Draft Minutes: Forty-seventh Meeting Internaltional Executive Council 19 September 1996, Cairo, Egypt

ITEM 1. Secretary General's report for the calendar year 1995. 2. To consider report of the Management Board. 3. Application of countries for ICID membership. 4. Report of the Membership Committee. 5. Report of the Permanent Committee for Technical Activities. 6. Report of the Permanent Finance Committee. 7. Report of the Special Committee on Amendments to Constitution and By-laws. 8. World Water Council. 9. International Water Related Associations Liaison Committee. 10. (i) N.D. Gulhati Memorial International Award, (ii) Prof. Hassan Ismail Memorial International Award. 11. Venues for (i) 51st IEC Meeting, 2000; (ii) 52nd IEC Meeting, 2002; (iii) 19th European Regional Conference; (iv) 4th Pan American -Regional Conference; (v) First Asian Regional Conference; (vi) First African Regional Conference. 12. Election of the President and Vice Presidents. 13. Presentation on the strategy theme" Policy". APPENDIX 1. Summary of the Management Board. 2. Supplementary Report of the Special Committee on Amendments to Constitution and By-laws. 3. Membership Committee-List of Active National Committees. 4. Africa Focus Group. 5. First Meeting of European Regional Working Group-Three-year Activity Plan. 6. Working Group on Young Irrigation Professionals Forum. 7. Work Team on Objectives and Strategies of ICID. 8. Work Team on Conduct of Congress Sessions. 9. Special Work Team on Aral Sea Basin-Aral Sea Basin Program Phase 1 Status Report, Table 1 Aral Sea Basin Program Phase 1 (ASBP 1), Organization Chart. 10. Work Team on Public Relations and Publications. 11. Asian Regional Working Group. 12. Permanent Committee for Technical Activities. 13. IPTRID Advisory Committee-IPTRID Network Board Meeting. 14. Working Group on Irrigation and Drainage Performance-Item 5 Summarry of Case Studies. 15. Working Group on Mechanized and Micro Irrigation-Three-year Activity Plan. 16. WatSave Work Team-Main Activities, Proposed Programme. 17. ICID Journal Editorial Board. 18. Working Group on Environmental Impacts of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control Projects-Three-year Activity Plan. 19. Working Group on Sustainable Crops and Water Use-Three-year Activity Plan, Executive Teams. 20. Working Group on Decision Systems for Water and Land Management-Three-year Activity Plan. 21. Working Group on Drainage-Three-year Activity Plan. 22. Working Group on Construction, Rehabilitation and Modernization of Irrigation Projects-Three-year Activity Plan. 23. Working Group on Capacity Building, Training and Education. 24. Inter-Group Focus Team on the Use of Saline and Brackish Water. 25. Working Group on History of Irrigation, Drainage and Flood Control. 26. Working Group on Research and Development-Three-year Activity Plan. 27. Working Group on Non-Structural Aspects of Flood Management. 28. Working Group on Operation, Maintenance and Management of Irrigation and Drainage Projects-Three-year Activity Plan (1994-1997), Three-year Activity Plan (1996-1999). 29. Work Team on Dictionary. 30. Permanent Finance Committee. v