第24届国际天文学联合会大会简况

2000年8月7－18日在英国曼彻斯特如开了第24届国际天这联合会（IAU）大会，会议期间同时召开了5个学术讨论会，14个联合组讨论会，一个发展中国家天文学的专门讲座会和34个专业委员会及其所属工作组的工作会义，还在第29和第45专业委员会之间的联组会议以及三个大会邀请的科普讲座。简要介绍了会议概况，有关天体测量的联组讨论会JD2，JD6，JD12，JD13以及天体物理领域中的学术讨论会S201，S202，JD10等的讨论情况，并扼要介绍了这次大会通过的决议。

A Brief Introduction on the 24th IAU General Assembly

The 24th IAU General Assembly was held in Manchester, UK, during the period of 7-18 August,2000. Various meetings, such as 5 Symposia, 14 Joint Discussions(JD), a special program session (SPS)on Astronomy for developing countries, 34 business meetings for Commissions and their working groups and an Inter-Commission meeting between Commissions 29 and 45, were held during this General Assembly.Three invited discourses were made at three nights, respectively. In this communication, the general situation, the main points of content for joint discussions related to astrometry, such as JD2, JD6, JD12,JD13 etc., and, symposia and joint discussions related to astrophysics, such as S201, S202, JD10 etc., are briefly introduced. Finally, 3 items of the resolutions which was passed at the meeting are also explained.