihalainen J,
Karlsson D, Forsum U, Dybkaer R, Magdal U, Schadow G, Kuelpmann W, Pontet F.,

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Recent advances in Nomenclature, properties and units. Proceedings of the 17th IFCC-
FESCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine; June 3-7
(2007); Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 45 Suppl. S447 (2007).

- Dybkaer R. Description of chemical systems by their properties. Proceedings of

the 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress; August 5-11; Turin, Italy. Session
2:Chemistry protecting health, 41 (2007).

- Magdal U. Nationwide use of a terminology for clinical laboratory

communication. Proceedings of the 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress; August 5-
11; Turin, Italy. Session 2 : Chemistry protecting health, 43 (2007).

- Magdal U. IFCC-IUPAC Subcommittee on Nomenclature, Properties and Units

(SC-NPU). The NPU terminology – adjusting to success. Proceedings of the 41st IUPAC
World Chemistry Congress; August 5-11; Turin, Italy. Session 2 : Chemistry protecting
health, 49 (2007).

- Pontet F, Nordin G, Magdal U, Bruunshuus I, Dybkaer R, Forsum U, Fuentes-

Arderiu X, Ihalainen J, Karlsson D, Kuelpmann W, Schadow G, Soares de Araujo P.
Division VII Subcommittee Nomenclature, Properties and Units (SC-NPU) activities.
Proceedings of the 41st IUPAC World Chemistry Congress; 2007 August 5-11; Turin,
Italy. Session 2 : Chemistry protecting health, 51 (2007).

- Nordin G, Bruunshuus I, Dybkaer R, Ihalainen J, Magdal U, Olesen H, IUPAC :

41 Kongress, Turin, Italien, augusti 2007. Klinisk Biokemi. i Norden 20:24-25 (2008).

- Duffus, J.H., Templeton, D.M. & Nordberg, M., Concepts in Toxicology, Royal

Society of Chemistry (In Press).

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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Division VIII

Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation

Report to IUPAC Council August 2009

Highlights

A Publications

Since the last report to Council the Division has published a number of reports

and recommendations:

(i) Representation of configuration in coordination polyhedra and the

extension of current methodology to coordination numbers greater than six

(IUPAC Technical Report), R. M. Hartshorn, E. Hey-Hawkins, R. Kalio, and G.

Jeffery Leigh,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(10) 1779-1799 (2007).

(ii) Structure-based nomenclature for cyclic organic macromolecules (IUPAC

Recommendations 2008), W. Mormann and K.-H. Hellwich,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2) 201-232 (2008) [joint with Division IV].

(iii) Graphical representation standards for chemical structure diagrams (IUPAC

Recommendations 2008), J. Brecher,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2) 277-410 (2008).

This is part two of the project, where part one was Graphic representation of

stereochemical configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006),

Pure Appl.

Chem

(10)

, 1897-1970 (2006) [now also published in Slovenian].

(iv)

Corrections to

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry: IUPAC

Recommendations 2005

, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005. Edited by N. G.

Connelly and T. Damhus (with R. M. Hartshorn and A T Hutton) [ISBN 978-0-

85404-438-8]. The small number of errors which have been identifies for the

“Red

Book”

have

been

published

electronically

http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/bibliog/RBcorrect.html

. This 2005 edition

of the Red Book has now been translated into Hungarian and Spanish.

(v) Nomenclature

for

rotaxanes

and

pseudorotaxanes

(IUPAC

Recommendations 2008),

Pure Appl. Chem.

(9)

, 2041-2068 (2008) A. Yerin,

E. S. Wilks, G. P. Moss and A. Harada. This is part one of recommendations on

rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes. These structures have two (or more) compounds

held together by one being threaded through a cyclic portion of the other. Part

two will deal with polymeric rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes.

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(vi)

Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature, IUPAC

recommendations 2008

, edited by R.G. Jones, J. Kahovec, R. Stepto, E.S.

Wilks, M. Hess, T. Kitayama and W.V. Metanomski, RSC Publishing, 2009

[ISBN 978-0-85404-491-7] This is a revision of the 1991 “Purple Book”.

Although prepared by Division IV about a third of the book covers

macromolecular nomenclature.

B InChI

The final version 1.02 of the InChI algorithm is now available (see

http://www.iupac.org/inchi/index.html

). A growing number of databases,

software programs and journals are incorporating InChI into their work.

InChIKey, which differs from a full InChI in that it pre-sets all the variables

(fixed or movable hydrogens, etc.), creates a shorter 27 character string, which

allows for easy searching via Google and other search engines. Unlike the full

InChI the InChIKey cannot be converted back into a structural diagram. It is

possible to obtain a structure from an InChIKey using a resolver such as the one

recently released by ChemSpider:

http://inchis.chemspider.com/

(now aquired

RSC).

For

information

about

InChIKey

see:

http://www.inchi.info/inchikey_overview_en.html

Work continues on extensions to InChI. Topics that are under consideration or

being worked on include Markush structures, polymers and reaction identifiers.

An InChI Trust has been set up to fund and supervise further work on this

project.

C  Projects nearing completion 

(i)

Revision of "

Principles of Chemical Nomenclature 1998

" This is a

book designed for students and undergraduates.

(ii)

Preferred names in the nomenclature of organic compounds. Work

continues on the revision of the provisional text. Several chapters are now

being reviewed by the Division VII discussion forum and the revision should

be completed in the very near future.

(iii)

Recommendations for nomenclature and databases for biochemical

thermodynamics. This is a revision of a JCBN document Recommendations for

nomenclature and tables in biochemical thermodynamics, Recommendation

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1994

Pure Appl. Chem.

1994,

, 1641-1666,

Eur. J. Biochem.

, 1996,

240

, 1-

14;

242

, 433

Report on the work of the Division for the IUPAC Strategic

Plan

The  Division  continues  to  document  and  recommend  unambiguous 
nomenclature  for  chemical  compounds.  As  well  as  extensions  to  earlier 

published recommendations it is concerned with developing areas where 

there are no IUPAC recommendations. In the current biennium the second 
edition of a 

Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature, IUPAC

recommendations 200

8 (The Purple Book) is an important landmark in this 

work. 

Some  users  of  chemical  name  need 

THE

  IUPAC  name.  This  is  being 

addressed  by  the  revision  and  expansion  of  the 

Nomenclature  of  Organic 

Chemistry

 (The Blue Book). In addition to documenting the various ways of 

naming  organic  compounds  it  also  now  recommends  a  preferred  IUPAC 

name. Related projects are in progress to provide preferred IUPAC names 
for inorganic and polymeric compounds. 

In addition to unambiguous names it is equally important that structural 
diagrams are also unambiguous. This has been addressed by two projects 

that have been now been published [see 1 A (iii) above]. 

The  promotion  of  IUPAC  nomenclature  has  been  facilitated  by  providing 
most recommendations on the web.  

The  revision  of  the  book 

Principles of Chemical Nomenclature 1998

designed to update the recommendations to cover changes since over the 

last decade. The target audience is students and undergraduates who only 

require the basics of chemical nomenclature. 

Other substantive information

The  off‐year  meeting  of  the  Division  was  held  in  Büdingen,  Gerrmany.  It 
was attended by 11 TMs, 5 AMs and 3 observers. Minutes will be posted on 

the web after they are approved in Glasgow. 

The  Division  continues  to  work  closely  with  the  IUBMB  on  enzyme 
nomenclature and natural product nomenclature. The IUPAC‐IUBMB Joint 

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Commission  on  Biochemical  Nomenclature  works  jointly  with  the 

Nomenclature Committee of the IUBMB.  

Division Projects and Publications

1999-051-1-800 Nomenclature for Chemically Modified Polymer Molecules

2001-043-1-800 Preferred names in the nomenclature of organic compounds.

See 1 C (ii)) above.

2001-081-1-800 Terminology and structure-based nomenclature of dendritic

and hyperbranched polymers. This project is being split into two documents

separating the dendritic polymers from the hyperbranched polymers.

2001-082-1-800

Structure-based

nomenclature

for

cyclic

organic

macromolecules (IUPAC Recommendations 2008), W. Mormann and K.-H.

Hellwich,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2) 201-232 (2008)

2002-014-1-400 Glossary of class names of polymers based on their chemical

structure and molecular architecture

2002-048-1-400

Compendium of Polymer Terminology and Nomenclature,

IUPAC recommendations 2008

, edited by R.G. Jones, J. Kahovec, R. Stepto,

E.S. Wilks, M. Hess, T. Kitayama and W.V. Metanomski, RSC Publishing,

2009 [ISBN 978-0-85404-491-7]

2002-007-1-800 Nomenclature for rotaxanes and pseudorotaxanes (IUPAC

Recommendations 2008),

Pure Appl. Chem.

(9)

, 2041-2068 (2008) A.

Yerin, E. S. Wilks, G. P. Moss and A. Harada.

2003-025-1-800 Representation of configuration in coordination polyhedra and

the extension of current methodology to coordination numbers greater than six

(IUPAC Technical Report), R. M. Hartshorn, E. Hey-Hawkins, R. Kalio, and

G. Jeffery Leigh,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(10) 1779-1799 (2007)

2003-042-1-800 Source-based nomenclature of single-strand organic polymers

2003-045-3-800 Graphical representation standards for chemical structure

diagrams (IUPAC Recommendations 2008), J. Brecher,

Pure Appl. Chem.

(2) 277-410 (2008).

2004-024-1-800 Nomenclature of cyclic peptides

2006-019-1-800 Nomenclature of phosphorus-containing compounds of

biochemical importance

2006-029-1-800 Revision of "

Principles of Chemical Nomenclature 1998

" See

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1 C (i) above

2006-038-1-800 Preferred IUPAC Names (PINs) for Inorganic Compounds

2006-023-3-100 Recommendations for nomenclature and databases for

biochemical thermodynamics. See 1 C (iii) above

2007-009-1-800: Nomenclature for Rotaxane Polymers. See 1 A (v) above.

2008-020-1-400: Revision of “IUPAC Recommendations on Macromolecular

Nomenclature – Guide for Authors of Papers and Reports in Polymer Science

and Technology" (http://www.iupac.org/reports/IV/guide-for-authors.pdf)

2008-015-1-400: Preferred names for polymers.

2008-032-1-400: Basic guidelines to polymer nomenclature

2008-035-1-800: IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI) Symposium

held in Salt Lake City at the ACS meeting.

2008-033-1-800: InChI and InChIKey: further promotion

2008-034-1-800: IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI): Further

Development

Gerard P. Moss 

President Division VIII 

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IUPAC Committee on Printed and Electronic Publications (CPEP)

Report to Council for 2007-2008

Highlights

The IUPAC Website (

http://www.iupac.org/

) has been extensively re-organised

using XML technology, and is now running on virtual servers based upon the
physical server platform graciously provided to IUPAC by FIZ Chemie Berlin,
through René Deplanque. The online archive of

Pure and Applied Chemistry

now complete, involving the scanning and re-touching of almost 80 000 pages
spanning 49 years (1960-2008). Its ready availability already significantly
enhances the profile of the journal. Starting from March 2009, PAC published
articles online ahead of print. These articles are available on the ASAP (As Soon
As Publishable) Articles page and also in a form of an RSS feed.
The online Gold Book has now become an important reference resource, both to
IUPAC and to chemists in general, since the information is readily accessible and
also can be linked directly from published articles.

II.

Overall Report

IUPAC provides research tools
Pure and Applied Chemistry

is an increasingly significant literature

resource with its complete online archive and extensive search tools. The
online version of the Gold Book is an important resource for the chemical
community in providing ready access to definitive information on
chemical terminology.

IUPAC fosters communication

The enhanced Website and the provision of ready access to

PAC

and

the Gold Book enhance the image of IUPAC.

III.

Other Information

CPEP met in Torino in 2006 and in Prague on 12-13 July, 2007 (at the Institute of
Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry). On each occasion, the publication parameters
(content, schedules, self-publication, prices and currency) of the IUPAC publications,

Chemistry International

and

Pure and Applied Chemistry,

and of books, were considered.

Publication of the periodicals has been eased by the process of electronic submission and
control through Manuscript Central. Careful management of the contents of

PAC

by the

Scientific Editor, Prof. James Bull, has seen an enhancement of the appropriateness of
material submitted, and of the speed of publication. The timeliness and impact factor of

PAC

has continued to increase, much due to the diligence of the Scientific Editor.

CPEP has proposed that the IUPAC Website be set up to serve its two principal user
communities: a) people who seek information about IUPAC as an organization; b) people
who use the IUPAC site as a reliable source of information in chemistry-related fields.
CPEP also resolved in Prague as follows: "It is recommended that consideration be given

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to funding the maintenance of the IUPAC website on a continuing basis through the
Secretariat. Such maintenance activities do not fit readily within a project system, which
requires regular initiation, assessment, and outcomes. Nevertheless, these activities
should be subject to regular review by CPEP of their efficiency and effectiveness."

Issues for the Consideration of Council

New Standing Orders for CPEP provide that the Secretary serves under the same
conditions as the Chair (with a maximum term of 10 years). The Scientific Editor now
has an

ex officio

position on CPEP, but with the rights of a Titular Member. This position

is funded from the CPEP Budget, but no provision was made for an increase in budget (in
spite of requests), thus effectively reducing the maximum number of other Titular
Members to seven.

CPEP regards the online implementation of the Gold Book as being the first in a line of
continuous development of the other Colour Books. However, while the Divisions
proceed with updating of their various Colour Books, there does not seem to be a general
commitment towards online publication. This is an issue which requires early resolution
so that consistent policy can be developed.

The important contributions to IUPAC, via CPEP, of the Titular Members and their
colleagues, from both Prague and Berlin deserve special mention and thanks.

IV.

Tabular Material

CPEP is responsible for a number of projects, as listed below, and for the publications of
IUPAC.

Web-based

Project No. 2007-016-1-024:

Enhancement of the electronic version of the IUPAC

Compendium of Chemical Terminology

Chair: Bedrich Kosata

Project No. 2007-014-1-024:

Software framework for transformation of IUPAC Color

Books to XML

Chair: Bohumir Valter.

Project No. 2002-022-1-024:

Standard XML data dictionaries for chemistry

Chair:

Steve

Stein

– completed 2007.

Database

Project No. 2002-055-3-024:

XML-based IUPAC Standard for Experimental and Critically

Evaluated Thermodynamic Property Data Storage and Capture

(ThermoML) Chair: M.

Frenkel – completed 2006.

Subcommittee on Electronic Data Standards

Project No. 1999-046-2-024:

Data exchange standard for electron paramagnetic

resonance data types (incl. ESR EMR etc.)

Chair: R. J. Lancashire – completed 2006

Project No. 024/1/98:

Spectroscopic data standard for multi-dimensional NMR data sets

Project No. 2002-020-2-024:

Data exchange standard for near infrared spectra and

general spectroscopic calibration data types

Chair: G. Downey – in progress.

Leslie Glasser, Chair, CPEP, May, 2009

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IUPAC Committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs

(CHEMRAWN)

Report for 2008-2009 to the Bureau and Council

Summary

The CHEMRAWN Committee finds itself in sort of a transition state this biennium. At the start of the
biennium the flow of new ideas was minimal, and the committee’s main task has therefore been to generate
new ideas that, eventually, will generate new CHEMRAWN conferences in the future. One result of this
process is CHEMRAWN XIII: Symposium on Science, Ethics and Development which will be run as an
integral part of the 42

IUPAC Congress in Glasgow, but a number of other ideas are currently under

development, some of which will hopefully become the platform for future conferences.

In the process of generating new ideas for future relevant activities it became quite clear that the

process would have more productive if more proposals had been on the table. In order to achieve this, the
committee wants to invite every NAO to appoint a National Contact to CHEMRAWN for the next biennium.

The CHEMRAWN Committee as such has not been involved in IUPAC projects in the past, but this

biennium this practice has changed to some extent. An example is the committees’ involvement in the
project “IUPAC Support to SAICM Implementation”, which basically is a result of the discussion at the
World Chemistry Leadership Meeting at the IUPAC General Assembly in Turin in 2007.

