20th - 21st January 2014
IYCr 2014 Opening Ceremony
Paris
France
More than 800 people attended the opening ceremony which launched the International Year of Crystallography at UNESCO on 20 and 21 January 2014. Government representatives, scientists and journalists featured among the participants. The Year is being coordinated jointly by UNESCO and the International Union of Crystallography.
Room I of UNESCO offers simultaneous translation facilities for international delegates to the IYCr2014 Opening Ceremony.
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Video message of Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.
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Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.
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Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.
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Neil Ford, Director of the Division of Public Information of UNESCO.
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Neil Ford, Director of the Division of Public Information of UNESCO.
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Gautam R. Desiraju, President of the IUCr.
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Gautam R. Desiraju, President of the IUCr.
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Gautam R. Desiraju, President of the IUCr.
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Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO.
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Neil Ford, Director of the Division of Public Information of UNESCO.
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Nicole Moreau, Past-President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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Abdelhak Mouradi, Directeur de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation, Morocco.
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Abdelhak Mouradi, Directeur de la Recherche Scientifique et de l'Innovation, Morocco.
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Alain Fuchs, President of CNRS (left) and Nicole Moreau, Past-President of IUPAC (right).
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Alain Fuchs, President of CNRS (left) and Nicole Moreau, Past-President of IUPAC (right).
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From left to right: Neil Ford (standing), Alain Fuchs, Nicole Moreau, John Dudley, Walter Maresch, Claude Lecomte.
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Nicole Moreau addressing the auditorium.
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Nicole Moreau, Past-President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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Walter Maresch, President of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA).
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From left to right: Alain Fuchs, Nicole Moreau, John Dudley, Walter Maresch, Claude Lecomte.
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On screen: Claude Lecomte, Vice President of the IUCr.
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Magalie Lebreton-Traoré, Neil Ford, Alain Fuchs, Nicole Moreau, John Dudley, Walter Maresch, Claude Lecomte (also on screen).
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Centre foreground: Elena Boldyreva. End of row behind: Svend Erik Rasmussen.
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Introductory video playing while delegates take their seats.
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Introductory video playing while delegates take their seats.
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Introductory video playing while delegates take their seats.
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Introductory video playing while delegates take their seats.
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Marvin Hackert at the Place de Fontenoy entrance to UNESCO.
Venue
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Front: Hanna Dabkowska, Ruth and Mitchell Guss. Middle ground: Antoni Dabkowski, Michael Dacombe, Jane Robinson, (right) Luc Van Meervelt.
Exhibition and public space
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Santiago García Granda, Cora Lind-Kovacs, Martha Teeter,Yulia Sevryugina.
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