Participating Bodies
ICSU: International Council for Science: President: Catherine Brechignac; President-Elect: Yuan Tseh Lee; Secretary General: Mausice Tchuente;
COSPAR: Committee of Space Research: President: Prof. G. Bignami; Vice-Presidents: Prof. R. Lin, Prof. J. Wu
IAGA: International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy: President: Eigil Friis-Christensen; Vice-President: Kathryn Whaler; Secretary General: Mioara Mandea
IAMAS: International Association of Atmospheric Sciences: President: Prof. Guoxiong Wu; Vice-Presidents: Drs. Ane Thompson, Maria Assuncao Fans Silva Dias; Secretary General: Dr. Hans Volkert
IAU: International Astronomical Union: President: Robert Williams; President-Elect: Norio Kaifu; Secretary General: Ian F. Corbett
IUPAP: International Union of Pure and Applied Physics: President: Sukekatsu Ushioda; President-Designate: Cecilia Jariskog; Secretary General: Robert Kirby-Harris.
IUGG: International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: President: T. Beer; Vice-President: Harsh Gupta; Secretary General: A. Ismail-Zadeh
SCAR: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research: President: Prof. Mahlon C Kennicutt II; Vice-Presidents: Dr. Yeadong Kim, Prof. Dr. Sergio A. Marenssi, Dr. Ad H.L. Huiskes, Dr. Rasik Ravindra; Executive Director: Dr. Mike Sparrow
URSI: International Union of Radio Science: President: Prof. François Lefeuvre; Vice-Presidents: Prof. Yahia Antar, Prof. Martti Hallikainen, Umran Inan, Phil Wilkinson; Secretary General: P. Lagasse