I. Work and achievements in the current biennium

Since the committee was established 1973, the main activity of CHEMRAWN has been the

organization of the CHEMRAWN series of conferences. Since the first conference was held in

1978, 15 conferences and a number of related workshops have been held addressing important

aspects of the global theme:

CHEM

ical

esearch

pplied to

orld

eeds. The last conference

was CHEMRAWN XII: Chemistry, Sustainable Agriculture and Human Well-Being in Sub-

Saharan Africa, which was held in Stellenbosch, South Africa December 3-6, 2007.

At the start of this biennium no project was really under development, and the transfer of

ideas was minimal. For the committee the main task was therefore to try to revive the idea

generation. During the off-year meeting, held in Puerto Rico during the FLAQ meeting in August

2008, the discussion about future projects was the most important item on the agenda. A large

number of ideas were discussed and some were judged to have a potential to lead to a

CHEMRAWN conference in the future. These ideas are now being explored by committee

members and associated scientists. In alphabetical order they are Biofuel, Carbon footprints,

Chemistry challenges in Latin America, Chemistry and materials for clean energy, Herbal

medicines, Nanomaterials, Solar energy, Vegetable production, and Water. The project ideas are

under development and a progress report will be available in Glasgow.

Special attention was paid to a request to organize an ethics-related symposium as part of the

programme for the IUPAC Congress in Glasgow. After a thorough discussion it was decided to go

ahead with the idea and organize a symposium entitled “Science, ethics, and Development”. The

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symposium will be run for two half days (Aug 3 and Aug 4), and it was agreed to call it

CHEMRAWN XIII in spite of the fact that the symposium will be lacking some of the characteristic

features of a CHEMRAWN conference.

During the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting at the IUPAC GA in Turin in 2007 the

SAICM initiative (“

trategic

pproach to

nternational

hemicals

anagement”) was presented

and drew the meeting’s attention. A lot of the themes discussed by and to be implemented by

SAICM are highly relevant for CHEMRAWN (as well as COCI), and when the idea was put

forward that CHEMRAWN should become involved in the preparation and execution of the second

session of International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2) meeting organized by

SAICM and UNEP, CHEMRAWN participation was deemed desirable. The Committee chair

therefore joined the task group for the project “IUPAC Support to SAICM Implementation”

(chaired by C. Humphris). A team from IUPAC, Nicole Moreau, Leiv K. Sydnes, John Duffus,

Fabian Benzo Moreira, and Mark Cesa, collaborated with the presidents and staff of the

International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and

Chemistry (SETAC) to present a proposal to the International Conference on Chemicals

Management (ICCM2) in Geneva in May 2009. This proposal was to organize and hold a science

meeting on one or more emerging issues related to the sound management of chemicals worldwide,

with a particular emphasis on the developing world. The results of this meeting would hopefully be

used by the delegations working with SAICM to formulate policy for chemicals management. The

proposal was met with some support, but no firm decision was made. Further contact and

collaboration with SAICM is now being discussed, and an appropriate forum for such a science

meeting is being considered for 2011.

Several Future Actions Committees from previous CHEMRAWN meetings are still engaged

in good work, but most of these activities are independent of the Committee and are not reported

here. The Committee feels that for the future it is an idea to strengthen the contact because new

projects are likely to develop from ongoing activities. A proof of this is the result of a discussion

involving the CHEMRAWN Committee, the Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division, and

the Future Actions Committee from CHEMRAWN VII, which has resulted in the establishment of

the CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry. The prize of USD 5000 will be

awarded to a young scientist (under age 45) from a developing country who is contributing to the

field of green chemistry through atmospheric chemistry research. The first award will be given at

the IUPAC Conference on Green Chemistry in 2010. It will be awarded biennially at the same

conference. The award will be administered by the Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division.

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The Selection Committee will consist of the president of the division (who will serve as chair), the

chair of the Subcommittee on Green Chemistry, and the chair of CHEMRAWN

III. Support for the Six IUPAC Goals

The CHEMRAWN committee is aiming at 1) identifying human needs amenable to solution

through chemistry with particular attention to those areas of global or multinational interest, and 2)

serving as an international body and forum for dissemination of chemical knowledge deemed useful

for the improvement of man and his environment. The committee’s foundation and philosophy is

therefore to use frontier knowledge in the chemical sciences to achieve sustainable development,

particularly in developing countries, through scientific discussions involving groups of properly

educated specialists. The very nature of the committee’s work is therefore closely linked to the six

goals in the Union’s current strategic plan. Some relevant comments follow.

Address global issues

Each CHEMRAWN conference focuses on a major issue of global concern, and all the committee’s

activities are therefore really addressing global issues. That is also the case with the project ideas

that are currently under development.

Advance research through scientific discussion

This is particularly relevant when the findings and recommendations arising from each conference

are going to be implemented. Such discussions constitute a very important part of both the

CHEMRAWN conferences and the work carried out by the Future Actions Committees.

Foster communication among chemists and organizations with special emphasis on needs in

developing countries

Most CHEMRAWN conferences have emphasized issues of major importance to the developing

world, most recently through the CHEMRAWN XII workshops on soil fertility and food supplies in

Africa. This was also a main priority during the SAICM meeting in Geneva where CHEMRAWN

was engaged through a joint project with COCI.

Increase the diversity in IUPAC bodies

The CHEMRAWN Committee works continually to include underrepresented minorities in its

membership and also to organize its conferences with diverse partners worldwide. This has a high

priority in the committee as plans are being discussed for future conferences. In order to improve

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our standing in this regard the committee will write and ask each NAO to nominate one national

contact to the CHEMRAWN Committee.

IV. Other Substantive Issues.

1. The Committee continues to be engaged in efforts to

* Increase the impact of conferences, workshops and studies through practical recommendations by

the Future Actions Committee;

* Formulate activities that complement the organization of traditional CHEMRAWN conferences,

including fostering scientific exchanges and small workshops, carrying out studies, and drafting

position papers;

* Reach out to cooperate with other IUPAC Committees and Divisions as well as with international

organizations such as the International Council for Science (ICSU), UNESCO and SAICM;

* Make IUPAC and CHEMRAWN more visible at the international scenes where chemical issues

are being discussed, e.g. within SAICM where IUPAC was very little known when ICCM2 started,

but not when it finished.

2. The Committee wants to

* Establish closer contact with the members of the Union by setting up a network of national

contacts through the NAOs;

* Urge the Committee members to address a particular issue with a conference or workshop where

there is broad interest throughout the chemical community;

* Encourage members of the chemical community to become involved in CHEMRAWN conference

generation and Future Actions Committees to secure a steady flow of new ideas to be dealt with in

the future;

* Run a CHEMRAWN conference in a country in transition as part of the International Year of

Chemistry in 2011.

V. Tabular material

Membership

The CHEMRAWN Committee has the following membership in the current biennium:

Committee chair:

Leiv K. Sydnes, Norway

Committee Secretary:

Stanley S. Langer, UK

The titular members:

Richard A. Durst, USA

Kew-Ho

Lee,

Korea

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Jean-Marc

Paris,

France

Toshio Sasaki, Japan

Ayhan

Ulubelen,

Turkey

Gary

van

Loon,

Canada

The associate members:

Nikolai Z. Lyakhov, Rfussia

Venelin

Marinov,

Bulgaria

M. Anwar Panezai, Pakistan

Carlos Tollinche, Puerto Rico

Ex Officio (The treasurer): John Corish, Ireland

Recent CHEMRAWN-related Publications

(1)

J. M. Malin, “Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation and Utilization”,

Chemistry International

2008

, (1); (www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3001/cc3_080707.html)

(2)

J. M. Malin, “Greenhouse Gases: Mitigation and Utilization. Part II: Sequestration and

Mitigation”,

Chemistry International

2008

, (2);

(www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3002/cc1_080707.html)

(3)

“Impact on Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention”,

Chemistry

International

2008

, (2);

(www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3003/pac7_8001x0175.html)

(4)

J. M. Malin, “Malta III – Research and Education in the Middle East”,

Chemistry

International

2008

, (3); (www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3003/cc4_081207.html)

(5)

H. Garelich and H. Jones, “Mitigating Arsenic Pollution: Bridging the Gap Between

Knowledge

and

Practice”,

Chemistry International

2008

, (4);

(www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3004/2_garelick.html)

(6)

P. Steyn and C. Pauw, “The Role of Chemistry in Sustainable Agriculture and Human Well-

Being in Africa: CHEMRAWN XII”,

Chemistry International

2008

, (5);

(www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3005/cc4_021207.html)

(7)

“CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry”,

Chemistry

International

2008

, (6);

(www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3006/iw1_chemrawn.html)

Current and Projects Involving CHEMRAWN

2008-003-1 – Regional Drinking Water Quality Assessment in the Near East – An Overview and

Perspective (Y. Shevah)

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2009-003-3-020 – IUPAC Support to SAICM Implementation (C. Humphris)

CHEMRAWN Conferences in recent years

CHEMRAWN XII - Chemistry, Sustainable Agriculture and Human Well-Being in Sub-Saharan

Africa; Stellenbosch, South Africa (2007)

CHEMRAWN XIV - Toward Environmentally Benign Processes and Products; Boulder, Colorado,

USA (2001)

CHEMRAWN XV - Chemistry for Water; Paris, France (2004)

CHEMRAWN XVI - Innovation and the Chemical Industry; Ottawa, Canada (2003)

CHEMRAWN XVII - Greenhouse Gases–Mitigation and Utilization; Kingston, Ontario, Canada

(2007)

Leiv K. Sydnes

Chair

CHEMRAWN Committee

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IUPAC Committee on Chemistry and Industry

Report to IUPAC Council – 2009

Mark C. Cesa

Chair, COCI

9 June 2009

I. Executive

Summary

The Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI) is the focal point in IUPAC for issues of
importance in chemistry-related industries. COCI organizes its activities into five Program

Areas and interacts with the IUPAC Divisions and Standing Committees. The objectives of
COCI encompass an advisory role to IUPAC leadership, engagement of the chemical industries

in IUPAC activities, and projects that address the needs of the chemical industries.

The activities of COCI in the 2008-9 biennium have centered on outreach to the industrial
chemical community and beyond, and there have been several new initiatives. A new

initiative to engage IUPAC and the chemical industries in discussions of mutual benefit has
been established, with two Regional Workshops in Western Europe and East Asia, entitled,
“Chemistry in a Changing World – New Perspectives Concerning the IUPAC Family.” At each of

these workshops, representatives of regional IUPAC Company Associates, national chemical
societies, and chemical industry organizations met to share experiences, express needs to

IUPAC, and hear from IUPAC leaders about the efforts of the union to address relevant issues
in the chemical sciences. Each workshop also provided opportunities to discuss ways that

IUPAC and industry can work together to develop new projects to address mutual needs. For
example, overviews of the chemical industries in individual countries in the East Asian region

were unusually valuable to all the attendees in their understanding of the similarities and
differences between the countries.

To improve interactions between IUPAC and industry, a new mechanism for collaboration
between COCI and the IUPAC Secretariat to recruit and retain Company Associates has now

been implemented. A program has been established that awards CA status to companies that
financially support IUPAC activities such as conferences and workshops. The most recent

counting of CAs shows over 140 CAs from 22 countries.

CHEMRAWN, Division VII and COCI formed a project team to offer options for IUPAC
engagement in implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals
Management (SAICM), in collaboration with the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) and

the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). An offer was made at the
International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2) to organize and hold a science

meeting on one or more emerging chemical management issues, with a particular emphasis
on the developing world. The proposal was met with some support, but the proposal was not

accepted. Further options for possible interaction with SAICM are now being discussed.

Ongoing projects include the Safety Training Program. COCI is planning the fourth Safety
Training Program Workshop as part of the IUPAC Congress in Glasgow in August 2009, at
which five STP Fellows and two expert professionals in chemicals management will present

papers and posters on their work. The COCI project on the responsible handling,
manufacture and distribution of chemicals has seen the completion of the first case

study. COCI continues to work with CCE to provide industrial perspectives in the public
appreciation of chemistry, with articles published in Chemistry International.

There are two COCI members on the Management Committee for the International Year of

Chemistry. Engagement with the ICCA and European chemical industry and with scientific
organizations such as the American Chemical Society is well under way. At the COCI project
review and strategy meeting in early April 2009, the committee decided to emphasize several

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current and future activities to provide industrial input and involvement in the IYOC
program worldwide.

II.

Overall Report on COCI Activities in the 2008-9 Biennium – IUPAC Strategic
Goals

Following is a summary of activities since March 2008 and planned activities for 2009 and

beyond, organized with reference to the IUPAC strategic goals.

a.

IUPAC will provide leadership as a worldwide scientific organization that

objectively addresses global issues involving the chemical sciences.

A project team led by TM Colin Humphris and including CHEMRAWN Chair Leiv Sydnes, Div.
VII AM John Duffus, and COCI Chair Mark Cesa was formed to work with SAICM on options

for IUPAC engagement in SAICM implementation; see

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3006/pp3_2008-012-1-022.html

. This project

arose from discussions at and after the 2007 World Chemistry Leadership Meeting
(

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3001/3_humphris.html

). The Strategic Approach

to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), an initiative of the UN implemented through

UNEP and WHO, is a policy framework to foster the sound management of chemicals
(

www.saicm.org

.) IUPAC is a registered NGO with SAICM; as a result, IUPAC has an

opportunity to share in discussions and information exchanges as the SAICM policy framework
is developed and has access to funds through the QuickStart program for projects in

collaboration with SAICM.

A team from IUPAC including IUPAC Vice President Nicole Moreau, Sydnes, Duffus, COCI
Safety Training Program Fellow Fabian Benzo Moreira, and Cesa collaborated with the
presidents and staff of the International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX) and the Society for

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) to present a proposal to the International
Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM2) in Geneva in May 2009. This proposal was to

organize and hold a science meeting on one or more emerging issues related to the sound
management of chemicals worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the developing world. The

proposal was met with some support, but the proposal was not accepted. Further options for
possible interaction with SAICM are now being discussed.

ICCM2 also provided an opportunity for the IUPAC team to speak personally with many
delegations from around the world to raise awareness of IUPAC and to publicize and recruit

participants in the International Year of Chemistry. Delegates left the meeting with a greater
knowledge of the breadth and importance of IUPAC activities.

IUPAC will facilitate the advancement of research in the chemical sciences

through the tools that it provides for international standardization and scientific
discussion.

Work continues on the COCI project to recognize the importance of Responsible Care in the
development of best practices in the developed and developing world. Canadian NR Bernard

West leads the project, entitled, "Responsible Application of Chemistry: An Introduction to
Responsible Care” (Project No. 2006-047-1-022). In this project the first in a series of case

studies/monographs is in preparation on the responsible handling, manufacture and
distribution of chemicals, and an appropriate venue for publication is being identified.

IUPAC will assist chemistry-related industry in its contribution to sustainable

development, wealth creation, and improvement in the quality of life.

The first European Regional Workshop entitled, “Chemistry in a Changing World – New

Perspectives Concerning the IUPAC Family,” (Project No. 2006-030-1) took place on 25 April

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2008 in Marl, Germany. Ideas and suggestions from the Conference were gathered and
addressed to foster new collaborations. Industrial financial support from Evonik Degussa

GmbH was secured under the project leadership of AM Michael Droescher and TM David Evans.
In addition to COCI members, more than ten representatives of European NAOs and European

companies and industry groups participated. The agenda included breakout sessions to solicit
ideas and discussion on how IUPAC and COCI can specifically assist the European chemical

enterprise. A summary of the results of this Workshop can be found at:

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3005/cc5_250408.html

With the success of the European Regional Workshop, plans were initiated to hold a series of
similar regional Workshops around the world over the next several years. On 8 April 2009,

the East Asian Regional Workshop (Project No. 2008-038-1-022) was held under the
leadership of TM Akira Ishitani in collaboration with the Chemical Society of Japan ( CSJ ), the

Science Council of Japan ( SCJ ) and the Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology
(KAST). Financial support was provided by the Japanese Company Associates. Invitees from

NAOs and Company Associates from Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan made presentations on
the issues facing chemistry and industry in their countries, and discussions were held to

identify common issues where IUPAC and COCI can assist this critically important region. For
example, overviews of the chemical industries in individual countries in the East Asian region
were unusually valuable to all the attendees in their understanding of the similarities and

differences between the countries.

