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This Union held its first post-war meeting at Copenhagen at the end of July. It was attended by delegates from the various sections and from seventeen countries. Dr. Joseph Needham attended the meeting on behalf of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, and Prof. Borel and M. Establier on behalf of the International Council of Scientific Unions. It was agreed to form new sections of experimental cytology, embryology, genetics, microbiology and zoology. In addition to the Joint Commission on Oceanography on which the Union is represented, it was agreed to form certain new committees on border-line subjects and to invite other unions to nominate members: the subjects agreed upon were radiobiology and natural calamities. A long list of congresses and symposia were notified for the year 1948. Proposals were discussed for the publication of a catalogue of type-specimens of animal species and of historic collections, for the distribution of artificial radioactive isotopes for biological experiments and for the creation of a centre for marine biology in the Malay Archipelago. A resolution was adopted urging that all possible means be taken to prevent biological warfare. It was agreed to hold the next meeting in 1950, probably in Stockholm. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. M. J. Sirks (Netherlands); Vice-President, Prof. H, Munro Fox (Great Britain); General Secretary, Prof. P. Vayssiere (France); Secretary, Prof. Stuart Mudd (United States); and Treasurer, Prof. Chodat (Switzerland).
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International Union of Biological Sciences. Nature 160, 462 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160462a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160462a0