Members of the Union 1994

The following countries were members of IMU as of January 1,1994:

Group I:

Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iran, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Turkey,Vietnam, Venezuela.

Group II:

Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Yugoslavia.

Group III:

Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Hungary, India, Israel, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland.

Group IV:

Canada, Italy.

Group V:

China, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, USA.

In the 12th General Assembly of IMU, held in Lucern, Switzerland from July 31 - August 1, 1994, the following countries were accepted as new country members of IMU, in Group I, as for January 1, 1995: Armenia, Kazakhstan and Tunisia.

Also in the same meeting, the Group of Adherence of Chile and Iran were raised from I to II. The change will take effect on January 1, 1995. Concerning Israel, the General Assembly approved a raise from Group III to Group IV, as of January 1, 1995.

Bulgaria had its Group of Adherence lowered from II to I, on its own request. The change has taken effect as of January 1, 1994. The Secretary emphasized that this change will be reversed as soon as Bulgaria's economic situation improves, without another ballot. The President asked Prof. B. Sendov, a delegate from Bulgaria, to tell the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Union's appreciation of the scientific work in that country.