A new mechanism for collaboration between COCI and the IUPAC Secretariat to recruit and
retain Company Associates has now been implemented. To maintain subscriptions and

contacts, Linda Tapp at the Secretariat communicates with NAOs that have active CA
programs, and also with individual CAs from countries without CA programs. Individual

members of COCI, in particular TMs Alex Pokrovsky and Khalida Al-Dalama, have successfully
recruited several new CAs from their home countries, and a program has now been
established that awards complimentary CA status to companies that financially support IUPAC

activities such as conferences and workshops. The most recent counting of CAs shows 89
traditional CAs and 52 complimentary CAs from 22 countries.

IUPAC will foster communication among individual chemists and scientific

organizations, with special emphasis on the needs of chemists in developing
countries.

The IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training Program saw the training of Dr. Gursharn Singh
Grover of India at Novozymes in Denmark in 2008. COCI is planning the fourth Safety

Training Program Workshop as part of the IUPAC Congress in Glasgow in August 2009; at
this Workshop five STP Fellows, including three of the most recently trained persons, will

present papers and posters on their work since receiving training. In addition, Dr. Steve
Harper and Dr. Chris Eacott will present invited papers at the Workshop on proper

management and handling of chemicals in manufacturing and laboratory environments.

We continue to receive encouraging offers to expand and ally the Safety Training Program and
similar IUPAC activities related to chemical safety with other international initiatives. The
U. S. National Academies are developing a set of materials to be used to train laboratory

professionals in the developing world, in part based on IUPAC projects and publications such
as the Safety Training Program and the book, Chemical Safety Matters. COCI is also exploring

options for expansion of the STP, including exploring the feasibility of establishing regional
safety training centers in the developing world (South America is the first example); preparing

a vetted and standardized curriculum for Host Companies in the STP; recruitment of new Host
Companies; development of Spanish-language Internet modules on safety topics covered in

Safety Training Program visits; and incorporating and expanding the series of case
studies/monographs on the responsible handling, manufacture and distribution of chemicals.

In addition, COCI is continuing to explore ways to establish an Industrial Chemistry Prize.

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COCI continues to publish a twice-yearly summary of IUPAC Projects of Interest to

Industry for circulation to NAOs and Company Associates. The most recent issue was
distributed in March 2009.

IUPAC will utilize its global perspective and network to contribute to the

enhancement of chemistry education, the career development of young chemical
scientists, and the public appreciation of chemistry.

COCI is represented on the Management Committee for the International Year of
Chemistry by TM Colin Humphris and Chair Mark Cesa. Humphris has made progress in

gaining the attention of representatives of the ICCA and European chemical industry with
respect to the IYC, and Cesa, along with John Malin and Bryan Henry, met with several key

audiences in the American Chemical Society in March on their efforts to organize programs for
2011 relevant to the IYC. In addition, at the COCI project review and strategy meeting in

early April 2009, the committee brainstormed current and future activities to provide
industrial input and involvement in the IYOC program worldwide.

COCI continues to work with CCE to provide industrial perspectives in the public
appreciation of chemistry. TM David Evans has published an an article on the scientific

method for publication in the May-June 2009 issue of Chemistry International; see

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2009/3103/3_evans.html

Two articles in a continuing series on nanotechnology were published by NR Alan Smith (UK)

in Chemistry International; see

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2007/2906/4_smith.html

and

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2009/3101/4_coulsey.html

IUPAC will broaden its national membership base and will seek the maximum

feasible diversity in membership of IUPAC bodies in terms of geography, gender, and

age.

The program of Division Representatives to COCI is continuing through 2009. These
representatives will receive relevant communications on COCI activities and will be invited to

COCI meetings, and members of COCI will continue to be involved in activities of the Divisions
to which they represent COCI.

COCI continues to work toward increased diversity in its membership. The proposed COCI
roster for 2010-11 contains members from twenty-two countries, with five new proposed

members.

III. Other Information

The Committee on Chemistry and Industry (COCI) is the focal point in IUPAC for issues of

importance in chemistry-related industries. COCI organizes its activities into five Program
Areas and interacts with the IUPAC Divisions and Standing Committees.

The principal objectives of COCI are set forth in its Terms of Reference, paraphrased as
follows:

•

Advise the President and Executive Committee on options and actions by which IUPAC

could become more attractive to increased participation by scientists in industry;

•

Develop and maintain an active program to recruit, guide and inform Company
Associates;

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Develop liaisons with national and international associations that represent chemical
industries, chemical societies, and international bodies involved in scientific and

industrial development; and

•

Initiate and maintain a portfolio of projects with implications for industry.

COCI reviews its strategy on a regular basis at strategy and project review meetings held for
Titular Members and other interested persons between the annual COCI meetings. COCI

continues to place strategic emphasis on projects that share best practices globally and focus
on:

Capacity

building

Public appreciation of chemistry

The authoritative role of IUPAC as an NGO

Reputation

and

trust

Enabling public and political debates

The Program Areas in COCI are as follows:

Health, Safety and Environment

Public Appreciation of Chemistry
NAO/Company Associates Recruitment and Retention

NGO/IGO/Trade Association
Division and Standing Committee Collaborations

To foster collaboration with the Divisions and Standing Committees, COCI has established

representatives to each of the Divisions and SCs and has recruited representatives from each
of the Divisions and SCs to COCI. We plan to continue to attend Division meetings to present
progress on COCI activities and to invite Division Representatives to do the same at COCI

meetings. Partially as a result of these interactions, COCI has been involved in two
interdivisional projects in this biennium.

IV. Projects, Publications and Membership

Projects in 2008-2009 Biennium

1. 2004-032-1-022,

IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training Program, M. C. Cesa,

completion date 31 Dec 2009.

2005-042-1-300, Chemistry For Biology – An Inventory of Interdivisional and

Interdisciplinary Activities Within IUPAC in the Field of Biological Chemistry, T. Norin,

completed.

2006-030-1-022, Chemistry in a Changing World – New Perspectives Concerning the

IUPAC Family, M. Droescher, completion date 31 Dec 2009.

2006-047-1-022, Responsible Application of Chemistry – An Introduction to

Responsible Care, B. West, completion date 31 Dec 2009.

2006-051-1-022, IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training Program Workshop, Turin,

Italy, M. C. Cesa, completed.

2007-015-2-100, Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for our

Planet, T. Letcher, completed.

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2008-012-1-022, Options for IUPAC Engagement in SAICM Implementation, C.

Humphris, completed.

2008-038-1-022, Chemical Industries and IUPAC 2 – Workshop, Kawasaki, Japan, A.

Ishitani, completion date 31 Mar 2010.

2009-003-2-020, IUPAC Support to SAICM Implementation, C. Humphris, completion

date 31 Mar 2010.

10.

2009-001-2-022, IUPAC-UNESCO-UNIDO Safety Training Programme, Glasgow, M.

Cesa, completion date 31 Mar 2010.

Publications

Smith, Alan, “Nanotechnology – The New Chemistry.” Chemistry International,

November-December 2007, 29(6), 13-15;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2007/2906/4_smith.html

Humphris, Colin and Cesa, Mark, “The Emerging Chemcal Regulatory Environment:

Proceedings of the World Chemistry Leadership Meeting,” Chemistry International, January-

February 2008, 30(1), 10-13;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3001/3_humphris.html

Booth, Michael, “Division Roundups – Part II, Committee on Chemistry and Industry.”

Chemistry International, January-February 2008, 30(1), 18;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3001/5_divroundups.html

Droescher, Michael, “Chemistry in a Changing World – New Possibilities Within the

IUPAC Family.” Chemistry International, September-October 2008, 30(5), 32-33;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3005/cc5_250408.html

“Options for IUPAC Engagement in SAICM Implementation.” Chemistry International,

November-December 2008, 30(6), 16-17;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2008/3006/pp3_2008-012-1-022.html

Coulsey, Hilda and Smith, Alan, “Nanotechnology in Good Health?” Chemistry

International, January-February 2009, 31(1), 13-16;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2009/3101/4_coulsey.html

Evans, David A., “Scientific Method – Can It Help Promote the Public Appreciation of

Science?” Chemistry International, May-June 2009, 31(3), 12-15;

http://www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2009/3103/3_evans.html

Members 2008-9

Titular Members

Mark C. Cesa (United States) – Chair
Michael D Booth (South Africa) – Secretary and Treasurer

Aldo Bologna Alles (Uruguay)
David A. Evans (United Kingdom)

Colin Humphris (United Kingdom)
Akira Ishitani (Japan)

Alexandre Pokrovsky (Russia)
Khalida Al-Dalama (Kuwait)

Associate Members

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Michael Droescher (Germany)
Janos Fischer (Hungary)

Jacek Kijenski (Poland)
Nedyalko T. Popov (Bulgaria)

Esma Toprak (Turkey)
Bernard West (Canada)

National Representatives

Paul Baekelmans (Belgium)
Daniel Bernard (France)
Cao Xianghong (China)

Hideyuki Ishida (Japan)
Weon Lee (Korea)

Carolyn Ribes (United States)
Alan Smith (United Kingdom)

Hendrik Timmermann (Netherlands)
Klaus Urbahns (Nordic Countries)

Provisional Member
Tersoo Gwaza (Nigeria)

Mark Cesa
9 June 2009

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Date:

June 4, 2009

From:

Peter Mahaffy, CCE Chair

To:

IUPAC Council

Re:

Committee on Chemistry Education Chair’s Report to Council

This report highlights significant CCE activities during the current year and plans for new
initiatives in the next biennium, emphasizing activities leading up to the International Year of
Chemistry in 2011.

1. CCE terms of reference
2. How does CCE carry out its work?
3. Current priorities
4. Highlights of recent and new initiatives
5. Current projects
6. Membership, roles and sub-committees/working groups

1. CCE terms of reference

(a) To advise the President and the Executive Committee on matters relating to chemistry

education, including the public appreciation and understanding of chemistry.

(b) To maintain a portfolio of educational projects and to coordinate the educational activities

of IUPAC.

information relating to chemical education, including the public appreciation and
understanding of chemistry.

(d) To develop liaisons with international organizations such as UNESCO, national and

regional chemical societies, chemical education committees, and organizations
concerned with the public appreciation and understanding of science.

2. How does CCE carry out its work to meet these terms of reference?

CCE met as a full committee at the 20

International Conference in Chemistry Education

(ICCE) in Mauritius in August, 2008. Following our 2009 meeting at the IUPAC General
Assembly, the committee will meet again at the 21

ICCE in Taipei in 2010. In formal

meetings and beyond, CCE accomplishes its work through the dedicated efforts of 8 titular
members, 8 associate members representing divisions, 23 national representatives and
three ex officio members - representing 35 countries.

Our work is carried out through projects; through two subcommittees - Chemistry Education
for Development, chaired by NR Mei-Hung Chiu (Taiwan) and the CCE International Year of
Chemistry Subcommittee, co-chaired by Mustafa Sozbilir (Turkey) and Anthony Wright
(Australia); and through biennial ICCE conferences. In addition, educational activities are
carried out in cooperation with IUPAC divisions and standing committees, coordinated by TM
and division liaison, Eva Åkesson (Sweden). CCE also works with partners outside of

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IUPAC. Presently CCE has working and/or developing partnerships with UNESCO, Science
across the World, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation (USA). Numerous additional
collaborations with IUPAC Divisions and Standing Committees and external partners are
formed to accomplish the objectives of particular projects.

Current priorities

As discussed in some detail in the 2007 report to Council, CCE establishes priorities for its
work at the beginning of each biennium. The six priorities that presently shape the
committees’ work are listed below. These priorities will be the starting point for discussions at
the 2009 Glasgow CCE meetings of the new priorities to guide CCE work in the 2010-2011
biennium. We anticipate that priorities for the next biennium will be framed so as to facilitate
meaningful CCE and IUPAC contributions to a successful International Year of Chemistry.

(a) To foreground the importance of learner-centred chemistry curriculum, both in the

developed and developing world. The extent to which this is done should be one criterion
used to assess educational projects.

(b) The efforts of CCE’s Public Understanding of Chemistry committee will be focused on

obtaining designation for an International Year of Chemistry and contributing to
implementation, as appropriate.

sustainable development, consistent with the goals of the UN Decade for Education for
Sustainable Development.

(d) To continue to support initiatives that raise awareness and understanding of ethical

issues that are important in chemistry.

(e) The biennial International Conferences on Chemistry Education are flagship activities for

CCE. We seek to more fully integrate ICCE activities into the work of CCE and use ICCE
conferences to report the outcomes of CCE projects and bring participants together to
implement CCE strategies

(f) To build chemistry education networks, using fully the multicultural competence within

CCE.

Highlights of recent and new CCE initiatives.

Rather than comprehensively list projects and activities that address current priorities, this
report highlights several exemplary activities and significant new initiatives for CCE in 2009,
and points out how they flow out of existing priorities and will help to establish new ones.

•

UNESCO and UN designation of IYC.

Since the last report to Council, a major

preoccupation of the CCE chair has been to give leadership, along with others on CCE
and the Bureau, to navigate the complex web of processes needed to obtain designation
by UNESCO and the UN of 2011 as an International Year of Chemistry. It was most
rewarding to work closely with our colleagues at UNESCO Division of Basic Sciences
and Engineering, who laid the groundwork for this successful outcome by meeting in
person with key individuals to seek their support and obtain timely advice. The IUPAC
secretariat provided the needed vital and timely communication with NAOs and other
participants in the process. The success, however, was due in large part to the
extraordinary support by many NAOs who worked at national and regional levels. In
particular IUPAC owes a huge debt of gratitude to the chemists and diplomatic
community of one of the newest members of the IUPAC family, Ethiopia – who
championed this at both the UNESCO and UN levels with countless colleagues. The

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process of obtaining designation, has, in itself, strengthened important bridges for
IUPAC with global partners that we must build on leading up to 2011 and far beyond. I
draw Council’s attention to the list of countries that formally sponsored this resolution at
the UNESCO Executive Committee and the United Nations alongside Ethiopia, and note
that many do not have official ties to IUPAC. This group of countries has formally
advocated at the United Nations for a celebration of the importance of chemistry and
chemistry education, and working with them leading up to and following IYC presents a
strategic opportunity for IUPAC to build an even stronger and more truly global network
of chemists and educators.

Sponsoring countries (UNESCO Executive Committee):

Ethiopia, Algeria, Benin,

China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, France, India,
Japan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Malaysia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Korea,
Russian Federation, Senegal, South Africa, Togo, Uganda, United Republic Tanzania
and Zambia.

Sponsoring countries (United Nations):

Ethiopia, Brazil, Cuba, Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Egypt, Ghana, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
Malawi, Nigeria, Oman, Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay,
Viet Nam and Yemen. (

At time of writing this report, this preliminary list is incomplete,

and the full list of about 35 countries will made available to Council in Glasgow.

)

•

Formation of CCE International Year of Chemistry Subcommittee.

IYC 2011

provides the opportunity of a lifetime to catalyze imaginative thinking by chemists,
students, and the general public about what it’s like to live in a chemical world. As was
highlighted in the 2007 report to Council, CCE recommends that we see the developing
networks and activities of IYC not as an end point in 2011, but as the first steps toward
building further IUPAC’s leadership role in the areas of public understanding and science
policy.

In keeping with CCE’s terms of reference, our resources and global educational network
will be directed to whatever extent possible to mesh and build synergy with other IYC
activities and programs over the next biennium. To that end, as identified in Priority (b)
above, CCE has determined that its public understanding of chemistry activities should
be focused on contributing to the planning and activities needed for a successful
International Year of Chemistry.

