The map of countries affiliated to CERN¹, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, may in future include Brazil. On a visit to CERN on 18 July 2002, the Brazilian Minister of State for Science and Technology, H.E. Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg, expressed his country's interest in closer links to the Laboratory.

The CERN¹ Council, where the representatives of the 20 Member States of the Organization decide on scientific programmes and financial resources, held its 122nd session today under the chairmanship of Professor Maurice Bourquin (CH). Following the meeting Council issued this statement.

In September last year, CERN¹'s governing Council asked the Laboratory’s management to develop a budget and schedule for completion of its Large Hadron Collider (LHC) programme with no increase in contributions from CERN's twenty Member States.

The first meeting of a new European network for research in cancer therapy will be held at CERN¹, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, on 12 and 13 February 2002. ENLIGHT² – the European Network for Research in Light Ion Therapy – aims to coordinate the development of a variety of projects at European facilities for "light ion therapy" – a form of radiation therapy that uses beams of the nuclei of lightweight atoms.