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APPENDIX 1
1993
Mr Raül Timerman elected as IIW President, first from the southern
Hemisphere.
Joining Nations – A history of the International Institute of Welding 1947-
1990
by Philip Boyd published by Woodhead Publishing.
Proposal for restructuring IIW into a single Secretariat submitted to the IIW
Executive Council.
IIW Yoshiaki Arata Award sponsored by the Japanese delegation and first
awarded to Prof. Dr-Ing. I. Hrivnak from Slovakia.
1994
IIW Governing Council unanimously approved resolution to go ahead with
an IIW global education, training, qualification and certification scheme
at the Beijing IIWAnnual Assembly.
New IIW Board of Directors WG
Regional Activities and Liaison with
Developing Countries
(WG-RA) formed.
English adopted as the official language for IIW and for the publication of
Welding in the World
.
Principle of a single IIW Secretariat adopted
1995
Proposal to run the single IIW Secretariat by the Institut de Soudure accepted
by the Governing Council.
Mr Michel Bramat appointed Executive Director of the IIW Secretariat.
IIW Commission VII
Authorisation and Qualification
formed to establish
the guidelines for the education, training, qualification and certification
scheme.
1996
Prof. Yuzuru Fujita (Japan) elected as IIW President, the first from the
Asia-Pacific region.
New Constitution for IIW approved at the IIW Governing Council meeting at
the IIWAnnual Assembly in Budapest.
IIWGoverning Council renamed as the IIWGeneral Assembly and Executive
Council renamed as the Board of Directors.