Our recently appointed CCE IYC Subcommittee replaces the CCE Public Understanding
of Chemistry Sub-Committee for this biennium. Two CCE members (Mahaffy and
Tarasova) also serve on the IYC Management committee, and they will help ensure good
two-way communication, and also avoid duplication of efforts. While the subcommittee
mandate will be further fleshed out in Glasgow, we see its role as (a) advising on some
global educational activities that might be part of the year’s activities, (b) advising on how
activities might be made available to countries with less well-resourced chemical
societies and NAOs, (c) recommending ways to integrate existing CCE programs such
as YAC, FCP, and microscale workshops into IYC activities, and (d) using the
momentum of IYC to build sustainable partnerships with UNESCO and other partners
and regional networks of chemistry educators.

•

Current CCE activities with potential for contribution to IYC.

Several on-going

projects and activities have significant potential for contributing to IYC. These include:

−

Young Ambassadors for Chemistry (YAC).

The YAC program was originally set

up as a partnership between CCE and Science Across the World. Using a '

Train the

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Trainers

' approach, YAC facilitators have worked with teachers and students to

increase public appreciation for and understanding of chemistry in Argentina,
Bulgaria, Egypt, Jordan, Korea, Lithuania, Russia, South Africa, and Taiwan.

Since the last CCE report, a successful YAC event was held in Mauritius in August
2008, just prior to the ICCE conference. The model and activities used here have
now catalyzed new programming in the Mauritian ministry of education. Another YAC
program was organized in Nicosia, Cyprus in April 2008. The FCP program visit in
the Philippines (see next item) has also led to interest in a YAC program, with two
YAC events tentatively planned for October 2009, one in Manila and one in the
South.

CCE felt it important to ensure that careful assessment of the impact of this program

on teacher attitudes is carried out. To provide the data needed for this assessment,

IUPAC project # 2007-005-2-050 has been initiated to provide research-based

evidence about longer term outcomes. TM Lida Schoen has been the tireless

and imaginative moving force behind the YAC initiative, and leadership for the

overall program is now shared with other CCE members, particularly NR Erica

Steenberg and TM Mei-Hung Chiu.

CCE envisions both YAC programs and the model used by YAC to be important

contributions to IYC 2011. Sharing YAC strategies will take place at both the IUPAC

Congress in Glasgow and the 2010 ICCE Conference in Taipei.

−

Flying Chemist Program (FCP)

. The third FCP program visit took place in April

2008 in the Philippines, following an organizational workshop six months earlier
coordinated by Chemistry Education for Development sub-committee chair Mei-Hung
Chiu and the CCE chair. Designed to improve teaching and learning of chemistry at
the tertiary level in the Philippines, a group of 324 tertiary-level chemistry teachers
came together for a two-day event, organized by the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), the government body covering higher education institutions in the
Philippines, in cooperation with the Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas (Chemical
Society of the Philippines) and the University of Santo Tomas. Attendees came from
all the regions of the country and represented 89 different institutions of higher
education in the Philippines. Among the participants were 12 young chemistry
teachers who received travel grants through the IUPAC Program on Financial
Support of Conferences.

CCE intends to organize two additional FCP programs in the next biennium, and to
coordinate this initiative in 2011 with regional IYC activities, perhaps in sub-Saharan
Africa. Chemistry Education for Development sub-committee chair Mei-Hung Chiu
has given excellent guidance to the FCP program, and she would welcome your
ideas about the future of the program.

−

Using chemistry education networks.

CCE has played an important role in

establishing and supporting regional chemistry education networks. Leading up to the
IYC, we will make use of networks such as the Network of Inter-Asian Chemistry
Educators (NICE), Asian Chemistry Education Network of the Federation of Asian
Chemical Societies (ACEN-FASC), and various African, American, and European
networks to coordinate regional IYC activities. In particular, the NICE network
resulted from discussions within CCE and the ICCE conferences, and four present
and former CCE members co-chair the 3

NICE symposium, to be held in Tokyo in

July 2009 - Masahiro Kamata (Japan), Masato M. Ito (Japan), Mei-Hung Chiu
(Taiwan), and Choon H. Do (Korea).

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Microscale program

. John Bradley (South Africa) continues to guide a program of

introducing teachers in developing countries to microscale techniques and
experiments, and this was also one of the themes of the FCP visit to the Philippines,
facilitated by resource person Jorge Jibañez (Mexico). Additional microscale
workshops would be appropriate activities during the IYC.

−

Role of chemistry in understanding and providing solutions to climate change.

The UN resolution declaring 2011 as an IYC highlights the role of chemistry in
sustainable development and in addressing challenges such as global climate
change. CCE has initiated a project (# 2008-043-1-050) in collaboration with the
Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society, UNESCO, and the
Alberta Centre for Research in Youth Science Teaching and Learning (CRYSTAL
Alberta) to develop and disseminate a set of interactive, web-based materials to
visualize and understand the underlying science of climate change. We propose
delivering these materials in time for the International Year.

As chair of this project task group, I draw to Council’s attention that the visual icon of
our present day scientific understanding of the changing role of CO

in our planet’s

climate is a graph of atmospheric CO

concentrations from the Mauna Loa

observatory in Hawaii, beginning in 1957 (the ‘Keeling Curve’). Discussions during
the 1957 International Geophysical Year drew attention to the need for better
fundamental scientific understanding of trace atmospheric gases. This set the stage
for using the Mauna Loa observatory for monitoring studies.

As a legacy of understanding to future generations, might IYC 2011 serve to
challenge the network of IUPAC chemists to imagine and implement both scientific
and educational accomplishments of similar impact relevant to gaps in our
understanding of the chemistry of our changing climate and the development of
solutions to climate change?

−

Interdivisional/standing committee projects.

CCE is committed to contributing to

joint projects with other divisions/committees – at present this includes the
development of an isotopic periodic table, an abridged version of the Green book,
and the ethical conduct of chemists. Division liaison Eva

kesson has gone to

substantial effort to build stronger relationships with divisions, and we look forward to
fruitful collaborations in the next biennium.

•

Development of a framework of priorities for CCE.

A project proposal is under review

to develop a framework to assist CCE (and through CCE, IUPAC) to more effectively
prioritize its educational activities. This project, which is led by former NR Tony Ashmore
(UK), should be particularly helpful in considering what educational activities CCE and
IUPAC can best coordinate during IYC 2011, and which might best be carried out by
national chemical societies and others.

•

Areas of strong interest, possibly to be developed into projects.

Under

consideration at our Mauritius meeting were several topics which we anticipate may
develop into projects. These include: learning outcomes, student misconceptions in
chemistry, sharing ideas of how countries can best tell their own stories of chemical
achievement leading up to IYC, and green chemistry.

•

ICCE conferences.

The 20

ICCE was held in Mauritius, August 3-8, 2008, with a

satellite conference in Nairobi, Kenya (http://www.uom.ac.mu/20icce.htm) immediately
following. The 21

ICCE will be held in Taipei in August 2010. CCE has expressed a

strong preference for locating the 2012 meeting in Europe, perhaps jointly with a
European chemistry education meeting. Bids from several European conference hosts

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have been received, and CCE will make a decision on the venue for this conference at its
Glasgow meetings. Morton Hoffmann (USA), our conference coordinator has worked
closely with local organizers to facilitate this important biennial event for CCE.

•

Communication, the secretariat and Chemistry International.

The success of all of

these activities and projects depends on CCE being able to communicate effectively with
others within IUPAC and with external partners. We owe a debt of gratitude to the
secretariat for their assistance, and particularly to Fabienne Meyers for her excellent
coverage of IUPAC’s educational activities in our official newsmagazine, Chemistry
International.

4. Current CCE Projects

•

2008-042-1 - Development of a framework of priorities for CCE

•

2008-043-1-050 - Visualizing and understanding the science of climate change

•

2007-005-2-050 – Research-Based Evaluation of the Young Ambassadors for Chemistry
(YAC) Programme

•

2002-021-2-050 - A feasibility study of the scope and limitation of machine translations
as a means of disseminating useful reading material for chemical education on the
internet

Completed in the past year

•

2007-018-1-050 – Toward an Improved Teaching and Learning of Chemistry at the
Tertiary Level in the Philippines

•

2007-011-1-050 - International Year of Chemistry - Initial strategy planning

•

2006-043-3-050 - The Social Responsibility of Chemists: Responsible Stewardship

Joint Projects with Other Divisions/Standing Committees

•

2007-038-3-200 - Development of an isotopic periodic table for the educational
community

•

2007-032-1-100 – Green Book – Abridged Version, Joint with Div I

•

2007-050-2-600 – Climate and Global Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, joint
with Div VI

•

2007-022-2-020 – Recommendations for Codes of Conduct

•

2006-050-3-100 – Wet Surface Vibrational Spectroscopy Experiments, Joint with Div I

•

2004-037-1-400 – Design of Polymer Education Material for French Speaking Countries,
joint with Div. IV

•

2004-045-1-700 – Training of School Children on Pesticides and Health – Toxicology in
the Classroom, Joint with Div. VII

Projects Under review

•

2008-017-4 – Green chemistry – creation and implementation of international

cooperation in teaching and investigations.

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5. Current Membership, Roles and Sub-Committees (2008-2009)

•

Prof. Peter G. Mahaffy (Canada) –

Chair

•

Prof. Eva

kesson (Sweden) –

Secretary and division liaison

Titular Members

•

Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu (China/Taipei)

•

Prof. Choon H. Do (Korea)

•

Prof. Ram S. Lamba (Puerto Rico)

•

Dr. Lida Schoen (Netherlands)

•

Prof. Mustafa Sözbilir (Turkey)

•

Prof. Natalia P. Tarasova (Russia)

Associate Members

(Divisional Representatives)

•

Prof. A. James McQuillan (New Zealand)
Physical and Biophysical Chemistry

•

Dr. Javier Garcia-Martinez (Spain)
Inorganic Chemistry

•

Prof. Mary Garson (Australia)
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

•

Prof. Jean-Pierre Vairon (France)
Polymer

•

Prof. Roger M. Smith (United Kingdom)
Analytical Chemistry

•

Dr. Hemda Garelick (United Kingdom)
Chemistry and the Environment

•

Dr. Mukund S. Chorghade (United States)
Chemistry and Human Health

•

Prof. Richard Hartshorn (New Zealand)
Chemical Nomenclature and Structural Representation

National Representatives

•

Prof. Tony Wright
Australia

•

Ludo Brandt
Belgium

•

Prof. Borislav Toshev
Bulgaria

•

Prof. Qiankun Zhuang
China/Beijing

•

Prof. Ameen Farouk M. Fahmy
Egypt

•

Dr. Christiane Reiners
Germany

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Prof. Miklos Riedel
Hungary

•

Prof. Uday Maitra
India

•

Prof. Peter E. Childs
Ireland

•

Dr. Mordechai Livneh
Israel

•

Prof. Liberato Cardellini
Italy

•

Prof. Masahiro Kamata
Japan

•

Prof. Abdulaziz A. Al-Najjar
Kuwait

•

Prof. Farzana Mahmood
Pakistan

•

Prof. Erica Steenberg

South Africa

•

Prof. Katarina Edström
Sweden

•

Prof. Phillippe Boesch
Switzerland

•

Prof. Morton Z. Hoffman –

Conference coordinator

United States

•

Prof. Norman Reid
United Kingdom

Ex Officio

•

Prof. John D. Bradley (South Africa),

Consultant for microscale programme

•

Mark C. Cesa (USA),

COCI Representative

•

Audra Wolfe (USA),

Chemical Heritage Foundation

Subcommittee on Chemistry Education for Development

•

Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu

(China/Taipei),

Chair

•

Prof. John Bradley (South Africa)

•

Prof. Bob Bucat (Australia)

•

Dr. Derek S.P. Cheung (China/Hong Kong)

•

Prof. Masahiro Kamata (Japan)

•

Prof. Ram Lamba (Puerto Rico)

•

Dr. Jing-Wen Lin (China/Taipei)

•

Dr. Lida Schoen (Netherlands)

•

Dr. Erica Steenberg (South Africa)

•

Prof. Natalia Tarasova (Russia)

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IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education
Report to Council – June 4, 2009

Page 9

CCE Subcommittee on International Year of Chemistry

•

Prof. Mustafa Sözbilir (Turkey),

co-chair

•

Prof. Anthony Wright (Australia),

co-chair

•

Prof. Liberato Cardellini (Italy)

•

Prof. Christiane Reiners (Germany)

•

Dr. Lida Schoen (Netherlands)

•

Prof. Jana Soukupova (Czech Republic)

•

Prof. Natalia Tarasova (Russia)

CCE Project Group

•

Prof. Choon H. Do (Korea) –

Project Coordinator

•

Prof. Mei-Hung Chiu (Taiwan)

•

Prof. Kristina Edström (Sweden)

•

Prof. Morton Z. Hoffman (USA)

•

Prof. Masahiro Kamata (Japan)

•

Prof. A. James McQuillan (New Zealand)

•

Prof. Mustafa Sözbilir (Turkey)

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INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

Interdivisional Committee on Terminology, Nomenclature and Symbols (ICTNS)

Biennial Report, August, 2007 to August, 2009

Executive Summary

During the biennium August, 2007 to August 2009, ICTNS continued its activities on behalf of IUPAC

in reviewing and approving for publication 27 Technical Reports and Recommendations, resulting in

1127 published pages in

Pure and Applied Chemistry

. Three other publications reviewed by ICTNS

emanated from international bodies of which IUPAC is a member. In addition, the new “Purple Book”

was also reviewed by ICTNS before publication, and updates to the on-line “Gold Book” continued.

Two important changes concerning ICTNS were initiated. The first, to clarify the meaning of

“manuscripts containing new experimental data”, was suggested to the Secretary General, and new

wording was supplied by him and approved by ICTNS. The second, to provide a mechanism for

reviewing IUPAC-sponsored books for adherence to IUPAC standards of terminology, symbols, units

and nomenclature, was the subject of a submission to the Bureau by ICTNS. The Bureau approved

guidelines, and requested ICTNS to provide detailed wording, which is now under review.

ICTNS monitored and was consulted on IUPAC’s interactions with international metrological

societies on which IUPAC has representation.

ICTNS acted as a resource for the Secretariat in answering many questions received from a wide

variety of students and professionals on terminology, symbols, units and general scientific questions.

1. ICTNS Biennial Report, August, 2007 to August, 2009

1.1 Terms of Reference of ICTNS

These include:

(a) To be responsible for submission to the Bureau/Council,…, for publication or otherwise, any

IUPAC document concerned with terminology, nomenclature, symbols, and other conventions.

(b) Before recommending any material for publication as an IUPAC document, to ensure that full

consultations have taken place, and the widest possible consensus has been reached among all Divisions

and other bodies of the Union, and between IUPAC and other ICSU bodies, the international standardizing

organizations, and the CGPM and its committees.

ICTNS is thus responsible for editing and approving the content of IUPAC Recommendations and

Technical Reports for publication in

Pure and Applied Chemistry

, and also for approving, on behalf of

IUPAC, publications emanating from international bodies on which IUPAC has representation. Editing of

these publications is carried out by the respective organization.

ICTNS carries out these tasks by very extensive review processes. For IUPAC Recommendations,

a Public Comment Period of five months is required, with input from ICTNS members within three

months. Both Recommendations and Technical Reports are carefully scrutinized for conformability with

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IUPAC-approved terminology and nomenclature, and are also edited carefully for scientific content. For

documents whose source lies with international bodies, ICTNS also carries out careful reviews. The overall

goal in these activities is to continue and enhance IUPAC’s reputation as a source of international standards

in chemical terminology and nomenclature through publication of

Pure and Applied Chemistry

and

continuing interaction with international organizations.

Publication of the on-line version of the “Gold Book” provides an opportunity for almost

continuous update of IUPAC-approved terminology, as well as corrections where necessary.

ICTNS maintains up-to-date and detailed instructions of preparation of publications for

Pure and Applied

Chemistry.

and also acts as a consulting resource for the Secretariat and other IUPAC bodies in replying to

queries from professionals and students on problems in terminology and nomenclature.

