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Serbia granted preliminary membership of CERN
Belgrade,
16 December 2011
The Ministry of Education and Science stated today that the Council of the Centre for Nuclear Research - CERN, gave Serbia the preliminary membership in this organisation with an anonymous voting at its 161st meeting held on 15 December in Geneva.
This status will be made official by signing a contract between the two parties and its ratification by the Serbian Parliament.
Serbian Ambassador to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva Ugljesa Zvekic said that this is the warmest welcome to Serbia’s return to CERN, as a reward to its effort to contribute to this leading scientific multicultural institution.
In his opinion, this is a call to the Serbian scientific community to invest more in research and innovation.
We are convinced that Serbia will justify and use this opportunity, Zvekic said.
CERN Director General Rolf Heuer welcomed Serbia to this organisation, stressing that Serbia's membership is good both for CERN and Serbia because it gives CERN access to the Serbian scientific expertise, while the Serbian science and industry will benefit from this membership by entering one of the world's leading centres of science and innovation.
Serbian scientists have been involved in CERN since its formation because the SFR Yugoslavia was a founding member of CERN in 1954 and remained its member until 1961.
In the 80’s and 90’s, Serbian physicists were involved in the DELPHI project, and since recently they have been active in the ISOLDE facility, which implements a series of research in astrophysics and medical physics.
Serbia formally rejoined the CERN family in 2001 through a cooperation agreement with which it was included in two experiments ATLAS and CMS.
After a period of five years, the Council will decide on the admission of Serbia as a full member, reads a statement by the Ministry.
Serbian Ambassador to the UN Office and other international organisations in Geneva Ugljesa Zvekic said that this is the warmest welcome to Serbia’s return to CERN, as a reward to its effort to contribute to this leading scientific multicultural institution.
In his opinion, this is a call to the Serbian scientific community to invest more in research and innovation.
We are convinced that Serbia will justify and use this opportunity, Zvekic said.
CERN Director General Rolf Heuer welcomed Serbia to this organisation, stressing that Serbia's membership is good both for CERN and Serbia because it gives CERN access to the Serbian scientific expertise, while the Serbian science and industry will benefit from this membership by entering one of the world's leading centres of science and innovation.
Serbian scientists have been involved in CERN since its formation because the SFR Yugoslavia was a founding member of CERN in 1954 and remained its member until 1961.
In the 80’s and 90’s, Serbian physicists were involved in the DELPHI project, and since recently they have been active in the ISOLDE facility, which implements a series of research in astrophysics and medical physics.
Serbia formally rejoined the CERN family in 2001 through a cooperation agreement with which it was included in two experiments ATLAS and CMS.
After a period of five years, the Council will decide on the admission of Serbia as a full member, reads a statement by the Ministry.
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