Azerbaijan joins European Seismological Commission
The General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission
took place on August 19-24 in Moscow.
The meeting was attended by Director General of the National
Seismological Service Center of the National Academy of Sciences of
Azerbaijan Gurban Yetirmishli and Software Engineer of the
Earthquake Research Office Vugar Faradzhev.
Addressing the meeting, Yetirmishli reported on the results of
seismological observations in Azerbaijan in recent years.
He also put forward a proposal for the membership of the National
Seismological Service Center of Azerbaijan in the European
Seismological Commission. The proposal was approved by the members
of the General Assembly and the National Seismological Service
Center was elected an associate member of the European
Seismological Commission.
The next session of the General Assembly will be held August 19-24,
2014 in Istanbul, where National Seismological Service Center of
Azerbaijan will be given the status of a full member of the
organization.
The ESC mission is to promote the science of Seismology within the
scientific community of the European and Mediterranean countries
(encompassing the area from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to the Ural
Mountains and from the Arctic Ocean to northern Africa), by
promoting research studies, to extend and enhance scientific
co-operation and to train young scientists.
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