The terms of reference require ICTNS to conduct, and advise the Executive Committee

accordingly, all negotiations concerned with nomenclature and symbols with other ICSU bodies, with

international standardizing organizations, and with CGPM and its committees. This measure ensures that

IUPAC views carry the fullest possible weight among other international organizations. In practice, ICTNS

maintains contact with IUPAC representatives on these organizations and also through ICTNS members

from the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), International Organization for Standardization

(ISO), and the International Unions for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), Crystallography

(IUCr), Pharmacology (IUPHAR), and Pure & Applied Physics (IUPAP). For example, in 2007, ICTNS

considered the advisability of recommending a proposal from CCU (Consultative Committee on Units of

BIPM) re-define the SI base units in terms of atomic quantities.

2.0 Changes to Operating Procedures

ICTNS initiated two changes to operating procedures.

(1) Publication of IUPAC reports in journals other than

PAC

, and publication of reports that contain new

experimental data

(2) Review of IUPAC-sponsored Books for Adherence to IUPAC Standards of Nomenclature,

Terminology, Symbols and Units

This initiative arose from correspondence with the Executive of the ISCT (International Society for

Chemical Thermodynamics). A submission was made to the Bureau to point out that there was no clear

mechanism for carrying out this type of review, and to ask for instructions. The Bureau recognized that

problem, and replied that the review should be conducted by ICTNS, wand added several instructions, but

asked ICTNS to provide the final wording. A draft has been prepared and is under review.

J. W. Lorimer, Chairman

B. J. Herold, Secretary

2009-06-19

APPENDIX

2.0 Summary of Publications in PAC for the Period 1 June, 2007 to 31 June, 2009

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The previous report covered the period to 31 May, 2007. Following the Manuscript Central reference
number and the title, the name of the lead author(s) and the Division or other organization where the project
originated are given.

PAC vol.

Total Articles

Technical Reports

Recommendations

number pages av.

Pages

number pages av.

pages

number pages av.

pages

77 (2005)

414

9 267

30 3 147

(2006) 13 354 27

8 168 21

5 186 37

(2007) 8 466

58 4 135

34 4 331

(2008) 12 463 39

6 168 28

6 295 48

(2009)*

9 353

39 6 148

25 3 205

* to end of June, 2009

2.1 Publications reviewed, edited and approved by ICTNS for publication in Pure and Applied
Chemistry
Total Recommendations and Technical Reports: 27
Total pages published June, 2007 to June, 2009: 1120

2.1.1 IUPAC Recommendations
Total number: 13
Total pages published: 776

1. PAC-REC-06-04-02. IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology, 2

ed. J. H. Duffus, M.

Nordberg, D. M. Templeton - VII. .

PAC

[7], 1153-1344 (2007). 192 pp.

2. PAC-REC-06-01-06. IUPAC Explanatory Dictionary of Key Terms in Toxicology. M.
Nordberg, J. H. Duffus, D. M. Templeton. - VII).

PAC

[9], 1583-1633 (2007). 51 pp.

3. PAC-REC-06-02-01. Definitions of Terms Related to the Structure and Processing of Inorganic
and Polymer Gels and Networks, and Inorganic-polymeric Materials. J. Alemán, A. V. Chadwick,
J. He, M. Hess, K. Horie, R. G. Jones, P. Ktatochvil, I. Meisel, I. Mita, G. Moad, S. Penczek, R. F.
T,. Stepto. - IV.

PAC

[10], 1801-1829 (2007). 29 pp.

4. PAC-REC-06-12-04. Further Conventions for NMR Chemical Shifts. R. K. Harris, E. D.
Becker, S. M. Cabral de Menezes, P. Granger, R. E. Hoffman, K.W. Zilm. - I.

PAC

[1], 59-84

(2008). 26 pp.

5. PAC-REC-06-12-03. Structure-based Nomenclature for Cyclic Macromolecules. W. Mormann,
K.-H. Hellwig - IV.

PAC

[2], 201-232 (2008). 32 pp.

6. PAC-REC-07-03-01 Glossary of Terms Related to Solubility. H. Gamsjäger, J. W. Lorimer, P.
Scharlin, D. G. Shaw - V.

PAC

[2], 233-276 (2008). 44 pp.

7. PAC-REC-07-02-0. Graphical Representation Standards for Chemical Structure Diagrams. J.
Brecher - VIII.

PAC 80

[2], 277-410 (2008), 134 pp.

8. PAC-REC-05-12-09. Nomenclature of Rotaxanes. A. Yerin, E. S. Wilks, G. P. Moss, A. Harada
- VIII.

PAC

[9], 2041-2068 (2008). 28 pp.

9. PAC-REC-07-02-02 Glossary of Terms Related to Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Mechanisms
of Polymerization. S. Penczek, G. Moad - IV.

PAC

[10], 2163-2193 (2008). 31 pp.

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10. PAC-REC-08-05-02. Dispersity in Polymer Science. R. F. T. Stepto – IV.

PAC 81

[2], 351-353

(2009) 3 pp.; Erratum

PAC 81

[4], 779 (2009) (1 p.)

11. PAC-REC-08-07-09 Glossaary of Terms Used in Ecotoxicology. M. Nordberg, D. M.
Templeton, O. Andersen, J. H. Duffus – VII.

PAC 81

[5], 829-970 (2009) (142 pp.)

12. PAC-REC-04-10-14. Compendium of Terms Used in Pharmaceutics. E. Breuer, M. S.
Chorgade, J. Fischer, G. Golomb – VI.

PAC 81

[5], 971-999 (2009); (29 pp.)

13. PAC-REC-08-01-30. Glossary of Class Names of Polymers Based on Chemical Structure and
Molecular Architecture. M. Barn, K.-H. Hellwich, M. Hess, K. Horie, A. D. Jenkins, R. G. jones,
P. Kratochvil, W. V. Metanomski, W. Mormann, R. F. T. Stepto, J. Vohlidal, E. S. Wilks - IV.

PAC 81

[6], 1153-1186 (2009) (34 pp.)

2.1.2 IUPAC Technical Reports
Total number: 14
Total pages published: 344

14. PAC-REP-06-04-09. Critically Evaluated Rate Coefficients for Free-radical Polymerization 6:
Propagation Rate Coefficient of Methacrylic Acid in Aqueous Solution. S. Beuermann, M. Burbank,
P. Hesse, F.-D. Kuchta, I. Lacik, A. M. van Herk - IV.

PAC 79

[8], 1463-1469 (2007). 7 pp.

15. PAC-REP-06-07-05. Representation of Configuration in Coordination Polyhedra and the
Extension of Current Methodology to Coordination Numbers Greater than Six. R. M. Hartshorn, E.
hey-Hawkins, R. Kalio, G. J. Leigh - VIII.

PAC

[10], 1779-1799 (2007). 21 pp.

16. PAC-REP-07-03-03 Performance Evaluation Criteria For Preparation and Measurement Of
Macro and Microfabricated Ion-Selective Electrodes. E. Lindner, Y. Umezawa - V.

PAC

[1], 85-

104 (2008). 20 pp.

17. PAC-REP-06-01-06. Solute Movement if Soils with Potential Rapid By-pass Transport
(Pesticide Movement in Soils) Actual title: Transport of Pesticides via Macropores. W. Kördel, H.
Egli, M. Klein - VI.

PAC 80

[1], 105-160 (2008). 56 pp.

18. PAC-REP-07-06-05 Chemists and the “Public”. P. Mahaffy, A. Ashmore, B. Bucat, Choon Do,
M. Rosborough - CCE.

PAC

[1], 161-174 (2008). 14 pp.

19. PAC-REP-07-10-04. Impact of Scientific Developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
M. Balali-Mood, P. S. Steyn, L. K. Sydnes, R. Trapp - International Advisory Board.

PAC

[1],

175-200 (2008). 26 pp.

20. PAC-REP-07-07-03. Recommendations on the Measurement and Analysis of Results on
Biological Substances with Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. F. P. Schwarz, T. Reinisch, H.-J. Hinz,
A. Suratha - I.

PAC

[9], 2025-2040 (2008). 16 pp.

21. PAC-REP- 08-01-12.. Protocols on Safety, Efficacy, Standardization and Documentation of
Herbal Medicine. M. Mosihuzzaman, M. I. Choudhary - III. Received 2008-01-16.

PAC

[10],

2195-2230 (2008 ). 36 pp.

22. PAC-REP-08-04-02. Immunological Effects of Mercury. M. Schwenk, R. Klein, D. M.
Templeton – VI).

PAC 81

[1], 153-167 (2009). 15 pp.

23. PAC-REP-08-05-01. Teaching High-temperature Materials Chemistry at University. G.
Balducci, A. Ciccioli, G. de Maria, F. Hoda, G. M. Rosenblatt - II.

PAC

[2], 299-338 (2009). 40

pp.

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24. PAC-REP-08-07-22. Guidelines for Rheological Characterization of Polyamide Melts. D. J.
Dijkstra – IV.

PAC 81

[2], 339-349 (2009). 11 pp.

25. PAC-REP-08-06-05. The Use of Countercurrent Chromatography in Analytical Chemistry. A.
Berthod, T. Mryutina, B. Spivakov, O. Shpigun, I. A. Sutherland – IV.

PAC 81

[2], 355-387 (2009).

34 pp.

26. PAC-REP-08-09-21. Thermodynamic and Thermophysical Properties of the Reference Ionic
Liquid 1-hexyl-3mrthyl(amidozolium)

bis

[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide. Part 1. Experimental

Methods and Results. K. N. Marsh, J. F. Brennecke, R. D. Chirico, M. Frenkel, A. Heintz, J. W.
Magee, C. J. Peters, L. P. N. Rebelo, K. R. Seddon – I.

PAC 81

[5], 781-790 (2009). 10 pp.

27. PAC-REP-08-09-22. Thermodynamic and Thermophysical Properties of the Reference Ionic
Liquid 1-hexyl-3mrthyl(amidozolium)

bis

[(trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl]amide. Part 2. Critical

Evaluation and Recommended property values. R. D. Chirico, V. Diky, J. W. Magee, M. Frenkel, K.
N. Marsh – I.

PAC 81

[5], 791-828 (2009). 38 pp.

2.2 Publications reviewed and approved by ICTNS for publication elsewhere than in PAC (Editing
by respective organization)
Total number: 6

28. PAC-REC-04-04-03. IUPAC Recommendations 2005.

Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry

(the “Red Book”)

Prepared for publication by N. G. Connelly, T. Damhus, R. M. Hartshorn.

RSCPublishing, Cambridge, UK (2005).

29. PAC-REC-05-11-10. IUPAC Physical Chemistry Division.

Quantities, Units and Symbols in

Physical Chemistry

. 3rd ed. (the “Green Book”). Prepared for publication by E. R. Cohen, T. Cvitaš,

J. G. Frey, B. Holmström, K. Kuchitsu, R. Marquardt, I. Mills, F. Pavese, M. Quack, J. Stohner, H.
L. Strauss, M. Takami, A. J. Thor. RSC Publishing, Cambridge, UK (2007).

30. PAC-REC-04-05-02

International Vocabulary of Metrology

, 3

ed. (VIM3) BIPM/JCGM

(2008). Accepted on behalf of IUPAC 2006-10-16. Available on BIPM web site:

www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/vim.html

31. PAC-REC-04-05-03

Evaluation of Measurement Data - Supplement 1 to the Guide to the

Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM). Propagation of Distributions Using a Monte
Carlo Method.

BIPM/JCGM 100: (2008). Accepted on behalf of IUPAC 2007-04-26.

www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/gum.html

32. PAC-REC-07-08-26.

Evaluation of Measurement Data. An Introduction to the “Guide to the

Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement” and Related Documents

. BIPM/JCGM (2008).

Accepted on behalf of IUPAC 2007-11-05.

33. PAC-REC-05-10-23. IUPAC Recommendations 2008.

Compendium of Polymer Terminology

and Nomenclature

(the “Purple Book”)

Prepared for publication by R. G. Jones, J. Kahovec, R.

Stepto, E. S. Wilks, M. Hess, T. Kitayama, W. V. Metanomski, with advice from A. Jenkins and P.
Kratochvil,

RSCPublishing, Cambridge, UK (2008).

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Report of the Project Committee to Council, 2009

This report covers the period January 2008 to May 2009.

The Project Committee (PC) has responsibility for funding allocations within two
programs:

Projects

The PC evaluates applications for funding of projects that are inter-divisional,
projects that are too large to be fully-funded by a Division Committee or Standing
Committee (say more than 10% of the DC or SC budget), and projects supported
by a Standing Committee that has no budget. The biennial budget is $110,000 as
set aside in the

Project Reserve (PR)

. Project applications are processed as

received.

Commencing in this biennium, the PC can also recommend project funding, or
partial funding, from the

Strategic Opportunities Fund (SOF)

, as appropriate.

The SOF commenced the biennium around $190,000; the amount is variable as
this fund receives unspent monies from completed projects. Commitments from
the SOF are recommended when the proposed project activity has strategic
importance to IUPAC as a whole. Depending on the project objectives and
strategic components a Project may be funded from the PR, the SOF, or a
combination of the two.

Financial Support for Conferences.

The PC reviews applications for financial support for

Conferences in Scientifically

Emerging Regions

and for

Conferences in New Directions in Chemistry

. The

biennial budget is $65,000. Applications are processed as received but must be
made at least 12 months ahead of the conference.

Projects

To date in this biennium the PC has reviewed and approved 16 projects that sought
funding from the Project Reserve. Commitments to date in this biennium total $101,320;
these have been complemented by supporting commitments of $23,000 from the Strategic
Opportunities Fund and $38,725 from external sources. Three of the Standing
Committees and five of the eight Divisions have been beneficiaries of these IUPAC funds
which complemented total SC/Division commitments of $59,500 (a factor of 2.7:1).
Details of Project funding are given in

Appendix 1.

In addition 3 projects have been fully

funded from the SOF (

Appendix 2

Characteristics of projects that receive partial or total funding from the SOF include
promotion of key IUPAC “products” and servicing the needs of their users (e.g. InChI;
two projects), strategic value to IUPAC and/or the scientific community as a whole (e.g.
the total funding of meetings of the IUPAC Management Committee for the International
Year of Chemistry program; a substantial contribution to support IUPAC engagement
(through COCI, CHEMRAWN, Division VII) with the SAICM secretariat (Strategic
Approach to International Chemicals Management).

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The average review time for project funding applications is 4 months (range 1 month to
10 months). This time could be considerably shorter, and the PC is working with
Division Presidents to expedite the review and funding process. For all applications the
review process starts immediately the proposal is received by the secretariat. However,
delays do arise and are most commonly associated with inadequate attention to detail in
the application (level and detail of proposed budget; dissemination of outputs that
adequately communicates with stakeholders; how retrospective evaluation of outputs
might be accomplished; relevance of proposal to other Divisions and Standing
Committees). In these cases the review process is paused while the application is returned
to the lead Division/SC for attention.

Funded Scientific Conferences.

In the current biennium these two programs have been under-utilized by the Divisions and
Standing Committees. This represents a “missed opportunity”. There have been only four
applications, with two being funded (one FSC-NDC and one FSC-SER, a total of
$12,000); one application was declined (FSC-SER) on the basis of ineligibility of the
venue as a “scientifically emerging region”, and the other (FSC-NDC) on the basis of
being a continuing conference series. In contrast, in the previous biennium a total of 11
conferences were supported financially by IUPAC. See Appendix 3.

The Committee is aware of the need to further promote the FSC programs and it is
actively discussing this opportunity with Division Presidents. The FSC-SER program is
not only of value to the recipients and the host country, it is also of value to IUPAC as a
means of engaging with communities and countries not normally connected with, or
informed about, IUPAC activities. The success of this program depends on Divisions/SCs
identifying opportunities well in advance, taking the initiative and promoting applications
for funding. The FSC-NDC program offers a Division/SC an opportunity to support a
symposium or workshop at a conference in which new frontiers or interdisciplinary
approaches to existing fields of research can be explored. Such exploration can be of
benefit in identifying potential new projects and project partners.

