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GAZETTE
JULY/AUGUS
T 1982
International Bar Association —Delhi Conference
The 19th Biennial Conference of the International
Bar Association was held in New Delhi between the
17th and 23rd October 1982, the host organisation
being the Bar Association of India. The attendance
was approximately 1,600 lawyers and guests.
The Conference was inaugurated by Mrs. Indira
Gandhi, Prime Minister of India. The Chief Justice
of India and the Law Minister also honoured the
Conference by addressing it.
The Main Topics were "The Eighties — The
Challenge to the Legal Profession and the Judiciary"
with speakers including Lord Lane, the Lord Chief
Justice of England, and Jules Deschenes, the Chief
Justice of Quebec and "Legal Problems of
Investment by International Companies in
Developing Countries" where speakers included
Heribert Golsong, Secretary General, International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and
Past Vice-President and General Counsel, World
Bank, Washington DC; Dr. Nitish Sengupta,
Chairman, UN Commission on Transnational
Corporations 1981-82, and The Hon N.A.
Palkhivala, Indian Ambassador to the USA 1977-79,
Vice-President, Bar Association of India; and Liu
Chu, Deputy Director of Department of Treaty and
Law, Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and
Trade, People's Republic of China.
Forty-two of the IBA's specialised Committees
held meetings on topics of current international
interest. Many of the papers read will be published in
the Journals of the two Sections —
International
Business Lawyer
and
International Legal Practitioner.
Presidents and Secretaries of some of the IBA's
eighty-nine Member Organisations met and had a
lively discussion following a talk by the Secretary-
General of the English Law Society on "Which
Services can a Bar Association perform for its
members and for Society?"
Social Programme. The Indian Mela following
the Inaugural Session, complete with elephants,
monkeys, dancing bears and fireworks and the
classical programme of Kuchipudi dances after the
Final Session, truly reflected the fabled glamour and
mystery of the East. Apart from excursions, the
programme included dinner in the homes of Indian
lawyers, a tea party hosted by the Acting-President of
India at the Presidential Palace, a Polo match for the
IBA President's Cup followed by a musical ride by
the President of India's Bodyguard, and a son et
lumiere showing the events of centuries at Delhi's
Red Fort.
The Society's delegation was headed by the
President W. Brendan Allen and the Senior Vice
President, Michael P. Houlihan.
At the conference the following officers were
elected for the period: 1982—1984
Dr. Franz Reichenback CBE, Switzerland —
President
Dr. Enrique Syquia, Philippines — Vice President
James Sutherland CBE, Scotland —
Secretary-General
John W. Kennedy, Canada — Treasurer
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George C. Seward, USA was elected an
Honorary Life President of the IBA in recognition of
his great services to the Association as Founder-
Chairman of its first Section, that on business law.
The following were elected Chairman of the sections
Richard C. Meech QC, Canada — Chairman,
Section on Business Law
Jacob E. Knoll, South Africa — Chairman, Section
on General Practice
Robert L. Pritchard, Australia — Chairman, Section
on Energy and Natural Resources Law
Mr. Joseph L. Dundon, a former President of the
Society was co-opted to the Council of the I.B.A. at
the Delhi Conference. •
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