I.P.O. ANNUAL REPORT 1979 Vienna,  December 1979 MEETING OF EXPERTS ON THE NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER Under the patronage of the Austrian President, Dr. Rudolf Kirchschläger, the I.P.O. organized from 2 to 3 April 1979 in Vienna (Austria) an International Meeting of Experts on "The New International Economic Order - Philosophical and Socio-cultural Implications." The meeting was co-chaired by experts from Iraq, Italy and Senegal. The keynote speech was delivered by the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Finance of Austria, Dr. Hannes Androsch. Reports were presented, inter alia, by Dr. Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC); Dr. Walter Fremuth, Deputy Director-General of Austria's Girozentrale (Savings Bank Federation); Mr. Basile Kossou, Director-General of the African Cultural Institute (Dakar, Senegal); Dr. Klaus Moll, United Nations Industrial Development Organization; Prof. Carlo Mongardini of the University of Rome; Prof. Milan Šahović of the Institute of International Politics and Economics (Belgrade, Yugoslavia); and Mr. Liaqat Ali of the Independent Commission on International Development Issues (ICIDI) under the Chairmanship of Willy Brandt. The Mayor of the City of Vienna gave a reception for the delegates. EXECUTIVE BOARD The regular session of the Executive Board was held on 13 December 1979 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The Board decided that the I.P.O. will organize an international experts' conference on the Palestine problem in the year 1980, and authorized the President to undertake the necessary consultations and preparations. PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES Research Seminar on Technology Transfers in Mönichkirchen, Austria, 23-25 March 1979. Symposion of the Union of Arab Jurists in Baghdad, Iraq, 18-20 May 1979. International Dialogue Conference of the Austrian College Society in Alpbach, Austria, 24-29 June 1979. United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) in Vienna, Austria, 22-24 August 1979. MEETINGS AND INFORMATION VISITS OF THE PRESIDENT 18 January: Vienna, Austria / Dr. Stephan Koren, President of the Austrian National Bank. 26 February: Apostolic Palace, Vatican City / His Holiness John Paul II. 22 March: Vienna, Austria / Prof. Adam Schaff, President of the Board of Directors of the European Center of Comparative Research in Social Sciences (UNESCO). 20 April: Vienna, Austria / Dr. Willibald Pahr, Foreign Minister of Austria. 19 May: Baghdad, Iraq / Dr. Abdel Majid Ra'fei, Chairman of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party of Lebanon. 2 July, Reykjavik, Iceland / Mr. Ludwig Siemsen, General Consul of Austria. 5-10 July, New York City, USA / Preparatory meetings at the United Nations for the international conference on Palestine with Ambassador Dr. Thomas Klestil, Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations; Ambassador Zehdi Labib Terzi, Permanent Representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO); Mr. John A. Miles, Director of the New York Liaison Office, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA); Mr. Raúl Roa Kourí, Acting Vice-Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights; Mr. Yogaray Yogasundram, Chief, Special Unit on Palestinian Rights, United Nations Secretariat. 5 September: Vienna, Austria / Dr. Rudolf Kirchschläger, President of the Republic of Austria. INFORMATION VISIT OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT   Mr. Bill Hartley (Australia), Vice-President of the International Progress Organization, visited Vienna from 27 to 29 May 1979 for consultations with I.P.O. President Dr. Hans Köchler and officials of Vienna-based international organizations. He met, among others, with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi; with Dr. Klaus Moll of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO); and with the International Secretary of the Austrian Socialist Party (SPÖ), Mr. Walter Hacker.