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Diabetologia (2007) 50:[Suppl1]S1S538
DOI 10.1007/s00125-007-0809-7
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MINUTES OF THE 42nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF DIABETES
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 16 September 2006 at 18.15
Present: Drs. E. Ferrannini (President)J. krha (Honorary Treasurer)D. L. Eizirik (Honorary Secretary)E. Gale (Editor-in-Chief, Diabetologia)V. Jrgens (Executive Director)
The President reported that The case for a UN resolution had been prepared by the IDF to highlight the need for a United Nations Resolution on diabetes in order to focus attention on the need to stop the growing diabetes epidemic.
Dr. Ferrannini reported that ISPAD was a small, but enthusiastic organisation which had recently held a very well-attended meeting in Cambridge, UK. Following information that pediatricians are not attending the EASD Annual Meetings, discussions to organise a pediatric track in the programme of the Annual Meeting have been put forward. Dr. Dahl-Jrgensen has also suggested organising a joint EASD/ ISPAD Postgraduate Course on Pediatric Diabetes in Europe in 2008.
The President reported that a joint statement with ADA on guidelines on the treatment of type 2 diabetes was simultaneously published in August in both Diabetologia and Diabetes Care. Drs. R.J. Heine and R. Holman lead an ad-hoc committee from the EASD which also included Dr. S. del Prato and Dr. U. Smith.
More details on EASD and EFSD activities were reported in the Presidents Address given before the Minkowski Lecture, which is available on the internet under: http://www.easd-lectures.org/copenhagen/index. php?menu=lectures&id=66 and in his speech before the 38th Claude Bernard Lecture, available under: http://www.easd-lectures.org/copenhagen/index. php?menu=lectures&id=72
The President welcomed everyone to the 42nd General
Assembly.
1. MINUTES, 41st GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2005
Since there were no comments, the minutes were approved unanimously and officially signed as a correct record.
2. REPORTS
a) President
Dr. Ferrannini reported that a teleconference had taken place with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to discuss the format of the meeting in London at the EMEA offices on 22 September 2006. The EASD committee for this meeting includes Drs. C. Bailey, A. Barnett, B. Charbonnel, S. Del Prato, E. Ferrannini, R. Heine and R. Holman, U. Smith and E. Standl.
The President reported on the meeting held in Vienna, Austria on 1516 February 2006 organised by the Austrian Ministry of Health (OBIG) which had...