Kip Powell,

Chair

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Appendix 1

Projects supported from the Project Reserve

Key: SOF

(SOF funding);

(Project Reserve funding);

Div/SC

(commitment from Division or Standing

Committee

funds);

Ext

(external funding from stakeholder)

$ requested

Granted

Extension of ThermoML - the IUPAC Standard for Thermodynamic Data Communications

2007-039-1-024

Michael Frenkel

Date Approved

$10,000.00

$8,000.00

23-Jan-08

$2,000.00

Div

Preparation for the Translation of the Green Book

2008-007-3-100

Roberto Marquardt

Date Approved

$15,000.00

$9,000.00

07-Jul-08

$6,000.00

Div

Development of an isotopic periodic table for the educational community

2007-038-3-200

Norman E. Holden

Date Approved

$11,000.00

$9,000.00

15-Apr-08

$1,000.00

Div

$1,000.00

Ext

CCE

Crop Protection Chemistry in Latin America: Environment, Safety, and Regulation - 3rd
International

Workshop on

2007-057-1-600

Irene Alleluia

Date Approved

$9,000.00

$4,500.00

23-Jun-08

$4,500.00

Div

$29,975.00

Ext C

ropLife

Climate and Global Change: observed impacts on planet earth

2007-050-2-600

Trevor Letcher

Date Approved

$6,000.00

$2,000.00

19-Feb-08

$3,000.00

Div

$1,000.00

Ext

Div I

Update of glossary of terms used in medicinal chemistry

2008-010-1-700

Derek R. Buckle

Date Approved

$5,500.00

$1,500.00

06-Jun-08

$1,500.00

Div

$2,500.00

Ext

ACS

Revision of the "Silver Book" : Compendium of Terminology and Nomenclature of Properties in

Clinical Laboratory Sciences

2007-033-3-700

Georges Férard

Date Approved

$18,000.00

$6,000.00

07-Jul-08

$3,000.00

Div

Chemical Industries & IUPAC 2

2008-038-1-022

Akira Ishitani

Date Approved

$16,500.00

$3,500.00

SOF

24-Feb-09

$5,000.00

$8,000.00

Div

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Visualizing and understanding the science of climate change

2008-043-1-050

Peter Mahaffy

Date

Approved

$8,400.00

$5,400.00

19-Feb-09

$3,000.00

Div

Regional Drinking Water Quality Assessment in the Near East (Palestinian Authority, Jordan, and

Israel) – An Overview and Perspective

2008-003-3-600

Yehuda Shevah

Date Approved

$15,000.00

$10,000.00

16-Feb-09

$5,000.00

Div

IUPAC International Chemical Identifier (InChI): Further Development

2008-034-1-800

Alan McNaught

Date Approved

$30,000.00

$6,000.00

SOF

10-Feb-09

$16,000.00

$8,000.00

Div

InChI and InChIKey: further promotion and advice to publishers, database providers and software

developers on integration of IUPAC identifiers into all stages of chemoinformatics data processing

2008-033-1-800

Alan McNaught

Date Approved

$10,000.00

$3,500.00

SOF

10-Feb-09

$3,500.00

$1,500.00

Div

Critical evaluation of thermodynamic properties of hydrogen storage materials: metal organic
frameworks and metal or complex hydrides.

2008-006-3-100

Li-Xian

Sun

Date Approved

$20,000.00

$8,000.00

13-March-09

$5,000.00

Div

$2,000.00

Ext

Divs II, III

IUPAC Support to SAICM Implementation

2009-003-2-020

Colin Humphris

Date Approved

$16,900.00

$8,000.00

SOF

9-April-09

$4,000.00

$2,500.00

COCI

$2,500.00

Ext

IUPAC – UNESCO - UNIDO Safety Training Programme (STP), Glasgow.

2009-001-2-022

Mark Cesa

Date Approved

$12,750.00

$5,5000

13-May-09

$5,000.00

COCI

$2,250.00

Ext

RSC

Recommended values for the viscosity and density of molten copper and tin.

2008-045-1-100

Marc

Assael

Date Approved

$9,000.00

$4,000.00

12-May-09

$5,000.00

Div

TOTAL SUM in USD

$213,050.00

$21,000.00

SOF

$101,400.00

$59,500.00

Div

$41,225 Ext

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Appendix 2

Projects supported from the Strategic Opportunities Fund

$ Requested

Granted

International Year of Chemistry 2011 - Management Committee Meetings

2008-021-1-020

John Malin

Date Approved

$30,000.00

28-Jul-08

Frontiers of chemical sciences: research and education in middle eastern countries (Malta IV)

2008-044-1-020

Zafra M. Lerman

Date Approved

$10,000.00

17-Dec-08

Priority claims for the discovery of elements with atomic number greater than 111

2008-009-1-200

Paul Karol

Date Approved

$10,200.00

28-Feb-08

TOTAL SUM in USD

$50,200.00

Appendix 3

Financially Supported Conferences(FSC) Program

Scientifically Emerging Regions (FSC-SER)

$ Requested

Granted

10th International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials, Santiago, Chile

Date Approved

$6,000.00

16-Dec-08

New Directions in Chemistry

International Symposium of Molecular Environmental Soil Science at the Interfaces at the Earth's
Critical Zone, Hangzhou, China. October 10-14, 2009.

Date Approved

$6,000.00

7-Oct-08

TOTAL SUM in USD

$12,000.00

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MEMORANDUM

29 May 2009

To: Professor

Jung-Il Jin

, President IUPAC

From: Ron Weir, Chair, Evaluation Committee

EVALUATION COMMITTEE REPORT TO IUPAC COUNCIL: GLASGOW

1. The Evaluation Committee, hereafter EvC, has finished its assessment of
completed IUPAC projects our report for the IUPAC Council follows. Extensive
consultation and searching have been carried out to provide an exhaustive
background on which to base the statistics from which conclusions may be drawn.
These background documents include hundreds of journal references, the IUPAC
colour books (Red for Inorganic, Blue for Organic, Gold for Chemical Terminology,
Purple for Macromolecules, Orange for Analytical, White for Biochemical, Silver
for Clinical Laboratory Science, Green for Units and Symbols), hits on the IUPAC
WEB site for the specific project, as well as consultation with Task Group Chairs.
Dr. Jost and his staff have been most helpful.

2. Our evaluation has been confined to the 20 completed reports tabled at the
Bureau and Council meetings in Torino (summer 2007) and confirmed for study at
the Istanbul Bureau meeting (Mar 2008). These 20 represent a convenient, although
arbitrary, window on the project system. The EvC has assessed the 20 projects
against the IUPAC Strategic Plan and conclude that all meet the criteria set out in
the Strategic Plan, a result that verifies the process by which these projects were
approved at the outset.

3. The work by the EvC has led to the following observations: (a). the use of
citations alone is an accurate measure of impact for some projects, but not for some
other projects; (b) the use of hits on the IUPAC web site is a helpful measure for
some projects; (c). low profile projects characterised by a lack of citations may have
high value via (i) their impact on nomenclature, terminology, units, as these
documents are used throughout university instruction, scientific journal standards,
often translated into other languages, and some have CD ROMs issued for sale, (ii)
their impact on the scientific development of young scientists; (d) there is anecdotal
information on the positive value of the conferences (projects), but quantitative data
are lacking.

4. From the point of the view of the Evaluation Committee, the modest IUPAC
investment in these 20 projects has been worthwhile and represents success of the
project system as the goals of every project have been met.  The Evaluation
Committee considers that IUPAC has received excellent value in return for the
funds invested in these projects.

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5. Among the continuing lessons learned by the EvC as a result of this detailed
study is the lack of specific information about the conferences on file. In 2008, the
EvC asked the Secretariat to start gathering statistics to help assess sponsorship of
conferences by IUPAC and Fabienne Meyers has started this task. Among the
statistics suggested are the number of attendees, papers published, special issues of
journals etc.

Ron D. Weir
Chair, Evaluation Committee

cc:

Dr. Fabienne Meyers

fabienne@iupac.org

Members of the Evaluation Committee

Dr. Mark Cesa <

Mark.Cesa@innovene.com

Dr. Srinivasan Chandrasekaran

scn@orgchem.iisc.ernet.in

Dr. John Jost <

secretariat@iupac.org

Dr. Gerard Moss <

g.p.moss@qmul.ac.uk

Dr. Stanislaus Penczek <

spenczek@bilbo.cbmm.lodz.pl

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Item 15.1 Biennial Report of Treasurer

The past year in particular has been a very difficult period financially. The good news is that
despite the severe depression that has been experienced worldwide the Union has managed to
maintain its income level and in this way the pace and scope of its activities. Our income
comprises principally national subscriptions, the proceeds of our publications and income from
our investments and all of these streams have produced the anticipated returns. Particularly
pleasing was the fact that the income from

Pure and Applied Chemistry

, despite a small decrease

in the number of subscribers, has again maintained its overall net income. We are again very
grateful to our National Adhering organisations for their continued financial and other support.
Some seventy per cent of our investments are in bonds and so the income from these was also
maintained at their designated values but with unrealised losses occurring in the value of our
equity portfolio as is discussed in Section 15.2 below.

The project system has now bedded in well and is, for the most part, being operated effectively
by the Divisions and Standing Committees. Some Divisions have had difficulties in remaining
within the guidelines that sets a 30:70 percentage split between operational and project
expenditure though, in most instances, this could be redressed by forward planning to effect a
better usage of the project system. The return of funds recovered from completed and abandoned
projects to the Strategic Opportunities Fund (SOF) has provided an additional and very valuable
resource for strategically important and larger projects and has grown in excess of US$150 000.

In terms of expenditure the costs in 2007 are larger than those in 2008 because of the travel and
subsistence associated with the General Assembly.

Summary and conclusions

Whereas our conservative and prudent investment policy has allowed us to maintain our
momentum and work programmes we have clearly not escaped unscathed from the general
global downturn. Although it is not the function of the Union to accumulate funds

per se

it is

essential that we continue to have sufficient funding available to allow us to continue and
increase our work programmes through the Project System and also to pursue any opportunities
that may arise. In this respect the upcoming International Year of Chemistry in 2011 represents
both a major challenge but also a unique strategic opportunity to raise our income and our
profile. The Union must continue to seek to diversify and increase its income streams

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to my fellow officers for their support and inputs and also to the Executive Director
and all the staff of the Secretariat for their invaluable assistance and cooperation in the
administration of the system.

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Item 15.2 Report of Finance Committee

The Finance Committee met in February in Zurich and reviewed all financial aspects of our
operation including analysis of the current and of future budgets. The budget for 2010/11 which
emerged from its discussions is before Council for approval following its endorsement by the
Executive Committee and Bureau.

That fraction of our investment portfolio which is in bonds is used, in so far as is possible, to
generate a constant stream of income. So when a bond matures the proceeds of its sale are used
to purchase a new bond which slots into the income ‘ladder’. The market turmoil of the past year
has inevitably had an effect on the value of IUPAC’s investment portfolio. The table below
summarizes the recent value of the portfolio.

Portfolio Value Summary

Date

USD

EUR (in USD)

Total

Change from previous

31-Dec-06

3,991,233

1,559,961

5,551,193

31-Dec-07

4,192,852 1,668,575

5,861,427

310,234

31-Dec-08

2,969,792 1,531,446

4,501,238

(1,360,190)

30-Jun-09

3,297,096 1,604,018

4,901,114 399,876

The loss in value of the portfolio from its maximum value through 30 June of this year is 16 %.
This relatively good result is a tribute to the conservative investment policy followed by the
Finance Committee for the past two years. The Committee this year extensively discussed the
current economic situation and its effects on our investments. It was decided to ascertain the
nature of the investments underlying the Union’s mutual funds and in particular, to seek to avoid
structured assets, derivatives and hedge funds. This information has been obtained from
Wachovia and the portfolio is being reviewed with a view to the possible sale of some of the
funds that have shown large losses. Given the changed circumstances on the world financial
markets it may also be necessary to review our Investment Policy Statement.

The term of one member of the Finance Committee, Dr. Schutt, expires at the end of 2009, he is
eligible for a second four-year term. The Committee agreed to submit Dr. Schutt’s name for a
second term to the President of IUPAC.

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$3,000,000

$4,000,000

$5,000,000

$6,000,000

Portfolio Value

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

$3,000,000

$4,000,000

$5,000,000

$6,000,000

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Portfolio Value

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Proposed

Amounts in thousands of USD

Sources and Uses Analysis of 2008-9 Budget

Budget

2008-9

Budget

2010-11

Change

Increase/

(Decrease)

National Subscriptions

$1,522.1

$1,615.3

$93.2

Dividends & Interest

$480.0

$500.0

$20.0

Other Income

$40.0

$0.0

Publications

$894.0

$874.0

($20.0)

Total Income

$2,936.1

$3,029.3

$93.2

AMP and CI

$163.0

$134.0

($29.0)

Administrative

$1,000.0

$1,070.0

$70.0

General

$456.8

$470.0

$13.2

General Assembly

$320.0

$355.0

$35.0

Advisory Standing Committees

$164.4

$172.4

$8.0

Operating Standing Committees (Operations)

$67.6

$73.6

$6.0

Division Operations

$148.3

$151.3

$3.0

Projects (Commitments)

$616.0

$603.0

($13.0)

Total Expense

$2,936.1

$3,029.3

$93.2

Net Income/(Expense)

$0.0

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Proposed

Division and Standing Committee Allocations

2010-11

Budget

Projects

Operations

Budget

Projects Operations

Delta

2008-9

2010-11

2008-9/

2010-11

I Physical and Biophysical

65.3

45.7

19.6

67.3

47.1

20.2

2.0

II Inorganic

53.2

37.2

16.0

55.2

38.6

16.6

2.0

III Organic and Biomolecular

54.4

38.1

16.3

54.4

38.1

16.3

IV Polymer

54.5

38.2

16.4

56.5

39.6

17.0

2.0

V Analytical

58.6

41.0

17.6

60.6

42.4

18.2

2.0

VI Chemistry & the Environment

68.0

47.6

20.4

68.0

47.6

20.4

VII Chemistry & Human Health

60.3

42.2

18.1

62.3

43.6

18.7

2.0

VIII Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representatio

80.0

56.0

24.0

80.0

56.0

24.0

Strategic Opportunities Fund

120.0

100.0

(20.0)

Total Divisions

614.3

466.0

148.3

604.3

453.0

151.3

(10.0)

Budget

Projects

Operations

Budget

Projects Operations

Standing Committees

2008-9

2010-11

Executive

45.0

50.0

5.0

Bureau

80.0

85.0

5.0

CHEMRAWN

29.3

31.3

2.0

CPEP

16.4

18.4

2.0

CCE

38.3

20.0

18.3

40.3

20.0

20.3

2.0

COCI

40.0

20.0

42.0

20.0

22.0

2.0

15.0

Evaluation Committee

ICTNS

8.0

4.0

(4.0)

Total Standing Committees

272.0

40.0

232.0

286.0

40.0

246.0

Advisory Committees

164.4

172.4

8.0

Operational Committees

107.6

40.0

67.6

113.6

40.0

73.6

6.0

Total Projects (Commitments)

616.0

603.0

(13.0)

Division & STC Budgets

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Proposed

NAO

Currency

2009

2010

2011

Australia

AUD

14.2

16.9

17.5

Austria

EUR

5.4

5.5

5.7

Bangladesh

USD

2.0

1.8

1.9

Belarus

USD

4.2

4.0

Belgium

EUR

15.9

15.7

16.2

Brazil

USD

24.2

27.7

28.6

Bulgaria

BGN

3.4

3.3

Canada

CAD

20.6

22.9

23.7

Chile

CLP

2,595.0

3,340.0

3,460.0

China/Beijing

CNY

377.1

450.0

464.0

China/Taipei

TWD

625.4

758.0

782.0

Croatia

USD

1.0

Cuba

USD

1.0

Czech Republic

CZK

104.9

113.0

117.0

Denmark

DKK

40.9

33.8

34.9

Egypt

EGP

22.2

16.7

17.3

Ethiopia

USD

1.0

Finland

EUR

4.6

5.0

5.1

France

EUR

29.2

29.1

30.0

Germany

EUR

39.5

40.8

42.0

Greece

EUR

2.7

2.6

2.7

Hungary

HUF

982.1

1,177.0

1,222.0

India

USD

22.6

24.2

25.0

Ireland

EUR

14.5

14.3

14.7

Israel

ILS

37.1

35.3

36.2

Italy

EUR

25.0

24.7

25.4

Jamaica

JMD

67.5

86.1

Japan

JPY

8,214.5

5,850.0

6,030.0

Jordan

JOD

1.2

1.1

Korea, Republic

KRW

28,454.0

45,800.0

47,200.0

Kuwait

KWD

0.3

Netherlands

EUR

15.6

18.7

19.3

New Zealand

NZD

4.0

5.3

5.5

Norway

NOK

32.4

39.9

41.2

Pakistan

PKR

194.7

255.0

263.0

Poland

PLN

23.1

31.2

32.2

Portugal

EUR

3.6

3.8

Puerto Rico

USD

21.3

19.6

20.2

Russia

USD

10.8

13.3

13.8

Serbia

USD

1.0

Slovakia

EUR

1.8

Slovenia

EUR

3.1

2.8

South Africa

ZAR

53.6

83.6

85.6

Spain

EUR

16.9

17.1

17.7

Sweden

SEK

74.3

84.1

86.7

Switzerland

CHF

25.4

21.0

21.6

Turkey

TRY

12.0

14.6

14.9

GBP

17.4

22.3

22.9

Ukraine

USD

3.4

4.1

4.2

Uruguay

UYU

23.7

USA

USD

114.9

109.4

112.8

IUPAC NATIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2010-11

Amounts Rounded, in thousands of national currency

7/5/2009

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History of the IChO | Previous IChOs | In the Press

History of the IChO

The idea to organize the International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) was born in the former Czechoslovakia. The political situation
in Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1968 was very tumultuous. Under new leaders the country was in an economic reform. Groups of
intellectuals strove after a “socialism with a human face”. There was a smell of independence in the air. The people were full of
activities, they wanted more contacts with other countries. One of the new ideas was to organize an International Chemical Olympiad
(this was the first name for this competition).

