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This report was written to inform the international community of human geneticists of the history, purpose, and structure of the organization.The IFHGS was founded to provide a transparent structure to facilitate communication throughout the international community of human geneticists. The IFHGS, still in its infancy, serves its constituent members—human genetics societies around the world—by providing a platform to share, interactively, information about research, education, and clinical services. The bylaws of the Federation state that “the purpose of The International Federation of Human Genetics Societies (the Federation) is to provide a forum for organized groups dedicated to all aspects of human genetics, including research, clinical practice, and professional and lay education. The Federation will enable communication between its member groups and encourage interaction between workers in genetics fields and in related sciences and will make itself available to promote meetings and publications and other forums which support human genetics research and practice.”The IFHGS presently has two levels of membership: full members and corresponding members. The three founding multinational societies, which are full members, are The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG), and The Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA).As new multinational or regional societies are formed, they may apply to the IFHGS for full-member status. Two regional societies—the Latin American Society and the East-Asian Society—are candidates for full membership. Representatives of full-member societies constitute the Executive Committee. The representatives' costs for participation in IFHGS activities are borne by the societies that they represent, and, as currently organized, the IFHGS does not require a budget or paid administrative staff.National human genetics societies are eligible to participate in the IFHGS as corresponding members. All participating individuals, whether from full- or corresponding-member societies, are elected officers or long-term representative appointees of the constituent human genetics societies. Any geneticist in the world who is a member of an affiliated human genetics society is automatically connected to the IFHGS.The 34 national human genetics societies that are presently corresponding members of the IFHGS are listed in table 1table 1.Table 1Corresponding Members of the International Federation of Human Genetics SocietiesName of SocietyRepresentativeAmerican College of Medical GeneticsR. Rodney HowellArgentina Society of Medical GeneticsSusana TurykAustrian Society for Human GeneticsGerd UtermannBrazilian Clinical Genetics SocietyJoao Monteiro de Pina-NetoBritish Society for Human GeneticsAndrew ReadCanadian College of Medical GeneticsJane EvansCzech Society of Medical GeneticsJiri SantavyFinnish Society of Medical GeneticsMinna PoyhonenFrench Society of Human GeneticsRoland BergerGerman Society for Human GeneticsJorg SchmidtkeHellenic Society of Medical GeneticsMicchael PetersenHungarian Society of Human GeneticsGyorgy KosztolanyiIndian Society of Human GeneticsKiran KucheriaIrish Society of Human GeneticsNollaig ParfreyIsraeli Society of Medical GeneticistsZvi BorochowitzItalian Society of Human GeneticsBruno DallapiccolaJapanese Society of Human GeneticsKeiya TadaKorean Society of Human GeneticsHo Suk SawLatvian Medical Genetics SocietyRita LugovskaLithuanian Society of Human GeneticsVaidutis KucinskasMexican Association of Human GeneticsJose Maria CantuNetherlands Society of Human GeneticsGerd-Jan van OmmenNorwegian Society of Medical GeneticsTrond LerenPolish Society of Human GeneticsJerzy NowakPortuguese Society of Human GeneticsCarolino MonteiroRomanian Society of Human GeneticsCovic MirceaRussian Society of Human GeneticsEvgeny GinterSerbian Society for Human GeneticsMiroslava MicicSouth African Society for Human GeneticsArnold ChristiansonSpanish Association of Human GeneticsAlberto ValienteSwedish Society of Human GeneticsUlf KristofferssonSwiss Society of Medical GeneticsDaniel SchorderetTurkish Association of Medical GeneticsMemnune ApakGenetics Society of VietnamLe Dinh LuongAt the Ninth International Congress of Human Genetics in Brazil, representatives of the IFHGS met and decided to undertake the organization and support of future international congresses of human genetics. The IFHGS offered to subsume the annual meetings of full-member societies into these congresses so as to guarantee high attendance by avoiding any competition with other annual meetings. This idea was proposed to the leaders of the Permanent Committee of the International Congresses of Human Genetics, which then selected the European Society of Human Genetics as the host of the Tenth International Congress of Human Genetics, which is to be held in Vienna on May 16–19, 2001. Future international congresses of human genetics will be held at 5-year intervals, with sponsorship and organizational responsibilities rotating among the full-member societies of the IFHGS. In this manner, the fiscal soundness of the International Congress of Human Genetics is assured, as is its geographic distribution over time.The IFHGS has established a Website that promises to be a unique and valuable service to the human genetics community. The IFHGS bylaws are posted there. 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