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Latin America and the Caribbean

On 24-25 May, the Steering Committee of Disaster Risk Reduction (SCDRR) held its 7th meeting in San Salvador, El Salvador. Committee members Barbara Carby, Luis Carlos Martínez, Sálvano Briceño, Allan Lavell, José Rubiera, Alonso Brenes, Zelmira May, Patricia Alvarado participated, as well as Manuel Limonta Regional Director and  Guillermina Echeverría Lozano, Science Officer of ICSU ROLAC. The main topics discussed were: the imminent relocation of ICSU ROLAC offices to El Salvador, changes in the terms of reference suggested by the 2015 CSPR External  review, discussion and accords regarding the Work Program of the SCDRR.

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Africa

On 2-3 June, Representatives of fourteen African ICSU National Members and eleven International Scientific Unions participated in a two-day Mid-ICSU General Assembly African Meeting in Benoni near Johannesburg, South Africa. This meeting, organised by the ICSU Regional Office for Africa was intended to afford participants the opportunity to receive a report on the activities of the Regional Office since the last meeting in June 2014, to discuss issues of concern to the ICSU community in general on the continent, reflect on the last General Assembly, and most of all, strategize for African member's role at the next General Assembly scheduled for 19-27 October, 2017 in Taipei. Participants were also updated on issues related to the activities of Future Earth in Africa.

On 30 June 2016, Hazael Naidoo left ICSU ROA after four years of service as Administrative Assistant. She will be missed tremendously, and we wish her the best of luck in her next place of work.

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