In 1968 the Chemistry Olympiad (ChO) was a part of a secondary school system already in all countries of the Soviet block. The ChO in
the Soviet Union was a model for all other countries. This was a basis on which the idea of IChO was built. The teachers in the countries
were already acquainted with the competition and its firm system (from the school round to the national round) was worked out. The
Ministry of Education of the particular country was guarantor of the competition. Moreover, National Committees for Chemical
Olympiads were established in the particular countries. This was done rather smoothly because the first participating countries were all
members of the same political block. No long explanations were necessary. But the same structure prevented any invitation to a west
country.

In the spring 1968 the Czechoslovak National Committee for ChO supported by the Ministry of Education, sent letters of invitation to all
“socialist” countries, except Romania, which country was not welcome by the Soviet Union at that time. However, at the beginning of
May 1968 the relations between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union started to be “nervous”. Therefore, it is not astonishing that the
invitation was accepted by Poland and Hungary only. The other three countries (Soviet Union, Bulgaria and German Democratic
Republic) gave no response.

On May 15th, 1968 a meeting was organized in Ostrava (Czechoslovakia) with the aim to create some basic rules for the international
competition, called later as International Chemical Olympiad. Three countries took part, with representatives of the National
committees of the countries. The report gave answers to some fundamental questions that formed later a basis for the preliminary
regulations of the new international competition. The first regulations were very simple and consisted of seven points.

Competitions of this kind should promote friendship and co-operation among the pupils, closer contacts among the young
scientific workers, exchange of pedagogical and scientific experience.

The organizer of the competition is the Ministry of Education of the organizing country.

The competition should be organized at the end of the school year.

National team consists of pupils and accompanying persons (teachers).

Pupils of the secondary school without a special chemical orientation can only participate in the competition.

The IChO is a competition of individual pupils, not a competition of teams.

The IChO will consist of two parts: theoretical and experimental.

These first regulations were approved on June 21, 1968 during the 1st IChO.

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Article 5

Objectives of the Federation

FASC is established:

to promote and maintain effective communication throughout the community of chemists

and chemical scientists in Africa.

to promote collaborative activity among member societies and among the individual

members of these societies.

to maintain and promote high professional, educational and ethical standards.

to disseminate chemical knowledge.

to act in an advisory, consultative and representative capacity in relation to African

institutions and regional initiatives.

to promote cooperation with other international organizations and similar regional and

international networks.

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Final Version – March 9, 2009

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Division of Chemistry and the Environment (VI)

DIVISION

RULES

1. The

mission

of the IUPAC Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCE) is to provide

unbiased and authoritative views on the behavior and potential impacts of chemicals in the
environment and thus contribute to solving environmental problems and enhancing the quality
of food on a global scale.

2. Under the Statutes, Bylaws, and policies of the Union, the Division is managed by its

Division

Committee

. The Division Committee is responsible for providing oversight and

strategic direction for projects, conferences and other activities within its sphere of influence.
Some of the specific duties of the Division Committee are listed below:

•

Long-term, strategic planning for the Division.

•

Development of new projects, including: formal review; progress through the approval
system; funding / budgets; selection and approval of project teams.

•

Review of the DCE project portfolio, including: progress with current projects; critical
weaknesses in coverage; important new areas.

•

Developing and managing interdivisional projects and higher level external links (SCOPE,
COCI, OECD, FAO,…).

•

Liaise with IUPAC leadership bodies (Council, Bureau, Executive Committee).

•

Establish and govern sub-committees.

•

Hold an annual planning meeting and phone conferences as necessary.

3. In accord with B4.103, the

composition

of the Division Committee is as follows:

(a)

No more than ten (10) Titular Members (including all Officers as defined below)

(b)

No more than six (6) Associate Members

(c)

No more than ten (10) National Representatives

4. (a)

Titular Members

of the Division Committee are nominated and elected for a term of four

years by the electorate defined in B4.103 (including DCE sub-committee members) and
Bureau decisions pursuant to B4.103. Candidates for titular membership are selected by
the Nominating Committee described below.

(b)

Associate Members

are selected by the Division Committee for a term of two years,

subject to reelection for a second two-year term, as provided in B4.103.

(c)

National Representatives

are selected by the Division Committee on nomination by

National Adhering Organizations (NAO’s) for a term of two years, subject to reelection
for a second two-year term, as provided in B4.103. Where appropriate, the Division
Committee may provide advice to specific NAO’s regarding particular areas of expertise

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that are desirable to assist the work of the Division Committee.

(d)

Interim appointments

to fill vacancies on the Division Committee occurring between

meetings may be made by the Division President, after consultation with the other
Division Officers, for a term ending at the end of the year in which the next General
Assembly is held. Interim appointments are subject to approval by the Bureau or
Executive Committee.

5. Candidates for Titular Member of the Division Committee are selected by a

Nominating

Committee

, prescribed by IUPAC policy and procedures defined by the Bureau, as follows:

(a) The nominating committee consists of five members [subject to an exception by the

Bureau], with no more than two members from the existing Division Committee. The
Division President will not be a member of the Nominating Committee. In general, either
the Vice President or immediate Past President of the DCE will serve as chair of the
Nominating Committee.

(b)

The Nominating Committee is appointed by the Division President with the concurrence
of the Division Committee and the IUPAC Executive Committee.

(c)

Categories of vacancies may be established by the Division Committee if desired to
ensure diversity in subject matter, geographic distribution, or other characteristics. More
than one nominee for each vacancy is desirable but not required.

(d)

The Nominating Committee expects to receive nominations from the NAO’s and will
solicit nominations from current DCE members, sub-committees, project teams, and other
external networks, organizations, and individuals as appropriate.

Elections

shall be conducted by e-mail under procedures defined by the IUPAC Secretariat.

With the advice of the President of the Union, Officers of the Division are elected by the
Division Committee, subject to final approval by the Council. The Officers together form an
Executive Committee to act for the Division Committee between meetings.

7. At any one time three (3) of the Division’s Titular Members will serve as

Officers

of the

Division with

terms of office

subject to limitations in B4.103, as follows:

(a)

The

Division President

(DP) is the administrative head of the Division, presides at

meetings of the Division Committee, and is an

ex officio

member of all bodies of the

Division. The DP serves as a member of the Bureau and is the principal representative of
the Division within and outside the Union. The DP is elected to serve a 4-year term, and
is not eligible for reelection to a second term.

(b)

The

Division

Secretary

(DS) assists the President in carrying out the business of the

Division and maintains the records of the Division. The DS serves a term of four (4)
years and is eligible for reelection to a second term of four years.

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and, alternatively

(c)

The immediate

Past

President

(PP) acts for the President in his absence and assists the

President as requested. The PP shall assume the office of Division President in the event
the President being unable to perform the functions of that office. The outgoing DP
automatically assumes the role of PP for a 2-year term.

or

(d)

The

Vice

President

(VP) (President Elect) acts for the President in his absence and assists

the President as requested. The VP shall assume the office of Division President
following expiration of the President’s term or in the event of the President is unable to
perform the functions of that office. The VP is normally elected to serve a 2-year term to
follow expiration of the term of the PP.

The terms of the VP and PP are contiguous and do not overlap, so at any one time there will

be either the VP or the PP.

8. The Division Committee may establish and the Division President may appoint

subsidiary

bodies

, such as subcommittees, working parties and advisory groups, which will all have the

status of Division subcommittees, as described in S10.6. The terms of reference or charge to
each group, as well as its lifetime, shall be established by the Division Committee. The
Division Committee and Division President will exercise responsibility and oversight over all
bodies created.

9. The work of the committee will primarily be accomplished by task groups appointed to carry

out specific

projects

under general IUPAC policies for the conduct of projects. The general

operating principles for projects operated under auspices of the DCE are listed below:

•

Unsolicited project proposals or proposals responding to a specific DCE call for
proposals are received and logged into the project system by the IUPAC Secretariat.

•

Following concurrence by the DP, copies of project proposals are distributed by the
IUPAC Secretariat to members of the Division Committee and to external peer reviewers
for review and comment.

•

Comments are collected for the DP who facilitates adoption of a Divisional
recommendation for disposition of the project proposal as follows (to be communicated
to the proposal submitter via the IUPAC Secretariat):

Reject the proposal and/or refer to the proposal to another IUPAC body

Approve the proposal as written

Approve the proposal with certain restrictions or caveats (e.g., reduced budget,
submission of a slightly revised proposal)

Recommend significant revisions to the proposal and solicit submission of a
revised proposal for further review

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•

In all cases, projects may be undertaken which involve interdivisional cooperation

•

In approving a project proposal for funding, the Division Committee has multiple options

available which may be used in combination:

Fund the project from existing Divisional funds from the biennium

Fund the project from royalties accumulated to the Division’s credit via the Wiley
Book Series or other book series

Seek cost-sharing with other IUPAC Divisions

Seek funding or cost-sharing with the IUPAC Project Committee

•

The Division Committee will monitor project progress with the task group leader on an

annual or biannual basis through use of the project report form.

•

The Division Committee reserves the right to reassign task group leaders or cancel

projects which are not making suitable progress toward timely completion.

•

Prior to submission of project reports, books or other final project outcomes for

publication by the task group leader, the approval of the DP must be obtained.

10. These Rules may be

amended

by the Division Committee, subject to approval by the

Council.

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IUPAC Division of Chemistry & Human Health (DVII)

Operating Procedures

Revised February 2009

This text outlines the basic rules of the Division. Current operating procedures and terms of
reference of Subcommittees are given in a series of attached

Notes

and

pendices

. The

operating procedures and Subcommittee structure described in these Notes are current

Division

VII

practice as of January 2009, and are expected to evolve through discussion at future Division

meetings.

1. Mission

The mission of Division VII is to promote pure and applied chemistry in the service of

human health and well-being.

2. Management

Under the Statutes, Bylaws, and Policies of the Union, the Division is managed by its

Division Committee. S10 and B4.1 and their subsections are particularly relevant. The
Division Committee is responsible for initiating and managing scientific projects, symposia
and other activities within its area of responsibility and for cooperating with other Divisions
and Standing Committees in initiating and managing interdisciplinary projects, symposia and
other activities. (Notes 1-4)

3. Composition

In accord with B4.103, the composition of the Division Committee is as follows:

(a)

No more than 10 Titular Members (including all Officers as defined below)

(b)

No more than six Associate Members

(c)

No more than 10 National Representatives

(Note 5)

4. Membership and appointments

(a) Titular Members of the Division Committee are nominated and elected for a term of four

years by the electorate defined in B4.103 and Bureau decisions pursuant to B4.103.
Candidates for titular membership are nominated by the Nominating Committee described
below.

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(b) Associate Members may be elected by the Division Committee for a term of two years,

subject to reelection for a second two-year term, as provided in B4.103.

National Adhering Organizations for a term of two years, subject to reelection for a
second two-year term, as provided in B4.103.

(d) Interim appointments to fill vacancies on the Division Committee occurring between

(Note 6)

5. Nominations

Candidates for Titular Member of the Division Committee are named by a Nominating

Committee, prescribed by IUPAC policy and procedures defined by the Bureau, as follows:

(a) The nominating committee consists of five members (subject to an exception by the

Bureau), with no more than two members from the existing Division Committee and the
other three chosen from outside IUPAC based on the breadth of their expertise. The
Division President will not be a member of the Nominating Committee.

(b) The Nominating Committee is appointed by the Division President with the concurrence

of the IUPAC Executive Committee.

to ensure diversity in subject matter, geographic distribution, or other characteristics.
More than one nominee for each vacancy is desirable but not mandatory.

6. Elections

Elections shall be conducted by e-mail under procedures defined by the IUPAC Secretariat.

7. Officers

The Officers of the Division are as follows (Note 7):

(a) The President is the administrative head of the Division, presides at meetings of the

Division Committee, and is an

ex officio

member of all bodies of the Division. The

President serves as a member of the Bureau and is the principal representative of the
Division within and outside the Union.

(b) The Vice President (Immediate Past President or President-elect) acts for the President in

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his or her absence and assists the President as requested. The Vice President shall assume
the office of Division President in the event of the President being unable to perform the
functions of that office, without prejudice to the forthcoming period of office as President,
subject to the terms of B4.103. (Note 8)

maintains the records of the Division.

8. Executive and term of office

With the advice of the President of the Union, Officers of the Division are elected by the

Division Committee, subject to final approval by the Council. The Officers together form an
Executive Committee to act for the Division Committee between meetings. Subject to
limitations in B4.103, the terms of office are as follows:

(a)

The President serves a term of four years. The President-elect and Immediate Past
President each serve a term of two years. These positions are not subject to reelection,
unless approved by the Bureau, and providing the term of office does not exceed four
years.

(b)

The Secretary serves a term of four years and is eligible for reelection to a second term of
four years, if reelected as a Titular Member.

9. Subsidiary bodies

(a) The Division Committee may establish and the Division President may appoint subsidiary

bodies, such as subcommittees, working parties and advisory groups, which will all have
the status of Division subcommittees, as described in S10.6. The terms of reference or
charge to each group, as well as its lifetime, shall be established by the Division
Committee. Task groups will be formed to carry out specific projects under general
IUPAC policies for the conduct of projects. (Notes 9, 10)

(b) The Division Committee may propose to the Bureau the establishment of Commissions,

with terms of reference and lifetimes, under the provisions of B4.301.

over all bodies created under parts (a) and (b).

10. Amendments

These Rules may be amended by the Division Committee, subject to approval by the
Council.

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List of Appendices

Appendix 1 -

Terms of Reference for

‘IUPAC DVII Sponsorship’

Appendix 2 –

Terms of Reference and guidelines for the

‘DVII Emeritus Fellows program’

Appendix 3 –

Procedures for removal of non-performing members

Appendix 4 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development

Appendix 5 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Nomenclature, Properties and Units in Laboratory

Medicine

Appendix 6 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Toxicology and Risk Assessment

Appendix 7 -

Terms of reference for the SC on

Public Relations and Elections

Notes

Abbreviations:

Associate Member (AM), Division Committee (DC), Division President (DP), Division

VII (DVII), Emeritus Fellow (EF), National Representative (NR), Past President (PP), President Elect
(PE), Subcommittee Chair (SCC), Subcommittee (SC), Titular Member (TM), Vice President (VP)

(Abbreviations of the SCs are given in Note 9.)

