The 472^nd meeting of the Scientific Council of the Academy was held on September 3^rd. Prof. Reza Davari Ardakani chaired this meeting in which Profs. Namazi, Mohaghegh Damad, Sobouti, Sohrabpour, Sharifi Tehrani, Nadalian, Shahedi and Zohoor were present.

After the ratification of the previous meeting's minutes, Prof. Sobouti gave a short report on his participation and delivering lecture at the annual conference of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics in Italy.

Then, the final report of the accomplished research project on "An Analysis of the U.N. Millennium Project and Kyoto Forum Reports and Their Conformity with the Situation of the Country" was ratified. 

The meeting continued with the approval of the Academy's spiritual support for the International Conference on Loess Research organized by Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.

Finally, the proposals for the associate membership extension process and increasing the number of the fellows and associate fellows of the Academy were set forth and referred to the General Assembly for final approval.