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About The Union Structure
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Organisation Chart
Voting Arrangements
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 Dr S B Squire (United Kindom) President |
 Dr Dean Schraufnagel (USA) Vice-President |
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 Mr James de Viel Castel (France) Treasurer |
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 Prof Osséni Tidjani
(Togo), Representing the Africa Region |
 Dr Maryse Wanlin
(Belgium) Representing the Europe Region |
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 Maruschka Sebek (The Netherlands) Individual representive |
 Dr Nobukatsu Ishikawa(Japan) Individual representative
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 Dr Michael Kimerling (USA) Chair of the Co-ordinating Committee of Scientific Activities |
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Dr Reuben Granich (Switzerland) Representing the HIV Scientific Section
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 Prof Hamdy El Sayed (Egypt) Representing the Tobacco Scientific Section
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Prof Digambar Behera (India) Representing the Tuberculosis Scientific Section
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 Dr Steve Graham (Australia) Representing the Lung Health Scientific Section
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Constituent Members
Constituent Members are health organisations and services who deal with lung disease and share the same aims as The Union. They are up to date in their membership dues. There may be one Constituent Member only per country. They participate in the proceedings of the General Assembly, with the right of discussion and vote.
Organisational Members
Organisational Members are organisations and foundations other than Constituent Members and that work or have an interest in lung disease. They share the same aims as The Union and are up to date in their membership dues. They participate in the work of the General Assembly with the right of discussion and vote.
Regions
Constituent and Organisational Members, as well as Individual Members, are affiliated to one of the seven regions of The Union. These regions follow those of the World Health Organization: Europe, Africa, Middle-East, South-East Asia, Asia Pacific, Latin America and North America. Starting in 1953 with Latin America, the regions were established in order to remain close to where the needs are. The North America Region was created in 1978. In 2005, the very big Eastern Region was split into two: the South-East Asia Region which held its first international conference in Delhi in September 2008, and the Asia Pacific Region which will hold its second conference in 2009. The role of the regions is to tailor actions and approaches to the specific needs of each zone, as well as to co-ordinate the actions of the Members within the region. An operational charter known as the Regional Constitution organises each Region. The Union ensures that this charter is compliant with its Constitution. The regional slate of Officers must submit an activity report at least once each year before the voting at the General Assembly. This activity report is submitted to the Board of Directors and includes an operational and financial report. As soon as the term of a regional position on the Board expires, the Region submits a nominee to the Nominating Committee for the position.
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Honorary Members
Honorary Members are individuals who render or have rendered valuable services to the association. These Members are nominated by The Union. The title of Honorary Member entitles such individuals to attend the General Assembly and enjoy the right of discussion and vote, without the need to pay dues or subscriptions.
The Honorary members of The Union are:
Dr Kjell BJARTVEIT , Norway
Dr Antonio BLASI, Italy
Dr Matthijs BLEIKER, The Netherlands
Prof. Pierre CHAULET, Algeria
Dr HJ CHUM, Tanzania
Dr Valentin CUESTA ARAMBURU, Uruguay
Prof. Gunnar DAHLSTROM , Sweden
Prof. Victorino FARGA , Chile
Prof. Rudolf FERLINZ, Austria
Prof. Wallace FOX, United Kingdom
Prof. Martin GNINAFON, Benin
Dr Earl HERSHFIELD, Canada
Prof. Michael ISEMAN , USA
Dr James KIERAN , USA
Dr Arata KOCHI , Switzerland
Prof. Djilali LARBAOUI, Algeria
Dr Alice LOTTE, France
Dr Halfdan MAHLER , Switzerland
Prof. David MILLER, USA
Prof. D MITCHISON, United Kingdom
Prof. John F MURRAY, USA
Dr Daniel S. NYANGULU, Malawi
Dr Frances R OGASAWARA, USA
Dr Antonio PIO, Argentina
Prof. Jacques PRIGNOT, Belgium
Dr Rodolfo RODRIGUEZ CRUZ, Brazil
Dr Annik ROUILLON, France
Dr A SAMY, Egypt
Dr N C SEN GUPTA, Singapore
Dr Tadao SHIMAO , Japan
Dr Sonkgram SUPCHAROEN , Thailand
Mr James SWOMLEY , USA
Dr Abolhassan Zia ZARIFI, Iran
Prof. Li-Xing ZHANG , China
Individual Members
Individual Members are individuals who subscribe to the aims of The Union, are up to date in their membership dues and are affiliated to a Scientific Section. Affiliation to a Sub-section and up to 3 Working Groups is optional.
