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World Congress 2018 Report Pete Connolly , Secretary General – Section UK This year’s World Congress was hosted by Section Netherlands on the SS Rotterdam , which is now a floating hotel moored in Rotterdam Port. It provided a grand location and sense of occasion to celebrate the friendship between our many sections. A fter an opening address by Pierre- Martin we were given a brief history of Rotterdam and were entertained by a IYG 2018

On the first evening Sections UK and Ireland co-hosted a Reception by the IPA Whiskey Forum. Each of the delegates and observers of the two sections donated a bottle to host our international friends. A fine social gathering, made more interesting by being on the deck of the ship. On Day two the Arthur Troop Scholarships were awarded. Section UK did exceptionally well, with prizes going to three of our members. Congratulations to Mark O’Donoghue, Jonathan Clark and Simon Hensley. A Gimborn report by René Kauffmann explained that their facilities suffered severe flood damage early this year. Happily, the seminar room and building have been refurbished to a high standard. Insurance covered the repair costs of over 200,000 Euros. IBZ is now 50 years old and they are holding a Celebration between Friday 30 August and Sunday 1 September 2019. Pete Connolly delivered a presentation produced by VP Sean Hannigan about our recent International Youth Gathering. Fred Boyd continued the Section UK theme with a presentation produced by VP Yvonne McGregor on next year’s Young Police Officer’s Seminar, which will be hosted at Tulliallan Castle.

Shanty Choir, made up of retired sailors. Thanks were given by the International President to Section UK’s Stephen Crockard for shouldering the extra responsibility of the Secretary General’s role on top of his Head of Administration role. This became necessary following the sad loss of George Katsaropoulos. Stephen said a brief word about George, his friend over many years, saying, “It was an honour to have known him, I will dearly miss him”. This was not the last of Stephen’s sad duties, as he later learned that Bob McCormack, our London Reception Officer had passed away earlier that day. Stephen advised on overall membership numbers worldwide, which have risen from 356,457 in 2017 to 360,910 in January of this year. While speaking about the International Admin Centre (IAC), Stephen advised Congress of their new website, which became necessary after many

World Congress Day Three began with money matters as Romain Miny delivered the Treasurer’s reports. Auditor Demitri Demitrous from Section Greece, advised the accounts to be professionally presented and correct in all details. Our Next World Congress The 2019 World Congress , is to be held between the 8th and 13th October 2019, in the Hotel Croatia, Cavtat, Croatia. Price: £910 single, £735 pp sharing double occupancy, full board. Transport to and from airport. 1 visitor trip. Section Spain will host the 2020 Congress in Barcelona on 6th to 11th October 2020. Full details will be available at WC2019.

cyber-attacks against the old website. Thanks was given to Andrea Quatinni, for his service as webmaster. He was awarded the IPA Silver Medal. Website awards continued to land in Nottingham, with Section UK winning a Gold Award.

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POLICE WORLD Vol 63 No. 4, 2018