Message-ID: <58CEB21A2715D511BEF102204840B418D8C42F@BETX1> From: "Kumar, Muneendra" To: fsanso@geo.polimi.it Cc: "'Muftah Unis'" , Anwar SIALA , ali swassi , afref@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov, Abdelmajid CHAARI , onino@uneca.org, Mohamed OULD BRAHIM , Ludwig Combrinck , Khier Bouchibi , Fezzani Chedly , Fethi Benhamouda , "Kumar, Muneendra" Subject: [AFREF-7] RE: [AFREF-6] Rome meetting and Cooperation Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:01:47 -0400 Importance: high Sender: owner-afref Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** AFREF Mail 13 Jun 09:17:05 PDT 2001 Message Number 7 ****************************************************************************** Author: Muftah Unis Dear Sir: It seems that somewhere the "dates" for the Rome Meeting dropped off. Could you please let me know the date Best regards, Muneendra Kumar. NIMA > -----Original Message----- > From: Muftah Unis [SMTP:oact@wissal.dz] > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:12 AM > To: fsanso@geo.polimi.it > Cc: Anwar SIALA; ali swassi; afref@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov; Abdelmajid > CHAARI; onino@uneca.org; Mohamed OULD BRAHIM; Ludwig Combrinck; Khier > Bouchibi; Fezzani Chedly; Fethi Benhamouda > Subject: [AFREF-6] Rome meetting and Cooperation > > ************************************************************************** > **** > AFREF Mail 12 Jun 16:17:33 PDT 2001 Message Number 6 > ************************************************************************** > **** > > Author: Muftah Unis > > Dear Professor, > I thank you very much for your message and your kind invitation to Rome = > meeting for deepening all the sights of the installing of permanent GPS = > stations in Northern Africa and for discussing the features of the = > setting of a unified geodetic reference frame in this region. > Reading your proposed agenda for the meeting, AOCRS is ready for = > co-operation with IAG and to take its full role in this project as it = > has already done in the past (e.g. the ADOS project during the 1980's). > For several decades, the African continent has been a white patch in = > every project conducted by the international geodetic community, you = > surely know better than anyone else the urgent need of a full geodetic = > program in areas such as ours. > > With this respect the aims that you assign in your letter to the = > proposed plan of the Italian Space Agency with the scientific support of = > the IAG are indeed very attractive and deserve some more comments from = > us. > > 1 -The improvement and the strengthening of the ITRF, while tieing our = > continent to the activities and benefits of the international geodetic = > community go indeed in the staight line of an urgent priority for our = > countries to set a North African Geodetic Reference Frame, that is = > NAFREF, bearing in mind that this is the first stake for the very = > important project AFREF at the continental level. > > 2 - National geodetic and mapping agencies have naturally the key and = > the main role to play within this frame. One should bare in mind also = > all the bringing of interstate institutions such as AOCRS, and CRTEAN = > in order to promote, coordinate, interrelate, make easier, develop, = > strengthen, smooth and damp the activities and relations between the = > countries of the region them selves and in Africa, in conformity with = > there definition, vocation and role.=20 > > For all these reasons, I am again glad to renew all my pleasure for = > your initiative to gather in Rome participants from concerned countries = > and institutions to discuss the preliminaries for such a wide project, = > state of the arts and needs, the locations of the new permanent stations = > and zero-order points, the equipment and the manpower available, the = > planning and the schedule of the various steps of the project. AOCRS is = > determined to help towards the good success of these activities . > > Last but not least, the AOCRS and the IAG can develop and maintain = > fruitful relations and cooperation especially if we keep in mind that = > the IAG has a long tradition since its creation in promoting geodetic = > activities oriented world wide and towards the developing countries. > > I would like to point out heer that AOCRS was selected with South = > Africa to co-chair the Africa sub-commission of IAG Commission XIV = > "Crustal Deformation" we hope that IAG can find in AOCRS a good = > regional and continental counterpart from this side of the Mediterranee. > > With my best regards > > Muftah Unis, > > Secretary General