Benefactor Members
Benefactor Members are individuals who are up to date in their membership dues and who undertake to provide additional financial support to The Union. They are affiliated to a Scientific Section and participate in the proceedings of the General Assembly with the right of discussion and vote through the Chair of their Scientific Section.
Libraries, booksellers and subscriptions agencies
Libraries, booksellers and subscriptions agencies can take out subscriptions to our monthly journal The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IJTLD). Discounts are based on the size of orders. Libraries, booksellers and subscriptions agencies are not Members; they are Subscribers. As such, they do not take part in the life of The Union; however, they are welcome to join as Individual or Organisational Members.
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Scientific Sections, Sub-sections and Working Groups
Membership benefits include the affiliation to a Scientific Section, to a Sub-Section and to up to 3 Working Groups. Individual Members vote through their Scientific Section at the annual General Assembly of The Union. The four Scientific Sections are: Tuberculosis, Lung Health, HIV and Tobacco Control.
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General Assembly
The General Assembly of The Union comprises Constituent Members, Organisational Members, the Chairs of the Scientific Sections representing Individual Members, Benefactor Members and Honorary Members. The General Assembly receives management, financial and legal reports from the Board of Directors. It approves the budget and audits of The Union's finances. It deliberates on the Agenda items presented by the members, and makes decisions about the renewal of members of the Board of Directors.
The Union Official documents
Administrative Committees
The Union is currently composed of three committees:
1. Nominating Committee
Objective : To identify members for vacant posts and for honorary members / medallists.
Tasks : Proposes :
1) candidates to fill each vacant position on the Board of Directors:
a) individual members (at least two candidates must be proposed for each vacant post);
b) names put forward by the regions;
2) candidates for positions on the Bureau;
3) nominees for honorary membership and recipients of medals.
2. Communications, Membership and Fundraising Committee
Objective : To support the work of The Union.
Tasks : Advises and guides the Board of Directors on strategies:
1) to promote the work of The Union;
2) to increase opportunities for fundraising;
3) to increase membership and recommend policies on fee structure and requirements/ benefits of membership;
4) to establish and maintain external relationships with governments and non-governmental organisations.
3. Coordinating Committee of Scientific Activities
Objective : To oversee all scientific activities of The Union. Tasks: Implemented by two sub-groups:
Sub-group 1 :
a) Review of scientific activities, projects, national and international courses and studies of The Union as to content, focus quality and ethical principles.
b) Review of the applications of Collaborating Centres. Each Collaborating Centre describes the details of the collaboration project in their application. Collaborating Centres can be designated for a specific period of time after the approval of the Board of Directors and report periodically about the outcome of their activities.
c) Nomination of the winners of the Scientific Prize and the Public Health Prize at each annual scientific meeting. The final decision is made by the Board of Directors.
Sub-group 2 :
Co-ordination of the programme of the annual scientific meetings of the Union along with the Programme Secretaries of the Scientific Sections.
The Institute
A team of hard working, energetic consultants and staff enables The Union to fulfil its mandate to address health challenges in low and middle income populations. Union staff and consultants are guided by the organisation's core values:
- Quality
- Accountability
- Independance
- Solidarity
With the growth of Union offices in Africa, Latin America, Middle East, South East Asia, adhering to these values is even more vital as The Union takes on new challenges and continues to innovate and pioneer new methods for reducing the burden of lung disease in the world.
For more information see The Union in the world
Career opportunities at The Union: go to The Union Vacancies
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