Note 1

. It is the responsibility of the DC is to disburse the biennial funding allotted by the IUPAC for

support of Division-associated IUPAC Projects and Division operating expenses. Toward this end, the
DC facilitates the initiation of new Projects, monitors the management of ongoing Projects, and
participates in processing Project outcomes.

Note 2

. In addition to its Project-related activities, the DC makes recommendations to the IUPAC with

regard to IUPAC Sponsorship of scientific meetings in general, and in addition may provide

‘IUPAC

DVII Endorsement’

directly to selected meetings that are relevant to its specific areas of interest.

Terms of Reference for

‘IUPAC DVII Endorsement

–

Appendix 1

Note 3

. The DC also awards

‘IUPAC DVII Emeritus Fellow’

status to selected individuals. Terms of

Reference for the

‘DVII Emeritus Fellows program’

–

Appendix 2

Note 4

. The DC engages in fund raising activities in line with its stated mission.

Note 5

. In addition to the TMs, AMs, NRs, and SCCs, the DC may invite ad hoc participation of selected

individuals for expert input during discussion or decision-making responsibilities during its deliberations,
but these individuals will not be eligible to vote on any Division issues. All members of the DC are
eligible to vote in elections, but Task Group members in general are not.

Note 6

. Barring unavoidable circumstances or critical scheduling conflicts, TMs are expected to attend all

DC meetings and to participate fully in DC activities as appropriate, including reviews of Projects and
Applications for IUPAC Sponsorship. Pending the availability of Divisional funds to assist with travel
expenses, and barring unavoidable circumstances or critical scheduling conflicts, AMs and SCCs are
likewise expected to participate fully in DC activities as appropriate. While it is hoped that NRs will also
be able to attend the DC meetings and to actively engage in various DC activities, it is appreciated that
such participation may be difficult without a funding line available to assist in covering the associated
expenses. However, NRs are expected to be conversant on all DC topics and to offer input as appropriate
by e-mail correspondence. It is current DVII policy to fund attendance of SCCs at all official Division
meetings.

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Procedures for removal of non-performing members –

Appendix 3

Note 7

. Selection of Officers will generally be undertaken at a DC meeting, with any TMs, AMs, and

NRs who are present eligible to participate. If there is no clear consensus, a vote would be taken among
the TMs, AMs, and NRs. The candidates for VP/PE and Secretary would be absent during this vote.

Note 8

. Currently the role of Vice-President is filled by the immediate Past President (PP) having a two-

year term in the first two years of a DP’s term, and a President-elect (PE) having a two-year term in the
last two years of a DP’s term. The positions of DP, PE, and Secretary are filled by existing TMs, and the
PP also remains as one of the 10 TMs.

Note 9

. Current Subcommittees (SC) of DVII are as follows:

(a)

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development

(MCDD);

(b)

Nomenclature, Properties and Units in Laboratory Medicine

(NPU-LM);

(c)

Toxicology and Risk Assessment

(TRA); and,

(d)

Public Relations and Elections

(PRE).

Terms of reference for the SCs are found in

Appendices 4-7

Note 10

. The Subcommittee Chairs (SCCs) are selected by their respective constituencies, with the

exception of the PRE SCC who will be selected directly by the DC. While not mandated, it is
recommended that these posts are reviewed by the SC at least every four years, and that SCCs do not
serve for consecutive terms longer than ten years. Recommendations for these posts are forwarded to the
DC for final approval whenever such selections are undertaken.

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Appendix 1 -

Terms of Reference for

‘IUPAC DVII Sponsorship’

According to Union procedures, the Division routinely participates in assessing meetings and
workshops that have made formal requests for IUPAC Support/Sponsorship. This is mainly
done by having the DP look-over the submitted form and respond directly to the Secretariat, or
by having the DP forward the form to the appropriate DVII SCC so that they can respond on the
Division’s behalf directly to the Secretariat, with all such correspondence also copied to the
DVII Secretary for incorporation into the Division’s records.

Separate from the above, however, the Division will lend specific IUPAC DVII Endorsement to
certain events according to the following procedure. Any Division Committee Member (TM,
AM, NR) or SCC who regards this type of sponsorship to be of mutual value to a specific event
that he/she has become aware of, should propose it to the Division Officers [DP, VP (PE or PP),
and Secretary) with a brief description and justification. The Officers, in turn, will offer internal
comments and then the DP will make a quick decision on behalf of the Division.

Divisional Endorsement does not imply any financial aid or assistance in participation. It is an
endorsement of the scientific quality of the meeting.

Three provisos are inherent prior to affording such endorsement:

(1)

The venue in question has not been, or is not in the process of being, rejected by the
IUPAC formalized process due to any technical or ethical issues; and,

(2)

All electronic and hardcopy references to the sponsorship very specifically read

“IUPAC Division VII Chemistry and Human Health”

and do not just read

“IUPAC.”

Responsibility for insuring that this specific phraseology occurs is undertaken by the
DC member who initially requested the endorsement.

(3)

There are obligations on the part of the proposing DC member or SCC to represent
IUPAC and the Division adequately, and on the part of the meeting organizers to
facilitate this representation.

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Appendix 2 –

Terms of Reference and guidelines for the

‘DVII Emeritus Fellows program’

This category of membership will be bestowed upon meritorious individuals who have

earned by service

a special recognition

upon their retirement

(departure) from one or more DVII

IUPAC administrative posts or from a multiple of key DVII IUPAC Project roles. While DVII
Emeritus Fellow (EF) membership will typically be granted to individuals who have reached a
point in their careers where they are beginning to diminish their involvement in professional
activities, this is not a requirement or an expectation of the award. Thus, EFs can still hold
future IUPAC posts and can participate in future IUPAC Projects. At the very least, it is
expected that the accumulated experience of an EF may be able to be tapped in an advisory or
consulting manner during future Divisional or IUPAC initiatives.

Privileges

Life-long membership within IUPAC without payment of annual dues; Standard membership

benefits which presently include a subscription to Chemistry International, and discounted
purchase rates for IUPAC books and monographs.

A standing invitation to attend Division and Subcommittee Meetings appropriate to the EF’s

technical background.

The possibility to receive a reimbursement for a portion of travel costs incurred while attending

a Divisional Meeting, particularly when the meeting is associated with an IUPAC General
Assembly and Chemistry Congress. This possibility and the level of actual reimbursement will
be determined by the Division Committee (DC) prior to such meetings, taking into account the
status of the Division’s budget at that point in time, the anticipated overall costs for the meeting,
and the number of EFs who have expressed a desire to attend.

Obligations

Annual renewal of membership even though there is no fee; immediate update of contact

information upon any change.

Willingness to serve as an advisor or consultant, according to the EF’s own schedule, if called

upon by the Division or by any other IUPAC body.

Selection and Appointment

1. Recommendation of individuals for EF membership can be put forward by any DC member
(TM, AM, NR or SCC) after using whatever mechanisms they choose to identify candidates
within their own ranks. However, candidates must be made aware of their selection for such and,
in turn, agree to the aforementioned obligations should they be appointed.

2. Recommendation packets will be forwarded via e-mail attachment to the Division President
and Secretary. Packets will include (a) a one-page summary of why the candidate is meritorious
of EF status, and (b) the curriculum vitae of the candidate.

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3. Nomination packets will then be forwarded to the entire DC by the Division President and
Secretary.

4. Consideration of nominees will be undertaken annually during a DC meeting.

5. Notification of the outcome will be provided to each candidate by the President. Only the list
of appointed EFs will appear in the public record.

Numbers of Emeritus Fellows

The total number of EFs will not be capped. However, in order to preserve the

meritorious nature intended for this prestigious category of IUPAC DVII membership, no more
than three such awards will be bestowed each Biennium.

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Appendix 3 –

Procedures for removal of non-performing members

DC members who are unable to perform the expected duties and/or who do not participate at

the levels expected for their particular type of membership, will be designated as

‘non-

performing members.’

The two, most common examples of non-performance that have arisen

previously are failure to respond to e-mail communications, and failure of TMs to attend
scheduled meetings. Thus, these two areas, in particular, are further described below relative to
prompting a need to remedy the situation at the DC level:

(1)

Failure to respond to e-mails after three months, assuming that additional modes of
contact (e.g., telephone, FAX) have also been attempted subsequent to having e-mails
sent twice (address verified to be correct by the Secretariat), and where these modes of
communication were attempted over the course of at least one month; and,

(2)

Failure of TMs to attend two consecutive DC meetings without having a significant
scheduling conflict, and likewise for AMs, NRs and SCCs when funding is being made
available to assist them with their travel expenses.

Remediation

The President will provide a brief summary to the DC, TMs and SCCs indicating why there is a
need to place a particular individual into the category of a non-performing member. If there is a
consensus among this group, then this same summary will be forwarded to the Secretariat. If no
objections are raised by the Secretariat, then a written letter from the DVII President will be sent
to the individual indicating that his or her role on the DC is about to be terminated unless undue
circumstances for their lack of performance can be cited in a reply letter that should be returned
to the DC President within a one-month time period.

Unless such a reply letter is received, termination will occur automatically and the DC will
undertake an interim appointment, or will become free to add a slot to its next membership ballot
should an appropriate election time-point be drawing near.

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Appendix 4 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development

(MCDD)

Composition and Terms of Office

(i) Open to those members of Division VII and other chemists (who may be co-opted) who are

interested in medicinal chemistry and drug development.

(ii) Activities discussed at meetings chaired by a designated Chairperson and minuted by a

designated Secretary, one of whom will also invite the attendees. The minutes to be agreed
by the Subcommittee and made available for display on the IUPAC web site.

Terms of Reference

(i)

To coordinate projects which have been approved by the Division VII Committee and
that relate to medicinal chemistry and drug development.

(ii)

To provide a forum for discussing the information content, progress, and publicity of
projects identified under (i) above.

(iii)

To provide a forum for initiating new project submissions in the subject area of drug
discovery and drug development that are considered to be suitable activities for Division
VII.

(iv)

To administer the publicity for, selection of the awardee and presentation of, the IUPAC-
Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry for the years 2006 to 2014 (or later if extended).

(v)

To report to the Division VII President and the Division Committee on items (i) to (iv)
above.

(vi)

To provide a connection with other drug discovery organizations such as the European
Federation of Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC), the Asian Federation of Medicinal
Chemistry (AFMC) and the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry.

(vii)

To provide an opportunity for IUPAC interaction with chemists in the Pharmaceutical
Industry and academic medicinal chemists worldwide.

(viii)

To broaden the activities of the Division by providing opportunities for other
organizations involved with pharmaceutical research to work together with Division VII
members.

(ix)

To offer advice to the Division President and the Division Committee on matters
concerning medicinal chemistry and drug development and the pharmaceutical industry.

Meetings

Meetings will normally be held once or twice a year, preferably juxtaposed to a major medicinal
chemistry symposium or at an IUPAC General Assembly at a location which alternates between
the continents (e.g., America, Europe, Asia).

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Appendix 5 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Nomenclature, Properties and Units in

Laboratory Medicine (NPU-LM)

Composition and Terms of Office

(i) Open to those members of Division VII and other chemists (who may be co-opted) who are

interested in nomenclature for properties and units (NPU), and primarily to those
participating in Division VII projects as Task Group Members or Task Group Chairs.

(ii) Activities discussed at meetings chaired by a designated Chairperson and minuted by a

designated Secretary who will also invite the attendees. The minutes to be agreed upon by
the Subcommittee, submitted to the Division Committee and made available for display on
the IUPAC website.

Terms of Reference

(i)

To make recommendations on NPU for reporting clinical laboratory data that conform to
or adapt current standards of authoritative organizations, and that will improve their
utilization for health care.

(ii)

To continuously provide advice for the management, updating and publishing of NPU
terminology.

(iii)

To coordinate projects which have been approved by the Division VII Committee and
that relate to NPU.

(iv)

To provide a forum for discussing the information content and progress of items (ii) and
(iii) above.

(v)

To provide a forum for initiating new project submissions in the subject area of NPU that
are considered to be suitable activities for Division VII.

(vi)

To provide a connection with other organizations concerned with NPU such as the
Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), the European Committee for
Standardization (CEN) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and,
by extension, clinical laboratory sciences societies, such as the International Federation
of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC), and the

in vitro

diagnostics

industry, to ensure that problems encountered by health care professionals in the area of
NPU are considered by those organizations.

(vii)

To provide an opportunity for IUPAC interaction with chemists in the medicinal
chemistry industry worldwide.

(viii)

To broaden the activities of the Division by providing opportunities for other
organizations involved in NPU to work together with Division VII members.

(ix)

To act as a consultant group on NPU in clinical chemistry and, by extension, in the rest of
clinical laboratory sciences to international scientific panels, regional and national
clinical laboratory sciences organizations, editors of scientific journals, manufacturers of

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clinical laboratory instrumentation and products, and to individual clinical laboratory
professionals and other health care professionals.

(x)

To report and offer advice to the Division VII President and the Committee on matters
concerning NPU in all its aspects (all items above).

Meetings

Meetings will normally be held once or twice a year.

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Appendix 6 –

Terms of reference for the SC on

Toxicology and Risk Assessment (TRA)

Composition and Terms of Office

Open to those members of Division VII and other chemists (who may be co-opted) who are
interested in toxicology.

Terms of Reference

(i)

To coordinate projects that have been approved by the Division VII Committee and
which relate to toxicology.

(ii)

To provide a forum for discussing the information content and progress of projects
identified under (i) above.

(iii) To provide a forum for initiating new project submissions in the subject area of

toxicology that are considered to be suitable activities for Division VII.

(iv)

To provide the opportunity for coordination in both experimental and computational
approaches to toxicology and risk assessment methods.

(v)

To report to the Division VII President and the Division Committee on items (i) to (iii)
above.

(vi)

To provide a connection with other organizations concerned with toxicology such as the
International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX), the Strategic Approach to International
Chemicals Management (SAICM), the International Programme for Chemical Safety
(IPCS), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development (OECD), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), the International
Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), the International Union of Pharmacology
(IUPHAR), the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry (IFCC), other national and
international toxicology and clinical chemistry societies, and chemical industry health
and safety groups.

(vii)

To provide an opportunity for IUPAC interaction with chemists in the Chemical Industry
worldwide in the field of toxicology and risk assessment.

(viii) To broaden the activities of the Division by providing opportunities for other

organizations involved in toxicology to work together with Division VII members.

(ix)

To offer advice to the Division President and the Committee on matters concerning
toxicology in all its aspects from the purely chemical to the protection of human health
and the natural environment.

Meetings

Meetings will normally be held at least once a year

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Appendix 7 -

Terms of reference for the SC on

Public Relations and Elections (PRE)

The primary function of the PRE Committee is to conduct the nomination and election of new
Titular Members of the Division Committee (DC), every two years.

A second function is to increase awareness of the activities of the Division among other related
scientific bodies.

Terms of Reference:

(i)

To act as Chair of the Nominating Committee (NC) for the election process.

(ii)

To select four other members of the NC ensuring that two are not current members of the
DC.

(iii)

To transmit to the NC the names and CVs of the National Representatives proposed by
the National Adhering Organizations.

(iv)

To solicit candidates from the members of the NC.

(v)

To ensure a diversity of candidates with respect to discipline, gender and geography.

(vi)

To communicate with the proposed candidates to determine their willingness to stand for
election, and to obtain their CVs.

(vii)

To provide the proposed list of candidates and their CVs to the President and the
Secretariat.

(viii)

To assist the President in the communication of election results, and the formation of the
DC consisting of Titular Members, Associate Members and National Representatives.

(ix)

To develop a summary of recent accomplishments of the Division, and to use this in
discussions with other scientific organizations, both within and outside IUPAC.

(x)

To provide this material for use in Division presentations, and to assist other

Subcommittee Chairs in developing their own presentations.

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