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SESAME COUNCIL Council (as of Jan 2003) SESAME Council Meeting
SESAME/TRIESTE/C/04-01
FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF SESAME
ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 13-14 July 2004

Provisional Agenda
    13 July at 09.00 hrs
    Action to be Taken at Meeting
  1. Welcome
  2. Legal status of SESAME (Representative of Director-General of UNESCO) Take Note
  3. Approval of the Provisional Agenda of the 4th Council meeting Approval (SESAME/TRIESTE/C/04-01))
  4. Approval of the Decisions and Minutes of the 3rd Council Meeting (SESAME/MARRAHECH/C-04-06)Approval
  5. Monitoring issues:
    • President of Council (H. Schopper) and co-Vice Presidents (K. Toukan and D. Űlkű) elected at Council meeting in Amman (6 January 2003)Ratification
    • Appointment of K. Toukan as Acting Director of SESAME for 4 years without a salary while retaining his position of co-Vice President of SESAME approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003) Ratification
    • Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO is ex-officio Secretary of Council as approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003)Ratification
  6. Procedural Issues:
    • Statutes of SESAME adopted at Council meeting in Amman (6 January 2003) Ratification
    • Seat Agreement between Jordan and SESAME approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003) and authorization for President of the Council to sign on behalf of SESAME Ratification
    • Rules of Procedure adopted at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003) Ratification
    • Provisional Financial Rules approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003)Ratification
    • Provisional Staff Rules; Provisional Classification of SESAME Posts; and Provisional Salary Scales approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003) Ratification
    • Provisional Staff Regulations approved at Council meeting in Marrakech (18-19 December 2003)Ratification
    • Council to vote unanimously on distribution of yearly budget among all Members; upper limit of Members' contributions; any change to either of these; yearly budget of SESAME; and in-kind contributions as approved at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003)Ratification
    • All Council members willing to participate in a Council meeting Ratification should be guaranteed to able to do so by having 2 months to consult their authorities to see whether there are going to be any visa problems if the meeting is held at the place of venue selected and/or whether special security arrangements will be needed. If a member objects to a meeting place, another will be chosen. Measures approved at Council meeting in Marrakech (18-19 December 2003) Ratification
  7. Financial and technical issues:
    • Opening of a bank account for SESAME at the Arab Bank Ratification approved at Council meeting in Marrakech (18-19 December 2003)Ratification
    • Conceptual design for a machine of 2.5 GeV (Yellow Book) agreed upon at Council meeting in Istanbul (10-11 July 2003)Ratification
  8. Personnel matters:
    • Appointment of Directors (H. Schopper) Ratification
  9. Composition of Advisory Committees:
    • Chair and members of Beamlines Committee approved at Council meeting in Amman (6 January 2003) Ratification
    • Chair and members of Scientific Committee approved at Council meeting in Amman (6 January 2003)Ratification
    • Chair and members of Technical Committee approved at Council meetings in Amman (6 January 2003) and Istanbul (10-11 July 2003) Ratification
    • Chair and members of Training Committee approved at Council meetings in Amman (6 January 2003), Istanbul (10-11 July 2003), and Marrakech (18-19 December 2003)Ratification
  10. New Observers:
    • Admission of Libya as an Observer as approved at Council meeting in Marrakech (18-19 December 2003)Ratification
  11. Report of President of the CouncilTake Note
  12. Report of Secretary of the Council Take Note
  13. Work of the Advisory Committees: Take Note
    • Report by the Chair of the Training Committee (R. Mansouri)
    • Report by the Chair of the Beamlines Committee
    • Report by the Chair of the Scientific Committee (Z. Sayers)
    • Report by the Chair of the Technical Committee (C. Papanicolas)
  14. Change to the Advisory Committees:
    • Appointment of new Chair for Technical Committee (H. Schopper)Discussion & Decision
    • Members of Committees (H. Schopper)Discussion & Decision
    16.00hrs Visit to Elettra

    14 July at 09.00 hrs
  15. Continuation Change to the Advisory Committees Discussion & Decision
  16. Report of the Directorate: Take Note
    • Report by the Acting Director (K. Toukan)
    • Report by the Technical Director (G. Vignola) and the Director of the Department of Engineering of Al-Balqa' Applied University (R. Sarraf)
    • Report by the Administrative Director (H. Helal)
  17. Budget:
    • 2004 budget (K. Toukan/H. Helal) Decision
    • 2005 budget (K. Toukan/H. Helal) Discussion
      (SESAME/TRIESTE/C/04-03)
    • Members' payment of contributions (H. Schopper) Discussion
  18. SESAME/Jordan/CERN Agreement Approval
    (SESAME/TRIESTE/C/04-04)
  19. AOB
    • Date and location next Council meeting Approval
  20. Signature of the Seat Agreement between SESAME and Jordan
    (SESAME/TRIESTE/C/04-05)