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At a meeting in Paris in mid-May, the executive councils of the UIAA formally agreed to go forward this summer with efforts to develop further the UIAA Training Standards label and to lay the groundwork for a new Mountain Protection label.

How well does the UIAA look after the interests of the world’s mountaineering federations and clubs? At the 2010 UIAA General Assembly in Bormio, Italy, representatives from around the globe voiced their desires – which are as diverse as the mountain cultures they come from.

Austrian climber Kurt Diemberger, the only remaining person alive to make first ascents on two 8,000 metre peaks, tells the UIAA about the historic expedition to the top of Dhaulagiri.

The world’s largest climbing and mountaineering organisation and a leading sport academic centre are joining forces to collaborate on education programmes, research and personnel training.

International Ski mountaineering competitions, which include the World Cup and World Championship, will no longer be organised through the UIAA.

This year the Norwegian Alpine Club (NTK) is celebrating its hundredth  anniversary. The members have elected their first woman president to lead the club into the next century.

The International Academy of Sports Science and Technology (AISTS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, is offering a scholarship for one student for its internationally recognised postgraduate programme in sport management.

Best-selling author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson will speak at the Galen and Barbara Rowell Lecture Series.

N.N. Vohra, a member of the UIAA Management Committee and former president of the Indian Mountaineering Federation, has been appointed governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.