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CONTENTS
10th Anniversary Celebration in Berlin---This page
Report from
CEOS 8th Plenary in Berlin
10th Anniversary
Celebration in Berlin
Integrated
User Data Requirements for Global Change Research
CEOS Special
Report on Successful Applications of Earth
Observation
Satellite Data (Pilot Version)
Advancing
Global Topographic Kowledge: Significant Progress,
but CEOS Members
Can Help Greatly
Advancing
Global Topographic Kowledge: Significant Progress, but CEOS Members Can
Help Greatly(continued page)
CEOS Activity
Plan for 1995/News Highlights/CEOS Meeting Calendar
10th Anniversary Celebration in Berlin
Volker Liebig
Head of Division, Earth Observation Utilization
German Space Agency (DARA)
Dr. Jan-Baldem Mennicken, CEOS Chairman 1994, opens the tenth anniversay
celebration in Berlin.
On September 28 CEOS celebrated its tenth anniversary in the historical
environment of the Kronprinzenpalais in Berlin. About 150 guests from policy,
science and space agencies took part. Many participants of the first plenary
in Washington, September, 1984 and all current working group chairpersons
were present.
CEOS chairman Dr. Jan-Baldem Mennicken, Director General of DARA, opened
the event underlining the need to have an organization as CEOS in the dynamic
and quickly changing world of Earth Observation but pointed out that also
CEOS has to change and adopt constantly to keep pace with the new developments.
He expressed his belief that CEOS, due to its organizational structure
that builds purely on the effort of the member organizations and the consensus
they reach, is well equipped for the future.
The second speaker, Dr. Reinhold Leitterstorf, Director General, German
Federal Ministry for Research and Technology, greeted CEOS on behalf of
Federal Minister Dr. Kruger and State Secretary Dr. Ziller. He recalled
the successful history of CEOS and mentioned new challenges emerging from
increasing inclusion of cost aspects in all future decisions, the high-speed
development fo technology, and the necessity of an increasing orientation
to the end user.
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Joint Resolution by the Goverments of CEOS Members and Observers on
the Occasion of the 10th Anniversary of CEOS
Spaceborne Earth observation is of growing importance of understanding
and monitoring global climate and environmental changes and supporting
the economic development of nations. Applications include assessment of
land cover changes, disaster monitoring and mitigation, and weather forcasting
as well as agricultural planning and many other regional aspects meeting,
amongst others, the specific needs of developing countries.
The magnitude of financial and other resources needed to develop, build
and operate advanced Earth observation satellite systems calls for worldwidecooperation
leading to an effective utilization of existing systems and data, and ensuring
coordination in developing additional instruments and systems needed by
users. The 1992 UNCED Conference in Rio de Janeiro strongly endorsed the
establishment of a global earth observing system.
In this regard we recognize the substantial pregress made by the Committee
on Earth Observation Satellite (CEOS) together with affiliated user organizations
in coordinating space programmes for themonitoring of the global environment
and in establishing pronciples for the provision of data. In the 10years
since its formation in 1984, CEOS has steadly grown; its members, and observers,
and affiliates now comprise agencies from most parts of th world and the
most important international scientific and intergovernment user organizations.
We wish to confirm that promary objectives as set forth in the Terms
of Reference of CEOS continue to be vital importance and should continue
to guide its future work. We want to encourage CEOS to further develop
its coodination efforts in order to enhance the ability to observe our
planet and to promote easier and continuous access to Earth observations
data and information in a readily understandable form for the benefit of
the global community including the needs of developing countries.
We call on all parties involved to support the work of CEOS by all
appropriate means, as well asd to make efforts for further development
of their respective Earth observation satellite programmes.
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