Comité Interamericano De Sociedades De Microscopía Minutes of the General Assembly "The General Assembly is the highest authority of the Organization.  Its decisions are binding on the Organization and its member societies including those member societies not present." This quotation is from the Constitution of CIASEM. The Minutes of the meetings of the General Assembly represent, therefore, the official record of the business done by CIASEM. The General Assembly meets normally every two years at the Interamerican Congress. An additional meeting was held in 1998 at the International Congress held in Cancun. Minutes are given here as Word documents. If you click on the links below a dialog window will open.  You will be offered a choice to open the document or to save it.  If you select "open" the minutes may open within this window and be hard to read.  If so, it will be easier to save it to your computer and read it there. Minutes of the General Assembly held in Guayaquil (Ecuador) in 1997 in English Minutes of the General Assembly held in Cancun (Mexico) in 1998 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in Isla Margarita (Venezuela) in 1999 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in Veracruz (Mexico) in 2001 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in San Antonio (USA) in 2003 in English Minutes of the General Assembly held in San Antonio (USA) in 2003 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in Havana (Cuba) in 2005 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in Cusco (Peru) in 2007 in Spanish Minutes of the General Assembly held in Rosario (Argentina) in 2009 in Spanish and English