IUBS 30th General Assembly

The IUBS 29^th General Assembly approved the recommendation of the Ad Hoc Committee on the 30^th General Assembly to accept the invitation of the South African Committee for Biological Sciences to host the next IUBS General Assembly, in November 2009, in Cape Town, South-Africa.

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the IUBS 30^th General Assembly

1. There were three bids received to hold the GA30th; China, India, South-Africa.

2. The committee took into consideration the list of GAs held in the past and tried to do justice to geographic representation.Twenty-two GAs were held in Europe, three in North-America, two in Asia, one in the Arab States, one in Australia, and none in South-America or sub-Saharan Africa. The balance between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere is twenty-one to two.

3. In the light of the fact that the GA of 1997 was in Asia and to try and balance North and South a little bit the committee recommends to have the next GA in South-Africa and warmly welcomes the excellent proposal.

4. The committee proposes to the Assembly to acknowledge their appreciation to the IUBS committees in India and China and to thank them for their willingness to promote IUBS goals and activities.

5. In their planning for the 30th General Assembly the committee encourages the local organizing Committee in South-Africa to promote active participation of young scientists.

Members of the Committee:

Annelies Pierrot-Bults Chair

Lorna Holman (South Africa)

Joel Cracraft (USA)

Brian Harvey (Ireland)